Hi everyone. Today I am featuring Kent Priore's latest book "The Monsters Among Us." Dive into his exclusive guest post below and check out the book details below. Happy reading :).
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A viscerally cinematic and genre-defying fantasy/horror novel.
For the readers: can you tell us a little bit about your book and the characters?
The Monsters Among Us a genre defying work of literature, packed with neurodivergent representation and anti-religious themes. A multi-epochal narrative with a complex magic system tethered to the story’s deep philosophical core. A nihilistic, yet hopeful action-packed epic which reveals the machination of grotesque gods which began before the beginning of time—yes, you heard me right. Before. The world of The Monsters Among Us is vast, endless, and I cannot wait to share it with everyone.
The cast is large and full of neurodivergent representation. Leading the charge through this emotional tale is Seth, a bipolar twenty-six-year-old whose entire life has been orchestrated by monsters. Think The Truman Show but with demons. As the reader joins Seth along his journey, the narrative will rise and fall alongside his tempestuous mood swings, as The Monsters Among Us weaves the very essence of the bipolar experience into the narrative structure.
That’s not all though. Along with bipolar disorder, there is representation for depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, and more. Essentially, if it’s a neurodivergence, it can be found in The Monsters Among Us!
What are you working on now?
I just finished and contracted the sequel to The Monsters Among Us, Book 2 in The Abyss Borne Gods series, In the Wake of Gods. But I can’t allow myself any rest, yet, as I’m about to throw myself deep into the writing of Book 3. Each book in the series may be self-contained, complete on their own, but there’s still an overarching narrative looming at large, and I cannot wait to introduce the world to its many twists, turns, and genre-defying surprises.
Were any of the characters in the book inspired by people from your real life?
Just the main character, Seth. I like to think of him as a conglomeration of the first thirty years of my life—though of course fictionalized and set into a narrative unlike anything I’ve experienced! Though that should be obvious to all who read it. Really, it’s the abstract feelings of my childhood, twinged in a bipolar haze, which inspired Seth and his struggle.
Who was your favorite character to write? What about your least favorite?
Seth was the most personal character I’ve written, but as a result he was, at times, my least favorite. His troubles and emotions too familiar, too close to home. But otherwise I don’t have a least favorite. I love them all as if they were my children.
My favorite, however, as to be the co-lead, Sasha. She’s immediately likable, in her charm, strength, and vast array of emotional potential. Despite being very similar to Seth, she’s composed, balanced, and in control. The icon for everything that, according to the book’s philosophy, a person to strive to be. Also, her backstory never fails to elicit empathy—I’ve read through the book upwards of twenty times or more and never have I gotten through her personal history without crying. To go through the horrors she has, but to rise up as strong as she is—it’s inspiring to say the least.
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The Monsters Among Us
The Abyss Borne Gods Book 1
by: Kent Priore
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Horror
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What readers are saying:
“Kent Priore writes like a natural about the supernatural, and The Monsters Among Us is a marvelously dark and true novel. American fiction has found a terrific new voice.”
—Joseph O’Neill, PEN/Faulkner Award-Winning Author of Netherland
“I was intrigued from the first sentence, determined to spend the night speed-reading so I didn't have to remain in suspense any longer.”
-Ella Dupuie, author of Fractures of the Fallen
“Supernatural storytelling at its best, this vivid cinematic novel takes the reader on an imaginative journey through what could be considered end of days. The Monster’s Among Us is a masterful creation and a must read—even for those who aren’t fans of fantasy/horror.”
—Joni Marie Iraci MFA author of Vatican Daughter
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BLURB:
Seth’s life until now has been a product of a diabolical, evil Truman Show, his entire upbringing a façade orchestrated for malevolent purposes. After his beloved dies, he undergoes a demonic metamorphosis, which causes the world’s fictitious walls to crumble.
As he tries to piece a semblance of his life back together and move on, he meets friends who inspire, but even more harsh truths are revealed, perhaps too difficult to cope with.
The very existence of life and reality is exposed as a machination of grotesque gods. And to defeat them, Seth will have to fill his emptiness, for which there’s only two options…
Bring the world to ruin, or learn to transmute his pain into strength.
Fans of "Jerusalem" by Alan Moore, “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath, or “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakovor will enjoy “The Monsters Among Us.”
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Kent Priore
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Graduated from Bard College with a BA in the Written Arts, Kent Priore is an author of dark literature, genre-blending epics and vignettes, where dark romanticism meets modern psychology for a macabre but hopeful depiction of inner struggle and the human ability to endure, and perhaps even prevail. He has a fascination with humanity and is one of the few to believe that despite our many weaknesses, we are far stronger than we often think. He wishes to show that strength to those darker individuals, burdened by lonesomeness, poor mental health, and other forces perceived to be out of their control, as well as show them that all is not lost.
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