Bio

Michael P. Charlton is a published author with extensive experience in various areas, including writing, directing, editing, cover design, website design, electronic media, and production. 

Charlton’s work examines the psychological, philosophical, theological, and spiritual experiences of dysfunctional characters in decaying worlds. His stories are character-driven, feature experimental techniques, distinct settings, layered symbolism, and dark humour. Charlton explores themes such as faith, suffering, alienation, existential longing, stream of consciousness, and social commentary.

KEY INFLUENCES ON CHARLTON’S WORK INCLUDE:

Writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse, Michel Houellebecq, Haruki Murakami, Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, Philip Ridley, Friedrich Nietzsche, Oswald Spengler, Martin Heidegger, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, Ernst Jünger, José Ortega y Gasset, Emil Cioran 

Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Darren Aronofsky, Lars von Trier, Roman Polanski, Terrence Malick, Akira Kurosawa, Andrei Tarkovsky, Ingmar Bergman, Robert Bresson, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel, Béla Tarr, Wong Kar-wai

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