Hello, I’m Ryan Fightmaster, a published author, staff writer at The Dry Line, former practicing psychiatrist, and very average surfer, which given the first 29 years of my life were landlocked, I consider my greatest accomplishment.
Born and raised in Oklahoma, then raised and born again in Southern California and North Carolina, I’m grateful to have roots in the heartland and on both coasts. I’m based out of Oklahoma City, where I write with verve about its culture alongside my wife, son, and calico cat. My work has been accepted for publication in Sports Literate.
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Newsletter #143: Once Begun, Better Finish
Something said by Suzanne Rouvier, a character from Somerset Maugham’s The Razor’s Edge, haunts me. A painter’s mistress, Suzanne made a living by posing, and when those artisanal springs stopped flowing, she found…
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Newsletter #140: Fighting the Fevers with Fire
I’m shivering under a scalding shower, trying to fight the fever with fire. The pyrexic mind is a toxic place, an environment that should never be trusted. But I only know this…
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Newsletter #139: Running Hills
To run in Asheville was to run hills. As my neighbor, a cyclist, put it, “I can’t pedal down my driveway without starting a 1000-foot climb.” A plainsmen by birth, I knew…
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Life after Quitting Medicine
A Cat Story: Why We Take the Leap of Faith
CALL TO ACTION: Asheville Needs Help
25 Years Later, I Accept My Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis
No, Really. I Want to Be Here.
Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It
A 35-Year-Old Man Completes Adolescence
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