Matthew M. Bartlett
Autor(a) de Gateways to Abomination
Obras por Matthew M. Bartlett
Behold the Undead of Dracula: Lurid Tales of Cinematic Gothic Horror (2019) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
The Latham-Fielding Liaison 4 exemplares
Music of the Moldering 3 exemplares
Spettrini 3 exemplares
Rangel 2 exemplares
Gaspar 2 exemplares
The Lathan-Fielding Liaison 1 exemplar
Dead Air Broadcasts and Fictions 1 exemplar
Cadabra Illustrated #4: Infectious Agents: Five Dark Ditties [illustrated by Yves Tourigny] 1 exemplar
WXXT Program Guide, July 2021 1 exemplar
Are You There, Cthulhu? It's me, Matthew. 1 exemplar
Are You There, Cthulhu? It's me, Matthew. 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Welcome to Miskatonic University: Fantastically Weird Tales of Campus Life (2019) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
Phantasm/Chimera: An Anthology of Strange and Troubling Dreams — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 24
- Also by
- 13
- Membros
- 248
- Popularidade
- #92,014
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 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.… (mais)