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.
 
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).
 
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..
 
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.
 
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
 
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?
 
DarkDweller said:
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.
 
I'm looking at The Stay-Awake Men and Other Unstable Entities and I must confess the cover art is junior high level.
Generally, when I see something this amateurish I pass.
I don't want it in my shelves.
I checked the date, April Fool has not arrived.
Is this legit?
 
I read 'Spettrini' at the WFR a while back; it did please me very much to have done so.
I have a soft spot for stories about stage magic though. ( who hasn't? )
 
AI visual experiments triggered by my gestalt reviews of Bartlett fiction are all shown here: Matthew M. Bartlett | Träumtrawler

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