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Books and numerous short stories and essays

Honored by the NYC Big Book Award, San Francisco Book Festival, Regal Summit Book Award, Excellence in Indie Publishing Awards, Beverly Hills Book Award, Readers Favorite Book Award, and many more!

In the Throes

A revolutionary work of speculative fiction that explores the awakening of intelligence and the coming into awareness of an evolutionary mishap on a forbidding apocalyptic planet.

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AGAIN. again and again.

A series of radically reflexive stories, ranging from confessional first-person narration to third-person “stories” starring “characters” named Matt.

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I Truly Lament

A varied collection of stories: inmates in death camps; survivors of these camps; disenchanted Golems complaining about their designated rounds, and more.

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About the Author

Teacher and psychotherapist, I hold masters degrees in secondary education and social work from Queens College of the City University of New York and Stony Brook University. For more than thirty years I taught English and social studies in New York secondary schools. An analytically trained and insight-oriented psychotherapist, I have incorporated my abiding interest in Eastern thought into my life and my work, leading workshops on experiential and psycho-spiritual approaches to inner awareness…

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LATEST REVIEWS

“In the Throes by Mathias B. Freese is not just a book—it’s an experience that delves deep into the human condition through the lens of an alien world. Winner of the Science Fiction category at the prestigious San Francisco Book Festival, this novel has rightfully earned its place among the most thought-provoking works in contemporary literature. Freese’s ability to blend rich philosophical musings with a gripping narrative is on full display, making In the Throes a must-read for anyone interested in exploring the depths of consciousness, identity, and the transformative power of art.”

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  • The Spark of Life – A Self-reminiscence on my 84th Birthday – Essay 5

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    Caylah Coffeen

    By Mathias Freese Thoreau said it best, “to live deliberately,” probably the best use of anadverb in the English language. Yet, how do we go about livingmoment to moment? The answer is written on the wind. As my humanmechanism deliberately falls prey to aging, I see less clearly at nightat the wheel, my driving skills […]

  • In the Throes: 5 Star Review from Readers’ Favorite

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    Caylah Coffeen

    Reviewed by Pikasho Deka for Readers’ Favorite Set in a brutal apocalyptic world with two suns, Mathias B. Freese’s In The Throes follows the story of a creature that unexpectedly attains awareness. The only thing Gruff’s undeveloped mind could fathom as he opened his eyes to the world was that the Close One’s slashes didn’t […]

  • I Chisel my Petroglyphs – Essay 4

    I Chisel my Petroglyphs – Essay 4

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    Caylah Coffeen

    By Mathias Freese In 1974 an editor, without my knowledge, submitted my story, “Herbie,”to Martha Foley, editor of the prestigious annual anthology, The BestAmerican Short Stories of 1974. In a section called “Distinctive ShortStories of 1974.” I was listed, unfortunately, with the wrong author’sname. That is another story. I was notified that Foley, who had […]