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Modern Life Will Kill You Eventually, Get Over It

9 Apr 2026 2 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

I don't think there is a day that goes by when I'm not stuck with an article in one news feed or another about how yet another source food, life, clothing, tools or fabricated environment is going to cause me cancer. At this rate, the number of thing...

Ambition Is the New Religion

26 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments CineLonga

Ambition used to be a personality trait. Now it feels like a moral obligation. If you pay attention, almost every conversation about life eventually turns into performance. What are you building? What are you working on? What’s next? Even hobbies ar...

The Beautiful Anarchy of a Moment Unfrozen

17 Aug 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Prompted Beauty

There is a precise, almost surgical neatness to a photograph. It captures a moment, cleans it up, and frames it for eternity, silencing the beautiful noise that came before and after. It lies by telling a single, tidy truth. But what if an art...

"Well-Behaved Monsters" - catching up with our heroes

10 Apr 2025 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

This scene from my brand new novel, Well-Behaved Monsters, finds our main characters Dylan, Joe, and Sid gathered at their favorite watering hole, Triads Lounge, for a state of the union type chat. Dylan and Joe both have serious girlfriends a...

"Well-Behaved Monsters" - a glimpse at the original draft

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...

"Well-Behaved Monsters" - a peek inside the paperback!

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...

Episode 66: 47th Birthday Speech AND St. Patty's Special

15 Mar 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Fast Heart Mart

In this episode I gave my annual birthday speech, which this year happens to be my 47th birthday. My speech may not have been as well prepared as previous years, but the show must go. I’ve had tons of stuff going on in my world to distract me from wr...