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In this episode, Trevor visits with Leslie J. Anderson, author of The Unmothers, which released from Quirk Books in August 2024. They talk about the book's major themes and ideas, including a dive into its anger and anxiety over issues pertaining to small towns, closed secrets, pregnancy, and parenthood. They also talk about the importance of demystifying the secrets everyone keeps surrounding birth and death, about building community and fighting back against the oppressive forces that continue to take away our rights, and a lot more.For more information about Leslie J. Anderson's literature, you can find her at lesliejanderson.com, and you can find The Unmothers at your local library or from your favorite bookseller. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Trevor sits down to talk with Clay McLeod Chapman about his new book, Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, available January 7, 2025 from Quirk Books. They talk about flailing in the dark, about not knowing what the future might hold and the importance of striving for good anyway, and share intimate fears about what this book means to Clay and to one of his readers.Content Warning: This episode contains references to self-harm and mental illness. Please do not feel you need to listen if these issues are difficult for you to handle. If you are thinking of self-harm or worse, please seek professional counseling. You are valuable and shouldn't go through anything alone. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gaby is a born and bred North Carolinian currently living in Baltimore with her partner and two cats. She is a publicist at Quirk Books and the digital projects coordinator for Witch Please Productions, where she is the video editor and associate producer for Making Worlds. She is a writer, home cook, and storyteller, and she wants to make you laugh.Tell Me What Happened features the music of Susan Salidor.More information about Susan Salidor can be found at her websiteGet Susan Salidor's One Little Act of Kindness Children's BookGet Susan Salidor's I've Got Peace in My Fingers Children's BookMore Information about other quality publications from our sponsor can be found on Sidelineinkpublishing.com

For this episode we interview Emily C. Hughes, author of Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch   Emily C. Hughes, former editor of "Unbound Worlds" and TorNightfire.com, has been a name in the horror literature space for nearly a decade and emerges now with her first book, Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You're Too Scared to Watch, out now with Quirk Books. With her funny, insightful voice, Hughes walks curious but cowardly readers through the plots and iconic scenes of 25 influential horror movies, ensuring they'll get the references without having to sit through the scares. This is the first installment in the Outsider's Guide series, which offers entertaining and accessible crash courses in major pop culture moments for folks who never want to be left out of the cultural conversation.  We're @knowfearcast on X and Instagram, and we have a Facebook page. Our email is knowfearcast@gmail.com. If you love what we are doing, consider supporting us on Patreon. We also have merchandise available at our website knowfearcast.com. Or simply rate and review us, which is entirely free and helps other listeners find us. Theme Music by Nicholas Gasparini. Mixed and edited by Matt.

Kristopher grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels, OUR NARROW HIDING PLACES (Ecco/2024) WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY (Viking/2016) and THE UNCHANGEABLE SPOTS OF LEOPARDS, (Viking/2013). His book of essays on the creative process is REVISIONARIES: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE LOST, UNFINISHED, AND JUST PLAIN BAD WORK OF GREAT WRITERS. And Kristopher is the director of the creative program and SUNY New Paltz. Recommended Books: E. Lily Yu Break Blow Burn and Make Kate Hamilton, Mad Wife  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristopher grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels, OUR NARROW HIDING PLACES (Ecco/2024) WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY (Viking/2016) and THE UNCHANGEABLE SPOTS OF LEOPARDS, (Viking/2013). His book of essays on the creative process is REVISIONARIES: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE LOST, UNFINISHED, AND JUST PLAIN BAD WORK OF GREAT WRITERS. And Kristopher is the director of the creative program and SUNY New Paltz. Recommended Books: E. Lily Yu Break Blow Burn and Make Kate Hamilton, Mad Wife  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Kristopher grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels, OUR NARROW HIDING PLACES (Ecco/2024) WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY (Viking/2016) and THE UNCHANGEABLE SPOTS OF LEOPARDS, (Viking/2013). His book of essays on the creative process is REVISIONARIES: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE LOST, UNFINISHED, AND JUST PLAIN BAD WORK OF GREAT WRITERS. And Kristopher is the director of the creative program and SUNY New Paltz. Recommended Books: E. Lily Yu Break Blow Burn and Make Kate Hamilton, Mad Wife  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Kristopher grew up in Lincroft, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars from Johns Hopkins University and an M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed novels, OUR NARROW HIDING PLACES (Ecco/2024) WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY (Viking/2016) and THE UNCHANGEABLE SPOTS OF LEOPARDS, (Viking/2013). His book of essays on the creative process is REVISIONARIES: WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE LOST, UNFINISHED, AND JUST PLAIN BAD WORK OF GREAT WRITERS. And Kristopher is the director of the creative program and SUNY New Paltz. Recommended Books: E. Lily Yu Break Blow Burn and Make Kate Hamilton, Mad Wife  Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro Against World Literature, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

This week is a very special as we are joined by Lisa of Cryptid Comforts to discuss the internet's boyfriend, The Mothman! This unlikely hunk has fluttered his way into our collective hearts and this week we try to find out why. Can't get enough Mothman? Neither can we which is why you should check out The Cryptid Crate for a very special Cryitid Crate Jr.! Or visit The Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant West Virginia. Still hungry for more Mothman?! Then head to Point Pleasant the weekend of September 21st and 22nd for The Annual Mothman Festival! Sources: Anglis, Jaclyn. “The Legend of the Mothman Was a Joke in West Virginia - until 46 People Died.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 12 Mar. 2024, allthatsinteresting.com/mothman. Douglas, Eric. “Mothman Legacy Has Ties to Ancient Folklore.” West Virginia Public Broadcasting, 10 Nov. 2020, wvpublic.org/mothman-legacy-has-ties-to-ancient-folklore/. “Garuda.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 May 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda. Halls, Kelly Milner, and Rick Spears. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide. Little Bigfoot, an Imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2019. June 7, 2021 |  Gwen Mallow |        Comments. “An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.” Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia. Accessed 12 May 2024. lachaus2@uwm.edu. “History Student Tells the Story of the Mothman.” Letters & Science, 4 Dec. 2023, uwm.edu/letters-science/in-focus-2021/history-student-tells-the-story-of-the-mothman/. “Mothman Festival®.” MOTHMAN FESTIVAl®, www.mothmanfestival.com/. Accessed 12 May 2024. “Mothmanmuseum.Com.” Mothmanmuseum.Com, www.mothmanmuseum.com/. Accessed 12 May 2024. “The Mystery of Mothman, the Red-Eyed Monster of Point Pleasant.” BostonGlobe.Com, 3 Nov. 2022, apps.bostonglobe.com/special-projects/2022/10/road-trip-america/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia. Ocker, J. W. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters. Quirk Books, 2022. Offutt, Jason. Chasing American Monsters: 251 Creatures, Cryptids, and Hairy Beasts. Llewellyn Publications, 2019. #mothman #cryptid

We are in for a howling good time this week as we are joined by the one and only Haunzzy from Monch Hours to investigate the Michigan Dogman! So take a break from whippin' shitties and come down from the UP to join us for another exciting episode of Cryptidbits! Sources: Fancy, Marisa. “The Legend of Michigan's Dogman.” Northern Michigan History, 3 Mar. 2024, northernmichiganhistory.com/the-legend-of-michigans-dogman/.  Kalamazoomuseum.Org, kalamazoomuseum.org/education/online-activities/michigan-mythical-mysteries-michigan-dogman. Accessed 4 Aug. 2024.  “The Michigan Dogman and Encounters.” Mysterious Michigan, 3 Aug. 2024, mysteriousmichigan.com/the-michigan-dogman.  Michigan PublicBy Stateside Staff. “Who's a Good Boy? Not the Michigan Dogman.” Michigan Public, 27 Oct. 2021, www.michiganpublic.org/offbeat/2019-10-30/whos-a-good-boy-not-the-michigan-dogman.  Mulka, Angela. “Michigan Trucker Believes He Encountered, Shot the Dogman.” Midland Daily News, Midland Daily News, 5 Oct. 2022, www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Michigan-trucker-believes-he-encountered-shot-17483185.php.  Ocker, J. W. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters. Quirk Books, 2022. Offutt, Jason. Chasing American Monsters: 251 Creatures, Cryptids, and Hairy Beasts. Llewellyn Publications, 2019. Smith, Tiara. “Legend or Lore: Michigan's Dogman Still Haunts People to This Day.” Huron Daily Tribune, Huron Daily Tribune, 11 July 2022, www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Legend-or-lore-Michigan-s-Dogman-still-haunts-17292455.php. #cryptid #michigan #dogman

This week Bridget from Galaxy Brain Designs joins us to discuss the enigmatic Snallygaster! From its terrifying origins to its more recent transformation into one of cryptozoology's little guys we discuss what makes this cryptid so special and museum worthy! Galaxy Brain Designs is offer a special discount of 20% off your purchase of $10 of more, just use code CRYPTIDBITS20 at check out! And do not forget to check out and support the ⁠American Snallygaster Museum⁠! Sources: The American Snallygaster Museum, www.snallygastermuseum.com/. Accessed 12 May 2024. Dickey, Colin. “The Unsettling Legend of Maryland's Native Cryptid, the Snallygaster.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 11 Apr. 2024, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-the-snallygaster. Fair, Susan. “Mountain Monster: The Snallygaster.” Blue Ridge Country, 1 Jan. 2012, blueridgecountry.com/archive/favorites/snallygaster-monster/. Fearsomecritters.Org, fearsomecritters.org/snallygaster.html. Accessed 12 May 2024. Halls, Kelly Milner, and Rick Spears. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide. Little Bigfoot, an Imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2019. Legends of America, www.legendsofamerica.com/snallygaster/. Accessed 12 May 2024. Preservation Maryland. “Haunted Maryland: The Monsters Lurking in Frederick County.” Preservation Maryland, 4 Aug. 2023, preservationmaryland.org/haunted-maryland-the-monsters-lurking-in-frederick-county/. Ocker, J. W. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters. Quirk Books, 2022. Offutt, Jason. Chasing American Monsters: Over 250 Creatures, Cryptids & Hairy Beasts. Llewellyn Publications, 2019. Snallygaster 2023, www.snallygasterdc.com/. Accessed 12 May 2024. Tabler, Dave. “It's the Snallygaster.” Appalachian History, 1 Oct. 2021, www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/11/its-snallygaster.html. #snallygaster #cryptid #eastcoast

What counts as a ghost is, perhaps, open to interpretation. Thanks to Steve Shell for voicing today's field report. Steve is a co-creator, writer, and voice of the narrator on the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast. Old Gods is entering the homestretch of their fourth season and will be heading out on tour again this summer. Thanks to Emilie Lygren for today's hidden lore poem, “Chrysalis.” Emilie Lygren is a poet and educator who has published poems in several literary journals and anthologies and developed dozens of publications focused on outdoor science education. Her first collection of poems, What We Were Born For, was selected by the Young People's Poet Laureate as the Poetry Foundation's monthly book pick for February 2022. Emilie lives in San Rafael, California, where she wonders about oaks and teaches poetry in local classrooms. Find her online at: emilielygren.comThanks to Leslie Anderson for reading today's hidden lore. You know Leslie as the voice of Cassandra and the voice of the credits. You may not know that Leslie has a new horror novel coming this August from Quirk Books. The book is titled The Unmothers and it's a folk horror-mystery about a journalist going to a small town to investigate a rumor about a horse giving birth to a healthy, human baby. “The Unmothers is exquisite and haunting in equal measure. . . . Nauseatingly tense and crushingly insightful. This book represents an absolutely vital entry into the horror canon.”—Sarah Gailey, nationally best-selling author of The Echo Wife and Just Like HomeFor preorder information, visit LeslieJAnderson.com Preorders for Jarod K. Anderson's new memoir about loving nature and struggling with depression are now open. Visit JarodKAnderson.com for more information. To find bonus content and a variety of strange rewards, support our show by visiting Patreon.com/CryptoNaturalist. You can also help by rating, reviewing, and telling a friend. The CryptoNaturalist is written and read by Jarod K. Anderson. For books and poetry collections by Jarod K. Anderson and Leslie J. Anderson, visit CryptoNaturalist.com/books. You'll find information about submitting your poetry or prose for our hidden lore segments in the about section of our website at CryptoNaturalist.com. This show is produced and edited by Tracy Barnett. You can find them online, anywhere at TheOtherTracy or TheOtherTracy.com. Thanks to Adam Hurt for the use of his song Garfield's Blackberry Blossom from his album Insight. For more information on Adam's music, performances, and teaching, visit adamhurt.com. Reminder: Transcripts of this and every episode are available at cryptonaturalist.com.

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We are joined by Chris from Interloper Radio to dig into the origins of the pop cultural phenomenon we know as the Chupacabra! Sources: “Chupacabra Home Page.” Princeton University, The Trustees of Princeton University, www.princeton.edu/~accion/chupa.html. Accessed 14 Jan. 2024. “Chupacabra.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., www.britannica.com/topic/chupacabra. Accessed 14 Jan. 2024. “Chupacabra: AMNH.” American Museum of Natural History, www.amnh.org/explore/ology/ology-cards/281-chupacabra. Accessed 14 Jan. 2024. Coleman, Loren, and Jerome Clark. Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature. Simon & Schuster, 1999. Halls, Kelly Milner, and Rick Spears. Cryptid Creatures: A Field Guide. Little Bigfoot, an Imprint of Sasquatch Books, 2019. “The Mythical Creature Known as the Chupacabra Walked out of a Movie.” Office for Science and Society, 6 July 2023, www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-history/mythical-creature-known-chupacabra-walked-out-movie.  Ocker, J. W. The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters. Quirk Books, 2022. Offutt, Jason. Chasing American Monsters: Over 250 Creatures, Cryptids & Hairy Beasts. Llewellyn Publications, 2019. Serena, Katie. “Chupacabras: The Surprising True Story behind the Blood-Sucking Mythical Creatures.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 28 July 2023, allthatsinteresting.com/chupacabra.  Than, Ker. “Chupacabra Science: How Evolution Made a Mythical Monster.” Culture, National Geographic, 3 May 2021, www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/101028-chupacabra-evolution-halloween-science-monsters-chupacabras-picture.  Urban Legend or the Real Deal? San Antonio Zoo Unveils New Chupacabra ..., www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Urban-legend-or-the-real-deal-San-Antonio-Zoo-15575708.php. Accessed 14 Jan. 2024.  Zeh, Walter Maciborski | Zak. “The Mystery and Truth behind the Chupacabra.” KEYE, cbsaustin.com/news/local/the-mystery-and-truth-behind-the-chupacabra. Accessed 14 Jan. 2024. #chupacabra #cryptid #cryptozoology

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You can find Jenny Kiefer on her website at jennykiefer.com/ or at Butcher Cabin Books at www.horrorbookstore.com/. She is also on instagram at @horrorbookstore and @_jennykiefer For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. You can contact to us through the link on the website. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover.   It has been one year since Louisville welcomed a horror bookstore to its ranks of cool, independent offerings. Butcher Cabin Books is a mother/daughter labor of love; Jenny Kiefer and her mother run the show.  Jenny has been a horror fan since she was a child and also happens to be a horror writer whose debut novel titled This Wretched Valley will be published in January 2024 by Quirk Books. It has a wild inspiration story which she tells us about in this episode. Her dog Rye also gets in on the interview action, although his horror tale was that dinner might be delayed.  Butcher Cabin Books prides itself in having a large selection of books in stock from not only the Big 4 publishers but also small independent presses where so much of the exciting new horror literature is produced.  Via their website, you can get these indie press scary favorites shipped to your door. Last but not least, the store is sponsoring Butcher Cabin BookFest in Lexington KY on Oct. 18 from 5-9 at Pivot Brewing to benefit the Lexington Public Library.  There will be a mass meeting of great horror writers to sign books and chat with readers, including Cynthia Pelayo, JH Markert, Andrew Shaffer, and Laurel Hightower. There will also be book bingo, silent auctions, and more.  Books mentioned-- 1- This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer 2- The Eyre Affair (Tuesday Next series) by Jasper Fforde 3- Women Talking by Miriam Toews 4- The Shining by Stephen King 5- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 6- Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut 7- The Troop by Nick Cutter 8- Bunny by Mona Awad 9- We Need to Do Something by Max Boot III 10- Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 11- Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi 12- 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann 13- Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko 14- Coraline by Neil Gaiman 15- Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 16- The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan 17- Sadie by Courtney Summers 18- The Skull by Jon Klassen 19- The Last Devil to Die (The Thursday Murder Club series) by Richard Osman Films mentioned-- 1- Women Talking (2022) 2- The Shining (1980) 3- It Follows (2014) 4- The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix - 2018) Historic Events mentioned- Dyatlov Pass

You can find Jenny Kiefer on her website at https://jennykiefer.com/ or at Butcher Cabin Books at https://www.horrorbookstore.com/. She is also on instagram at @horrorbookstore and @_jennykiefer For show notes for any episode, go to our website at www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. You can contact to us through the link on the website. We are also on Instagram @perksofbeingabookloverpod and on FB Perks of Being a Book Lover. It has been one year since Louisville welcomed a horror bookstore to its ranks of cool, independent offerings. Butcher Cabin Books is a mother/daughter labor of love; Jenny Kiefer and her mother run the show. Jenny has been a horror fan since she was a child and also happens to be a horror writer whose debut novel titled This Wretched Valley will be published in January 2024 by Quirk Books. It has a wild inspiration story which she tells us about in this episode. Her dog Rye also gets in on the interview action, although his horror tale was that dinner might be delayed. Butcher Cabin Books prides itself in having a large selection of books in stock from not only the Big 4 publishers but also small independent presses where so much of the exciting new horror literature is produced. Via their website, you can get these indie press scary favorites shipped to your door. Last but not least, the store is sponsoring Butcher Cabin BookFest in Lexington KY on Oct. 18 from 5-9 at Pivot Brewing to benefit the Lexington Public Library. There will be a mass meeting of great horror writers to sign books and chat with readers, including Cynthia Pelayo, JH Markert, Andrew Shaffer, and Laurel Hightower. There will also be book bingo, silent auctions, and more. Books mentioned-- 1- This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer 2- The Eyre Affair (Tuesday Next series) by Jasper Fforde 3- Women Talking by Miriam Toews 4- The Shining by Stephen King 5- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 6- Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut 7- The Troop by Nick Cutter 8- Bunny by Mona Awad 9- We Need to Do Something by Max Boot III 10- Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 11- Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi 12- 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered by Sadie Hartmann 13- Ghost Girl by Ally Malinenko 14- Coraline by Neil Gaiman 15- Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes 16- The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan 17- Sadie by Courtney Summers 18- The Skull by Jon Klassen 19- The Last Devil to Die (The Thursday Murder Club series) by Richard Osman Films mentioned-- 1- Women Talking (2022) 2- The Shining (1980) 3- It Follows (2014) 4- The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix - 2018) Historic Events mentioned- Dyatlov Pass

Today is another special episode of the show as we learn even more about ghosts, rituals, and beyond with the author of the new book Chilling with Ghosts: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural , the amazing Insha Fitzpatrick, on this episode of Unspookable. Host: Elise Parisian with Ellenor Riley-Condit and Nate DuFort Created, Produced, Edited by: Nate DuFort Music Direction and Composition: Jesse Case Logo by: Natalie Khuen You can find Unspookable on Twitter and Instagram at: https://twitter.com/ImUnspookable https://www.instagram.com/unspookablepodcast/ Check out Chilling with Ghosts: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural written by Insha Fitzpatrick at Quirk Books or wherever books are sold. Do you want a free and easy way to support Unspookable? You can support the podcast by taking our short questionnaire at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/unspookable This week's episode is brought to you by Hello Fresh: Want to try it yourself?, Go to www.hellofresh.com/50unspookable and use code 50unspookable for 50% off plus free shipping! That's www.hellofresh.com/50unspookable and use code 50unspookable for 50% off AND free shipping on your first order of HelloFresh: America's #1 Meal Kit. Unspookable is a production of Soundsington Media committed to making quality programing for young audiences and the young at heart. To find out more go to http://www.soundsingtonmedia.com  Advertise on Unspookable: advertising@airwavemedia.com

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Blaire and are joined by a special guest and together they will read a guide on how to slay a vampire. About the book: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires is a 2020 horror novel by American author Grady Hendrix. It was first published on April 7, 2020 through Quirk Books and centers upon a women's book club that faces a vampiric threat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we are bringing you a book release party to celebrate our wonderful friend Sarah Kurchak's sophomore effort, Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down out April 18th via Quirk Books. Sarah shares with us what inspired her to write Work It Out and how this book can help people incorporate exercise into their routines realistically. We also talk about Daisuke Sasaki and DDT. Follow Sarah on Twitter at @fodderfigure. Pre-order Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide for People Who Just Want to Lie Down due out April 2023 here. Buy her book I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir here. Consider making a gift to our ko-fi to help support our work. Follow us at @kickout299 on Twitter, email us with questions and feedback at kickoutat299@gmail.com, and check out our blog at kickout299.wordpress.com. As always, please rate and follow/subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple, or your preferred podcast platform. Thank you so much for your support!

On Episode 84 of the Capes and Tights Podcast, Tres Dean joins Justin Soderberg to discuss his comic book We Ride Titans. Dean is a comic book and culture writer from Richmond, VA. He's the author of For Your Consideration: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson from Quirk Books. As a culture writer he's written for GQ, the Huffington Post, Men's Health, SyFy, Uproxx, AskMen, and Geek.

https://claymcleodchapman.com/ Clay McLeod Chapman is the author of the novels Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and miss corpus, short story collections nothing untoward, commencement and rest area, as well as The Tribe middlegrade series: Homeroom Headhunters, Camp Cannibal and Academic Assassins. Ghost Eaters, a new supernatural horror novel, hits shelves September 20, 2022 from Quirk Books, and it will scare the pants off you. Upcoming projects include Quiet Part Loud, a 12-part horror podcast series from Jordan Peele and Monkeypaw Productions, written by Chapman and Mac Rogers, exclusively on Spotify beginning on November 15, 2022. Chapman's story late bloomer was adapted into a short film, directed by Craig William Macneill. An official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, the short won Best Short at the Lake Placid Film Festival and the Brown Jenkins Award at the 12th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. Their second short, Henley, based on the chapter “The Henley Road Motel” from Chapman's novel miss corpus, was an official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. It won Best Short at the 2011 Gen Art Film Festival and the 2011 Carmel Arts and Film Festival. The Boy (SXSW 2015), a feature-length adaptation of Henley, co-written with director Macneill, was produced by SpectreVision (Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh C. Waller) in 2015. In comics, Chapman is the writer of the Marvel series Scream: Curse of Carnage. He has written Absolute Carnage: Separation Anxiety, Iron Fist: Phantom Limb, Typhoid Fever, as well as for Edge of Spider-Verse and Venomverse, The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, American Vampire, Scream: King In Black, and ORIGINS among others. He is the creator of Self Storage (451 Media) and Lazaretto (BOOM! Studios). Chapman is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. In the twenty years of its existence, it has performed internationally at the Romanian Theatre Festival of Sibiu, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York International Fringe Festival, Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Edmonton Fringe Festival, Minnesota Fringe Festival, Dublin-based thisisnotashop art space, IGNITE Festival, Women Center Stage Festival and Impact Theatre Festival. Chapman wrote the book for Hostage Song (music & lyrics by Kyle Jarrow). He is the author of such plays as commencement, the cardiac shadow and volume of smoke. His story-monologues birdfeeder, undertow and the wet echo have been featured in The Best American Short Plays anthologies. Chapman was educated at the North Carolina School of the Arts for Drama, the Burren College of Art, and Sarah Lawrence College. He currently teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University. #ClayMcLeodChapman #TheGhostEaters VOX VOMITUS: Sometimes, it's not what goes right in the writing process, it's what goes horribly wrong. And VOX VOMITUS has been going “horribly wrong” in the best way possible for the past TWO YEARS! Host Jennifer Anne Gordon, award-winning gothic horror novelist and Co-Host Allison Martine, award-winning contemporary romance novelist have taken on the top and emerging new authors of the day, including Josh Malerman (BIRDBOX, PEARL), Paul Tremblay (THE PALLBEARERS CLUB, SURVIVOR SONG), May Cobb (MY SUMMER DARLINGS, THE HUNTING WIVES), Amanda Jayatissa (MY SWEET GIRL), Carol Goodman (THE STRANGER BEHIND YOU), Meghan Collins (THE FAMILY PLOT), and dozens more in the last year alone. Pantsers, plotters, and those in between have talked everything from the “vomit draft” to the publishing process, dream-cast movies that are already getting made, and celebrated wins as the author-guests continue to shine all over the globe. www.jenniferannegordon.com www.afictionalhubbard.com https://www.facebook.com/VoxVomituspodcast https://twitter.com/VoxVomitus #voxvomitus #voxvomituspodcast #authorswhopodcast #authors #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorsinterviewingauthors #livevideopodc --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/voxvomitus/support

Jason Rekulak joins me in The Tome Zone to talk about his book from Flat Iron, HIDDEN PICTURES, his history with Quirk Books and Grady Hendrix, and so much more!Buy HIDDEN PICTURES here!https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250819345/hiddenpicturesContribute a Halloween Story to Today's Sponsor, Kangas Kahn Publishing, ahead of their March 31st Deadline at kkpublishing.comFollow Jason on IG @jasonrekulakFollowThe Curator on all platforms atbeacons.ai/terrifyingtomesBecome a Tome Head and support the Podcast atpatreon.com/terrifyingtomesofterrorSupport the show

On this episode, Louisiana author Sam Spitale joins host Lynda Woolard to talk about his brand new book, How to Win the War on Truth. This illustrated guide blends together politics, history, and psychology, as well as insights on the forces of power and media literacy, to create a roadmap for Americans to become better informed voters and better purveyors of truth. Buy How to Win the War on Truth through Quirk Books. Follow Sam on social media: Twitter Facebook Instagram Watch the documentaries mentioned in the podcast: Hot Coffee The Brainwashing of My Dad Find other books mentioned in the podcast: Economix How Civil Wars Start Foxocracy Suggested in How to Win the War on Truth, and recommended by Louisiana Lefty: The Harvard Implicit Bias Tests Find more Louisiana Lefty content on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and at LouisianaLefty.Rocks. Thanks to Ben Collinsworth for producing Louisiana Lefty, Jennifer Pack of Black Cat Studios for our Super-Lefty artwork, and Thousand Dollar Car for allowing us to use their swamp pop classic, Security Guard, as the Louisiana Lefty theme song.

Rebels! Grab your crucifixes and pray to the all mighty Boy George as we continue "Full Fantasy Realness Month" with the brand new camp horror, based on the bestselling novel, "My Best Friends Exorcism" (2022)My Best Friends Exorcism (2022) Written by Jenna Lamia and directed by Damon Thomas. Starring Elsie Fisher and Amiah Miller. Teen best friends Abby and Gretchen grapple with an otherworldly demon that takes up residence in Gretchen's body. Based on the Quirk Books novel by Grady Hendrix. Support the showHear this episode early on Patreon.com/rwacpodFollow the Rebels: Stefan: @sjmaroni Bear SailorMoon: @bearsailormooon Carlotta Carlisle: @carlottacarlisle Chad: @cski01 / @dressedasaChad (IG/Tiktok) PJ: @xndra_design Stu: @janikon_ (IG/Tiktok) Merch: etsy.ca/shop/RWACshop Facebook: /groups/rwacpod Instagram @RWACpo...

In which the Mister joins me in reviewing In which the Mister joins me in reviewing MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM (2022), currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Based on Grady Hendrix's Quirk Books novel, with a teleplay credit to Jenna Lamia, the film is directed by Damon Thomas and stars Elsie Fisher as Abby and Amiah Miller as Gretchen. The film follows Abby, Gretchen and their friends Margaret (Rachel Ogechi Kanu) and Glee (Cathy Ang) as they have a sleepover at Margaret's parents cabin. During the course of the evening, Abby runs away because she's being made fun of. Gretchen runs after her and they wind up at an abandoned structure that houses a deep, dark evil secret that is slowly and deliberately coming after all the girls. The film is 1 h and 37 m and is rated R. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review. Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jokagoge/support

Tonight, on Gruesome Magazine episode 362, the Grue-Crew review TMY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM (2022, Amazon Prime). Jeff Mohr from Decades of Horror: The Classic Era, Crystal Cleveland, the Livin6Dead6irl from Decades of Horror: 1980s, and award-winning filmmaker Christopher G. Moore share their thoughts about this week's frightening addition to streaming horror films. Warning: possible spoilers after the initial impressions! MY BEST FRIEND'S EXORCISM (2022, Amazon Prime) Teen best friends Abby and Gretchen grapple with an otherworldly demon that takes up residence in Gretchen's body. Available Streaming on AMAZON PRIME beginning September 30, 2022 Directors: Damon Thomas Writers: Jenna Lamia Based on the Quirk Books novel by: Grady Hendrix Cast: Elsie Fisher, Amiah Miller, Rachel Ogechi Kanu, Cathy Ang, Clayton Royal Johnson, Christopher Lowell FOLLOW: Gruesome Magazine Website http://gruesomemagazine.com YouTube Channel (Subscribe Today!) https://youtube.com/c/gruesomemagazine Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gruesomemagazine/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HorrorNewsRadioOfficial/ Doc, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DocRottenHNR Crystal, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/living6dead6irl Crystal, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livin6dead6irl/ Jeff, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffmohr9 Dave, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drehershouseofhorror

A brief overview of romance for young adult readers throughout time, with a focus on the romance series boom of the 1980s and the reverberations into the early 2000s. Wildfire, Sunfire, Sweet Dreams, Oh My! But some people haven't always been on board with young people consuming age-appropriate romance.-Shelf Love:Join the Conversation on Discord: https://www.patreon.com/ShelfLoveSign up for the email newsletter list | Website | Patreon | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeEmail: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.comResources:Allen, Amanda K. “Young Adult Romance.” In The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Romance Fiction. Routledge, 2020.Madsen, Christine Terp. “Teen Novels: What Kind of Values Do They Promote?” Christian Science Monitor, December 17, 1981. https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1217/121749.html.Wagner, Elaine. “Protesting Sexist Materials: You Can Make a Difference.” Interracial Books for Children Bulletin 12, no. 3 (1981). https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Literature/Literature-idx?type=article&did=Literature.CIBCBulletinv12n03.i0003&id=Literature.CIBCBulletinv12n03&isize=M&pview=hide.“Interracial Books for Children Bulletin: Special Double Issue on Preteen and Teenage Romance Series,” 1981. https://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/Literature/Literature-idx?type=header&id=Literature.CIBCBulletinv12n0405&isize=M&pview=hide.Grinnan, Dabney. “At the Back Fence #145.” All About Romance. Accessed May 24, 2022. https://allaboutromance.com/author-interviews/at-the-back-fence-145/.Moss, Gabrielle. Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction. Quirk Books, 2018.Source: re: Tracy West https://twitter.com/BGSU_PopCultLib/status/1093949394444009473?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed&ref_url=notion%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fandreamartucci%2FIntro-to-Young-Adult-f46e4a1c012c4d7b983599bcb84564e4Source: re: Vivian Stephens & Jackie Weger book: https://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/2015/02/thoughts-inspired-by-conference-race.html

In conversation with Liz Moore Jason Rekulak's Edgar Award–nominated debut novel The Impossible Fortress tells a coming-of-age story of first love, old school computer programming, and the heist of a Playboy magazine that features Vanna White. Rekulak is the former publisher of Philadelphia-based Quirk Books, where he managed the acquisition of a number of, well, very quirky books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, the Edgar Award–winning novel The Last Policeman, and the literary mashup Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, among many others. A spin on the supernatural thriller, Hidden Pictures follows a nanny who becomes increasingly disturbed by the drawings created by her five-year-old charge. Liz Moore is the bestselling author of Long Bright River, The Words of Every Song, Heft, and The Unseen World. A creative writing professor in the M.F.A. program at Temple University, her fiction and nonfiction have been published in Tin House and The New York Times, among other publications. (recorded 5/18/2022)

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Born and raised in Chicago -- with a decade-long detour in Saudi Arabia -- before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zaki Hasan is a professor of communication and media studies and a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle and the Hollywood Critics Association. His film reviews and analyses have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, IGN, Birth.Movies.Death, HuffPost, Philly Weekly, Fandor, and Sequart, and he is co-host of the MovieFilm Podcast and Nostalgia Theater. He is also co-author of Quirk Books' Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture, as well as a contributor to books on the Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, and Blade Runner franchises. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/digresscast/message

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

J.W. Ocker is the award-winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kid's books, and horror novels. His nonfictions books include The New England Grimpendium and The New York Grimpendium (both Lowell Thomas Award winners), Poe-Land: The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Award winner), and A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts. His novels include Death and Douglas and Twelve Nights at Rotter House. His next nonfiction book, Cursed Objects, comes out from Quirk Books in September 2020 and his next novel, The Smashed Man of Dread End, from HarperCollins in Summer 2021. He is also the creator of OTIS: Odd Things I've Seen (oddthingsiveseen.com), where he chronicles his visits to thousands of oddities of culture, art, nature, and history across the country and world with photos, articles, and through Odd Things I've Seen: The Podcast. His work has appeared on or in CNN.com, The Atlantic, Rue Morgue, the Boston Globe, The Guardian, and other places people stick writing. Ocker is from Maryland but has lived in New Hampshire for more than a decade. He has a wife, three daughters, and celebrates Halloween for two months. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Diana Rodriguez Wallach and I discuss cults, demonic possession, and writing YA horror in her new novel, SMALL TOWN MONSTERS. It's a Halloween-themed episode, so we talk about Ed and Lorraine Warren, Stephen King, and that time Diana lived in a haunted house. Writing occasionally comes up as well, so we also discuss her journey through multiple literary agents, how she plots her fiction, her writing and reading habits, the importance of Latinx representation, a revelation about writing from a psychic, and so much more. Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels. Her most recent, SMALL TOWN MONSTERS, is a YA Latinx horror novel that will publish in Fall 2021 through Random House's Underlined imprint. Additionally, Diana is the author of the Anastasia Phoenix Series (Entangled Publishing), a trilogy of young adult spy thrillers. The first book in the series, Proof of Lies, has been optioned for film and was chosen as a finalist for the 2018 International Thriller Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. Additionally, Bustle listed her as one of the “Top Nine Latinx Authors to Read for Women's History Month 2017,” and Paste named Proof of Lies one of the “Top 10 Best Young Adult Books for March 2017.” Diana is also the author of three Latina young adult novels: Amor and Summer Secrets, Amigas and School Scandals, and Adios to All The Drama (Kensington Books). Amor and Summer Secrets placed second at the 2009 International Latino Book Awards for Best Young Adult Novel. Diana also penned a YA Greek-myth inspired short-story collection entitled Mirror, Mirror (Buzz Books). In 2011, Diana published an essay in Dear Bully: 70 Authors Tell Their Stories (HarperCollins), which was the only essay from the anthology selected by Scholastic to be used in its classroom materials. Diana is also featured in the anthology, Latina Authors and Their Muses (Twilight Times Books, 2015). Diana has taught as a Creative Writing Instructor for Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth since 2015, and she has led Creative Writing Workshops in inner-city schools throughout the Philadelphia region for over ten years. She previously wrote as a blogger for Quirk Books, and she currently volunteers with the nonprofit organization Mighty Writers, which promotes writing in urban communities. Diana holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University, and currently lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband and two children.

In this episode, Dr. Hardison shares her favorite Halloween tarot and oracle decks and several witchy books she recommends for this time of year. She also shares a 6 card custom spread inspired by The Halloween Tarot Companion Blog on healingthrutarot.com that goes with this podcast episode click here Related podcast episodes: Link to Ep. 9 Favorite Autumn Decks Some of these links below are amazon affiliate links. It helps me out a little bit if you buy through these links. Click on the titles below to view or purchase. If links aren't working, they are all on the blog Witchy Books recommended: A Discovery of Witches, Book of Life, The Book of Magic, Magic Lessons, Practical Magic, The Rules of Magic, The Wicked Deep, Shadow of Night Decks discussed in this episode: The Deviant Moon Tarot, The Halloween Tarot, The Halloween Oracle, Madame Endora's Fortune Cards, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Terror Tarot, Seasons of the Witch: Samhain Oracle, Seasons of the Witch: Yule Oracle, The Zombie Tarot FTC Disclosure: In accordance with Title 16 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 255, “Guides Concerning Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising,” I received the following decks from these publishers for prospective review: The Halloween Tarot and Deviant Moon Tarot from US GAMES Inc., The Night Before Christmas from Insight Editions, and The Zombie Tarot from Quirk Books. Everything I've said here is sincere and accurately reflects my opinion of the deck. My social Biolink for all my socials & ebooks for sale Insta @healingthrutarot Healing Thru Tarot's Pinterest Boards --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/healingthrutarot/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/healingthrutarot/support

This week, we're joined by Ben Winters (Golden State, The Quiet Boy) to discuss a Stanley Fish book about how to write great sentences. We talk about our love-hate relationships with craft books, why our first drafts are such a mess, and the false dichotomy of "language" vs "plot" when attempting to categorize writers. We also chat with Ben about his unusual writing career, which began with being hired to write the novel Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters for Quirk Books. You can find out more about Ben on his website: https://benhwinters.com/ If you like our podcast, and would like to get more of it, check out our Patreon, where $5 gets you two bonus episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/BookFight  

 Action Comics 335, March 1966!Download Episode 394 Part IV!ACTION COMICS 335, March 1966, was published on January 27, 1966. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢.Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics, while the Grand Comic Book Database credits Sheldon Moldoff as the inker. Ira Schnapp was the letterer.- (2:51) Review of THE SPECTACULAR SISTERHOOD OF SUPERWOMEN: AWESOME FEMALE CHARACTERS FROM COMIC BOOK HISTORY, 240 pages long, written by Hope Nicholson and published by Quirk Books.- (4:42) MY PULL LIST review of the comic books that had the April 2020 cover date, which were released during the month of February 2020, that I received from Discount Comic Book Service.- (20:56) LUTHOR'S FIRST VICTORY OVER SUPERMAN (13 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman and drawn by Al Plastino.- (41:57) METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.- (50:43) Supergirl starred in, THE PRIZE OF PERIL (12 pgs.), written by Otto Binder, drawn by Jim Mooney and lettered by Milt Snappin. This story was reprinted in SUPERGIRL: SILVER AGE OMNIBUS vol. II.- (1:04:45) DC CURRENTS checklist of upcoming DC Comics with the April 1966 cover date.- (1:16:07) ELSEWHERE IN DC COMICS, 30 titles carried the March or March/April 1966 cover dates.Next Episodes: SUPERMAN COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED APRIL 1966: PART I: SUPERMAN 185, PART II:SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 64, PART III: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 92 & PART IV: ACTION COMICS 336!The home for THE SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com. Send e-mail to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST Group or Page on facebook, and follow the podcast on twitter @supermanpodcast. You can also keep track of the podcast on Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, the Internet Archive, tunein, Stitcher and Instagram.SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of:- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS and- The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK.The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com. "Plans in Motion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. I make no claims of ownership of these images, nor do I earn any money from this podcast.If you are interested in my artwork, go to wayfarerercomics.wordpress.com. I am available for commissions, so click on the Art Commissions tab for more information. If interested, send an e-mail to wayfarercomics@gmail.com.Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of Superman!And don't forget to take care of each other out there.

Get ready for the most Ravenclaw episode ever. We literally talk about study habits for like 10 minutes. Also, Hagrid is kind of the worst guardian??? Email us at restrictedsectionpod@gmail.com to tell us what you thought of Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback or even what you think of us! We'd love to read your email on the show. Be sure to subscribe to know right away about new episodes, and rate and review! IG: https://www.instagram.com/restrictedsectionpod/ TW: https://twitter.com/restrictedpod This episode featured: Christina: IG @yagirloftheworld TW @girlofthworld Christina plugged Quirk Books and all that they do. Brooke: IG @passion_for_parks Brooke plugged The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks. Grace: Email Grace at restrictedsectionpod@gmail.com. Follow Brandylane Publishers on IG @brandylanepublishers, FB @brandylanepublishers, & TW @brandypublish. Grace plugged a Moroccan cooking vessel called a tagine. 

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen 90, January 1966! Download Episode 391 Part V!SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 90, January 1966, was published on November 25, 1965. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. The editor was Mort Weisinger, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Ira Schnapp.- (5:10) After reading a comment left at the end of last week's episode, I review the book, THE LEGION OF REGRETTABLE SUPERVILLAINS: ODDBALL CRIMINALS FROM COMIC BOOK HISTORY (253 pgs), written by John Morris and published by Quirk Books in 2917.- (7:16) MY PULL LIST, where I review the comic books which carried the October 2019 cover date, that I received from Discount Comic Book Service.- (18:07) THE BRAIN-WASHING OF JIMMY OLSEN (14 pgs.), written by Jerry Siegel, pencilled by Curt Swan, inked by George Klein and lettered by Milt Snappin. This was Siegel's 58th silver age Superman story, and his 155th overall for the era.- (42:08) JIMMY OLSEN'S PEN PALS letter column.- (50:48) MR. MXYZPTLK'S PARTNER IN CRIME (10 pgs.), written by Otto Binder, drawn by Al Plastino and lettered by Milt Snappin.- ELSEWHERE IN DC COMICS, 31 titles carried the January or January/February 1966 cover date, according to Mike's Amazing World Of Comics.Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.Next Episodes: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED FEBRUARY 1966: PART I: WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 155, PART II: SUPERMAN 184, PART III: ACTION COMICS 333 & PART IV: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 63!The home for THE SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com. Send e-mail to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST Group or Page on facebook, and follow the podcast on twitter @supermanpodcast. You can also keep track of the podcast on Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, the Internet Archive, tunein, Stitcher and Instagram.SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of:- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS and- The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK.The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com. "Plans in Motion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. I make no claims of ownership of these images, nor do I earn any money from this podcast.If you are interested in my artwork, go to wayfarerercomics.wordpress.com. I am available for commissions, so click on the Art Commissions tab for more information. If interested, send an e-mail to wayfarercomics@gmail.com.Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of Superman!And don't forget to take care of each other out there.

In this episode, Mel and Lisa discuss Daphne du Maurier's short story "The Birds" and examine the Hitchcock adaptation.  Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson are the authors of Monster, She Wrote, available now through Quirk Books or your favorite book retailer.  Theme Music by Nicolas Gasparini. 

Welcome to episode one of the Monster, She Wrote podcast! Get to know Melanie and Lisa as they discuss women in horror. Also included a discussion of Daphne du Maurier and Hitchcock and the problem of creative ownership.  Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson are the authors of Monster, She Wrote, available on the Quirk Books website.  Theme music by Nicolas Gasparini. 

If you ask a random reader to name foundational women horror writers, you might get two or three names. Mary Shelley. Shirley Jackson. Maybe Daphne du Maurier or Anne Rice. But as Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson point out in their new book, Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction, if that's where our knowledge begins and ends, we're missing out on a lot. Eli Colter, who wrote, amongst other things, weird westerns. C.L. Moore who helped introduce swashbuckling rebels into the sci-fi canon. Angela Carter's re-imagining of folk tales. There are also works of literary fiction we might not put in the horror genre, like Toni Morrison's Beloved.    Kroger and Anderson give readers a primer on women writers whose work you may have missed, and puts it in a historical context. You can learn about the origins of the gothic story, the influence of spiritualism in writing and pop culture, how writers supported their families with their short works, a bit about pulp magazines like Weird Tales, and even how one writer put together a group of mystics (or mystic-adjacents) to help guard the coast of England during World War II. But beware – Monster, She Wrote is likely to add considerable height to your reading pile.    A note about the sound quality – we tried to do this interview with Skype, but it kept cutting out. So we had to do it the old fashioned way, the way I started recording interviews in the last century, on speaker phone with a recorder. I've sweetened it up a bit through some plug-in magic, but you'll notice the switch a few minutes in.   Monster, She Wrote is out now from Quirk Books and you can find out more about it at www.quirkbooks.com or wherever you get wonderful books. You can also keep track of Lisa Kroger's work at www.lisakroger.com and Melanie R. Anderson at www.melanieranderson.com. The Know Fear Podcast is at www.knowfearcast.com, and on Twitter under @knowfearcast.    This week's featured track from the new Best of Boston Stand-Up, Volume 1. Boston has a long and fine tradition of stand-up comedy, and this album is a good introduction to some of the funniest comedians you can see regularly around town. Veterans like Steve Sweeney, Don Gavin, Tony V., Kenny Rogerson, and Jimmy Dunn; more recent headliners like Kelly MacFarland, Will Noonan, Dan Crohn, Christine Hurley, and Corey Rodrigues, who you are about to hear.    This is a bit about Rodrigues going out for a day at the beach, and the reaction he got when he tried to put on sunscreen. I won't give away too much, but Rodrigues is black, and the audience at this taping was mostly white. That allowed Rodrigues to have a little fun with their expectations partway through the story. Look for more of Rodrigues's stuff on the Dry Bar Comedy YouTube channel, and find his album, My Turn, on Apple Music and Google Play. His Web site is www.coreyrodrigues.com.

Superman 182, January 1966!Download Episode 391 Part I!SUPERMAN 182, January 1966, was published on November 4, 1965. It contained 32 pages for the cover price of 12¢. Mort Weisinger was the editor, and the cover was pencilled by Curt Swan, according to Mike's Amazing World Of DC Comics, while the Grand Comic Book Database credits Curt Swan and Al Plastino as penciller for the cover. It does appear that Superman's face resembled Al Plastino's art style instead of Curt Swan's. The inker was George Klein and the letterer was Ira Schnapp.- (2:46) MY PULL LIST segment, featuring the comic books I ordered from Discount Comic Book Service, which carried the July 2019 cover date, released during the month of May 2019.- (10:50) A short review of the book THE LEAGUE OF REGRETTABLE SUPERHEROES by John Morris and published by Quirk Books in 2015.- (19:39) THE NEW LIVES OF SUPERMAN (16 pages divided into two eight page parts). Part I was titled BLIND CLARK KENT. The story was written by Jerry Siegel, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein. This was Siegel's 57th silver age Superman story and his 154th for the era.- (30:31) Part II: CLARK THE "K", - (47:51) THE MENACE OF THE TERRIBLE TOYMAN (8 pgs.), written by Leo Dorfman, pencilled by Curt Swan and inked by George Klein.- (1:00:37) METROPOLIS MAILBAG letter column.Also highlighted in this episode are the issue's ads and other features.Next Episodes: SUPERMAN FAMILY COMIC BOOKS COVER DATED JANUARY 1966: PART II: SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE 62, PART III: SUPERMAN 183 (80 Pg. Giant), PART IV: ACTION COMICS 332 & PART V: SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN 90!The home for THE SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is http://thesupermanfanpodcast.blogspot.com. Send e-mail to supermanfanpodcast@gmail.com.You can join the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST Group or Page on facebook, and follow the podcast on twitter @supermanpodcast. You can also keep track of the podcast on Tumblr, Medium, Flipboard, the Internet Archive, tunein and Stitcher.SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST is a proud member of:- The LEAGUE OF COMIC BOOK PODCASTERS and- The COMICS PODCAST NETWORK.The theme of this podcast is PLANS IN MOTION, composed by Kevin MacLeod, and part of the royalty free music library at http://incompetech.com. "Plans in Motion" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Superman and all related characters are trademark and copyright DC Comics. Any art shown on this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and not for profit. I make no claims of ownership of these images, nor do I earn any money from this podcast.If you are interested in my artwork, go to wayfarerercomics.wordpress.com. I am available for commissions, so click on the Art Commissions tab for more information. If interested, send an e-mail to wayfarercomics@gmail.com.Thanks for listening to the SUPERMAN FAN PODCAST and, as always, thanks to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of Superman!And don't forget to take care of each other out there.

Governor Jeb Bush is the son of former President George H. W. Bush and younger brother of former President George W. Bush. Jeb joins Nate on this episode of The Show About Politics to talk about family, service and what it was like to run for President of The United States. This episode is sponsored by Quirk Books. Find out more at: https://www.quirkbooks.com Call The Show About Politics Hotline at (872) 215-1966 and leave us your feedback. And make sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts!