Before the Gates

"Before the Gates" is a short story cycle masquerading as a novel, or, a novel masquerading as a short story cycle. Expressionistic and thematic, it follows its main characters as they deal with fate and consequence in the tumult resulting from the sudden loss of their hometown of Biloxi,MS. Each finds their own path. They find more questions than answers. They find madness and enigma instead of realism. They find the void in the terrifying future of lives they never thought they would lead. Degradation and redemption from degradation are central to the movement of the work, which is non-linear, but follows an emotive thematic drive in lieu of chronological coherency. Multi-lingual and dense, it is a piece meant to be episodic, but with a definite forest hiding behind the trees. If you are a fan of John Barth, Jorge Luis Borges, and David Foster Wallace, this may be a book for you. Not for the casual reader, it leads those who follow it into the darkness that surrounds the world within which we live: the world we have created for ourselves and for those around us, for the better or for the worse.

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