Jason Marbach

@marbach.bsky.social

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Father, Author, Lover, Human. He/Him. Modern Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller/Fantasy/Chaos/Weird, Insane Stories Set in a shared universe, check us out here: https://linktr.ee/chaoscatcreative Creative partner with @rwmeadors.bsky.social.

A photo my youngest sent me of our cat, Tiny, side-eying the camera bombastically
Excerpt (unedited) from "The Alluvion," an upcoming novel from Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors
The text message exchange between myself (Jason Marbach) and my coauthor, R.W. Meadors, when he told me another author friend of ours (Hope Engel) has a character I created and love dearly as her favorite character, when I never expected anyone but me to care about him. Exchange reads as follows: Me: No way R.W.: Way Me: THE AGE OF T MIKEY SUPREMACY HAS BEGIN R.W.: I definitely should not have told you that Me: Bwahahahahaha! Me: I winnnnnnnn Me: All wrongs in the world have been made right R.W.: Well, I was still right about the cover Me: Class warfare is gone. Cancer is cured. All politicians are benevolent R.W.: Rockies win the World Series
If you zoom in, you can see the tail feathers of the bird as it’s climbing back off his lap
My notifs were out of control when I logged on for the first time today, and that gives me a very odd sense of anxiety
In the style of a well-known internet meme of the Simpsons character named Apu jumping in front of a bullet to protect another, this meme shows Grog (the character from the Critical Role campaign/show "The Legend of Vox Machina") as the character being protected, while the gun-toting assailant is labeled as "The Deck Of Many Things" and ther represenation of Apu is labeled "Me." It's a joke in reference to the bad history Grog has with the Deck Of Many Things and how the fanbase saw the easter egg in S4 episode 4 of The Legend Of Vox Machina and had certain feelings (comedically) triggered.
Actor Margot Martindale would be a perfect fit to play Jodi Cahill.
Actor Bruce McGill would be an ideal candidate to play Sheriff Clarence Daubront, in our estimation.
Actor Laura Dern is who we’d love to play Captain Cecilia Harris.
Actor Bill Camp would bring the rheumy, peptic acerbic nature of Terry LeFleur to life beautifully, we believe.
Actor Elijah Wood, our fan cast for Danny Jacobsen
Actor Zoe Kravitz, who would be the perfect casting for Layla Wallace in our minds
Actor Jackie Earle Haley, who Jason Marbach and R.W. Meadors would fan castings to play Lincoln Baxter onscreen.
Actor/Rapper Mos Def is our pick to play Calvin Henson
Actor Donald Glover, our preference to play Fitzgerald “Fitz” Greene if The Major Arcana were to become an onscreen production.
Actor Josh Holloway, the fan cast from authors Jason Marbach and R.W. Meadors to play protagonist Eric Riley
A bullshit autoprompt telefascist bot claims I am the ONLY local Democrat…in Houston…selected for…whatever scam this is. My response reads: “The level of disdain you temu fascists have for my intelligence remains hilariously embarrassing. For you.”
Avi Offer, who erroneously calls themselves a “Movie Guru”, has an absolutely humiliating self-own of a movie take while reviewing The Mandalorian And Grogu. They say - in complete seriousness - that they expect viewers to rather be watching the absolute garbage that is the Avatar franchise 🤣
Unedited excerpt from “Projekt”, the upcoming second novel from Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors. The prompt in the post was “post the last sentence before they smooch,” and this excerpt reads: “…the counter, and giggled as she said, “If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel!” She turned to share the laugh with Ana, but instead found Ana standing stock still and staring at her in unmistakable amazement. Stevie’s smile faltered on her face. “I, uh...sorry, it’s from...Treasure Island. Me and my silly quotes, I guess, I…” And suddenly Ana was there, firmly entwined around Stevie. The only thing in the universe was the taste of her lips on Stevie’s, the feel of Ana’s palms pressed urgently against the small of Stevie’s back, the blonde hair and the dark hair mixing with one another.”
Goofy meme that reads “I’ll fuckin do it again”
Millennial Winnie the Pooh first struggles to read this and then, once he realizes what if says, turns into an angry Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Donatello, Michelangelo, and Keno gather over a pot of a chemical concoction meant to reverse mutation of Tokka and Razar in 1991’s TMNT 2: The Secret Of The Ooze
A page from the first volume of Blacksad showing (in the biggest panel on the page) a detailed cityscape resembling 1950s New York City. It’s truly exquisite artwork
LeBron is extremely exasperated with you and is finishing the “for fuck’s sake” expression begun in the post text
An excerpt from The Major Arcana (by Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors) from a scene introducing Jodi Cahill and her shop, The Bellafontaine Apothecary: “He shook his head in amazement. There was a sizable display of beads in what Eric guessed must be every imaginable color and a large selection of candles, some depicting various Catholic saints on their containers. Another wall featured an assortment of framed photos and posters. One poster depicted assorted astrological formations and a chart of zodiac symbols, and he recognized in another the visage of the infamous Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin. A photo framed beneath the Rasputin poster seemed to be nothing more than an ordinary white rabbit. Eric tilted his head, trying to make sense of that. He couldn’t help but notice that the window display that caught his eye earlier was already gone, with a new display replacing it. Baskets of candles and laurels in green and red and orange colors were strewn about haphazardly near the window, with select pieces arranged in a display now bearing a sign that read Beltane Bonanza.” Excerpt From The Major Arcana Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors https://books.apple.com/book/id6759012228 This material may be protected by copyright.
One of my cats is very snuggly under a blanket
Kirkus Reviews has posted their review of The Major Arcana, and this excerpt of it reads as such: “The narrative deftly shifts back and forth between 2001 and 2020, doling out intriguing tidbits of information on murders both past and present. It’s a curious mess to unravel; as one character points out, “at least with serial killers, you always have something to look forward to.” Readers can certainly look forward to many pages filled with bloody tension.” — 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘶𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴
The cover of The Major Arcana by Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors, available today everywhere!
The cover of “The Major Arcana” by Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors, on sale now everywhere!
"The Major Arcana" by Jason Marbach and R.W. Meadors, available today wherever you get your books!
The cover of “Men At Arms,” Terry Pratchett’s 1993 novel which features the legendary Sam Vimes’ “Boots" Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness.
Trending topics on bsky for my feed are very baseball-centric and I think that’s neat
A photo of my two tabbies staring wistfully at something in the backyard. Caption (badly) imitates the late Steve Irwin: “Crikey! Lookit the pair’a huntahs as they stawk theyuh prey”
Bsky user Faeelin showing his ass
An objectively terrible called 3rd strike ended the DR-USA wbc game
Boy do I have some news for you
A quick screen grab video of posts by Joey about Israel
LeBron James simply cannot believe this shit. He’s holding out his hands in exasperation and making a face at a teammate (a memorable event from the basketball world several years ago) and I’ve superimposed the work “sake” on the image, so that - coupled with the text of the post - it’s as if I’m saying “for fuck’s SAKE” with the expression he exhibits in the photo.
Excerpt of note reads: “EU is likely to increase energy imports from Russia.”
Lisa Simpson is shocked
Excerpt from The Major Arcana (by Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors) reads as follows: “As they meandered towards the benches, Calvin said, “Boy, Jude Acers taught me all there is to know about this here game, and that’s why your shiny ass ain’t never beat me once.”Fitz laughed now. “Old man, I beat you not two weeks ago and you know it.”Calvin harrumphed. “You cheated yo’ black ass off.”“I didn’t cheat you, I just baited you. Come on now, don’t be bitter.”Calvin grumbled but said no more as the two men settled on the powder-coated black bench. The paint looked magnificent from a distance, sleek and shiny, but once you got close enough, you could see the rust underneath the flaking paint, and the bird shit and leaves peppered it thoroughly as well. A bolt was missing, and the whole thing seemed to groan and shift slightly as Fitz and the older man eased themselves down onto it. In a way, the bench was a bit of a perfect microcosm of the Crescent City itself, Eric thought: beautiful to behold from a distance but mired with imperfections when examined closely.” Excerpt From The Major Arcana Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors This material is protected by copyright.
A conversation between myself and Russel at AT&T. He was doing his best, not his fault. 1/2
My coauthor, Ryan, is texting me while he watches a Reds-Astros game from 1994. Ryan: “Hal Morris just knocked an oppo field single to push his average to over .350” Me: “That sounds like Hal Morris lol” Ryan (wrongly, dumbly, also jokingly): “Hal Morris > Jeff Bagwell” Me: “Calm down. Lol”
A character portrait of Yuji Itadori from Jujutsu Kaisen, as drawn by 12 year old kiddo, who goes by Yumi.
Official US Govt data showing that there are currently ~15,000,000 vacant houses in the US, far more than there are total unhoused peoples
Excerpt from “God, Complex” by Jason Marbach and R.W. Meadors. Excerpt reads: “Wendy continued to stare into the void as an unearthly wind howled around her, and for a frightening instant, her distressed mind perceived that she saw within the vortex the very face of God. She fell to her knees as though some unseen hands compelled her to do so, and she shouted into the nothingness with all the force she could muster the one thing she knew to be the Truth. “I NEED A MILKSHAKE!” she informed the vortex. The vortex responded by popping out of existence as suddenly as it had appeared. Most of the tree was still gone, as were the hamsters and the bubblegum.”
Unedited first draft excerpt from “God, Complex” by Jason Marbach and R.W. Meadors. Excerpt reads: “She turned off the water and toweled herself off before putting on pinstriped pajama pants and a top with a picture of a little yellow bird on it. She liked things that were yellow. She danced alone and arrhythmically in her living room to the sounds of her upstairs neighbors arguing over, as near as she could tell, whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich. Soon enough, Toby was ringing her doorbell once more, and she persuaded him to dance with her for a bit before she sat him on the couch and thoroughly had her way with him. An hour later, she let her exhausted eyes rake his snoring form and allowed a small smile to gather like dew at the corners of her lips. *The poor lad. He's out of his depth here.*”
Excerpt (1 of 4) from the unedited first draft of “The Alluvion” by Jason Marbach and R.W. Meadors. Reads as follows: “The captain smiled at her. “You will go far in this world, young warhorse.” Then he clapped her on the shoulder again and moved off toward the gnomes. As Calla watched, Atrola herded the human, gnome, and reluctant elf contingent together to begin briefing them for their journey. Calla made to move closer to them so as to hear their conversation better, but instead found her way blocked by a dazzling flash of the familiar but unnamed color she’d seen previously… *…Oh.* She leaned backwards and blinked rapidly as the face of the male human who’d attempted to accost her before swam before her sight once more. “Hey there, gorgeous, glad to see you again! Couldn’t help but notice you…” (continues in subsequent screenshot)
You can apparently now turn on notifications for accounts you want to stay linked with. Is this a feature that’s been there a long time? First time I’ve noticed it, at least
An (unedited, first draft) excerpt from “The Way Of Streams” by Jason Marbach & R.W. Meadors. Reads: “He found his wife kneeling next to a picturesque stream near a beautiful and exotic hardwood tree unlike any he’d ever seen on Earth. It was at least thirty feet tall, supported by a thick, powerful trunk streaked in gray and reddish bark, and had a dense canopy composed of waxy, circular leaves which thrummed and changed colors subtly in the light. Some sort of bioluminescence, he reckoned vaguely. But the stunning tree shadowing the gurgling brook in the grassy meadow all simply set the scenery for the canvas in his mind. Jenny was the real art. Her dirty blonde hair was messily plaited, and strands of it flew away hither and thither as it cascaded past her sunburned, dirt-smeared neck and the wrinkled collar of her sweat-stained…” Continued in subsequent screen shot.
Ben Affleck smoking a cigarette
A snippet from “The Way Of Streams” by Jason Marbach and R.W. Meadors, c 2026, all rights reserved. May not be reproduced in any form or used in any way, by anyone, for the purposes of training so-called “machine learning” Text: Her dirty blonde hair was messily plaited, and strands of it flew away hither and thither as it cascaded past her sunburned, dirt-smeared neck and the wrinkled collar of her sweat-stained blouse. Paulo leaned quietly against the tree’s trunk as he watched her attacking a dirty shirt of his in the water with a bar of soap, doing her best to clean it. Her body shook rhythmically with the scrubbing motion. Paulo let his eyes drift down along her back, past the cutoff blue jean shorts, and he smiled at her dirty bare feet, which were facing him as she knelt by the stream. She would always be the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen, he knew. His Gypsy queen. Over the babbling of the merrily dancing stream, he could hear Jenny singing quietly to herself. It was a slow song about the deepest possible love a person could feel for another, and Paulo knew it intimately, inside and out. As she sang the familiar lyrics she’d written herself, he found himself transported. “My dearest love, our breaths as one…” He was standing in the dimly-lit lounge of a nightclub, gazing at Jenny for the first time as she stared back into his soul. “Two heartbeats thumping, endlessly…” He was brushing the hair off her exhausted face as she cooed at Frank while he slept, naked against her bare skin in the hospital bed. “Where dawn gathers, I will follow you…” He was spinning her like a top around their bedroom as they laughed and danced, her hair still messy from sleep, toothbrush still in her hand, as Frank stood in the doorway looking on in bemusement. “Where darkness lingers, will you stay with me?” (It continues, I’m out of space, my apologies)
Goofy says “I’ll fuckin’ do it again”
A billboard simply reading “We are drugs”
Marc Spector and Stephen Graham, as played by Oscar Isaac in Moon Knight
Picking and singing “When You Come Back Down” by Nickel Creek with some help my family at our annual Christmas gathering
Sam Riegel voices Sweet Talker (and perhaps an even more memorable character who shouts “Fck you!” from his balcony near the end of the game) in Dispatch along with Nott The Brave in The Mighty Nein
Travis Willingham voices Phenomaman in Dispatch (along with a bouncer at a bar called The Sardine) and voices Fjord Stone in The Mighty Nein
Marisha Ray voices Brickhouse in Dispatch and Beauregard (pop pop!) in The Mighty Nein
Ashley Johnson voices Brainbook (and several other characters, including a journalist in an early press conference scene) in Dispatch along with voicing Yasha in The Mighty Nein