The Monastery of Your Life

Morris Berman and the case for the solitary monastic ideal

May 18 • Matt Cardin

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An Unfinished Story That I Don't Remember Writing

A fragment of weird religious horror from my archives

May 1 • Matt Cardin

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April 2026

The Best Thomas Ligotti Story You’ve Probably Never Read

An uncollected meditation on existence, nonexistence, and the horror in between

Apr 14 • Matt Cardin

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March 2026

Writing from the Source: Talking to Joanna Penn About Creativity

My interview for The Creative Penn podcast on the muse and the creative unknown

Mar 30 • Matt Cardin

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Be the Writer You Are

Twain, Lovecraft, and the case against universal rules of style

Mar 26 • Matt Cardin

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The Living Dark Reader, No. 1

A new quarterly companion for deep reading.

Mar 16 • Matt Cardin

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The Dangerous Question

Socrates, nonduality, and the inquiry that ends your life

Mar 8 • Matt Cardin

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Can Social Media Be Redeemed?

A closed game of engagement that plays us

Mar 6 • Matt Cardin

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February 2026

You Cannot Escape Metaphysics

UFOs, physics, and the illusion of "just science"

Feb 26 • Matt Cardin

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A Small Structural Change for The Living Dark

Dear Living Dark readers,

Feb 23 • Matt Cardin

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Read the Books. Ignore the Exercises.

On Spiritual Incubation and the Dangers of Prescribed Insight

Feb 20 • Matt Cardin

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Live discussion on my new book ‘Writing at the Wellspring’

A recording from Matt Cardin and Matthew Green's live video

Feb 14 • Matt Cardin and Matthew Green

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