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The Gate Theory
The Gate Theory

The Gate Theory

12+

FICTION

124 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: EPUB, Mobipocket, Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $12.99 (US $12.99) (CA $16.99)

Publication Date: January 2019

ISBN 9781925759549

Rights: WOR

IFWG Publishing International (Jan 2019)

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Overview

Enter a world where the gates between reality and nightmare are always ajar. Kaaron Warren's The Gate Theory explores the pain of living through six unsettling tales. What happens when we try to keep the gates closed by falling in love, traveling, avoiding responsibility, or losing ourselves in drink and drugs? The dull ache remains, and sometimes, the gates open.These stories delve into the darker aspects of the human condition, where social isolation breeds body horror and psychological trauma. From small Australian towns to the rainforests of Fiji, Warren's characters grapple with obsession, death, and manipulation. This collection is for readers who crave unique and disturbing fiction that lingers long after the final page.

Reviews

The Gate Theory is a perfect example of Kaaron Warren’s accomplishment in converting different themes and subjects into dense and powerful fiction. Her stories have the tendency to insidiously crawl under the reader’s skin, slithering unnoticed until they find a place from where one is unable to shake them loose after reading.”  —Dark Wolf’s Fantasy Reviews


“Kaaron Warren is without doubt one of the world's leading writers of dark fiction, and The Gate Theory showcases her talent perfectly… Her prose is powerful, her sense of place is evocative and her imagination knows no bounds. This is the kind of book that you will remember long after you finish reading the last story.”  —M R Cosby, Stranger Designs


“Each of these stories stretches the boundaries of both storytelling and character. Warren’s is a unique voice in horror. She has an ability to take us to places so utterly disturbing yet simultaneously so mundane and believable, that you start to look at people you meet with a sidelong glance. I call it The Warren Perception. It’s unavoidable. Read her work and you will start to look at people as she does. This is not necessarily a good thing, but it’s fascinating.”  —Alan Baxter, Thirteen O’Clock


Gaze Dogs, like the other stories in this fine collection, captures the elusive quality of a dream: the strong, darkly surreal images, but also the resonant feeling. So often—in stories, as in dreams—the feeling dies away and only the image remains, a husk that has lost reference to its once-valuable contents. The power of Warren’s stories is to hold onto both simultaneously, giving us the image–feeling complex in all its potency, and nightmares all the more frightening for being only half glimpsed.”  —J. Ashley Smith, Spook Tapes

Author Biography

Kaaron Warren is the author of the novels The Grief Hole, Mistification, Slights, and Walking the Tree, and the short story collections Dead Sea Fruit, The Grinding House, and Through Splintered Walls. She lives in Australia.