#writerscoffeeclub 9/27: How do you support your fellow writers? Just pledged to Matthew Meyer's Kickstarter. (I'm all in on people who write about youkai.) First day with bonus merch. Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui

It's official! We're one week away from the launch of my next Kickstarter. I can't wait! Pledge on Oct 1st for a free early bird reward! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/osarusan/echizen-wakasa-kidan-strange-tales-from-fukui

Giving Skymoth a try... so this should appear on both Bluesky and Mastodon... hopefully?

So I know we can bridge Mastodon-Bluesky using Bridgy and all that, but is there any way to bridge *this* account with *my* Bluesky account, rather than to just have an unmanned mirror? Cross-posting I guess is what I'm looking for.

Folks! The Palace of the Dragon King is now available in ebook format from Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DMCJGXVK #yokai #folklore #japan #books #monsters #mythology

Did you miss any of this year's #ayokaiaday posts? I made an index on my blog so you can see all of them: https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/11/01/a-yokai-a-day-2024-index-shokoku-hyakumonogatari/

Happy Halloween! Tonight's post is the final #ayokaiaday for 2024! Thanks for reading! 🌳🚣‍♂️👹 Check out tonight's A-Yokai-A-Day at […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Tonight's #ayokaiaday is a terrifying, horrific, powerful... mushroom? 🍄🍄🍄 Don't worry though, our hero manages to defeat it! Read how at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-how-mankichi-tayu-became-a-bakemonos-master/ or for free on my […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

There's only 3 A-Yokai-A-Day left! What would you do if you come back from a trip to find a new well dug in your yard, and also your maid was suspiciously missing? 🩸👻🩸 Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

What would you do if you saw a pasty-white woman in burial robes in a graveyard at 2 am? Would you be brave enough to help her? 🪦👻🪦 Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Ribbit ribbit! Do you know the magic words to un-summon frogs? 🔥🐸🔥 Check out tonight's #ayokaiaday to find out! Read it at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/27/a-yokai-a-day-the-apparitions-in-yoshida-soteis-house-or-the-power-of-poetry/ or for free on my […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Let tonight's #ayokaiaday be your reminder to never, ever kick a sacred tree! 🫨🦵🌲 Read what happened at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-retribution-for-kicking-a-three-trunk-cedar/ or for free on my Patreon […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

There's no love like the love that binds family together! 🫀🫀🫀 Read today's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/24/a-yokai-a-day-the-wife-of-matsumotoya-kyubei-of-wakayama-kishu/ or for free on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114613532 […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

How well would you deal against a 6-meter long dragon? 🐲💦 Read what happened to one samurai in today's #ayokaiaday here: https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/23/a-yokai-a-day-how-baba-kurozu-defeated-a-daija/ or for free on my Patreon […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

In tonight's #ayokaiaday, we find out who is the *real* lord of Himeji Castle. 🦇🏯👹 Check it out at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/22/a-yokai-a-day-the-bakemono-of-himeji-castle-banshu/ or for free on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114477571 […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Would you be brave enough to dive into the water and take on a sea monster all by yourself? 🌊🐖🦈 Read what happens to this samurai in today's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/21/a-yokai-a-day-how-matsumura-sukenojo-was-taken-by-a-fuka/ or for […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

What crime could be so terrible that it causes you to descend into hell while still living? 🔥🛞👹 Find out in tonight's #ayokaiaday. Read it at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/20/a-yokai-a-day-how-a-woman-was-taken-by-a-kasha-for-using-two-measuring-cups/ […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

A lot of names have strange or unique origins, but I have NEVER heard of one with an etymology as unique as this one! 👻🪦☸️ Find out why 'Nikurube' is so unique in today's #ayokaiaday at […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Did you know that if mushrooms hear you talking about them sprouting upside-down, they will sprout upside-down? 🍄 This is totally normal. 🍄 Read today's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/18/a-yokai-a-day-how-ono-dokan-was-unfazed-by-ayashimi/ […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

It's a tale as old as time. Girl meets boy. Girl falls in love with boy. Girl drags boy into the sea. Girl is a dragon. 🐉💘🤷‍♂️ Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Beware of strange women reciting poetry by a waterfall. They might just be giant snakes! 🐍💬🐍💬🐍💬 Read tonight's A-Yokai-A-Day at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/16/a-yokai-a-day-the-incident-at-nunobiki-falls-settsu-province-or-the-pilgrims-poems/ or […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

"Kumamoto Shuri was an exceedingly wicked and cruel man." The understatement of the millennium. 🩸🩸👻🩸🩸 Read why in tonight's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/15/a-yokai-a-day-the-ghost-of-kiku-maidservant-of-kumamoto-shuri/ or for free on […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

How far would you go to marry someone? I bet you would not go as far as one tanuki in particular did! 🦝💕👰 Read what happens in tonight's #ayokaiaday on https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/14/a-yokai-a-day-the-tanukis-wedding-or-the-miraculous-walking-stick/ […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Tonight's #ayokaiaday is for all the cat lovers out there. Watch out for your furry friends --- they may be out to get you! 😻🐈 Read it at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/13/a-yokai-a-day-the-nekomata-that-changed-into-ito-genrokus-wife/ or for free on my […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

A-Yokai-A-Day for October 12! Tonight's #ayokaiaday features some pretty strange tumors! 💪🐍 Read the story at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/12/a-yokai-a-day-the-tumors-of-heirokuzaemon-of-shimosa-provinces-father/ or for free on my Patreon […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

"Who's that woman over there?" "Oh, that's just my dead ghost-wife. No biggie." 😨👻💕 Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/11/a-yokai-a-day-the-ghost-of-shimazu-toshiros-wife/ or for free on my Patreon […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Sometimes it pays to show kindness even to the littlest creatures, even the crabby ones! 🦀🦀🦀🐍🐍🐍🦀🦀🦀 Read today's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-how-hasegawa-chozaemons-daughter-showed-love-to-a-crab/ or for free on my […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

💀A-Yokai-A-Day for October 9💀 What would you do if a dead woman got up and smiled at you? Could you keep your cool? 🧟‍♀️😱 Read tonight's #ayokaiaday at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/09/a-yokai-a-day-how-a-madwoman-was-mistaken-for-a-ghost/ or for free […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

2 holy swords vs 300 babies. Which do you think would win? ⚔️🆚👶 Find out in tonight's #ayokaiaday ↓ Read it at https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/08/a-yokai-a-day-the-bakemono-at-asama-shrine/ or for free on my Patreon […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

How would you react if you came home to find your partner in bed with someone else? What if that someone else was... a 🐍? Read what one man did in today's #ayokaiaday […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Have you ever loved someone so much that you could just turn into a snake and wrap around their throat forever and ever and never let them go? 🐍💕😨 Read today's #ayokaiaday at […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]

Would you know if the person you were sleeping with was a ghost? It might not be as easy to tell as you think... 👨💕👻 Read today's #yokaiaday: https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2024/10/05/a-yokai-a-day-how-sandayu-from-chikuzen-province-slept-with-a-ghost/ or on my […] [Original post on mstdn.jp]