Hi all!

Happy Halloween to you all. It's time for a new animation! :D

In this email:

* Late Night Food - a one minute horror story
* Oil paintings by Mata!
* Games design and narrative design blog
* Follow Mata on Twitter
* Matazone on Facebook
* Webcomic!
* End notes

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--Late Night Food - a one minute horror story--

This year I decided to challenge myself to tell a horror story in less than one hundred words and in less than one minute. You can see the result here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnNh7t7QbEI

You can read another less-than-100-words horror story on my comic here:

http://comic.matazone.co.uk/comic/the-midnight-mirror-a-matazone-halloween-story/

If you like these then please pass them on!

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--Oil paintings by Mata!--

I know what you're thinking: 'Mata never seems to do anything creative, why doesn't he get a hobby that lets him express himself instead of being such a shy and retiring person', well, think this no more! ;D

http://art.matazone.co.uk

I'm currently getting ready for the first exhibition of my oil paintings. I'm very excited about it!

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--Games design and narrative design blog--

This is rarely updated, but if you like video games, you might like to read this:

http://games.matazone.co.uk/

There does seem to be a general trend at in my thinking at the moment towards looking at the representation of gender and sexuality in games. If you're interested in modern Feminism and gaming then there will probably be things turning up on there that you like.

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--Follow Mata on Twitter--

I've also finally succumbed and joined Twitter. If you want to keep track of news about Matazone things then you can follow me on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MataHaggis

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--Matazone on Facebook--

There's this new-fangled doofer called Facebook. If you happen to be on there, you might want to follow the Matazone group to get updates about comics, paintings, and generally cool stuff:

https://www.facebook.com/MatazoneCreative

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--Webcomic!--

Trouble Down Pit is seven years old and going strong! There are new comics twice every week. There's rarely any running story, so jump right in and get reading!

http://comic.matazone.co.uk

Of course, if you find one you like, how about sharing it with your friends?

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--End notes--

Another year has gone by... It all seems to happen so quickly! It's been a rather mixed year, but the general trend is upwards. I'm very excited about the exhibition in December. Follow the Facebook group if you'd like to hear more about that over the next few weeks!

Of course, please pass on these links to any of your friends who you think will be interested via Facebook, Twitter, and whatever other things you may use :)

It's a busy world for me at the moment. Onwards into the future, see you online!

Have fun!

Mata