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    Tatterdemalion
    Tatterdemalion
    Tatterdemalion
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    Tatterdemalion

    By Ray Succre

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    Tatterdemalion is the story of a man in a mad, fantasy world that begins to change against his will. As he is assaulted more and more by the obscure reality of his past, people begin changing places, alternating in different roles, and mythical creatures occupy his home. Even the very notion of telephones bears a cursed meaning. Tatterdemalion takes place in a world where one can gain employment as an astronaut or surgeon by simply visiting the employment office. The fantasy becomes even more surreal and eccentric as it clashes with reality, while only growing increasingly puzzling. Equal parts mystery, adventure, horror, fantasy, and surreal narrative, Tatterdemalion follows a man on an incredible, hilarious, and often poignant journey through modern-day Boston. Is this the story of a man losing his mind in a very rigid and uncaring world, or is it the story of a man slowly finding his sanity in a world gone maniacally and improbably awry? What can a person trust when their past and present clash into a surreal world of fantasy and memory, a world that sets one on a path of urban, mythical quest? The story of Tatterdemalion is one of discovery, loss, fantasy, and reality, and where these meet in and beyond the mind of a man vanished within his times.

    Where does the man end and the world begin? Ask the fantasy, and hope it tells the truth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRay Succre
    Release dateMay 29, 2012
    ISBN9781476105826
    Tatterdemalion
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    Ray Succre

    Ray Succre is 35 and currently lives in Coos Bay, Oregon, a small, coastal town where art is sparse and, when it does exist, is of a general relation to driftwood, deer, dying romance, or various maritime subjects. He has tried to leave the town numerous times. He is married, has a six year-old son, and loves the south coast. He is a novelist and a writer of poetry, and has recently returned to college in order to become Mr. Succre, an eventual teacher of English to your kids. As an author, Ray's work can be found in hundreds of publications across two dozen countries. His poetical fugue theory has been published in several places and his early work also appeared (with excellent company) in The Book of Hopes and Dreams, a charity anthology edited by Dee Rimbaud, out of Scotland. Ray has been nominated for the the Best of the Web Award, as well as the Pushcart Prize on several occasions, and he is also a winner of the Adroitly Placed Word Award, for spoken word.

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