<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Highway 62]]></title><description><![CDATA[The only writer you'll ever need.]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:38:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.highway62press.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: AND GOLD IS NOT REALITY]]></title><description><![CDATA[After going back and forth on things over the last couple of weeks, I went ahead and decided to run the Kickstarter campaign for my newest book. I’d thought that I wouldn’t have the energy/focus to run it and promote it and all, particularly since I was spending a lot of time helping my wife recover from surgery. Yeah, last week was long and rocky. The surgery isn’t the only issue in our lives and I’m gonna leave it there. I have a lot to do that has nothing to with writing or promoting (and...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-and-gold-is-not-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d58ed374eeae096e5238ac</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:15:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_730654b7adcb4731b70fd06ab7b7dcaa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: IN BLACK WAS A COLOR BLACK WAS YOUR COLOR]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lonely Imperial Pilot guiding folks into the waiting area before the show. Flew down to attend Wonder-Con last week. Well, and to spend a few days seeing friends and LA and eating a lot of Mexican food because my family doesn’t like it as much as I do. I’ll spend most of this one talking about Wonder-Con as a show. Not sure I’m going to write up the other stuff so much except to wrap up everything in passing. Part of what I’ll talk about there is the root of the problems that I’ll talk...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-in-black-was-a-color-black-was-your-color</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cc5aa08022aa79e2c8e9f0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:40:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_8c2fc70e3a614e9fad306d517aaa0114~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: NOT ALL HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE DEAD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey folks. Yeah, it’s been a minute. Last time I posted here, I’d just finished up the first draft of My Gifts Are Hungry. Well, the second draft really. That first draft is the maybe fifty pages of raw plotting, that whole skeleton. In this case, there were another couple rounds of putting stuff in different places and changing the fundamental nature of the “antagonist” in the book, which forced some other stuff to be written a little more fully. Made for a slower process. Last week, I...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-not-all-houses-are-haunted-by-the-dead</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bc7293bec251fc0ba929eb</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 22:13:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_5700dd18437940e89fe2fe8c58bc5513~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_844,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: LITTLE ORPHANS IN THE SNOW]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe you heard the news. Finished another novel a couple days ago. Trying to remember whether this is number ten or eleven. There’s four I can’t really count even though I wrote ‘em. Maybe those names will get counted one day. Not today for sure. So yeah, that’s My Gifts Are Hungry printed and waiting markup. I say “finished” knowing full well that there’s an edit pass. This serves a couple purposes. One, it makes me experience the book in reader time, ie over a course of hours (over a few...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-little-orphans-in-the-snow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">698bc74ec54aab42f42008fc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:06:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_8d8bbd80bae044d2896cdf63c1913b09~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: AND THEY WERE SAYING BIG B, LITTLE O, LITTLE M, SILENT B]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's tough to look around and think that things are going well. Living through America's Years of Lead and seeing all the obvious, flagrant and almost comical violations of the law on the part of those in power and you'd be insane to think that things are going well. I'm just talking on a relatively limited personal basis. Hell, there's stuff still going on within reach that's bad enough that I won't freely discuss it here (and don't hold your breath.) So I'm clearly selfish to think...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-and-they-were-saying-big-b-little-o-little-m-silent-b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697be4eeccf6db790cb13ced</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:57:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_115366b84e73447f8ee9e8c873267c6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: TAKE A RIDE, TAKE A SHOT NOW]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thirty-five years ago, I started a job out of college. I'd moved to a new city to be with my girlfriend of four years, to one day to be my fiancée then wife who I'm still married to. I'm anything but a quitter I guess. Just don't talk to my bandmate in the Roswell Incident. The turn of the new year makes me think of this, mostly because I started that job on January second, which is basically monster-like behavior. It wasn't a great job, but it wasn't terrible. I was (shockingly)...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-take-a-ride-take-a-shot-now</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696a5b2a482610fa2890d213</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:39:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_b0c602fd0f134dc19f5f4da909d9238a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: GHOST WRITING]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2020, I drove out to San Francisco. I want to say it was in February. Reviewing, it was actually in January. I covered that trip here, in the post called " That Good Godspeed You Black Emperor Light. " There was a thing called Covid in the news, but it wasn't real. Not like it would be. It would be the last trip I took to the city until probably 2023? Just checked, actually December 0f 2022. I seem to be a month off in my recollections. Of course, Everything Horrible that's been going...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-ghost-writing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69572a663049016ee543945a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 02:21:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_a2f7d9c3712148f59bb249814370c5ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: CUT THE CONVERSATION, JUST OPEN YOUR MOUTH]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know, this should have a more Christmas-like or Solstice-like title. It is that time of year, right? Of course it is. That’s why I’m wiped. All that obligation dragged around, begins to weigh on ya. Yes, it’s joyous and a time of being together with your family (only this year it’s not, by and large – long story which I’m not relating here). No, nothing’s wrong with the immediate family, not any more than usual. Just weirdness with relatives. And oh, making it over to my family involves...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-cut-the-conversation-just-open-your-mouth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6949fa55d4fba6e402a56e20</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:16:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_470365b4dce545f59f8863b5481bc009~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: JUMPED INTO THE RIVER WHAT DID I SEE]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm spending more time these days responding to writing from other people than I am writing my own work. That's probably not a good sign. Though it's good in that there have been works worth responding to. That's something, right? Totally worth not getting back to my own work for. Sure, I guess. I'll lay the blame at the feet of the holiday season, which is a time of year where I have to do more and more with every year that passes. There's reasons for that. Maybe I'll be brave enough to talk...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-jumped-into-the-river-what-did-i-see</link><guid isPermaLink="false">693f21ba38266d8ba629af87</guid><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:59:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_ab285cb6082b4c4ead7d5395796658fc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: DE/VOID]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m not particularly good at this. As it’s neither a formal essay nor an informal response to a piece of writing, I don’t exactly know where to start. So I’ll just keep writing until something catches, perhaps a piece of friction between two words sparks something. Bear with me. This is essential in apprehending the subjects we’re going to take a look at in this piece. A word of background on me, or at least some attempt at explanation. One of the areas of study I found myself enmeshed in...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-de-void</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6929cf73a20c8b33b26492d7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:40:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_c2967289d6d2461791893568ff4516af~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: PREAMBLE AND PREMONITION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spent last weekend in a flux state, passing through more than couple interzones at a time. Saturday anniversary. Yes, I chose the wedding date. And I didn't. It was the first night we happened to get together, back in [redacted]. So yes, I decided to make that our wedding date as well even though it happens to fall upon Day of the Dead and All Souls Day and Samhain and I bet I'm missing a couple others in there. We've been married a good long time, together longer even than that. I wouldn't...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-preamble-and-premonition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">690a94b1757e81902cec9bbb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:08:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_e45079c766dd488389174c36ede22372~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: AND DON'T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SEE ON TV, 'CAUSE THEY'LL NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long couple weeks, folks. Back from a draining and not reinvigorating trip to LA and straight into the wall of Birthday. Then straight into a weekend in the hospital for someone close and anxiety whether or not that would impact their upcoming surgery (essential and required for any manner of daily quality of life) and that went all day and we're still in the recovery phase. Lots of demands on time and energy. Just cleaning the goddamn house. Laundry. Cooking. Cleaning. Caretaking. I'm very...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-and-don-t-believe-the-things-you-see-on-tv-cause-they-ll-never-happen-to-you</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fc0d7af591df2a57b7c7c0</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 23:39:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_9bf2c2056a644003be15b83c416091c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: I DON'T GET IT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I guess that title has broad application these days. Maybe too much so. Drove down to Los Angeles last week. Normally that's a thing that I'm excited about. I'm not there often enough for my tastes, as most of my friends are down there and I'm some three hundred plus miles to the north as the Challenger drives. I was driving down this time because there was one fewer of them to visit and it was time to say goodbye. Only I wasn't there yet and not clear on when I'm gonna be. I won't be...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-i-don-t-get-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68eed347a71bf0378378268b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:53:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_5ea9bce9228745bb8a10e53c40fb2441~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: GHOSTS OF CALIFORNIA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bob's in Toluca Lake This comes in several different parts, all imperfectly melded together. Maybe you'll see the seams in these...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-ghosts-of-california</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dff802389c7e406c7ee50c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:29:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_38d326c136a84fad93079905862d2331~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[USS DJT CV-082]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in 2017, Chris Barrus and Kaleb Horton started up a group project, a fictional Twitter account with posts from and about the...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/uss-djt-cv-082</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d9cc13a9706ca8931800ff</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_b291565ba1ec47368c1ccb09fff69e12~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: AT THE TOUCH OF A WORLD THAT IS OLDER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wrote this one yesterday, didn't get to posting it then. --- Time to write. Also time to watch kittens, under four months of age, maybe...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-at-the-touch-of-a-world-that-is-older</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d6df2965351387112fda67</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:47:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_5a89289eaccb48a8b9fb39d237ddadfb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: GONNA DIE IF SWEET MAN SHOULD PASS ME BY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Been a couple weeks, yeah. Maybe there's a lot to say all pent up in there. Maybe it's just been things happening while everyone around...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-gonna-die-if-sweet-man-should-pass-me-by</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68ca0a6c09d048a5bf8f22f2</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 01:11:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_0390bb8074ba40a9bc5431ce2dd53e84~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHADOW AND SILENCE - intro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's the new intro for the Hazeland books, as seen in Shadow and Silence, the collection that just dropped today. I'm putting it here...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/shadow-and-silence-intro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68acffde6e26accbc6cab19c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:31:22 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: AND NO ONE BRINGS ANYTHING SMALL INTO A BAR AROUND HERE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey, I’ve got a new book out. Okay, not a new new book, but collection of all the Hazeland work so far that’s been published. Nearly 700...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-and-no-one-brings-anything-small-into-a-bar-around-here</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68acfd7c6e26accbc6caa8ee</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:27:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_e8f93ebe98154221bc8193203be4a4c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FULL BLEED: HIS TRICK IS YOU AND ME, BOY]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know. A second entry this week. Wild stuff. Last one wasn’t really much of much. So I’ve been writing a book called (right now) The...]]></description><link>https://www.highway62press.com/single-post/full-bleed-his-trick-is-you-and-me-boy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68a8e78563acba47bdadf71d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:58:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4572af_b5129558327940ad90efb46d8fc8eafa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matt Maxwell</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>