Seph Murtagh
@sephmurtagh.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction and essays in 3:AM Magazine, Minor Literature[s], & Socrates on the Beach.
Renata Adler, bringing the goods in PITCH DARK. Extraordinary passage, extraordinary novel.
August 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Renata Adler, bringing the goods in PITCH DARK. Extraordinary passage, extraordinary novel.
Our home bar from those days (which is sadly gone now that we’ve entered our sober toddler parenting era. I’m an IPA guy now 😢)
August 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our home bar from those days (which is sadly gone now that we’ve entered our sober toddler parenting era. I’m an IPA guy now 😢)
Found the hand-drawn cocktail book that my wife and I made during our drunken shut-in covid days.
August 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Found the hand-drawn cocktail book that my wife and I made during our drunken shut-in covid days.
My 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.
June 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My 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.
Wife is horrified than I’m still eating peeps from Easter.
May 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wife is horrified than I’m still eating peeps from Easter.
Man this novel floored me. Absolute gut wrench.
April 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Man this novel floored me. Absolute gut wrench.
Pleased to report that the redbud blossoms have arrived in Upstate NY.
April 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Pleased to report that the redbud blossoms have arrived in Upstate NY.
There are plenty of waterfalls in Central NY, lots of little lieutenants and capos, but this one here is the top don. Taughannock Falls, highest straight drop waterfall east of the Mississippi.
April 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are plenty of waterfalls in Central NY, lots of little lieutenants and capos, but this one here is the top don. Taughannock Falls, highest straight drop waterfall east of the Mississippi.
For @thedodgemag.bsky.social I wrote a meditative short story about deer hunting (or about the pleasures of simply waiting in the woods, as the case may be). Big thanks to @addisonzeller.bsky.social for giving this piece a home. www.thedodgemag.com/sephmurtagh1
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For @thedodgemag.bsky.social I wrote a meditative short story about deer hunting (or about the pleasures of simply waiting in the woods, as the case may be). Big thanks to @addisonzeller.bsky.social for giving this piece a home. www.thedodgemag.com/sephmurtagh1
This is how I know that spring has finally arrived, when this guy shows up in the creek 😃
April 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is how I know that spring has finally arrived, when this guy shows up in the creek 😃
First spring wildflower sighting always makes me ridiculously giddy. Hepatica!
March 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
First spring wildflower sighting always makes me ridiculously giddy. Hepatica!
Modern beer is so wild, it tastes like a chalice of herbs and this is the can.
March 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Modern beer is so wild, it tastes like a chalice of herbs and this is the can.
Show me you in a hat.
This is me in a hat at 16 smoking what looks to be a cigarillo or clove cigarette? No memory of any of this.
This is me in a hat at 16 smoking what looks to be a cigarillo or clove cigarette? No memory of any of this.
February 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Show me you in a hat.
This is me in a hat at 16 smoking what looks to be a cigarillo or clove cigarette? No memory of any of this.
This is me in a hat at 16 smoking what looks to be a cigarillo or clove cigarette? No memory of any of this.
I was so impressed by this novel. A painful read at times, but mordantly funny and so good at capturing those quirky tensions of family life that we all know exist but are so hard to put into words. Less Sally Rooney discourse, more Gwendoline Riley discourse!
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I was so impressed by this novel. A painful read at times, but mordantly funny and so good at capturing those quirky tensions of family life that we all know exist but are so hard to put into words. Less Sally Rooney discourse, more Gwendoline Riley discourse!
This is the most terrifying image in the history of the universe
February 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is the most terrifying image in the history of the universe
Groundhog Day seems like a good day to burn the Christmas tree.
February 3, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Groundhog Day seems like a good day to burn the Christmas tree.
My baby daughter’s favorite toys @minorliteratures.bsky.social
January 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My baby daughter’s favorite toys @minorliteratures.bsky.social
This colony of ducks lives year round in the creek near my house and it’s insane to me that they’re able to survive the winter. But every morning they’re just out here like this, chilling.
January 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This colony of ducks lives year round in the creek near my house and it’s insane to me that they’re able to survive the winter. But every morning they’re just out here like this, chilling.
I’ve always loved this photo of him and Joyce.
January 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I’ve always loved this photo of him and Joyce.
About to correct the grave deficiency of never having read this classic American novel.
January 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
About to correct the grave deficiency of never having read this classic American novel.
My top 5 favorite novels read in 2024. They range from the extremely weird (WATT) to the terrifyingly violent (HURRICANE SEASON) to the lovingly domestic (THE LONG FORM). Didn’t get a ton of time to read this year but feel very blessed to have discovered these beauties.
December 30, 2024 at 2:38 PM
My top 5 favorite novels read in 2024. They range from the extremely weird (WATT) to the terrifyingly violent (HURRICANE SEASON) to the lovingly domestic (THE LONG FORM). Didn’t get a ton of time to read this year but feel very blessed to have discovered these beauties.
Merry Christmas from my favorite waterfall.
December 25, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Merry Christmas from my favorite waterfall.
I love reading about Gerald Murnane almost as much as I love reading Gerald Murnane. I know there's a cult of eccentricity around this guy, but I don't care. What other author is a font of such charming and inexhaustible quiddities?
December 11, 2024 at 2:42 PM
I love reading about Gerald Murnane almost as much as I love reading Gerald Murnane. I know there's a cult of eccentricity around this guy, but I don't care. What other author is a font of such charming and inexhaustible quiddities?
Next up. I can't remember the last time I've been so excited to start a novel. So many readers I admire have plugged this on my feed (especially @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social and @joiedevivre9.bsky.social) and I've spent the last year as a new parent, so it seems very fitting!
December 6, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Next up. I can't remember the last time I've been so excited to start a novel. So many readers I admire have plugged this on my feed (especially @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social and @joiedevivre9.bsky.social) and I've spent the last year as a new parent, so it seems very fitting!
Reminded me of this passage from Middlemarch
December 5, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Reminded me of this passage from Middlemarch