Do we always walk in two worlds? Our own we know, or think we know, and another we only glimpse? These twenty-two tales exploring occultism, religiosity, spirituality, existentialism, metaphysics, and the supernatural will attempt to answer that question. From the mind of Aaron J. French, Editor-in-Chief of Dark Discoveries magazine and noted Lovecraftian, comes Aberrations of Reality. Enter the New Age of weird fiction.
"Throughout this fiery modern grimoire of mystical horror, we're conscious of the restless urgency of the writing, as if the author is working against time to conjure onto the pages a sequence of transformations that must be seized and fixed before they dissolve again. Indeed, the task for the acolyte of the literary Mysteries today is to convey strange possibilities in a modern tongue, one which responds to the ceaseless now with news of a different eternity. They must have a need at least to suggest that there are aberrations in the world we usually take for reality. And, as the title of this book suggests, Aaron J. French is one of those willing to respond to that task." -from the Introduction by weird fiction author and critic Mark Valentine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents 1) Here & There... 2) Doubting Thomas 3) Dwellers in the Cracks 4) Rebirth in Dreams 5) Horror Fiction as Mystical Didactic Experience 6) A Storm of Lightning 7) Whirling Machine Man 8) The Graffiti Ghosts 9) What Lay East, Lay West 10) Golden Doors to a Golden Age 11) The Paladin 12) The Christ 13) Tree of Life 14) When Clown Face Speaks 15) My Stalk 16) The Four Transitions of the Soul upon Death by David P. Reichmann 17) {(California Sea + Cosmic Man) - Humankind} + Anadyr, Russia = Apocalypse 18) The Lake 19) Flame of Freedom 20) Ramifications of Embrace 21) Marked as Urgent 22) The Year of Our Lord
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Do we always walk in two worlds? Our own we know, or think we know, and another we only glimpse? These twenty-two tales exploring occultism, religiosity, spirituality, existentialism, metaphysics, and the supernatural will attempt to answer that question. From the mind of Aaron J. French, Editor-in-Chief of Dark Discoveries magazine and noted Lovecraftian, comes Aberrations of Reality. Enter the New Age of weird fiction.
"Throughout this fiery modern grimoire of mystical horror, we're conscious of the restless urgency of the writing, as if the author is working against time to conjure onto the pages a sequence of transformations that must be seized and fixed before they dissolve again. Indeed, the task for the acolyte of the literary Mysteries today is to convey strange possibilities in a modern tongue, one which responds to the ceaseless now with news of a different eternity. They must have a need at least to suggest that there are aberrations in the world we usually take for reality. And, as the title of this book suggests, Aaron J. French is one of those willing to respond to that task." -from the Introduction by weird fiction author and critic Mark Valentine
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Table of Contents
1) Here & There...
2) Doubting Thomas
3) Dwellers in the Cracks
4) Rebirth in Dreams
5) Horror Fiction as Mystical Didactic Experience
6) A Storm of Lightning
7) Whirling Machine Man
8) The Graffiti Ghosts
9) What Lay East, Lay West
10) Golden Doors to a Golden Age
11) The Paladin
12) The Christ
13) Tree of Life
14) When Clown Face Speaks
15) My Stalk
16) The Four Transitions of the Soul upon Death by David P. Reichmann
17) {(California Sea + Cosmic Man) - Humankind} + Anadyr, Russia = Apocalypse
18) The Lake
19) Flame of Freedom
20) Ramifications of Embrace
21) Marked as Urgent
22) The Year of Our Lord