Have my stories touched hearts?
M. M. CHAMBERLAIN, qUESTIONS TO THE UNIVERSE
Have my words become genetic;
Growing?
Have my lives been lived;
Did I do it?
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Text: Rubber coated throatThrows meInto teenage dreamsOf green,Teaming at theSeams. Lean intoThis,Dream of paperbackScented leaves,Escape into the mindOf someone across the world,Live a lifeYou never hadThrough sensations lostCrossedAnd divided. Drink deeply.Lick the salt rim,Stand on the beach you weren’t born on,Walk the roads you’ve never droveAnd call it home.One day it might be.
The Other Body
Hands on the ceilingYou crawl. Legs bent and broken,Up against the wall. Head twisting,Mouth spitting, I wish I couldn’t see youAt all. What are you,But a part of me? A part of meOnly I’m capableTo see. I sing of your existenceCreate artWith resistanceI spread yourBane with assistanceName with insistenceNewly convinced,That I’m a simple mindedFool,Obsessed withAttention.…
Heritage
Blank slate. Empty page,Open road,pavement crumbles with eachroll of my tires, each step of my feet. My mother ceased to existwhen I left home, I forgot myself,left somewherein the grocery aisles ofmy childhood. What happens whenI tryto go back? Can I put the road back together again,with melted shoesand beeswax? Can I sniff out the…
About Me
My name is Matthew M. Chamberlain. I am a queer and nonbinary author who uses He/They pronouns. Born in 1996, I’ve seen the world shift, change, blow up and settle. My work is how I’ve grounded myself from harm and found the love of the world, all over again, every time I put words to page.
Most of my work is based in the genres of fantasy, fiction, short stories and poetry. I’ve submitted personal essays to places like Black Dogs, Black Tales, and The Audacity. I’ve also done written commissions in Fandom and original work spaces. I’m also writing a memoir titled All of Our Heads, a story told by my journal entries as I learn to live with DID and the enormity of PTSD so terrible, I assumed I was schizophrenic for over a decade.
You can find a list of my works down below. If you’d like to read some of my work, you can click here.
I frequent writing communities on platforms such as Discord, Twitter, and Tumblr. My contacts for each of those will be down below.
Genres
Fantasy and Fiction
Anything including nonhumans, magical realms, alternate realities and expansive universes have always drawn me in as a kid and now that is primarily what I write and produce. Having created a fictional universe out of which anthologies and series have birthed from, I have an endless supply of creative and fun storylines to explore.
Short Stories
Most of my short stories are nonfiction poetry and personal essays that delve into my mental health and the realities I experience. Following dreams, delusions, magical thinking and hopeful moments, every short story has a question to answer about myself and the world around me.
Poetry
I have a large collection of poetry that ranges from flash poetry, flow of thought, themed anthologies and plans to create an epic. Poetry is the go-to and is a special form of my writing that I’m constantly experimenting with, such as incorporating multi media.
Testimonials About My Work
— Tabatha Wood, Editor to Black Dogs, Black Tales
Thank you for your submission of “They Come From The Hills” to Black Dogs, Black Tales. My editing team and I really enjoyed reading it.
Contact
Email:
emrobinson497@gmail.com
Bluesky:
@mattiemayhem.bsky.social
Tumblr:
@mmchamberlain
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