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Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 20

31 Aug 2025 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Tonal shifts arrive in subtle waves, the longer we continue to sit here. So much seems preordained in retrospect, considering the list of characters who behave exactly as one would expect. And yet this amounts to a longshot betting parlay, whe...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 19

31 Aug 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

As though an omnipotent superbeing, Robby calls me for the first time in months, wondering if I might want to hit happy hour. Apart from the occurrence itself, the strangest aspect to this is that I was planning on calling him this afternoon a...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 18

29 Aug 2025 22 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

I get it, though. If you’re going to entertain some unusual notions about conquering this daily farce, then you risk others not exactly endorsing your stunts. And this is possibly a positive. The fewer bodies jammed onto this elevator — regard...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 17

28 Aug 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Answers on the Joe front arrive soon enough. Curiosity insatiable, Dylan makes a point of tracking our old friend down at his parents’ house, to get the full scoop. It seems that my instincts were spot on, regarding the weird timing on that mi...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 16

28 Aug 2025 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Even though I’m not so sure he knows what he’s talking about, Phil seems quite convinced of this point. And he is presumably enjoying some success with this approach, out on the town with Jen. Or more accurately, at Bootleggers with Jen, where...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 15

27 Aug 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

It’s amazing how nothing ever progresses in a straight line. Yet a discernible link exists between effort extended and the results achieved — it’s just that instead of linear motion, right angles, curves, and other irregular routes are far mor...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 13

25 Aug 2025 17 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

It’s open for debate exactly why we stop wearing our wedding rings out every night. Safe to say, moral obligations are not part of the equation. Nor any doubts whatsoever about their effectiveness. If not quite horrified themselves, Pete and t...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 10

21 Aug 2025 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Hanging out around the old apartment, alone, it’s Monday night and I recognize that this is the last one I’ll ever spend here. Tomorrow is the 31st of January, and come morning, I’m going to load up the last few items remaining here into my car,...

LIMITLESS - TWO POEMS FOR ONE COSMIC OCEAN BY: SDFM

20 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Serg FarStars

Trinity/Infinity Two reflecting one One reflected by two Reflection of two times infinity Infinity reflected twice. Two reflections, one infinity, trinity. Shattered Mirror/ Multi-Reflections Broken reflections Reflecting individually Individuals see...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 9

19 Aug 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Dylan deploys his ruse of not being able to figure out these trivia machines. And they weren’t leaving anyway, as it turns out, only moving up to the bar due to the spotty waitstaff service over here. Introducing themselves at last, from greatest to...