Sarah E. Matthews—Author Extraordinaire

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What it says, bub. Author of horror and weird fiction from Southern Indiana. She/her. www.sarahematthews.com

Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull with blue and green butterflies.
That meme from SpongeBob SquarePants where SpongeBob is holding up a picture of the smiling grocery store clerk compared to the current grizzled state of the same clerk.
A brown tabby cat (Tilly) caught mid toe-lick, and a black cat (Luna) in the background staring at him with disdain.
A clipping from The Washington Post June 23, 1912 with a picture of a Stegosaurus. The caption says “the most grotesque animal. Stegosaur who lived in Utah ages ago is a freak”
Text reads “if you were a teabag, what flavor would you be?”
Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
A woman wearing a shiny pink button up shirt unbuttoned over a black shiny tank top, with a big silver necklace like a belly dancer would wear.
A fish asks SpongeBob “can I get a couple of ice cubes in here please?” and hands him a glass. SpongeBob replies “sure, a couple of ice cubes coming up”. The fish drinks from the glass. SpongeBob giggles and says “April Fools!” The fish grabs him and demands “what did you do to my drink?” SpongeBob replies “you asked for A COUPLE of ice cubes in your drink, and I only put in one!”
A post that reads “gothic horror is when there’s a location. Cosmic horror is when there’s an unauthorized fucking Thing. Folk horror is when you’re outside.”
A pink piece of paper that says “you’re a smart cookie” with an illustration of 3 chocolate chip cookies on it. The cookies look like they have faces. Below is a small sketchbook that says “cookie faces” and four drawings of what the cookies look like. One looks like “ OVO”. One looks like it’s bewildered. One looks shocked. A bonus drawing shows an alternate version where the cookie has 3 eyes and looks concerned.
The back of a desk chair. It’s covered by a crocheted cover in rainbow colors.
Jane Austen’s face on Stone Cold Steve Austin’s body. The caption on the pic reads Stone Cold Jane Austen and the caption above reads “BAH GOD ITS MR DARCY WITH A STEEL CHAIR”
Cover to Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and green and blue butterflies. Designed by Grim Poppy Designs.
A post from the Facebook group Thrifting Treasures. It ostensibly shows a stuffed orange cat with blotches of black on it like mold. Its heavy-lidded eyes are dead, its yarn whiskers are frazzled, and its expression foretells the heat death of the universe. The caption reads “Thrift store Garfield looking like Monday finally won”
Profile of a chubby white woman with short reddish blonde hair and glasses. She is wearing earrings that are hissing black cat heads.
A sign for America’s Best Eyeglasses, but part of the sign is burnt out so it reads America’s Best Asses
A fox in the snow with its eyes squinted and ears blowing back. The text reads It Fucken Wimdy.
Painting by William Bailey, American, born 1930, Still Life of 10 Eggs, White Vase, Blue and White Vase and Enamel Cup, 1971, oil on canvas, This painting looks haunted. Maybe more surreal than haunted, but something is off.
The “o rly” owl with a top hat, monocle and mustache with the caption “quite rly”
A picture of a person in a full body possum costume. The text underneath says plus size surly possum costume for adults.
A colored pencil drawing of a 3-headed possum. The middle head is hissing. There are flames in the background.
A black cat with a white patch of fur on her chest. She is looking at you with suspicion in her green eyes. Her name is Luna.
A smiling woman with short reddish hair and black glasses. She is wearing a black shirt and pink necklace.
A zentangle doodle of squares in various shades of pink and orange.
A very rough pencil drawing of a dik-dik in a heart with the caption “might as well face it, you’re a dik-dik in love”
Post from tumblr. Text reads: I think the hottest look you can give someone after they commit acts of unspeakable violence is approval. Like don’t get me wrong if there’s lust there too that’s great, but staring at someone with gore dripping down their chin and coating their hands to the wrists with undisguised appraisal and admiration. Maybe giving them a little nod as if to say well done. That’s what says yeah we’re gonna fuck nasty later. I could fix him, well I could pat him on the head and tell him he’s a good boy.
A woman hugging a snarling furry black monster. The text on the woman reads “you’re such a good baby, I love you so much.” The text on the monster reads “my cat”
A drawing of a bat done in black ballpoint pen. It is an Edward Gorey style bat, with a background of a sky done in horizontal strokes and a grassy foreground done in swirls.
A short haired woman with a beauty face mask on. It is meant to look like a French bulldog. The mask has a beret and also a picture of a beret-wearing French bulldog on the cheek.
A Caucasian baby doll built like a brick shithouse. Like shirtless Kylo Ren, but wider.
A close up of a Caucasian baby doll with gray eyes and an expression that implies it’s not even a year old and it’s seen enough bullshit for a lifetime.
A wooden cutout of a Brachiosaurus. It is painted pink with teal spots and has a purple belly with silver stripes. It is smiling.
A drawing of a 3-headed possum. The middle head is hissing and the background is flames.
A black cat with green eyes in the foreground, looking elegant. A woman with short hair and no makeup lying down in the background.
Cover of Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
A woman with short wavy auburn hair. She is wearing big pink cat eye glasses with pearls on them and a purple sequined top. She is too fabulous.
Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
Post from a buy nothing group on Facebook. It says “I have two of these—not sure what they are. I tried to google search and some of it pops up like a water holder…” The picture is of a sack that has the word Bigfoot on it.
Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
SpongeBob sitting indoors with his three friends Penny, Chip, and Used Napkin.
Cover of Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
A Quail Ceramics woodland friends covered butter dish from Anthropologie. It’s got a little ceramic fox on it. It’s cute, but not fuckin $88 cute.
A collage showing a singing blackbird and a smiling blackbird. The text is from “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by Wallace Stevens. It says “the beauty of inflections” and “the beauty of innuendos”. The picture is made of washi tape, torn scraps of distressed sheet music and labeling tape.
Picture of a woman with short reddish hair and glasses. It’s a selfie. She is sitting down. She is wearing a black and white striped shirt with a floral necklace and hot pink pants. The pants were only $12 but they look much more expensive.
A woman with short reddish hair and large frame gold glasses. She looks disappointed. You can’t see it very well, but she is wearing a black jacket and a purple iridescent caftan and she looks sexy AF.
A coloring page depicting the phrase “Thunder Cunt” written in cursive, colored in marker.
Cover of Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
An orange fox in the snow with the wind blowing its ears back. The caption says “IT FUCKEN WIMDY”
A woman’s hand covered in multicolored paint splashes.
Cover to Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
Cover of Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies. It was NOT written by anyone named “John”.
Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews, featuring a carved skull with blue and green butterflies.
The phrase “hope springs eternal” written in ballpoint pen on a rainbow colored watercolor background.
Cover for the book Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull with blue and green butterflies.
Cover for Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews, featuring a carved skull and blue and green butterflies.
Picture of a white cat with an angry expression on a grassy background. The text reads “Touching grass isn’t enough. I need bad things to happen to evil men in power”
A rear view of the Build-A-Bear Mothman plushie showcasing its big fluffy booty.
Cover to Jubilation Grove and Other Nightmares by Sarah Matthews. It features a carved skull with blue and green butterflies.