The 3 AM Beacon

Four Days Until I Hit Send

Tuesday is query day. This weekend is the last pass.

Feb 13 • Thaddeus Cain

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December 2025

A Midnight Threshold

Reflections and New Beginnings

Dec 31, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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Weird Science

On editing, obsession, and getting close to letting go

Dec 12, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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September 2025

When Your Parents Become the Children

A few hard weeks of role reversals, mortality, and why I keep writing horror anyway.

Sep 5, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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August 2025

Have You Bought Your Grave Yet?

The errand no one wants, and the questions it leaves behind.

Aug 21, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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Six Weeks In, 90K Words… and This Changed Everything

Six days a week. No excuses. And the ghost story that’s been waiting for me.

Aug 14, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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Demons Are In My Head (And Yours Too)

*Week 3 of The 3 AM Beacon*

Aug 7, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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July 2025

Between Worlds: A Progress Report

From the desk of someone who's learning that writing a supernatural thriller means living in two realities at once

Jul 31, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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From Childhood Dream to Full-Time Writer

Six years, 75% of a novel, and three weeks that changed everything

Jul 24, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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Welcome to The 3 AM Beacon

It’s 3 a.m.

Jul 18, 2025 • Thaddeus Cain

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