The Outer Dark

The Outer Dark presents an exclusive preview of NecronomiCon Providence 2022, featuring Programming Chair K.H. Vaughan, Film Programming Co-Chair Gwen Callahan, Justin Steele, and Sam Cowan of Dim Shores Press. This podcast's content was recorded on July 31, August 2, and August 3, 2022.  Show Notes The Outer Dark presents an exclusive preview of NecronomiCon … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents an exclusive preview panel on The Future Is Female, Vol. 2: The 1970s, a canon-reshaping Library of America anthology celebrating feminist women science fiction writers, featuring editor Lisa Yaszek,  moderating a discussion with editorial assistants Edeliz Zuleta, Jessica Taetle, Olivia Kiklica, and Josie Benner. The book is scheduled for publication in … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Natania Barron and David Bowles. This podcast was recorded on January 25 and 26, 2022.  Show Notes The first The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series installment of 2022 features two award-winning spec-lit authors and exclusive sneak preview readings from their exciting 2022 releases. David Bowles  treats us to … Continue reading

The Outer Dark podcast presents a conversation with M. Rickert, author of The Shipbuilder of Bellfaire (Undertow, 2021) and many, many stories. The main audio was recorded on January 5, 2022. Show Notes In this podcast, Anya Martin interviews M. Rickert about her second novel The Shipbuilder of Bellfaire (Undertow Publications, 2021) including its long … Continue reading

The Outer Dark podcast presents our holiday gift to listeners featuring flash fiction, poetry, music, and gift ideas from nine Weird horror writers, as well as gift-guide mini-interviews spotlighting three writer-owned supernatural-themed candle-making, jam, and soap companies. Audio segments were recorded between Dec. 1–8, 2021. Show Notes The Outer Dark Holiday Special is our seasonal … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Jeffrey Ford and Zin E. Rocklyn, plus an exclusive preview of the New York Ghost Story Festival 2021 with founder Daniel Braum. This episode's content was recorded on November 21, 22, and 23, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series returns, beginning with an exclusive preview … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Adam McOmber about his most recent Weird novels The Ghost Finders (Journalstone) and Jesus and John (Lethe Press) and more. This episode was recorded on Wed. Nov. 10, 2021 Show Notes In this podcast, Anya Martin interviews Adam McOmber about his most recent Weird novels The Ghost Finders (Journalstone) and … Continue reading

This podcast presents the panel We Once Were Monster Kids from the HP Lovecraft Film Festival 2021, moderated by Anya Martin and featuring Gwendolyn Kiste, Craig Laurance Gidney, Ian McDowell, and Eden Royce. This episode was recorded on October 10, 2021. Show Notes In this podcast taped during the virtual segment of the HP Lovecraft … Continue reading

This podcast features a Publisher Spotlight interview  with Ross E. Lockhart of Word Horde and his exciting new retail venture, the Word Horde Emporium of the Weird and Fantastic, in Petaluma, California. This episode was recorded on October 11, 2021. Show Notes In this Publisher Spotlight podcast, Anya Martin interviews Ross E. Lockhart about his … Continue reading

This podcast features an interview with editor Cody Goodfellow, and Readings by Kaaron Warren, Mehitobel Wilson, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, and Rios de la Luz from New Maps of Dream (PS Publishing, Fall 2021) . This episode was recorded between September 14-22, 2021. Show Notes Anya Martin interviews editor Cody Goodfellow, about New Maps of Dream (PS … Continue reading

This podcast features an interview with editor Ellen Datlow  and readings by Cody Goodfellow, Cassandra Khaw, Brian Evenson, and Gemma Files from Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror (Tachyon Publications, October 2021) . This episode was recorded between August 25-30, 2021. Show Notes In our first episode after a summer podcast break, Anya Martin interviews … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Steve Toase, whose debut collection, To Drown in Dark Water came out in April 2021 from Undertow Publications. This episode was recorded on Tuesday May 18, 2021 Show Notes In our 100th episode on This Is Horror, Anya Martin interviews Steve Toase, whose debut collection, To Drown in Dark … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by WC Dunlap and Craig Laurance Gidney. This episode's content was recorded on Tues. May 5 and Wed.  May 6, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series continues with  WC Dunlap and Craig Laurance Gidney (0:36:25). WC Dunlap reads from her story ‘Salt Water to Wine' (0:11:51), … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by J.S. Breukelaar and Nathan Carson. This episode's content was recorded on Sat. April  10 and Sun. April 11, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series continues with  J.S. Breukelaar and Nathan Carson (0:45:15). J.S. Breukelaar reads an excerpt from her upcoming novel The Bridge coming in … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Rose O'Keefe, publisher at Eraserhead Press, a leading publishing house for bizarro side of Weird fiction and cutting-edge horror. This episode was recorded on Tuesday April 6, 2021 Show Notes In our first full-episode publisher spotlight , Anya Martin interviews Rose O'Keefe, publisher at Eraserhead Press, the world's leading … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Josh Malerman and Kristi DeMeester. This episode's content was recorded on Tues. March 16 and Thurs. March 25, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series continues with  Kristi DeMeester and Josh Malerman (0:48:23). Kristi reads the complete story ‘Immolation' (Nox Pareidolia, Nightscape Press, 2020) (0:10:33) and … Continue reading

In this podcast, guest host Gordon B. White interviews Clint Smith, author of The Skeleton Melodies (Hippocampus, 2020).  Plus Archival Episode A21 Clint Smith: A Care for Dark Cookery. The new interview was recorded on Feb. 27, 2021, and the archival interview first aired on Nov. 24, 2015. Show Notes In this podcast, guest host … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents The Weirder Side of the Fantastic panel at Virtual World Fantasy Convention 2020, featuring Brian Evenson, Craig Laurance Gidney, teri.zin, Michael Kelly, and Lesley Wheeler, and moderated by Anya Martin. PLUS Justin Steele returns with a News from The Weird round-up of 2021 publishing announcements. This episode's content was recorded on … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Nadia Bulkin and Eric Schaller. This episode's content was recorded on Sat. Feb. 13 and Tues. Feb. 16, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series continues with  Nadia Bulkin and Eric Schaller (0:42:09). Nadia reads the beginning of her story ‘Some Girls Wander by Mistake' (Uncertainties, … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Sarah Read, author of the novel The Bone Weaver's Orchard and collection Out of Water (Trepidatio, 2019), plus Sarah reads ‘The Hope Chest' (Best Horror of the Year, 2020). The episode was recorded on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021 Show Notes In this podcast during Women In Horror Month, Anya … Continue reading

The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Orrin Grey, as well as an all-new Reviews from the Weird with Gordon B. White's highlights of 2020 and most anticipated 2021 reads. This episode's content was recorded on Feb. 1, 2, and 3, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series continues with  … Continue reading

In our first podcast of 2021 The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Linda D. Addison and Marc Laidlaw. The interviews were recorded on Wed. Jan. 6 and Thurs, Jan. 7, 2021.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series kicks off 2021 with  Linda D. Addison and Marc Laidlaw. (0:42:52). Linda reads the poem … Continue reading

In our final podcast of 2020 The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Gwendolyn Kiste and Daniel Braum. The interviews were recorded on Monday December 7, 2020.  Show Notes The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series returns with  Gwendolyn Kiste and Daniel Braum (0:32:13). Gwendoiyn reads an excerpt from her novel Boneset & Feathers (0:06:54), published … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel Deep Down: The Weird in Conversation with Southern Gothic, Black Gothic Revival, and Other Regional Strange Tales, moderated by Nicole Givens Kurtz with Ian McDowell, Valjeanne Jeffers, Carrie Laben, and Sara Amis. PLUS Weirding Whiteness: Genre and Eugenics, a presentation by Chris Gavaler, … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents a Holiday Readings Special featuring authors Natania Barron, Eric Schaller, Julie C. Day, Milton J. Davis, Jess Lewis, and Michael David Wilson. This programming was recorded on Saturday August 15 and Sunday August 16, 2020. Show Notes In this podcast, experience more of the second … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel From Yellow Wallpaper to Spectral Hues: Color in Weird Fiction moderated by Brian Hauser with Daniel Braum, Craig Laurance Gidney, Gwendolyn Kiste, Hysop Mulero, and Liv Rainey-Smith. PLUS Scott Nicolay reads “The Marlyweck Cemetery” by Belgian Weird fantasist Jean Ray. This programming was … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel Art of The Weird: How Do You Illustrate Something that Defies Description? moderated by Eric Schaller and featuring Chris Gavaler, Jeanne D'Angelo, Michael Bukowski, Lynne Hansen, and Matthew Jaffe. PLUS Readings by Laura Blackwell, Gregory Norman Bossert, Tonya Liburd, and Jeffrey Ford. This programming was … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel Weird World-Building: Strange Cities, “Other” Countries, and Cobbly Universes, featuring Natania Barron, Jesse Bullington, Jeffrey Ford, Seb Doubinsky, L.M. Davis, and Sarah Read. PLUS Readings by Valjeanne Jeffers, Jeff Strand,  L.M. Davis, and Ian McDowell. This programming was recorded on Saturday August 15, 2020. … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents the panel Beyond Good and Evil featuring Kortney Y. Watkins, Gabriela Damián Miravete, Kristi DeMeester, Violette L. Meier, Kyoko M., and Gordon B. White. PLUS Readings by Seb Doubinsky, Sara Amis, Gabriela Damián Miravete, Edward Austin Hall, and Kyoko M. This programming was recorded on … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 presents State of The Weird 2020 Roundtable featuring J.S. Breukelaar, Chesya Burke, Julie C. Day, Larissa Glasser, Orrin Grey, and Tonya Liburd. PLUS Readings by Larissa Glasser and J.S. Breukelaar. This programming was recorded on Saturday August 15, 2020. Show Notes In this podcast, The Outer … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 continues with Weird Metamorphosis or Life Change: Where the Body Becomes the Setting, the weekend's first panel moderated by Lesley Wheeler and featuring Mike Allen, Benjamin Capps, Fiona Maeve Geist, Edward Austin Hall, Brooke Warra, and teri.zin. PLUS Mike Allen reads and Lesley Wheeler and featuring … Continue reading

In this podcast, The Outer Dark Virtual Symposium 2020 kicks off with the Nightscape Press Readings Block featuring authors Carrie Laben, Fiona Maeve Geist, teri.zin, and Brooke Warra, and hosted by Robert S. Wilson and Jennifer Wilson, who also introduce this episode. The readings took place on Friday August 14, 2020, and the intro was … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Lesley Wheeler about her debut Weird novel Unbecoming (Aqueduct Press), and Edward Austin Hall interviews her about her new poetry collection. The State She's In (Tinderbox Editions). Plus Gordon B. White reviews Unbecoming. The interview segments were recorded on Sat. July 25 and Tues. July 28, and Reviews from the … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Inna Effress, Matthew M. Bartlett, and Jon Padgett. The interviews were recorded on Sunday July 19 and Monday July 20, 2020.  Show Notes The eighth installment of The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series features Inna Effress, a Weird fiction rising star, and some Weird double … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by John Langan and Brooke Warra, plus Gordon B White reviews Children of the Fang by John Langan. The interviews were recorded on Tuesday July 14, and Reviews from The Weird was recorded on Thursday July 16, 2020.  Show Notes The seventh installment of The Outer … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Scarlett R. Algee about her debut collection Bleedthrough and Other Small Horrors (Cold War Radio Press) and editing Trepidatio Publishing, Journalstone's Weird fiction imprint which seeks “diverse stories from diverse authors.” The interview was recorded on Monday July 6, 2020. Show Notes In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Scarlett … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Gemma Files and Alistair Rennie, plus an exclusive original dark jazz musical composition by Alistair Rennie. The interviews were recorded on Sunday June 21 and Wednesday June 24, 2020.  Show Notes The sixth installment of The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series features Gemma Files (Experimental … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Craig Laurance Gidney about his novels A Spectral Hue (Word Horde, 2019) and Hairsbreadth (Eyedolon/Broken Eye Books, 2020), plus Archival Episode A14 Craig Laurance Gidney: Writing the Beautiful Mess. The new interview was recorded on June 17, 2020, and  A14 first aired on October 6, 2015. Show Notes In … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Michael Wehunt and Damien Angelica Walters, plus Gwendolyn Kiste reviews Shirley (2020). The readings were recorded on Saturday June 6 and Wednesday June 10, 2020, and Reviews from The Cinematic Weird was recorded Tuesday June 9, 2020.  Show Notes The fifth installment of The Outer … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Jayaprakash Satyamurthy and S.P. Miskowski, plus Reviews from The Weird with Gordon B. White featuring Thin Places (Undertow Publications) by Kay Chronister and Terrible Things (Black Shuck Books) by David Surface. The readings were recorded on Tuesday June 2, 2020, and Reviews from The Weird was … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings: Weird Dream Society featuring authors Marianne Kirby, Steve Toase, Jordan Kurella, Gregory Norman Bossert, Carina Bissett, Chip Houser, and Sarah Read, plus an interview with the anthology's editor-in-chief Julie C. Day. The readings were recorded in early May and the interview was recorded on Tuesday May … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews David Surface about his debut collection Terrible Things (Black Shuck Books). The interview was recorded on Tuesday May 5, 2020. Show Notes In this podcast Anya Martin interviews David Surface about his debut collection Terrible Things (Black Shuck Books) beginning with his quarantine experience and then shifting to the … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Christina Sng and Mike Allen, plus Reviews from The Weird with Gordon B. White featuring Armageddon House by Michael Griffin. The readings were recorded on Sunday April 26, 2020 and Monday April 27, 2020, and Reviews from The Weird was recorded Thursday April 30, 2020.  … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Kay Chronister about her debut collection Thin Places (Undertow Publications), plus a short The Outer Dark Symposium Indiegogo update. The interview was recorded on Wed. April 21, 2020. Show Notes In this podcast, Anya Martin interviews author Kay Chronister about her debut collection Thin Places (Undertow Publications) beginning with … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Molly Tanzer and Michael Griffin, plus News from The Weird with Justin Steele. The readings were recorded on Saturday April 18, 2020, and News from The Weird was recorded Friday April 17, 2020.  Show Notes In the premiere of The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series, … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Helen Marshall about her novel The Migration, plus Archival Episode A26 Helen Marshall: Lessons in the Raising of the Monsters in the Basement, Gwendolyn Kiste on Women in Horror Month, and The Outer Dark Symposium 2020 Update. The new interview was recorded on February 12, 2020,  A26 first aired … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents ‘The State of Black Science Fiction' Encore Authors Panel, presented by Subsume Summit, moderated by Milton J. Davis and featuring Marcus Haynes, Violette L. Meier,  Kortney Watkins, and Aziza Sphinx, plus The Outer Dark Symposium 2020 news and special guest co-host Tonya Liburd.  The panel was recorded live on … Continue reading

In this podcast Anya Martin interviews Brian Hauser about his novel Memento Mori: The Fathomless Shadows (Word Horde) and his picks for the best Weird/horror movies he watched in 2019, plus Gordon B. White reviews new novellas by Michael Wehunt and Jayaprakash Satyamurthy. The interview and reviews were recorded on Sat. January 11 and Sun. January … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents a reading by Chesya Burke and ‘Dark Matters: Weird Fiction from the African Diaspora' Panel at NecronomiCon 2019 moderated by Errick Nunnally and featuring  Chesya Burke, Craig Laurance Gidney, Victor LaValle, Hysop Mulero,  and teri.zin, plus News from The Weird with Justin Steele. The panel was recorded live … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the seventh and final blockbuster installment of The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2019 including  the panel: ‘Weird Sisters of Horror: writing from a female or non-cis-male perspective', moderated by Anya Martin and featuring Selena Chambers, Nancy A. Collins, Fiona Maeve Geist, Gwendolyn Kiste, Gabriela Damián Miravete, Sunny … Continue reading

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the sixth installment of The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2019 featuring  readings by Gwendolyn Kiste, Marc Laidlaw, Sunny Moraine, Gregory Norman Bossert, Gabriela Damián Miravete, and Orrin Grey, and a bonus interview with Orrin Grey. The readings were recorded live on Saturday March 23, 2019 … Continue reading