Writer. Fiction and essays in 3:AM Magazine, Minor Literature[s], & Socrates on the Beach.https://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3mjkn5tch422616, attempting to hitchhike to Maine, standing on the shoulder of a highway onramp near Albany, with night coming on and 3 dollars in my pocket, when a guy in a white Ford Pinto rolls up and hands me $60 and a King James Bible. "Thanks man you saved my ass" I said. "No, God saved your ass," he said. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkn5tch4226https://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3miymqyqioc2zWell this is pretty much as insane as I expected it to be.08 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3miymqyqioc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3lwwgtebi3c2gRenata Adler, bringing the goods in PITCH DARK. Extraordinary passage, extraordinary novel.21 Aug 2025 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwwgtebi3c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3lwgucmf5e227Ah, the sour smell of fallen, trampled fruit fermenting on city sidewalks. It's one of my favorite smells of the year. Fills me with a great inner peace. We are nearing the end of the torrid heat.15 Aug 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwgucmf5e227https://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3lwa2sni75k2tSitting in my office, starving, receiving updates from daycare that my daughter is being fed "sun butter and jelly sandwich, green beans and fruit cocktail"12 Aug 2025 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwa2sni75k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3lvqm2zll322xFound the hand-drawn cocktail book that my wife and I made during our drunken shut-in covid days.06 Aug 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqm2zll322xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3luv3pfps7s2cWrote 1000 words on Gabriel Blackwell's DOOM TOWN, a strange and deeply affecting novel that I won't soon forget. https://substack.com/home/post/p-16931816626 Jul 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3luv3pfps7s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3lrirs2pii22mMy 17 month old daughter has developed an allergy to mosquitos and I'm frankly annoyed that no one, from my wife to our pediatrician to her daycare providers, seems to want to use the official name for it.13 Jun 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrirs2pii22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sephmurtagh.bsky.social/post/3lpeunl4voc25Took the Substack plunge (yes, sorry, I know) and wrote a little thing about Redbud trees. https://substack.com/home/post/p-16378281417 May 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:fo56o7qgk44ltt5aspm57i2d/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpeunl4voc25