Formulation by Daniel Lorn depicts one man’s rapid descent into a nightmare world infused with arachnophobic references and a terrifying quantity of the the eight legged creatures themselves.
Reality and this dark nether-existence melt together in a confusing, dizzying mess as the protagonist fights to maintain a grip on a chronology that keeps eluding him. As a reader, you question just which character interactions are real and which are imagined.
Time slips and skips, details erode. Horrific visions take form in the flesh. The unreal becomes real.
This is not a long book, but what Daniel Lorn achieves here is remarkable. Rarely have I seen denial, madness, and a loss of a grip on reality so compelling and brilliantly written.
Formulation is chilling, and definitely worth your time.