Matthew Hughes is a Canadian author who now lives in Britain, where he has taken up a secondary career as a housesitter while continuing to write science fiction under the name Matthew Hughes, crime fiction as Matt Hughes and media tie-ins as Hugh Matthews. Prior to his work in fiction, he was a freelance speechwriter for corporate executives and politicians in British Columbia.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Mystery
Series
Tale of Henghis Hapthorn
1. Majestrum (2006)
2. The Spiral Labyrinth (2007)
3. Hespira (2008)
aka Hespria
4. 9 Tales of Henghis Hapthorn (2013)
1. Majestrum (2006)
2. The Spiral Labyrinth (2007)
3. Hespira (2008)
aka Hespria
4. 9 Tales of Henghis Hapthorn (2013)
Luff Imbry
1. Quartet and Triptych (2010)
2. The Yellow Cabochon (2012)
3. Of Whimsies and Noubles (2014)
4. Epiphanies (2016)
The Other (2011)
The Meaning of Luff and Other Stories (2013)
1. Quartet and Triptych (2010)
2. The Yellow Cabochon (2012)
3. Of Whimsies and Noubles (2014)
4. Epiphanies (2016)
The Other (2011)
The Meaning of Luff and Other Stories (2013)
Hell and Back Trilogy
1. The Damned Busters (2011)
2. Costume Not included (2011)
3. Hell to Pay (2013)
1. The Damned Busters (2011)
2. Costume Not included (2011)
3. Hell to Pay (2013)
Passengers & Perils
1. Passengers & Perils: Part 1A (2022)
2. Passengers & Perils: Part 1B (2022)
3. Passengers & Perils: Part 2A (2022)
4. Passengers & Perils: Part 2B (2022)
5. Passengers & Perils: Part 3 (2022)
Passengers & Perils (2022)
1. Passengers & Perils: Part 1A (2022)
2. Passengers & Perils: Part 1B (2022)
3. Passengers & Perils: Part 2A (2022)
4. Passengers & Perils: Part 2B (2022)
5. Passengers & Perils: Part 3 (2022)
Passengers & Perils (2022)
Novels
Downshift (1997) (as by Matt Hughes)
The Commons (2007)
The Compleat Guth Bandar (2014)
Paroxysm (2019)
A God in Chains (2019)
Forays of a Fat Man (2019)
What the Wind Brings (2019)
Barbarians of the Beyond (2021)
Baldemar (2022)
The Commons (2007)
The Compleat Guth Bandar (2014)
Paroxysm (2019)
A God in Chains (2019)
Forays of a Fat Man (2019)
What the Wind Brings (2019)
Barbarians of the Beyond (2021)
Baldemar (2022)
Collections
The Gist Hunter and Other Stories (2005)
Devil or Angel and Other Stories (2015)
9 Tales of Raffalon (2017)
Welcome to Pacific City (2018) (with Daniel Ausema, Jennifer Baumer, Victor Espinosa, Wilson Geiger, Lydia Hall, Andrew Leon Hudson, Igor Ljubuncic, P J Richards and Tansy Rayner Roberts)
Devil or Angel and Other Stories (2015)
9 Tales of Raffalon (2017)
Welcome to Pacific City (2018) (with Daniel Ausema, Jennifer Baumer, Victor Espinosa, Wilson Geiger, Lydia Hall, Andrew Leon Hudson, Igor Ljubuncic, P J Richards and Tansy Rayner Roberts)
Novellas
Series contributed to
Black Cat Weekly (with Hal Charles, Thomas M Disch, Nikki Dolson, Elizabeth Elwood, Hulbert Footner, Jack Halliday, James Holding, Larry Tritten and Richard Wilson)
30. Black Cat Weekly #30 (2022)
30. Black Cat Weekly #30 (2022)
Awards
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Matthew Hughes recommends

Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom (2017)
(Retropolis, book 1)
Bradley W Schenck
"...a madcap mash-up of retro-sf, full of fearless heroes and heroines dashing about like Flash Gordon meets the Keystone Cops."
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