Matthew M. Bartlett
Autore di Gateways to Abomination
Opere di Matthew M. Bartlett
Behold the Undead of Dracula: Lurid Tales of Cinematic Gothic Horror (2019) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
The Latham-Fielding Liaison 4 copie
Music of the Moldering 3 copie
Spettrini 3 copie
Rangel 2 copie
Gaspar 2 copie
The Lathan-Fielding Liaison 1 copia
Dead Air Broadcasts and Fictions 1 copia
WXXT Program Guide, July 2021 1 copia
Opere correlate
Welcome to Miskatonic University: Fantastically Weird Tales of Campus Life (2019) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Phantasm/Chimera: An Anthology of Strange and Troubling Dreams — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Witchy Fiction (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 24
- Opere correlate
- 13
- Utenti
- 250
- Popolarità
- #91,401
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 18
- ISBN
- 15
I easiest entry point, though not necessarily the most rewarding for all readers. Long-time fans of Bartlett likely know him for his Leeds/WXXT work, and while there are mentions of and connections to Leeds here, these are mostly stand alone stories. While Leeds has its appeal, jumping feet first into that body of work can be disorienting and confusing, with what feels like definitive world-building that you're never quite in on all the details of with the feeling that things both dangerous and incomprehensible may lurk in those holes in your knowledge. Stay-Awake Men by contrast will give new readers a good taste of Bartlett's rock solid authorial talent, without quite yet setting them adrift in that red sargasso sea full of, well...its definitely not seaweed...
We have a glowing introduction from Scott Nicolay, well known in weird fiction, lavishing on well deserved praise for Bartlett. This is followed by 'Carnomancer of The Meat Manager's Prerogative' which like the later 'Following You Home' gives us both a narrator and world so unreliable that we may never know what part of the madness is external and what part internal. 'Spettrini' falls between them, and is one of my favorites of the collection. Its trappings of illusion and true, terrifying magic are reminiscent of Barker's 'Last Illusion' without a D'Amour (or Scott Bakula) to protect our fragile world and sanity. 'No Abiding Place on Earth' feels like an apocalypse tale swirled round with bits of folklore spanning centuries and an elderly protagonist, something I always love. 'Kuklalar', which is tied with 'Spettrini' for possibly my favorite entry here, along with 'Stay Awake Men' give us a little us a little less hallucinatory insight into how aspects of Leeds and WXXT may fit into our larger world. While I suspect this isn't meant as world building per se, its an intriguing and different approach to the material that has become a cornerstone of Bartlett's body of work.… (altro)