About me ... I don't have any awards - not even an honorable mention. Heck, I didn't even go to school to become a Writer - I was going to be a Fine Art Painter. Yet I had to pay my student loans. After college, I worked in Mental Health - as in schizophrenics and other assortment of severe mental disorders. All the while, I painted and sketched - and wrote stories. In that time, I speculated the story I really wanted to conjure - years of drawing monsters had spun my own mythology and I hoped for something comparable and real.

The narrative I wanted to create would fulfill a fading desire and breathe life into the chimeras I had drawn in my notebooks. That visual mythology had been collectively called "The Mortui Philosophies." I tried animation, but the repetitive work only produced frustration. So much in fact, I joined the 'sane' world and switched careers into Internet Technology. Secure, I had stopped painting and focused on a very rewarding career. After a few years lacking expression from my creative self, my Pazuzu Trilogy took its first breath.

And there is the reason readers should read my Pazuzu Trilogy - it is a unique, blasphemous, scrubbed-til-Sunday epic. The Eighth Revision was the first pass in which I did not make major changes - I found typos and a few obtuse sentences, but other than those, the changes are smattering instances of migrating blocks of text into dialogue. The following four revisions were then experiments with character names and locations. So yeah, the current and last revision is the Twelfth. It's called the Wasted Revision.

I hope readers enjoy the free ebook version of Manifestation - the first installment of the trilogy. And I'd like them to tell everyone they know and buy the second and third book. Manifestation is mostly background. It's where I introduce the consequences of a godless world. Emergence is when the narrative grows teeth and nails. Here is where Pazuzu is revealed and my alien gods find this feckless demon.

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• An Armored Awarwan
• Matthew Sawyer’s Pazuzu Trilogy – The Wasted Revision
• Our Lord Weathercock by Mr. Binger
• Mr. Binger’s Unction
• Ignorech – a short rumor of horror

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Latest book: Eternal Vigilance III: Bound in Blood. Published on May 25, 2011.
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• A Pair of Creepy Shorts on March 11, 2011
  
  "Uncollected Temptation" is a gripping and rewarding tale - definitely a recommended read. "Review" delivers strong writing, but it's nightmarish headiness can be unappealing. Skip straight to "Uncollected Temptation" for immediate gratification.
  
• The Shaking on May 23, 2011
  
  Very descriptive and explicit - that's your warning, so hopefully you'll have read the review first! But don't let that dissuade readers. The writer uses rich, descriptive language and effectively portrays a nerve-wracking event. Criticism: The writing-style reaches too far during the dream-hallucination - short sentences are friendly, despite the mood the author seeks to invoke (But again, that is only during the hallucination). In the same vein, reign in those adjectives - but then that is my fussiness. Recommendation: A rewarding foray into an author's intense writing. Matthew Sawyer Pazuzu Trilogy
  
• Like Clockwork and a Tangled Mind on May 23, 2011
  
  I like how Lea Ryan's mind works - I feel like we live in similar fictional atmospheres, because her writing reminds me much of my own - which in my perspective, is decent writing. Ryan's Like Clockwork and A Tangled Mind begins with the short story A Great Man. The questionable protagonist, Charlie, reminisces about a girl he met last night. He remembers Juni, but relies on a brochure to remind him that he wakes in old, lonely Mason's Inn. The only greeting Charlie gets that morning is the scent of the pale girl he met yesterday. He follows her aroma outside. Once Charlie is orientated, she introduces herself. Still, in the end, he decides who she is. It is his divine privilege.
  
• What the Dead Fear on May 23, 2011
  
  Wonderful conjuring of ethereal planes and beings. The author does seize on the concept of the Egyptian god Anubis and pays respectable and creative tribute. My favorite piece from Lea Ryan yet.
  
• The Crows: A Campfire Tale on Jan. 08, 2012
  
  The author has a promising story - it begins with a old man outside shooting crows for recreation. The author implies the murderous pastime is a result of being fired from a job. The reader doesn't learn much about the man, or even his name, but "The Crows" is a short story and is written to feel in-the-moment - telling more might interrupt the sprint. Unfortunately, the ending is predictable and the story itself quickly moves lockstep into shopworn rhythm. Still, it's an enjoyable and fast read. I'd recommend the tale and tell it at a campfire. Although, I'd polish the tale and fix the instances of overlooked, novice-like flaws - none of which really disturbs the story but the tale has potential to become poetic prose - probably not great, but stronger. I'm talking about examples such as "he heard a sharp squawk and a blur of shadow." I just can't imagine what a blur of shadow sounds like - blur is a visual word, so the author can step in and make suggestions. Also, there is a little confusion with verb use - ie. swoop, swooping, swooped. This story can generate more dynamic images if the author drops the "-ing." Then again, that's me being picky and my own writing has plenty of room for improvement. I must reiterate, "The Crows" is an enjoyable story, even if it does sound familiar.