Other Writing

Matt’s short fiction has appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review and Southwest Review; his humor and essays have appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Splitsider, Janice Magazine, and The Colorado Sun.

Fiction

• “For Alice and Her Advanced Empathy” Chicago Quarterly Review, Vol. 32
• “Rodrella, the Neighborhood Authenticity Associate” Southwest Review, Autumn–Winter 2017 · winner of the McGinnis-Ritchie Award

Humor

• “I’m a Person-Shaped Colony of the Measles Virus, and I Want Your Vote!” McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, 2016
• “Our Combination Butter Substitute, Face Lotion, Insecticide Is 100% Säfe.” McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, 2016
• “The Cephalopod Monster Secretly Living in Your Attic Requests That You Take This Brief Survey” McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, 2015
• “FAQs About the New Health Care Law’s Tremendous Vampire Bats Mandate” Splitsider, 2017

Essays

• “All Coloradans will be hurt by Trump’s cuts to civil legal services, even if you don’t need them” The Colorado Sun, 2025
• “Lessons in Resilience From 100 Years of Providing Legal Aid to Coloradans” The Colorado Lawyer, 2025
• “Colorado must catch up to other Western states when it comes to investing in civil legal aid” The Colorado Sun, 2024
• Guest Chapter How to Be a Lawyer: The Path from Law School to Success, 2022