Garrett Boatman
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Garrett Boatman

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GARRETT BOATMAN is the author of the '80s Paperback from Hell, Stage Fright (Onyx 1988, reissue Valancourt Books), Floaters: A Victorian Zombie Adventure (Crystal Lake Publishing), The Night Trilogy: Night’s Plutonian Shore, The Clocks of Midnight, and The Mirror of Eternity, Crossroads Press 2023-4. Garrett’s stories have appeared in The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, Savage Realms, Penumbra, and Weird House Magazine, among others. Garrett is an active member of HWA, SFWA, and the British Fantasy Society. Born in Georgia, Garrett grew up in Jersey City a few blocks from the Holland Tunnel. His obsession with horror began with his grandmother’s Bloody Bones tales. She had a few variations, all ending with "I gotcha!" and tickling. Later, a steady diet of Chiller Theatre, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and horror novels left him with a burning desire to contribute to the madness. Having retired from a career teaching English in college and high school, Garrett lives with his wife Roberta and wonder dog Brisa in beautiful coastal North Carolina. Hugs to everyone who leaves reviews. PRAISE FOR NIGHT'S PLUTONIAN SHORE: “Boatman’s writing bruises with brutality and humanity. Gritty, breakneck, and terrifyingly dark.” —Lee Murray, four-time Bram Stoker Awards®-Winner and author of Grotesque: Monster Stories “A raw, mind-bending creepshow that reads, every now and then, like Jim Thompson’s gone punk. Night’s Plutonian Shore gets under your skin, makes it crawl—in the best possible way. A weird, wild ride.” — Andy Davidson, author of The Boatman’s Daughter and The Hollow Kind “Grappling with mortality while shivving your duplicate self—NIGHT’S PLUTONIAN SHORE is complex, riveting, and horror of a sort that brings the hard bite back to any discerning fan of the genre.” —Eric J. Guignard, multiple award-winning author and editor, including That Which Grows Wild and Doorways to the Deadeye “The Dark Half meets From Beyond in this tale that will scratch your old-school horror itch the only way Boatman knows how—ferocious, fast-paced, and fun.” —Asher Ellis, author of Curse of the Pigman and The Remedy “Bone-chilling, brimming with tension, raw emotion, and vivid imagery, Boatman’s Night’s Plutonian Shore is a haunting read from beginning to end. A coming-of-age tale like no other, one that I could not put down, and did not want to end.” —Candace Nola, author of Bishop. "…brutal and heartbreaking, this is dark horror with sci-fi elements that create a gloomy atmosphere with spine-tingling, evil doppelgängers causing devastation and fear. Edgy and tense!" — Karla’s Literary Korner Night’s Plutonian Shore is book 1 in the forthcoming Night Trilogy. Readers should expect twisted intricate labyrinths of violence with various Helter-Skelter images of terror. Without a doubt, looking forward to what awaits in the second segment. — Mike Rankin, Horror Bookworm Reviews PRAISE FOR THE CLOCKS OF MIDNIGHT: “With razor-sharp skills and an imagination that knows no bounds, Garrett Boatman has effortlessly fast-tracked his way onto my list of all-time favorites. His latest, The Clocks of Midnight, is a high-octane romp on the dark side that will change your definition of evil—and the way you see yourself.” —Alistair Cross, author of The Vampires of Crimson Cove series “With The Clocks of Midnight, Garrett Boatman adeptly guides the reader further into the mysteries of the Night’s Plutonian Shore. Equal parts phantasmagoria, compelling character study, and mystical quest, this dark, riveting novel proves that Boatman remains a force to be reckoned with in the field of horror fiction.” —Richard Gavin, author of grotesquerie and The Infernal Masque “Boatman delivers a compelling sci-fi horror epic that will take you all the way to Hell and beyond.” —Tim Meyer, author of Malignant Summer and Lacuna's Point “A riveting exploration of the dark side of history, mythology, and prophecy. The Clocks of Midnight serves up a fast-paced, page-turning tale of conflict between good and evil, where the stakes are truly high, and no one is safe. Raw, emotional, captivating, and terrifying!” —James Chambers, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of On the Hierophant Road and On the Night Border PRAISE FOR FLOATERS: “A tale of London’s scum that is visceral, shocking, and fast, Boatman’s Floaters is historical horror at its best.”—Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lee Murray “Garrett Boatman’s Floaters is like Peaky Blinders meets Return of the Living Dead. The story hits the ground running and doesn’t let up until the explosive end. Bloody, violent fun!” - Todd Keisling, Bram Stoker Award nominated author of Devil’s Creek “The scum of the Earth are brought face to face with the spawn of Hell in this fast-paced historical horror. A visceral, action packed pageturner.” – Gavin Kendall “I was delighted to score an advance copy of this novella, and loved it's wonderfully go-for-broke approach. Victorian and Edwardian stories are often seen as polite chamber dramas, full of manners and tobacco and tweed, but Garrett Boatman proves they can be just as visceral as any other period. He doesn't shy away from the good stuff, from the stuff you really want to see, and you come away from this one fat and happy and with a little blood on you. Get ready!”—Polly Schattel, author of The Occultists “Garrett Boatman reanimates the zombie genre with Floaters. Set against the backdrop of street life in 19th Century London, Floaters is an impeccably researched and riveting horror adventure. Boatman paints a grim portrait of Victorian-era gang life and vividly portrays his terrifying vision of the undead.”—Curtis M. Lawson, author of Black Heart Boys’ Choir FROM THE SCI-FI AND FANTASY REVIEWER: Boatman gives us a stripped-down, lightning-fast and deftly paced slice of cinematic horror with a superb sense of atmosphere threaded through the entire plot. Boatman really brings late-Victorian London and its inhabitants to life, and especially the various rivers and waterways that criss-cross the city. There were frequently times when reading the novella that I could all but smell the vivid stench of fetid rivers and waterlogged corpses returning to (un)life as they crawled out of the water and after living flesh, an even more impressive achievement given the relatively short wordcount. The same level of skill is applied to the characters in the novella, who have a surprising amount of depth despite the fast pace of events and the focus on the undead invasion of the city… Floaters is nothing less than an immensely enjoyable, innovative and blood-spattered take on the zombie horror genre, pumping fresh blood into the veins of a stale and moribund corpse in order to bring it back to life so it may consume more living flesh. J. LYNN ELSE WRITING FOR THE HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY: Victorian London has survived fires, plagues, wars, but it’s about to face its worst nightmare. As zombies rise from the Thames, their hunger knows no bounds. Most of London flees while they can. Meanwhile, male and female street urchin gangs will band together to fight a threat that only adds to their numbers with each bite of flesh they take. It’s a book about zombies, so the gore factor is what you’d expect from this genre. The metaphors and mindsets are firmly grounded in the historical period. The author utilizes the senses like a cinematic movie director as zombies begin to devour the city. Boatman’s main characters have a depth not often accomplished in novellas, and I had a few favorites I was rooting for. As the street gangs come together to formulate a plan, they take to the rivers running throughout London of which the author clearly has a vast knowledge. The adventure churns between locks, pours through tunnels, and swells past wharves. This novella doesn’t work to explain the supernatural; it simply presents a fast-paced, atmospheric, visceral battle of living versus the living dead. It even tugs a bit at the heart by the end. A quick satisfying read, especially for the spookier months of the year. Recommended!
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