The Shade

ForeWord Clarion Review: Author and doctor Larry Gattis reveals a highly tuned, vivid imagination in his debut novel. His well-written scenes of mayhem and fatal destruction may be best read during daylight hours, when lines like this one won’t result in insomnia: “Joe clawed at the moss surrounding their hands. It was like cable, and the shears would not get underneath the bonds. The thorny plant lacerated Joe’s fingers as he pulled at the knots. There were so many tentacles coming through the window now that the origin was impossible to find.”

About the Author

Larry Gattis is a geriatrician practicing in Hawkinsville Georgia for 31 years. He lives in the country on the Ocmulgee River with his wife Anita and son Gabe. He is an avid songwriter and musician, and enjoys running and classic car restoration. His writing is accented by his vast experience with patients at life's end and their transition into afterlife, as well as a number of near-death encounters he has witnessed. He lists Stephen King and Ray Bradbury as influences and has studied the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

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