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Delirium's Muse
Delirium’s Muse —the mind’s frightening yet fascinating ability to rationalise the irrational, to grant an escape from the ravages of reality into the more comforting cradle of delusion, where addiction is anthropomorphized, attacked, and defeated; where wellness is a product of will; where safety and sanity are but seeds to be sown in the fertile ground of fantasy. Delirium’s Muse is a collection of stories of flight, of fugitives of reason who set out on a fugue from the torments of truth into the more hospitable terrain of madness.
- GenresHorror
245 pages, Paperback
Published September 20, 2022
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Michaël Wertenberg
18 books182 followersFormer touring musician, former stand-up comedian, current aspiring cat hoarder, Michaël Wertenberg is a writer of dark literary and genre fiction focused on the mind's fascinating yet frightening ability to rationalize the irrational.
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June 6, 2023
In his third book, Michaël Wertenberg asks the question:
“What danger was I running by leaving the Rockies unchecked?”
The answer is as convoluted and dark as his answer to the question, ‘Why do I have a hard time to say good-bye to roommates?’ in his first book, “The Orthography of Madness and Misgivings”.
And his, ‘What will we do with all these boxes and boxes of dead hookers?’ in his second book, Stories to Tell Your Children (assuming you are a very bad parent).
In my favorite story from Delirium’s Muse, the main character says, ‘I’m that guy,’ . . . ‘What guy am I, Tchai?’. Speaking in rhymes, Mark is losing his way on his first day out into the blue. A hero jailed in an insane asylum for three years for a crime he didn’t commit, or did he?
Mr. Wertenberg’s prose is precise and harrowing. This latest book is darker and edgier than his previous, where a knife-wielding, hard-core vegan mistakes his step-daughter’s head for a head of radicchio, a musician becomes one with his cello, and Billy battles an abominable beast for brownies.
“What danger was I running by leaving the Rockies unchecked?”
The answer is as convoluted and dark as his answer to the question, ‘Why do I have a hard time to say good-bye to roommates?’ in his first book, “The Orthography of Madness and Misgivings”.
And his, ‘What will we do with all these boxes and boxes of dead hookers?’ in his second book, Stories to Tell Your Children (assuming you are a very bad parent).
In my favorite story from Delirium’s Muse, the main character says, ‘I’m that guy,’ . . . ‘What guy am I, Tchai?’. Speaking in rhymes, Mark is losing his way on his first day out into the blue. A hero jailed in an insane asylum for three years for a crime he didn’t commit, or did he?
Mr. Wertenberg’s prose is precise and harrowing. This latest book is darker and edgier than his previous, where a knife-wielding, hard-core vegan mistakes his step-daughter’s head for a head of radicchio, a musician becomes one with his cello, and Billy battles an abominable beast for brownies.
October 25, 2023
Pleasantly surprised at the short stories in this book. While I would have liked the kid to find Mr. Pomeroy and his son's rotting corpse in a corner of the basement, it's still a fun tale.
The Wages of Innocence was my favorite , followed by I Touched a Demon on the Cheek.
Definitely pick up this book as soon as possible.
Top of the TBR pile.
The Wages of Innocence was my favorite , followed by I Touched a Demon on the Cheek.
Definitely pick up this book as soon as possible.
Top of the TBR pile.
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