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The Best Thomas Ligotti Story You’ve Probably Never Read
An uncollected meditation on existence, nonexistence, and the horror in between
Apr 14
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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
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Matt Cardin
8
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Be the Writer You Are
Twain, Lovecraft, and the case against universal rules of style
Mar 26
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Matt Cardin
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Introducing The Living Dark Reader
A new quarterly companion for deep reading.
Mar 16
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Matt Cardin
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The Dangerous Question
Socrates, nonduality, and the inquiry that ends your life
Mar 8
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Matt Cardin
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Can Social Media Be Redeemed?
A closed game of engagement that plays us
Mar 6
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Matt Cardin
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February 2026
You Cannot Escape Metaphysics
UFOs, physics, and the illusion of "just science"
Feb 26
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Matt Cardin
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A Small Structural Change for The Living Dark
Dear Living Dark readers,
Feb 23
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Matt Cardin
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Read the Books. Ignore the Exercises.
On Spiritual Incubation and the Dangers of Prescribed Insight
Feb 20
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Matt Cardin
17
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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
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Matt Cardin
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Matthew Green
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1:02:34
Magic, Meaning, and the Fabric of the Real
Thoughts, quotations, and fragments (2)
Feb 10
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Matt Cardin
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Living into the Dark (Even When Promoting a Book)
Two recent podcast interviews on ‘Writing at the Wellspring’
Feb 6
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Matt Cardin
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