{"product_id":"journals-volume-1-1993-2001-9798357810830","title":"Journals, Volume 1: 1993-2001","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Matt Cardin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than two decades, Matt Cardin has been one of the most dynamic writers of contemporary weird fiction. In addition, he has been a perspicacious commentator on weird literature, horror films, and related subjects. Now he presents the first of two volumes of his journals, which he began keeping years before he contemplated a career as a writer. In these journals Cardin wrestles with profound philosophical and religious issues, absorbing the work of thinkers ranging from Plato to Nietzsche to Alan Watts; at the same time, he speaks of his fascination with such writers as H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, and Thomas Ligotti, whom he has made a special subject of study. Throughout these compelling journal entries, Cardin reveals his own shifting philosophical and psychological state, presents early drafts or synopses of his weird tales-including many partial drafts and plot germs for stories that he never went on to complete-and speaks with affecting candor of his personal relationships. Cumulatively, this journal reveals Matt Cardin to be one of the most intellectually challenging authors associated with horror literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lovers of weird fiction will relish Cardin's insights, story ideas, unsettling dreams, and reports on his reading, game-playing, and his fascinating spiritual and philosophical development. . . . The result is epic and intimate, a portrait of a mind and a milieu, with deep dives into the creative mind, the nature of the weird, and how to find one's way in a world that's sick.\"--BookLife by Publishers Weekly","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45563177074839,"sku":"9798357810830","price":1566.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798357810830.webp?v=1767927487","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/journals-volume-1-1993-2001-9798357810830","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}