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Before the Hunger

Posted on 09/05/2025 by Jared Ray Conger

The hunt is over. After months of pacing circles, weighing shadows, and trying not to let the silence win, I finally found someone to take on the edits. Within budget. Within reach. That means the stories won’t stay locked away … Continue reading →

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Yume Bitsu: Portland’s Astral Cartographers

Posted on 08/29/2025 by Jared Ray Conger

(a blog written a year ago and lost in my drafts…) Yume Bitsu weren’t just a band. They were a map you stumbled into by accident, feedback trails scribbled across Portland skies like someone was trying to redraw the constellations. … Continue reading →

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Two New Stories Now Live: A Cloaked Girl and a City of Static

Posted on 06/18/2025 by Jared Ray Conger

The latest stories are up now on Patreon—two very different kinds of hauntings. One walks quietly in the woods. The other dissolves inside a crumbling city of ash and static. Both ask what we carry when memory slips—and what we … Continue reading →

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Epitaphs for Elsa – a Reedsy contest entry

Posted on 03/26/2025 by Jared Ray Conger

Here’s a short story I wrote for a Reedsy contest prompt: Write a story in the form of a letter, or several letters sent back and forth.It’s called “Epitaphs to Elsa.” https://blog.reedsy.com/short-story/e62khb Originally, it came from notes for a different story in … Continue reading →

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“Into the Frozen Abyss”

Posted on 12/26/2024 by Jared Ray Conger

Shapes began to form in my mind, unbidden—dark silhouettes conjured from the storm’s shadows, vast and alien, moving with an unnatural hunger. They didn’t belong to this world but to some nightmare void where logic had no place. The thought constricted my chest, but I swallowed hard and forced my body into motion. Whatever was out there, I couldn’t afford to let fear freeze me here.
Determination replaced hesitation as I pressed forward, boots dragging through the snow. My eyes locked on the faint outlines of the trees ahead. Sweat trickled down my brow, fleeting warmth that carried a warning. Dampness was a threat as lethal as the cold—it would drain my body heat, turning survival into a gamble. I couldn’t afford that mistake. Continue reading →

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Some albums and songs of 2024 (that I listened to in 2024)

Posted on 12/20/2024 by Jared Ray Conger

Lately, I’ve found myself on a nostalgic journey back through the realms of hip-hop, reigniting old flames with some classic albums that colored my younger years. Whether it was cassette, CD, or those beloved mixtapes, the grooves of these albums … Continue reading →

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