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Matt Heart

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Matt Heart is a BMA award-winning international singer-songwriter and the author of the Cold Fever Books universe—an ever-growing collection of horror, thriller, and supernatural novels for both young adults and adults. His catalog ranges from chilling YA classics like Nightmare in a Toy Store and the Cold Fever series to darker, hard-hitting adult titles such as The Boney Man, Ash Wednesday, Iniquity, Tender Eyes, Ding Dong Witch, and The Incredible Bobbi Myers

With a passion for storytelling that spans more than three decades, Matt masterfully blends elements of horror, mystery, suspense, and psychological depth, crafting unforgettable characters and vivid, atmospheric worlds. His books are known for their cinematic pacing, bold twists, a
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Matt Heart Tender Eyes 3: The Butcher - I am putting a lot of thought into this novel. It seems to be my most challenging one yet.
Matt Heart For me, it’s creation. I get to build entire worlds from nothing. I give my characters a voice. A pulse. Breath. I shape their fears, their flaws, the…moreFor me, it’s creation. I get to build entire worlds from nothing. I give my characters a voice. A pulse. Breath. I shape their fears, their flaws, their darkness—and when I’m finally satisfied, I hand them to a narrator who brings them fully to life. Then I score the audiobook like a film, layering music beneath the emotion. That process? It means more to me than cutting a three-minute song in a studio ever did.

As an independent author and publisher, I answer to no one. No watered-down plots. No forced edits. No committee steering the ship. I control the pacing. The reveals. The silence between the lines. I decide what you see—and when you see it. But the best part?
It’s when a reader trusts me enough to get in the car.
I’m driving. They ride shotgun. And together, we take every twist and turn inside my mind.(less)
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Expanding the Cold Fever Books Universe

One of the things I’ve always loved about writing is that it doesn’t need to end when the final page is turned. The worlds, the atmosphere, the characters — they linger. Over the years, readers of Tender Eyes, Ash Wednesday, The Boney Man, and the Cold Fever titles have reached out asking where these stories live beyond the books.

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"The narrator tries to “perform” a bit but he reads it like it’s all one run on sentence with no real proper breaks/pauses and generally sounds boring. Not sure why he decided to make the teacher and Ethan’s boss British randomly. The odds of two Brit" Read more of this review »
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" Thanks for checking it out. Ash Wednesday is one piece of my Laurelsville / Hollows Creek Cold Fever universe. It stands alone, but connects with A 10 ...more "
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“Life is like a book—each day a page, each year a chapter, and before you can figure out the ending, it's over. Live life to the fullest. Don’t wait for opportunity to knock; be a carpenter, build your own door, and walk boldly through it.”
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“Life is like a book—each day a page, each year a chapter, and before you can figure out the ending, it's over. Live life to the fullest. Don’t wait for opportunity to knock; be a carpenter, build your own door, and walk boldly through it.”
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Matt Heart Huge thanks to the 926 readers who entered the Incredible Bobbi Myers giveaway! 🎉 100 winners now have their copies, and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts. If you didn’t win, you can still grab it here: a.co/d/9xjTSMa The Incredible Bobbi Myers by Matt Heart

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