Podcasts about broken eye books

A group of kids on summer break use an app to hunt virtual ghosts. But, as is so often the case, when we play with the supernatural, the unexpected happens, and rules we don't understand come into play.A.C. Wise‘s fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex, Shimmer, Tor.com, and The Best Horror of the Year Volume 10, among other places. The podcast version of her story Final Girl Theory, which appeared at Pseudopod, was a finalist for the 2013 Parsec Awards. Additionally, her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, as well as twice more being a finalist for the award, and has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She has two collections published with Lethe Press, and a novella published by Broken Eye Books. Along with her fiction, she contributes the Women to Read, and Non-Binary Authors to Read columns to The Book Smugglers.You can read The Stories We Tell About Ghosts at https://www.whiteenso.com/ghost-stories-2022Follow us on twitter at: Japanese Ghost Stories @ghostJapanese Instagram: WhiteEnsoJapanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100/Help me pay the contributors for their work. Donate to the Kaidankai through Ko-Fi. Thank you!https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststories

Author Tyler Jones (Criterium, The Dark Side of the Room) joins us for a spoiler-filled discussion of Joe Hill's short story, "Last Breath," from 20th Century Ghosts. Our Week In Horror looks back on James Newman's latest novella, Ride or Die, Richard Laymon's Island, additional thoughts on the Cooties Shot Required anthology from Broken Eye Books, Philip Fracassi's Beneath the Pale Sky, and the Shudder Original film, Caveat. (Recorded June 13, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Tyler Jones on Twitter: @tjoneswriter Tyler's website: https://www.tylerjones.net/

While Richard is away, Michael and Matt take control of the Abyss for a spoiler-filled discussion of their co-hosts debut short story, "Beyond the Triangle," as published in the anthology, Dark Words: Stories of Urban Legends and Folk Lore, edited by Jamie and Matt Wildasin.  Before that, though, we talk about summer horror reads, the Broken Eye Books anthologies Cootie Shot Required and Whether Change, Lisa Quigley's Hell's Bells, the philosophies of Thomas Ligotti and Eugene Thacker, Tim Meyer's Paradise Club, and... Food Network? We also peel back another layer of the giant onion that is Matt Brandenburg as he reveals some publishing secrets of his own... (Recorded June 6, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

"The Amazing Exploding Women of the Early Twentieth Century," published in Apex Magazine, issue 122, February 2021. Read it here. https://apex-magazine.com/ A.C. Wise’s fiction has appeared in publications such as Apex, Uncanny, Clarkesworld, and multiple Year’s Best anthologies. Her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, as well as twice being a finalist for the Sunburst Award, twice being a finalist for the Nebula Award, and being a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. She has two collections published with Lethe Press, and a novella published by Broken Eye Books. Her debut novel, Wendy, Darling, is forthcoming from Titan Books in June 2021, and a new collection, The Ghost Sequences, is forthcoming from Undertow Books in Fall 2021. In addition to her fiction, she contributes review columns to Apex and The Book Smugglers. Visit her at her website. A storyteller of many forms, Aly Grauer has been known to perform onstage, on podcasts, at ren faires, and at world-class theme parks. Of late, she is the audio editor for Skyjacks: Courier’s Call, where she also performs as June Hymnal. Aly is also a writer, teaches dialect lessons, provides narration for audiobooks, and occasionally creates small roleplaying games. Aly and her husband Drew live in Chicago, IL where they both serve as heated furniture for their two cats, Queen Felicia and Wedge. This Apex Magazine podcast was produced by KT Bryski. Theme music by Alex White. Other music in this podcast includes "Melodie Victoria," "Almost New," "Frogs Legs Rag," and "Reawakening," all by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Learn more at www.incompetech.com. Some sounds in this podcast provided by the Free Sound Project. Find out more at www.freesound.org. Apex Magazine podcast, copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a bimonthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com

In which Karlo and Pete talk about a recent short story (The Big So-So) and her newly released novel (Busted Synapses) with Erika Satifka. We encourage you to check out this book, on Amazon, or even better at Broken Eye Books! https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/p93/busted_synapses.html#/

Welcome back to the Horror Pod Class!  Today we are talking about the movie, Mother!  Not the Danzig Song. Not the Mike Pence catchphrase. No, we are talking about the super weird fever dream of a movie that captured our hearts (pun intended).  There is a lot to unpack about this movie, including the biblical imagery and the discussion about how art is perceived, but there is a really cool undercurrent of philosophical themes related to Deep Ecology and Eco-Feminism. It's a pretty awesome chat, so please take your seats for another offbeat class.  Connect with us Tyler and Mike at: The Horror Pod Class Facebook Group Signal Horizon on Facebook and Twitter Mike D on Goodreads What we are reading and watching: Welcome to Miskatonic University from Broken Eye Books. 12th Annual International Festival of Horror Radio Plays, DEATHSCRIBE. Dark Corners of The Web: You totally have to check out PseudoPod episode 590: "Emperor All" by Evan Marcroft. It is way cool, super weird, and perhaps a good companion in regards to mood with Mother! Helpful Links: The Forbes Review Matt Goldberg over at Collider has a pretty good explanation of the movie. Or just rely on the comment section of youtube.  Whatever. Darren Aronofsky has an interview in Time where he explains some of the movie. Or tries to.  Tyler and Mike don't really believe him. It's not his movie anymore, it's not your house!!! A good place to start with Eco-feminism is Fertile Ground: Women, Earth and the Limits of Control by Irene Diamond. According to Ecological Criticism Based on Social Gender: The Basic Principles of Ecofeminism Chen Ling Vol. 7, No. 1, 2014, pp. 67-72 Higher Education of Social Science.

This episode, Jason and Michael talk with Gwendolyn Kiste and delve into her work. They discuss The Rust Maidens along with the stories in And Her Smile Will Untether The Universe. They also discuss her independent filmmaking career, writing about relationships, and how to nail down enough ambiguity without losing the reader. Then Jason and Michael discuss the 2017 French movie, Raw. Visit Gwendolyn online: http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/ Visit Darkness Dwells online: www.wheredarknessdwells.com Music heard: Night Child by Electric Wizard Time:Intro: 00:00 Gwendolyn Kiste Interview: 00:07:48 Raw Discussion: 01:09:30 Thanks for listening, everyone! If you enjoyed the episode, please consider leaving a review on iTunes or Stitcher. ————————————————-Main Gwendolyn Kiste Questions And Topics:1. I was reading an interview with you in Black Static where you discussed your childhood. You mentioned locking yourself away and reading books on weekends and over the summer break. I can certainly relate! What were those books you read back then, and which ones made you want to become a writer?2. You also mentioned that you were an independent filmmaker earlier on? What movies?3. Is this a career path you're still pursuing at all?4. Are there any movies you'd say influenced your writing?5. You write beautifully about friendships in your fiction, so I'm guessing that you must have had some close friends growing up?6. A lot of your stories have a strong sense of loss and longing. Without my being too nosy, I was wondering why these themes attract you?7. Your Fiction is a little difficult to classify. I hesitate at calling it weird fiction because there's certainly horror in there. If you were to classify your fiction, what would it be?8. Were you surprised when the HWA nominated your collection, AND HER SMILE WILL UNTETHER THE UNIVERSE, for a Stoker?9. The Clawfoot Requiem, which is in Untether the Universe, has one of the strongest openings I've ever read. How did you come to write that one?10. The Man in the Ambry reminded me of older, classical ghost stories, though we never really know what exactly is going on. That kind of ambiguity gets me excited. It's immersive for the reader, involving them. Some readers want things explained for them, though. Considering a lot of the fiction of yours I've read hold that mystery or ambiguity, I was wondering if you get any negative feedback for it?11. Ambiguity is tough to get right. I think that you handle it perfectly because it feels like the answers are all there, and the more you think about it, the more unsettling it feels. When writing, how do you figure out what information to let the reader in on and what to let them try and figure out for themselves to achieve this?12. How many drafts do you typically go through before you feel a story is complete?13. All the stories in Untether the Universe that I've read (I'm only at the halfway mark at this time) have a very original feel to them. How do you keep each story fresh?14. Although you grew up in a small town in Ohio, your debut novel, The Rust Maidens, is about a young woman who grew up in the decaying industrial part of Cleveland. Part of the rust belt. Was Cleveland close to where you grew up? And are there any similarities between your own childhood and that of Phoebe Shaw's?15. There's so much truth-telling in Rust Maidens. So much symbolism. I truly think that it would do well being taught in high schools not just because of the symbolism, but also the historical aspects of unions and industrial battles we saw taking place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. What was the research like?16. Did you set out to write a book with these deep, sociological themes?17. There's also some really good scary scenes. Like where our hero is stuck in a mansion. Very creepy! How do you approach creating scenes that scare the reader? 18. I mentioned Black Static earlier. With them, you published the short story Songs To Help You Cope When Your Mom Won't Stop Haunting You And Your Friends, which is related to Rust Maidens. Which story came first?19. I love the song choices you list in that story. Do you listen to music while writing?20. You've also have a novella you released with Broken Eye Books in 2017. It's called Pretty Marys All in a Row. I have not read this one yet but plan to ASAP. Can you tell us what it's about? 21. February is, as you know, women in horror month. You've been writing a series about women horror writers on your blog, called Fear and the Feminine, where you interviewed women horror writers. Can you tell us more about this project?22. I think that horror and science fiction is where women writers are most often forgotten or dismissed as serious writers. Why is it this way in your opinion?23. What do you think we can do to help educate readers that there are women who not only write horror, but write it well? 24. What advice would you give young women writers just starting out?25. Where can readers find you online?----------------------------------------------RAW 2017Director: Julia DucournauWriters:Julia Ducournau (screenplay)Stars: Garance Marillier - as JustineElla Rumpf - as AlexiaRabah Nait Oufella - as AdrienSynopsis:Justine is a first-year veterinary student. Her elder sister is studying the same course at the university. Justine was raised a strict vegetarian but, as part of the hazing rituals, is forced to eat meat. Initially this has adverse effects but she soon develops a craving for meat...particularly human flesh.

This episode, Jason and Michael talk with Gwendolyn Kiste and delve into her work. They discuss The Rust Maidens along with the stories in And Her Smile Will Untether The Universe. They also discuss her independent filmmaking career, writing about relationships, and how to nail down enough ambiguity without losing the reader. Then Jason and Michael discuss the 2017 French movie, Raw. Visit Gwendolyn online: http://www.gwendolynkiste.com/ Visit Darkness Dwells online: www.wheredarknessdwells.com Music heard: Night Child by Electric Wizard Time: Intro: 00:00 Gwendolyn Kiste Interview: 00:07:48 Raw Discussion: 01:09:30 Thanks for listening, everyone! If you enjoyed the episode, please consider leaving a review on iTunes or Stitcher. ————————————————- Main Gwendolyn Kiste Questions And Topics: 1. I was reading an interview with you in Black Static where you discussed your childhood. You mentioned locking yourself away and reading books on weekends and over the summer break. I can certainly relate! What were those books you read back then, and which ones made you want to become a writer? 2. You also mentioned that you were an independent filmmaker earlier on? What movies? 3. Is this a career path you’re still pursuing at all? 4. Are there any movies you’d say influenced your writing? 5. You write beautifully about friendships in your fiction, so I’m guessing that you must have had some close friends growing up? 6. A lot of your stories have a strong sense of loss and longing. Without my being too nosy, I was wondering why these themes attract you? 7. Your Fiction is a little difficult to classify. I hesitate at calling it weird fiction because there’s certainly horror in there. If you were to classify your fiction, what would it be? 8. Were you surprised when the HWA nominated your collection, AND HER SMILE WILL UNTETHER THE UNIVERSE, for a Stoker? 9. The Clawfoot Requiem, which is in Untether the Universe, has one of the strongest openings I’ve ever read. How did you come to write that one? 10. The Man in the Ambry reminded me of older, classical ghost stories, though we never really know what exactly is going on. That kind of ambiguity gets me excited. It’s immersive for the reader, involving them. Some readers want things explained for them, though. Considering a lot of the fiction of yours I’ve read hold that mystery or ambiguity, I was wondering if you get any negative feedback for it? 11. Ambiguity is tough to get right. I think that you handle it perfectly because it feels like the answers are all there, and the more you think about it, the more unsettling it feels. When writing, how do you figure out what information to let the reader in on and what to let them try and figure out for themselves to achieve this? 12. How many drafts do you typically go through before you feel a story is complete? 13. All the stories in Untether the Universe that I’ve read (I’m only at the halfway mark at this time) have a very original feel to them. How do you keep each story fresh? 14. Although you grew up in a small town in Ohio, your debut novel, The Rust Maidens, is about a young woman who grew up in the decaying industrial part of Cleveland. Part of the rust belt. Was Cleveland close to where you grew up? And are there any similarities between your own childhood and that of Phoebe Shaw’s? 15. There’s so much truth-telling in Rust Maidens. So much symbolism. I truly think that it would do well being taught in high schools not just because of the symbolism, but also the historical aspects of unions and industrial battles we saw taking place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. What was the research like? 16. Did you set out to write a book with these deep, sociological themes? 17. There’s also some really good scary scenes. Like where our hero is stuck in a mansion. Very creepy! How do you approach creating scenes that scare the reader? 18. I mentioned Black Static earlier. With them, you published the short story Songs To Help You Cope When Your Mom Won't Stop Haunting You And Your Friends, which is related to Rust Maidens. Which story came first? 19. I love the song choices you list in that story. Do you listen to music while writing? 20. You’ve also have a novella you released with Broken Eye Books in 2017. It’s called Pretty Marys All in a Row. I have not read this one yet but plan to ASAP. Can you tell us what it’s about? 21. February is, as you know, women in horror month. You’ve been writing a series about women horror writers on your blog, called Fear and the Feminine, where you interviewed women horror writers. Can you tell us more about this project? 22. I think that horror and science fiction is where women writers are most often forgotten or dismissed as serious writers. Why is it this way in your opinion? 23. What do you think we can do to help educate readers that there are women who not only write horror, but write it well? 24. What advice would you give young women writers just starting out? 25. Where can readers find you online? ---------------------------------------------- RAW 2017 Director:  Julia Ducournau Writers: Julia Ducournau (screenplay) Stars:  Garance Marillier - as Justine Ella Rumpf - as Alexia Rabah Nait Oufella - as Adrien Synopsis: Justine is a first-year veterinary student. Her elder sister is studying the same course at the university. Justine was raised a strict vegetarian but, as part of the hazing rituals, is forced to eat meat. Initially this has adverse effects but she soon develops a craving for meat...particularly human flesh.

The Night Sucks more.     This is the final episode we finished.  I ran out of time and energy, and Broken eye Books and Clinton Boomer, while being awesome folks, were as shoestring financially as I am, so no hope of this being a "real job" any time soon.  Someday, when I'm rich and idle, we would LOVE to finish this. :) For now, you just have to visit Broken Eye Books and read the hard copy, to find out how this comes out.  Try it!  https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/store/c8/The_Hole_Behind_Midnight.html#/

In this podcast Gwendolyn Kiste talks about identity issues, the abandoned horse farm, the supernatural, and much more. About Gwendolyn Kiste Gwendolyn Kiste is the author of the Bram Stoker Award-nominated fiction collection, And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe, from JournalStone; the dark fantasy novella, Pretty Marys All in a Row, from Broken Eye Books; … Continue reading

Welcome back, class!  Today Tyler and Mike are talking about The Strangers (2018) and what it has to tell us as an exemplar of the Home Invasion Subgenre.  Is there even such a thing?  What does it mean and why does it scare us?  Did 9/11 change horror?  Those are some of the topics we cover, as well as "Tyler's Taxonomy of Home Invasion Movies."  Before we get there though, we discuss our new favorite short horror film from Parallel Madness, some upcoming books from Broken Eye Books, and the really cool experiment that is Concord Free Press.  Here are some helpful links for today's Episode: The Horror Pod Class Facebook Group Signal Horizon on Facebook and Twitter "Transmission" an award-winning short horror film from Parallel Madness Studios that you can watch for FREE! Concord Free Press- Get your free book! Preorder Link for Queen of No Tomorrows by Matt Maxwell New Evidence discovered in the Keddie Cabin Murders Case Screensmart- Some violence is senseless We Got This Covered article about the Home Invasion Subgenre Vox article about Home Invasion films.  Do you agree that they reflect a fear of foreigners?  Let us know on social media!  

Welcome back to the Horror Pod Class!  Today is everything ecohorror and we are discussing your favorite and not so favorite (looking at you The Happening) films and books.  In specific, we are going to be discussing the 2012 found footage film, The Bay. Shownotes: 1:30-  Tyler just watched Ready Player One and has a ton to tell you about it over at SignalHorizon.com.  Check out his discussion of RP1 and the downsides of nostalgia.  He is also currently reading Pack by Mike Bockoven, you can check out more about it on the author's website.   2:40-  Mike is reading Bash Bash Revolution, which at first glance looks a bit like Ready Player One, but is actually something quite different.  Review will be out soon on Signal Horizon! 3:50-  We are all super excited about the Hugo Awards nominees this year, there is a great mix of science fiction short stories, novellas, movies, and more. 4:20- A big congratulations to Scott Gable from Broken Eye Books for his successful Kickstarter Welcome to Miskatonic University.  Also, congrats to the Dark Magazine on their successful Kickstarter as well! 5:50-  There has been a bumper crop of great cult documentaries and docudramas out lately.  Check out Wild Wild Country over on Netflix and Heaven's Gate Podcast.  8:00- On this week's creepy corners of the net, we feature the Horror Hill podcast where you can find a wonderfully narrated short story by Brian Hodge.   10:25-  Today's essential question is, "What is EcoHorror and how can we use it in the classroom?" 11:00-  Clip from The Happening, because it is Tyler's favorite movie. 20:40-  Want to see found footage/mockumentary at its best? Lake Mungo is where you need to go. 25:10- Bear baiting in Missouri was actually a thing.  Here is the proof.  25:50- Global Weirding, you gotta check this one out.  Real life EcoHorror.   28:35-  Tyler claims that bugs are going to start getting bigger and he is actually backed up by some scientists.   29:10-  Memory Palace podcast episode all about Thomas Midgley, leaded gasoline, and freon.   32:00-  Here is a list of some other EcoHorror movies to check out: Them The Last Winter The Happening (Of course) Long Weekend Early "creature feature" movies Piranha 35:00-  Deep Ecology and Gaia Theory.  You can also go play the old DOS game based on Gaia Theory named Sim Earth right now in your browser over at Classic Reload.  49:15-  Next week we are going to be talking about Westworld, so get in the thinking robot mood by reading the Hugo nominated short story "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer.

Today we talk to one of our favorite authors, Kristi DeMeester!  Kristi is the author of Beneath, a novel published by Word Horde, and the author of Everything That's Underneath, a short fiction collection published by Apex Publications. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year Volume 9, Year's Best Weird Fiction Volumes 1 and 3, Black Static, The Dark, Apex Magazine, and several others.  Find out more about Kristi on her website KristiDeMeester.com You can purchase her books from the websites of publishers Apex Book Company and Word Horde or head on over to Amazon via our affiliate links. Click here to order Kristi's short story collection Everything That's Underneath from Amazon.com Click here to order Kristi's debut novel Beneath from Amazon.com   There are a couple of places around the internet that you can find some of Kristi's short stories for free, including The Dark Magazine.  The Dark Magazine is also currently doing a kickstarter to fund the magazine for another two years and increase the rate that they pay writers.  If you like the awesome free content The Dark makes available for free, make sure that you support their kickstarter or subscribe.  Also, be sure to check out Signal Horizon's in depth review of Kristi's short story collection, Everything That's Underneath. Also, make sure you check out Pseudopod Episode 568: The Room in the Other House.  Written by Kristi DeMeester and narrated by Jacquie Duckworth, it was Signal Horizon's favorite episode of 2017! Shownotes: 1:30-  How Kristi DeMeester got interested in writing, going through an MFA program, and her difficulties embracing her own love of genre fiction.  6:00-  Kristi's work has been included in multiple editions of The Year's Best Weird Fiction, but that genre label was originally a shock to her.  Kristi talks about how her work fits in with Weird Fiction and how it doesn't, along with a list of some of her literary influences.   11:40-  Much of Kristi's work puts a much greater emphasis on a relationship, either romantic or familial, than Weird Fiction and horror typically do.  Kristi explains where the seed of each story comes and how she weaves the characters, relationships, settings, and ultimate horrific elements together. 16:30-  What is is like for Kristi to hear her own work narrated on Pseudopod Episode 568. 19:30-  Kristi talks a bit about her latest novel, Beneath, and what it is like to make the move from short story length fiction to novel length fiction.  Kristi talks about some of the challenges of writing novels and the difficulties of switching back and forth from those two types of writing. 24:00-  Kristi offers some down to earth advice to new authors. 28:00-  In the last 10 years female authors have really been taking the horror genre by storm.  Each year more and more great female authors are entering the field and producing top notch content.  Kristi talks a bit about what it is like to be a female author in the horror genre and what people can do to help encourage genre fiction to be a more diverse place. 38:00-  Kristi talks about some of the upcoming works she has coming out soon, including short stories in Shimmer, Apex, and Pseudopod Podcast. Welcome to Miskatonic University from Broken Eye Books will also contain a short story from Kristi DeMeester- make sure you check out thier Kickstarter!  

This week, we're joined by author Desirina Boskovich to discuss her new novella, "Never Now Always" from Broken Eye Books. Music: Eyes Gone Wrong Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Show Notes: Pick up a copy of Never Now Always from Broken Eye Books or Amazon Find Desirina on her website or Twitter.