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In the
Midnight Museum
Gary
A. Braunbeck
"Martin's emotional anguish and the
fragmentation of his life are so deftly and honestly depicted
that the story's surreal elements resonate in a way that is
both exceedingly rare and sublimely wonderful. As an
exploration of a mind and a reality under threat, it has the
authority of truth."
Robert Hood -
Backstreets, Immaterial:Ghost
Stories.
"In The Midnight Museum is a
powerful story; an incredibly moving journey, filled with
unforgettable images and a genuinely creepy atmosphere.
Braunbeck is a truly gifted writer."
Brett McBean - The
Mother, The Familiar Stranger.
"In the Midnight Museum is a wonderfully
lyrical, visually vivid tale of a vanished bookshop, the Great
Rooftop Detritus Dance of the Hopping Beaked Camera, and a
writer in a pre-nuthouse holding facility seeking a third
alternative to life and death. Like the work of Philip K.
Dick, Heinlein's 'The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag',
Le Guin's 'The Lathe of Heaven', and William Browning
Spencer's 'Resume With Monsters, - Like Lewis Carroll
illustrated by Dali, a map of Kadath by Bosch, or a circus
poster by Goya - Braunbeck's disturbing and engrossing novella
explores the borderlands between reality, art, and nightmare.
Venture inside and see the show."
Stephen Dedman - Never Seen by Waking Eyes,
Shadowrun: For a Fistful of
Data.
Review by Mark Smith-Briggs of Horrorscope
Gary A.
Braunbeck is a three time Bram Stoker Award Winner and the
author of 10 novels and 10 short story collections. In the
Midnight Museum is his new horror novella and the second
release for Australian publisher Tasmaniac. The novella was originally published in the US
through Necessary Evil Press in 2005.
In the Midnight Museum is a shockingly
twisted journey into a surreal fantasy world of death, rebirth
and art. Written by award-winning author Gary A. Braunbeck, it
follows the story of Martin Tyler, a depressed, middle-aged
cleaner who ends up in a short-term psychiatric hospital after
a failed attempt to end his life. The attempt opens him up to
a third reality, a place of creation and destruction, artists
and monsters. He learns that here, like his life, the world is
on verge of crumbling – and only he can save it from
disaster.
An incredibly moving story, the strength of
the novella comes from Braunbeck’s ability to tackle home
truths about depression and the human mind. Braunbeck takes
the internal struggles of a man trying to find hope and
purpose in his life and externalises them with a quest-like
journey into a nightmarish world. Martin must venture into the
Midnight Museum to fight the physical manifestations of the
monsterous Gash and save mankind, but it the symbolic nature
of this battle (helping him to overcome his own demons) that
is where the heart of the story lies.
In the Midnight
Museum proves that horror can be thrilling, scary and
entertaining but also tackle deeper, real life issues and is
the perfect book to counter any argument by literary snobs
that claim horror has no value in the art community. I highly
recommend you experience it for
yourselves.
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300 soft covers
$22.95
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26 Lettered
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$150.00 AUD
(Signed by Gary A.
Braunbeck,
Terry Dowling and Conny
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