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Gateways To Abomination

In today's literary world, we have horror story as metaphor. Its not a werewolf, it's an abusive spouse. It's not demonic possession, it's childhood trauma. Matthew M. Bartlett takes the horror genre one layer deeper than metaphor. For him, it's subconscious nightmare brought into the light, where its dream quality remains intact without the fear or dread one finds in the waking world. Its a cross between the grotesque in Naked Lunch by William Burroughs and the stream of consciousness of Ulysses by James Joyce.


Luckily, you can avoid total subversion into the abyss because Matt was kind enough to break the book down into wicked little anecdotes. Some critics might call them chapters or short stories, but that's not accurate to the experience you'll have of getting lost in the dark and glimpsing only flashes of horrifying indescribable madness. And you'll go mad yourself trying to choose whether to stay in the light or darkness. Some would recommend the book in one sitting for a totally immersive experience. I say, Read a few anecdotes at at time, take a breath, smoke 'em if you got 'em, and then read a few more. I'd even suggest going back and re-reading those haunting ones as that eerie feeling increases as you read further into the book with each re-read.


In an age where this thing is a symbol for that thing, Matthew M. Bartlett ignores the norm and goes straight for your subconscious mind. Here he plants the seeds of horror. What grows there? Well, each experience is unique to each reader. But there will be nightmares, I can promise.