The Daily Sun-Up Inside The Gatepost with Author Tim Weed
Jan 30, 2026
Tim Weed, novelist and former international travel guide, chats about his forthcoming book The Gatepost. He discusses hallucinogenic mushrooms, a daughter's search for a missing father, and researching curanderas in Oaxaca. Conversations touch on multiverse ideas, geological time, and how landscape shapes the story.
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Merging Shamanism With Speculative Fiction
- Tim Weed frames The Gatepost as a story blending Mesoamerican shamanic mushroom use with multiverse and hallucination themes.
- The plot follows Esme returning to rural Vermont to investigate her archaeologist father's mysterious disappearance.
Research Trip To Oaxaca Sparked The Book
- Tim Weed recounts researching in Oaxaca and meeting curanderas while exploring mushroom use in Mesoamerican traditions.
- Those encounters sparked the novel's direction and informed its cultural research.
A Search That Turns Metaphysical
- Esme's investigation begins as emotional closure over her father's unresolved disappearance.
- That metaphysical quest evolves into encounters suggesting deeper, possibly nonphysical explanations.
