Timothy Jarvis

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Since his name is bound to come up again at some point I thought it might be an idea to start a thread on Timothy Jarvis. His debut novel The Wanderer, or at least some of the episodic sub-sections within it, have a very Ligottian aesthetic to them (the whole is more of a Hodgesonian romp). He is also responsible for a series of article on modern writers at The Weird Fiction Review as I'm sure many of you have seen.

Wanderer, The || Perfect Edge || Book Info

Overall his work is sometimes over-exuberant in style but none-the-less representative of that non-visceral, philosophical strand of Weird Fiction which has seen so much development in recent years. Doubtlessly we shall be seeing more of it in the future.
 
I received a copy of The Wanderer last night via the post.

I'm very much looking forward to reading it, but based on my TBR pile, a review will be ready for public consumption sometime just before the heat death of the universe.
 
I just finished reading this novel today. I cannot recommend it enough; fantastical, imaginative, arcane, Lovecraftian, nightmarish, apocalyptic, darkly comical, sepulchral, demonic, Ligottian, Burroughsian, Borgesian, erudite, grotesque, metafictional, Lynchian, visionary, surrealistic, feverish. A diabolic love letter to wyrd fiction and those haunted men and women who have peered underneath the veil that masks the Unknown. What really happened to Bierce in Mexico? What was the truth surrounding Leonora Carrington in a madhouse in Madrid? What is the reality behind Austin Osman Spare's chimeric, occult paintings? Did William Hope Hodgson really outmatch a diabolical immortal? And is Thomas Ligotti truly jaded when it comes to viewing otherworld horrors? Is Timothy J. Jarvis, himself, a cursed individual? Are we all cursed? That's the way to do it!
 
I read THE WANDERER and loved it. It stayed in my head like a virus. That is how I know that book is worthy of the time one spends with it. So it merits re-reading and the anticipation of a new Timothy Jarvis work.
 
marioneta said:
I read THE WANDERER and loved it. It stayed in my head like a virus. That is how I know that book is worthy of the time one spends with it. So it merits re-reading and the anticipation of a new Timothy Jarvis work.
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Thanks, just bought this book, as a result of this thread. :)
 
Does anyone know if Jarvis is still active? I only recently read (last year) The Wanderer. It is phenomenal. Hodgson, Lovecraft, Machen, Mark Samuels, David Lindsay, and several others perfectly combined. Loved it.
 
Michael said:
Does anyone know if Jarvis is still active? I only recently read (last year) The Wanderer. It is phenomenal. Hodgson, Lovecraft, Machen, Mark Samuels, David Lindsay, and several others perfectly combined. Loved it.
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His short story collection "Treatises on Dust" was published by Swan River Press in 2023, hardcover version comes signed and not too expensive. I really enjoyed this book - top notch occult horror, stories are loosely related. Looking forward to reading The Wanderer. It really makes me wish he wrote more than these two books but his output is so high quality I guess we'll have to be patient.
 
Michael said:
Does anyone know if Jarvis is still active? I only recently read (last year) The Wanderer. It is phenomenal. Hodgson, Lovecraft, Machen, Mark Samuels, David Lindsay, and several others perfectly combined. Loved it.
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I asked ChatGPT:

Timothy Jarvis has appeared in several anthologies! His short fiction has been featured in collections such as The Flower Book, The Shadow Booth Vol. 1, The Scarlet Soul, Murder Ballads, and Uncertainties I, among others. He has also edited an anthology titled Uncertainties IV, which is a collection of contemporary supernatural tales.
 
Jarvis wrote a very good Preface for the D.P. Watt Collection almost insentient, almost divine.

The Terrible Foolish Wisdom of the Puppet: A Preface

Chat GPT summary - The preface, "The Terrible Foolish Wisdom of the Puppet," by Timothy J. Jarvis, sets the stage for the book "Almost Insentient, Almost Divine." Jarvis delves into the eerie and uncanny themes that permeate the collection, exploring the blurred lines between the animate and inanimate, the sentient and insentient. He reflects on the unsettling nature of puppets and their symbolic representation of human fears and desires. The preface serves as a thought-provoking introduction, preparing readers for the strange and otherworldly tales that follow.
 
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