Scratch Magazine
Ideas don't always become novels. Sometimes they become essays, reviews, observations, conversations, or simply stories worth sharing.
Scratch Magazine is the editorial home of Scratch Writing—a collection of articles exploring storytelling, hidden history, emerging technology, films, humor, and the creative process. Whether you're interested in the lore behind The Midas Files, the future of artificial intelligence, a great movie recommendation, or a laugh at the day's absurdities, there's always something new to discover.
Explore the channels, follow your curiosity, and enjoy the journey.
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- Written by: Matt DeReno
- Category: The Funny Newz
CHICAGO — In the wake of a brutal snowstorm that battered the Northeastern United States, scientists now believe a Bargain United flight from Washington to Chicago remained grounded so long that at least one passenger’s dog experienced time travel.
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- Category: Cool Filmz
American Gangster has the kind of setup crime dramas love: one man builds an empire in the shadows while another tries to bring him down from inside a broken system.
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- Written by: Matt DeReno
- Category: TechGnosis
By Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, which disrupted organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even delayed the delivery of uniforms for the Olympic Games, represents a growing concern for cybersecurity professionals, businesses and governments.
Read more: Tech Gnosis: The CrowdStrike Outage Exposed How Fragile the Modern Internet Has Become
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- Written by: Matt DeReno
- Category: Cool Filmz
I am ready to reconsider my opinion of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.
Read more: Cool Filmz: Rediscovering The Phantom Menace - A Journey Through The First Prequel
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- Written by: Matt DeReno
- Category: The Funny Newz
ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Space commercialization is blasting off, and apparently the next frontier is not mining, science, tourism, or humanity’s destiny among the stars.
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- Written by: Matt DeReno
- Category: Bingham's Notebook
In The Midas Protocol: Midas Files Book One, Hank Raglan begins as a well-meaning but deeply naive protagonist.
Read more: Character Analysis of Hank Raglan from The Midas Protocol
Subcategories
The Scratching Post
The Scratching Post is Matt De Reno’s personal corner of Scratch Magazine, featuring author updates, creative reflections, Pittsburgh-rooted storytelling, house-project avoidance, writing life, book news, and friendly notes from the world behind The Midas Files.
Bingham's Notebook
Bingham’s Notebook explores the lore, characters, artifacts, hidden history, timelines, and behind-the-scenes mythology of The Midas Files, Matt De Reno’s Pittsburgh-rooted sci-fi thriller series about ancient power, impossible technology, and dangerous secrets.
Cool Filmz
Cool Filmz is Scratch Magazine’s movie and TV room, featuring essays, reviews, lookbacks, and story-minded reflections on sci-fi, thrillers, action classics, pop culture, character arcs, genre storytelling, and the films that shaped Matt De Reno’s imagination.
The Funny Newz
The Funny Newz is Scratch Magazine’s humor section, featuring fake headlines, sci-fi satire, UFO nonsense, cryptid chaos, ancient-alien absurdity, local parody, bad technology, and ridiculous reports from a universe that probably should not be trusted with advanced tools.
TechGnosis
TechGnosis explores strange science, future technology, space, AI, cybersecurity, fragile systems, hidden knowledge, and real-world ideas that sound like they escaped from a sci-fi thriller — all through the curious lens of Scratch Magazine.
