Author: Matt Gordon

Matt works at an insurance company, but he doesn't want to let you hold that against him. His passion for stories, both fact and fiction, led him to an absurd number of used bookstores as well as through two history degrees. During this very impractical education, he got paid once for his writing, and has been chasing the feeling ever since. When not indulging in the written word and pretending he has never even heard of equipment breakdown insurance, Matt spends his time traveling, trying to make his beautiful wife laugh, and searching for inexpensive food.

Writing Workshop: Forgetful Memories, Matt’s Story

Reading Time: 1 minAll January Writing Workshop stories were written in 15 minutes, the writer inspired by the following prompt: “This coffee house…

The War of Words

Reading Time: 4 minOver Christmas vacation, I saw the movie Darkest Hour, a biopic about Winston Churchill that focused on the decision to…

The Whisper

Reading Time: 4 minI love beginnings. The first book or movie in a series, the first day of school, the first memories of…

The Bridegroom

Reading Time: 12 minThe crickets started to chirp. It was her favorite time of day. The last golden ray of the sun slipped…

The Feast

Reading Time: 4 minI frequently listen to the Preston and Steve show when I drive into work in the morning. (That almost feels…

The Second Voice

Reading Time: 5 minI feel the need to apologize. Considering the current turmoil in our government, many a soul has joined our nation’s…

Perfection

Reading Time: 4 minIt was nothing special, and it was perfect. The necklace glistened in the display case. Glistening was, perhaps, too strong…

Sisyphus Retold

Reading Time: 16 minIn Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a man doomed by the gods to push a rock up a hill, watch it…

Through the Prayer of a Saint: My Path to Orthodoxy

Reading Time: 70 minWhy Orthodoxy? How, in the myriad of Christian denominations, interpretations, and histories, do you pick one? Particularly one that requires…