“Monsters as monsters”, “No God only devils”, and “Halloween”
Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. It is also the name of this interview series here at Cemetery Dance online and over on my YouTube channel where we explore the night time part of stories, the strange and uncanny in horror, dark fiction, and more.
My latest book, Phantom Constellations: Strange Tales and Ghost Stories, out now from Cemetery Dance Publications, is full of these kind of subtle, strange, and intentionally ambiguous tales the operate with Night Time Logic.
Over the years I’ve had the good fortune to run into Matthew Bartlett in conventions such as Necronomicon in Providence Rhode Island. In 2021 he was one of the readers in the Night Time Logic Summer Reading Series which can be viewed here.
I recently acquired a copy of Bartlett’s short story “Gaspar” from Dim Shores Press a sequel to the story “Rangel.”
We begin our conversation here with a discussion of “Rangel.”Continue Reading
