Scratch Writing

Scratch Writing is the creative home of author Matt De Reno—and the video home of The Midas Files and Scratch Magazine.

Enter The Midas Files through chapter-by-chapter Live Readings, cinematic trailers, character introductions, animated excerpts, and glimpses into the mystery surrounding the Gold Box. Follow Hank Raglan, Caroline Friday, and the people drawn into a story spanning corporate conspiracies, strange technologies, ancient history, and alternate realities.

Scratch Magazine expands the conversation through The Scratching Post, Bingham’s Notebook, Cool Filmz, TechGnosis, The Funny Newz, Quantum Soup, and other explorations of books, movies, technology, Pittsburgh, history, humor, and the wonderfully strange.

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The Midas Files: Some files were never meant to be opened.