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Matthew G. Rees - Writer
WELCOME to the website of Matthew G. Rees
'His writing is truly imaginative, dark, but also at times darkly amusing'
FROST ZONE
'A master of concise not-a-word-wasted yet cinematic storytelling'
BAFTA-winner Stephen Volk
SOON...
PIGGYBACK WRITER
A NEW SHORT STORY BY
MATTHEW G. REES
Details here and on social media shortly
Meantime DARK RUSSIAN...
Remarkable continuing acclaim for Matthew G. Rees's
The Snow Leopard of Moscow & Other Stories
18 HAUNTING TALES - WITH PHOTOGRAPHS - SET IN PUTIN-ERA MOSCOW
'NOTHING SHORT OF PERFECTION'
BUZZ
'It's not often I want to shout about a story collection from the rooftops but with this one I really do... Buy it, buy it, buy it!'
BAFTA-winner Stephen Volk
'SUPERBLY WROUGHT... He manages to pull off certain stories like skilled bank robbers pull off heists... accomplished, evocative & arresting throughout.' Award-winning writer Jon Gower
For more about this and all books by Matthew G. Rees
please go to BOOKS page
Or find it direct ON AMAZON HERE
ALSO NOW AVAILABLE
The new longer form story from Matthew G. Rees
In a special two-story book with Charles Wilkinson
DEEP WINTER... A SMALL SNOWBOUND TOWN... HIGH AMID THE PEAKS OF THE PYRENEES
'SAINT D--'
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'That winter the small Pyrenean town was clasped by coldness of the cruellest kind… the kind that – in humans at least – hoarsens the voice, blanches the hair, freezes the blood, and makes bones – and minds – brittle. Everything in the mountain settlement had frozen… in a way that few – if any – who lived there could recall...'
A two-story 'flipbook' featuring individual tales by Matthew G. Rees and fellow writer of fiction of the 'literary strange', Charles Wilkinson. Hold the book one way and read Matthew G. Rees's story 'Saint D--'. Flip the book around and discover Charles Wilkinson's tale 'Warburton Submersible'. (118 pages, approx 11cm x 18cm.)
MEANWHILE in association with local & independent booksellers...
A limited quantity of SIGNED COPY books by Matthew G. Rees in stock at independent bookstore 'Cover To Cover'
in Mumbles, Swansea, Wales
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ALSO - Signed copies of pocket book short story 'The Tip' now on sale at Upstart Crow bookshop, High Street Arcade, Swansea
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For more on 'The Tip' and all books by Matthew G. Rees please see BOOKS page via menu / header tabs
BOOK NEWS & FEEDBACK
Tales of dark dining -
Mounting acclaim
'Great collection of enjoyably macabre tales' - film-maker Steven Lancefield
'Do not miss this collection by a master story-teller' - author & academic Paul Murgatroyd
'genius' - award-winning writer Sally Spedding
'I laughed out loud & was unsettled in equal measure'
'impossible to put down ... I laughed out loud and was unsettled in equal measure. I highly recommend this anthology to anyone who enjoys intelligent, original horror' -Mark Humphries, author of 'Hawthorn', 5-star reader review on Amazon
'at the top of his game and then some' - Jon Gower
A 2022 BOOK OF THE MONTH at website AmeriCymru
'deliciously dark'
Purchase as a paperback, Ebook or via Kindle Unlimited HERE www.amazon.co.uk and markets worldwide
Purchase as a paperback, Ebook or via Kindle Unlimited
HERE www.amazon.co.uk
and markets worldwide
Remarkable continuing praise
'a masterpiece of literary speculative fiction' - Risingshadow website
'I knew I had a winner of a book here. I wasn't wrong.' -
Nancy Oakes, Oddly Weird Fiction
'Superb' - BAFTA-winner Stephen Volk
'excellent tales'
Garry Kilworth
Buy Keyhole through selected booksellers or direct from the publisher via my Books page HERE
While you're here: some articles & photos by Matthew G. Rees that you might like to look at...
FEATURE: MACHEN COUNTRY
VIEW MATTHEW G. REES' PHOTO ALBUM
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PICTURES & WORDS FROM MATTHEW G. REES'S EXPLORATION OF 'MACHEN COUNTRY' - THE LAND & SITES IN THE WELSH BORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE YOUTH OF ARTHUR MACHEN - HERE: EVENTS
FLASHBACK: ARCHIVE ARTICLE MATTHEW G. REES on
WICKER MEN
FICTION... OR FACT?
WHAT CONNECTS M.R. JAMES, ALFRED WATKINS & A MYSTERIOUS STONE IN THE BORDERLANDS OF ENGLAND AND WALES?
FIND OUT, IN WORDS & PICTURES,
HERE
PHOTOGRAPHS & THOUGHTS FROM MATTHEW G. REES'S VISIT TO THE HOME OF ANTON CHEKHOV 'THE FATHER OF THE SHORT STORY'
HERE
PLEASE TOUR THE WHOLE SITE FOR THE ABOVE PLUS INTERVIEWS, AUDIO STORIES, THEATRE - AND MORE.
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