Semi-Coherent Musings - from one of the leading masters of this questionable art form!
13 Mar 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Mounted deer on backside of Marlen’s house After leaving the hospital, Allie and his crew head home. The rest of us agree to meet over at this BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse. Dad makes it as far as drifting inside the building, but then un...
6 Mar 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
While we're waiting, I observe that Mom does seem somewhat out of it. Dad's convinced that he knows all the signs, and that she's just had another stroke. Marlen meanwhile is nowhere to be found, has obviously wandered away somewhere, possi...
28 Feb 2025 24 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Somehow I've written approximately 1000x more about my friends than I have my family, which I guess is a little strange. The material is certainly here in spades. I think I've really just struggled with finding some footing on how to...
20 Feb 2025 28 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
As of the 2000 census, Hilliard had the highest birthrate of any town in Ohio. Which probably helps explain and has also fueled the explosive growth rate around this region. It’s one of those “suburbs” of Columbus which has more or less been surroun...
13 Feb 2025 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Howdy there, dear readers. I stumbled upon this in an old box a few days ago and thought it too coincidental not to share, considering that it’s an early draft snippet of what became Well-Behaved Monsters. With some handwritten notes up...
6 Feb 2025 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Well, at long last we have a paperback prototype of Well-Behaved Monsters to hold in our hands…and I think it looks really good! As someone who has single-handedly bootstrapped this stuff through the years, the results are a mixed bag to sa...
30 Jan 2025 7 minute read 1 comment jasonmcgathey
By now, even those who are not exactly a fan of Kentucky Fried Chicken probably know a great deal about its origin story. Yet for every timeworn, heartwarming chestnut, like how Colonel Sanders roamed the countryside peddling his recipe, there...
23 Jan 2025 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Hello again! As you probably know by now, my latest work, Well-Behaved Monsters, is coming out April 9. But I’m rewarding the brave and loyal among you with a special Kindle preorder price of 99 cents. Just click the snazzy image above or t...
16 Jan 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Okay my friends and neighbors, the print edition of my next book, Well-Behaved Monsters, is now available for preorder! The rest of the world can only get their copy beginning April 9. But as an exclusive to my loyal readers of this newsletter, th...
7 Jan 2025 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
By the time an apparently not-overly-concerned Clay arrives on the scene, it’s almost noon. At Emily’s insistence a number of them are loitering around the main house’s lobby, in front of Grace’s counter, which affords a tremendous view via i...
