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Character Profile: Caroline Friday In The Midas Protocol

Caroline Friday is twenty-one years old in December 1989 and lives with her family in Pittsburgh’s North Hills. She comes from a relatively comfortable upbringing, but she is broke, directionless, and determined to prove that she can build a life without relying on her father or the expanding family restaurant business.

Details: Published: August 19, 2026; Hits: 5

AI: Would That Be a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?

One of Hank Raglan’s favorite expressions in The Midas Protocol is, “Would that be a good thing or a bad thing?” Lately, I have found myself asking essentially the same question about artificial intelligence, particularly as I experiment with using it to expand the world of the Midas Files. My answer is increasingly that AI is neither inherently a good thing nor a bad thing. It is a tool, and like most tools, what comes out of it depends heavily upon the intent and skill of the person using it.

Details: Published: August 18, 2026; Hits: 13

The Midas Protocol — Chapter 2: Misbegotten Fortune | Live Reading

The Midas Files: Live Readings continues with “Misbegotten Fortune,” Chapter 2 of The Midas Protocol. Watch the complete chapter, read by author Matt De Reno from Midas Files Mission Control.After the Read More breakEpisode 2.

Details: Published: August 17, 2026; Hits: 37

Character Profile: Hank Raglan In The Midas Protocol

Hank Raglan is a 24-year-old materials engineer from West View, a working-class suburb north of Pittsburgh. The year is 1989.

Details: Published: August 15, 2026; Hits: 35

Character Profile: Addison Moore In The Midas Protocol

Addison Moore is a 25-year-old Executive Corporate Communications Specialist at Unalco World Headquarters in 1989. Beautiful, intelligent, and intensely ambitious, she is steadily climbing the corporate ladder and already moves comfortably among senior executives, consultants, and important corporate guests. She helps coordinate high-profile events such as Unalco’s Global Communicators Conference and has learned that presentation, preparation, and self-control are essential to succeeding in the executive world.

Details: Published: August 14, 2026; Hits: 43

The Scratching Post: I Survived My First Ever Live Stream – But Just Barely!

Last Sunday night, I finally did my first live reading of The Midas Protocol on YouTube, and the biggest success was simply that I did it. I staged the office, put the Midas Files poster in place, set the tesseract on the table, got the Yeti Nano working through OBS, mounted the phone on its tripod, and then sat down and read an entire chapter for better or worse.

Details: Published: August 10, 2026; Hits: 41

Man Arrives in Heaven, Discovers Eternal Life Now Requires Monthly Subscription

THE PEARLY GATES — In what theologians are calling the most significant change to the afterlife since somebody decided clouds needed harps, a recently deceased Ohio man was shocked to discover that eternal salvation apparently now operates on a subscription model.