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D. P. Watt was another exemplary find for me. I remember exactly where I was when I read this Collection. On a particularly disastrous holiday in Devon. These stories took me away from all that and allowed me some peace. I hope for another collection by him soon, I Fear I am in need of it. With Gravity Grace (8/10)Mr Egarr (2/10)Hive of Pain (2/10)In Comes I (5/10)The Mechanised Eccentric (4/10)Shallaballa (3/10)The Man We All Imagined (1/10)A Delicate Craft (6/10)Myself/Thyself (4/10)Honey Moon...
More like a 3.5 than a 4 in this case, but this was another good collection from Watt! It had some of the same highs as Phantasmagorical Imperative, but maybe not quite as lofty in as many cases, and a couple of the pieces in this one didn't do a ton for me. Some favorite stories were Honey Moon, The Usher, Myself/Thyself, and Shallabalah. Good and weird stories for the most part!
Many good, and some excellent weird tales. A pleasant surprise.
So ends this remarkable book and the group of stories headed NOWHERE.The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long to post here.Above is its conclusion.
Favourite story: Honey Moon.
A decent collection of weird horror stories that starts and ends strong but sags in the middle. The most memorable stories from Almost Insentient, Almost Divine are the preface, "With Gravity, Grace", "Honey Moon", and "In Comes I".
Watt does a hell of a lot more with the ontological horror implicit in puppetry than Ligotti ever achieved; the latter's living ghost, nevertheless, appears in the preface. But the specter of such influence certainly does not haunt this collection to the detriment of Watt's visionary tendencies. Whether the reader considers the aesthetic terrorism waged by a secret society on a widowed master of puppet-making in "With Gravity, Grace" or "The Usher" whose titular character's intimations of "toy-t...
The artist becomes art in D.P. Watt’s 2016 short story collection "Almost Insentient, Almost Divine." This is puppetry in motion, the blurring of the lines (or the strings) that connect a puppet and its master. The characters dance through these stories like marionettes inflamed with vision. The history and setting of these tales are a scenic backdrop.Many of the characters are possessed, but it’s hard to say by what. They’re certainly animated much the way puppets are, though not by strings (ho...
Watt’s stories are steeped in the classic work of Arthur Machen and M. R. James, a sensation at times heightened due to historical settings. You might initially nod with approval in recognition of some of the reference points. You might even settle into the stories, expecting the comfort of the antiquarian, but then you realize with a start that none (!) of these stories could have ever been published back in the day. The characters, the elements, the structure are all twisted, warped into somet...
I have read D. P. Watt before and know that he is capable of greatness. However, sadly, I have found this collection to be very irregular. There were moments of brilliance, such as in "Honey Moon", "The Usher", "With Gravity, Grace", "Shallabalah", and "A Delicate Craft". Other stories, while not quite as memorable, were still entertaining, such as "At the Sign of the Burning Leaf", "Mr. Egare" and "In Comes I", but I am afraid to say that I found the remaining stories to be rather dull.
Table Of Contents:VII - "The Terrible Foolish Wisdom of the Puppet: A Preface" by Timothy J. Jarvis023 - "SOMEWHERE" 025 - "With Gravity, Grace"037 - "A Delicate Craft"049 - "Shallabalah"059 - "Myself/Thyself"071 - "Mr Egare"079 - "A Hive of Pain"089 - "ELSEWHERE"091 - "Mors Janua Vitae"101 - "Honey Moon"125 - "At the Sign of the Burning Leaf"135 - "In Comes I"147 - "The Man We All Imagined I Might Have Been"165 - "NOWHERE"167 - "The Mechanised Eccentric"183 - "The Pornographer’s Calendar"195 -
