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Matthew M. Bartlett
An author that I feel Ligottians will find satisfying.
My review of his CREEPING WAVES - Creeping Waves Matthew M. Bartlett | DREAMCATCHER: Gestalt Real-Time Reviews of Books | |||||||||||
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
I'd recently discovered Mr. Bartlett when I purchased his Gateways to Abomination on a recommendation. I thought that it was an interesting and creative book, and agree with Nemonymous that Ligotti fans might find his work very satisfying. I'll be purchasing this newer book any day now.
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
I just started reading Bartlett's Creeping Waves. I'm enjoying it so far. It's weird fiction after several lines of cocaine (not that I would actually know).
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"In a less scientific age, he would have been a devil-worshipper, a partaker in the abominations of the Black Mass; or would have given himself to the study and practice of sorcery. His was a religious soul that had failed to find good in the scheme of things; and lacking it, was impelled to make of evil itself an object of secret reverence."
~ Clark Ashton Smith, "The Devotee of Evil" |
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
Great writer, very unique style, i loved gateways when i first run to it and purchased everything else i could find of his afterwards..
He also published a new collection as an advent calendar thing called “a doomfull portent” a short while back, it was available through etsy, but i just tried searching for it to post a link here and it appears to be sold out.. | |||||||||||
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
Bartlett's stuff is excellent. He captures the absurdity of nightmares and amps up the dread. There's a bleak sense of humor in his stories that accentuates the weird horror throughout. It's unsettling and beautiful in equal measures, like an Al Columbia cartoon. Love his work.
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
Just now starting Bartlett's new collection, "The Stay-Awake Men and Other Unstable Entities." This morning I finished reading the short story, "Spettrini."
This one felt very Ligottian, and though a completely different story, reminded me somehow of "The Music of the Moon" from SOADD. The evocative descriptions of place and turns of phrase felt to me like Bartlett has continued to evolve and mature as a writer. (Minor spoilers follows) What I most loved about this particular story was how the ending forced me to reevaluate what I had just read and thought that I'd understood, and search instead for a deeper meaning. And I am always a sucker for any Thurston-type stage magician stories. If the quality of the other tales match this one, this book will join the other new generation classics on my shelf, alongside Jon Padgett's "The Secret of Ventriloquism," Michael Wehunt's "Greener Pastures," and T.E. Grau's "The Nameless Dark: A Collection." This slender hardbound is apparently limited to 150 copies and should sell out quickly. Here's a link: THE STAY-AWAKE MEN AND OTHER UNSTABLE ENTITIES by Matthew M. Bartlett / Dunhams Manor / Hardcover Online Store Powered by Storenvy | |||||||||||
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
SPETTRINI is available online for free at Weird Fiction Review
http://weirdfictionreview.com/2017/10/spettrini/ | |||||||||||
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
I just started reading Bartlett with Gateways to Abomination. I got it after several recommendations and so far I’m really impressed. I’m now eyeing his collection Creeping Waves on Audible. Anyone listen to it at all?
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Yes. It is ASTOUNDING. Terrific narration too. | |||||||||||
"Thomas Ligotti is a master of a different order, practically a different species. He probably couldn’t fake it if he tried, and he never tries. He writes like horror incarnate.”
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Re: Matthew M. Bartlett
That’s great to hear! I just picked it up. | |||||||||||
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