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Michael F Simpson

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There are two sides to Michael F Simpson's brain. One side is stuck in the world of stories, and the other is stuck in the world of dreams. Unfortunately, he can't remember which side is which anymore.

Michael writes books that combine something unreal with something very real, creating weird, affecting books that are open to interpretation. He also writes Analysis blog posts about his favourite stories on his website, as well as book reviews here on Goodreads.
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Average rating: 3.73 · 79 ratings · 69 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
Hypnagogia

3.70 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions
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Sempiternal

3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions
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Doppelgängers

4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions
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The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
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An epic scaled historical dark fantasy filled to the brim with rich lore, history and a depth of characterisation, there's a lot here to make it obvious why The Red Winter has become such a success - especially for a debut.

This is a book jam packed w
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Absolute Batman, Vol. 2 by Scott Snyder
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Absolute Batman escalates with a breakneck pace from the comparatively simple dark crime thriller of The Zoo, into brutal and grotesque flavours of horror with Abomination - my investment in this saga shows no signs of diminishing.

With a body horror
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Locusta by Emily Dexter
"4.2/5

First and foremost: I received this as an audiobook and the narration is fantastic. A masterful reading of an already compelling story, with a performance that gave the characters and atmosphere exactly the kind of dimensionality an audiobook sh" Read more of this review »
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Absolute Superman, Vol. 1 by Jason Aaron
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The third piece of the Absolute Trinity, Absolute Superman impressed me just as much as his two peers - this one is clearly playing a longer game, but it works brilliantly.

While Absolute Batman subverts his character and world, and Absolute Wonder Wo
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Michael F Simpson and 129 other people liked LTJ's review of Clown in a Cornfield:
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
"“Clown in a Cornfield” by Adam Cesare is the first novel in the series, and the very first time I’ve ever read his work. Not only are his writing skills exceptional, but make no mistake about it, this was one hell of a way to launch this book series." Read more of this review »
Michael F Simpson and 4 other people liked Ashley's review of The Caretaker:
The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer
"WTF JUST HAPPENED. Not sure if I need to cry or stare into the abyss.

This was by far one of the more unsettling, bone-chilling books I've read all year, BY FAR. I flew through this one. I will be thinking of this book for years, I'm sure of it. I lo" Read more of this review »
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Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Dead Silence
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Combining an atmospheric ghost haunting with a thematic working class space exploration is the exact kind of story for me - but while Dead Silence succeeds as a Ridley Scott-inspired science fiction, its marketed Gothic horror side unfortunately didn ...more
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Absolute Wonder Woman, Vol. 1 by Kelly Thompson
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This is a deep, affecting, inspired take on Wonder Woman that easily matches the level of quality I expected after reading Absolute Batman's first volume.

Right from the first few pages, Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman immerse their audience in a ri
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“The mirror looked at me, and hated what it saw.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

“I just wanted to sleep. I wanted to sleep forever — especially if there would be no dreams.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

“Happiness is merely the liminal space between ignorance and understanding.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

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“Happiness is merely the liminal space between ignorance and understanding.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

“I screamed last night, and felt the sharp, reflective elements boring into my skull. I felt such deep, intense devotions, the kind of emotions it is only possible to experience in nightmares. But I was not dreaming, I could not sleep. I was wide awake. In pain. Debating with my own reflection which one of us should own our veins.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

“Glass always drew my eyes, or my mind. That reflection — the mirror, and the Other Body inside it. I wanted to turn off my mind but it was impossible. So many terrible, monstrous things buzzed around inside of it like electric knife blades, cutting, cutting, cutting.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

“Bats eating moths, or bats eating bats, it was all the same — beauty devoured beauty.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

“Acting is my whole life. It’s this one thing I am good at. But what if it isn’t good at me? I don’t look like an actor, actors are supposed to be beautiful. I look like me. And that isn’t good enough.”
― Michael F Simpson, Hypnagogia

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