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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...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 8

18 Aug 2025 16 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

A few nights later, as the weekend finally arrives, Joe meets Dylan and me over at my soon to be vacated apartment, and we can’t resist telling him about our findings. Though the purpose of this evening is for these two to help me move my heavy...

Bob O'Clock: A Time Odyssey

18 Aug 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." Matthew 10:16 "Behold, I send you forth as circus freaks in the midst of businessmen: be ye therefore wise as comedians, and harmless...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 7

17 Aug 2025 5 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey

Despite this encouraging result, however, this doesn’t necessarily prove anything, regarding whether these wedding rings work or not. It’s a tiny sample size, but there’s also a problem here in how that whole interaction had developed. The exper...

The Blue Breath of Pixels

16 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nurnobi Islam

Click to animate A short story, born from this animation. The Bloom and I were old acquaintances. For months, it had been the first and last thing I saw in my digital world—a silent, static flower frozen in a state of perfect, corporate serenity on...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 6

15 Aug 2025 15 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

“IT DOES MATTER!” Pete Ravage screams, in this brightly lit aisle, near the front of the department store. Passing shoppers pause with their carts, shoot querulous glances our way. Dylan and I exchange similar looks ourselves, wondering just how...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 5

14 Aug 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

If Aaron is the slightly older, composed and well put together friend, then Robby is the crass inversion of those attributes. Slightly older than us as well, and even usually dressing snazzily when out on the town, but his behavior lies at the u...

The Weight of Forgotten Summers

14 Aug 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Nurnobi Islam

Click to animate A short story, born from this animation. The morning finds me the way it always has these past seven years: rooted to this spot like some cursed oak, my feet having long forgotten the language of movement. But today feels different...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 4

13 Aug 2025 18 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Eventually, blessedly, Joe talks Angel into pouting instead at that corner table with Dylan, Pete, and Phil. When they leave, Aaron and I move a few steps closer to the dance floor railing, a seemingly prime spot right by the gap in said railing...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 3

11 Aug 2025 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

After Joe climbs into Angel’s miniature coupe, they follow us in still another direction, north across town to Jumpers. As we approach the entrance, a doorman in a chair is checking IDs, standard protocol at places like these. Except upon reachi...