Curious Minds. Strange Ideas. Good Stories.
Welcome to Scratch Writing Magazine, an independent digital magazine from Scratch Writing, the creative home of Pittsburgh author Matt De Reno.
Here, curiosity is king, storytelling is everything, and just about anything is fair game. From science and technology to movies, football, cultural commentary, and the occasional dose of complete absurdity, Scratch Writing Magazine explores the world through a distinctly creative lens.
Some stories are meant to make you think. Others might make you laugh. And a few might leave you scratching your head. That's kind of the point.
Our magazine is organized into five editorial channels, each with its own personality and perspective.
The Scratching Post
Reflections from a Writer's Desk
A personal column about writing, creativity, storytelling, and life along the way. Author Matt De Reno shares observations, lessons learned, creative experiments, and occasional philosophical detours from the ongoing adventure of being a writer. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes humorous, but always personal.
Quantum Soup
Where Science, Technology, and the Strange Collide
A curious exploration of science, emerging technology, history, artificial intelligence, and the mysteries of our universe. Quantum Soup connects fascinating discoveries with bigger questions about humanity, innovation, and the future. It's a place where established science meets speculative thinking, and where the next great idea might be stranger than fiction.
Cool Filmz
Movies, Memories, and a Little Movie Magic
A celebration of cinema, from Hollywood classics and cult favorites to modern blockbusters and overlooked gems. Cool Filmz explores the movies, filmmakers, characters, and memorable moments that make cinema such a powerful storytelling medium. Expect reviews, retrospectives, trivia, and plenty of opinions from someone who simply loves a good movie.
The Funny Newz
All the News That's Fit to Ridicule
Welcome to the lighter, stranger, and occasionally extraterrestrial side of the headlines. The Funny Newz delivers satirical news, fictional personalities, outrageous interviews, and absurd takes on politics, pop culture, and modern life. It's a world where the news is made up, the characters are questionable, and the laughs are entirely intentional.
Football Fan's Diet
Serving Up Football with a Side of Humor
Football, food, fandom, and the glorious irrationality of being a sports fan. Football Fan's Diet celebrates the rituals, rivalries, traditions, heartbreaks, and occasional triumphs that make football more than just a game. With a healthy helping of humor and a distinctly Pittsburgh perspective, it's football culture served with all the fixings.
Something for the Curious
Scratch Writing Magazine isn't trying to cover everything or chase every headline. We'd rather follow interesting ideas, tell entertaining stories, and create articles worth coming back to.
Whether you're here for an intriguing scientific discovery, an old movie, a good laugh, a football story, or a few thoughts from a writer's desk, we're glad you stopped by.
Pull up a chair. There's always another story worth scratching into.