Jason McGathey
Jason McGathey

Jason McGathey

Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!


"The Doom Statues" - chapter 21

19 May 2024 2 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

“Okay, so what kind of tree is that?” Clay challenges, pointing to a gnarled specimen sticking up just a few feet from the creek’s middle. “Those are what’s known as bald cypress trees,” Tom explains, without breaking stride in his furious...

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Sign up, get my latest novel!     Just click on this link here and enter your email address:   https://mailchi.mp/41d84d8d5937/email-signup   Jason McGathey I am a seasoned professional writer wh...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 20

17 May 2024 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  “Have you invited your parents out here?” Emily asks Kay, as they crunch their way through this burnt orange colored carpet of needles, “like, for one of these upcoming tours, maybe?” Harry hasn’t explicitly stated who is and isn’t permitted...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 19

12 May 2024 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Distracted by this pond, Jeremy and company have gotten no further than skirting it. They approached from the left side, nearest the woods, but then rounded the top and have come back around down the opposite side. He wouldn’t consider hims...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 18

10 May 2024 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Sunday morning brings with it more unrelenting gloom, which is somewhat unusual for this state, this time of the year. They’re all still waiting for an Indian Summer that hasn’t yet materialized. Prompted by Emily’s continued sleepless hyst...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 17

5 May 2024 7 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey

Sorting out who will sleep where is a matter decided with surprisingly little animosity. Though the artists mostly prefer solitude to begin with, this notion of separate living quarters, with or without toilets — the newly constructed cabin...

German Village: Historic Charm in Columbus Ohio

1 May 2024 5 minute read 4 comments jasonmcgathey

German Village is a beautiful, historical section of Columbus Ohio, just south of downtown. Debating exactly where German Village ends and the Brewery District begins can be somewhat dicey, assuming you care about these designations. But for o...

Topiary Park

27 Apr 2024 3 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey

Topiary Park, located in downtown Columbus, made its debut during the whole AmeriFlora extravaganza in 1992. Even so, maybe it’s me, but I don’t recall hearing anything whatsoever about this phenomenal art installation until the early 2000s...

The 100 Page Treatment: When Do You Give Up On A Bad Book?

20 Apr 2024 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Bad To Not So Great Many years ago, at some point in the early 2000s, a friend of mine was remarking that he never knew when to give up on a book. As it just so happened, maybe six months at most before this, I had coincidentally settled on a...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 16

14 Apr 2024 3 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

One of the artists, Rafael, spends three weeks, before the official opening, cataloging every piece of wood in the main building, most of it located up on the third floor. And even then is not quite finished. Others do the same with every drop...