Podcasts about Samantha Hunt

A recently-disabled man trapped in his top-floor apartment tries to save a woman from the creature that lives in the city park below.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Depression, Disability & Disfigurement, Economic Precarity, Social Murder, Animal Attacks, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Griffin Schultz & Jessica Zwolak, with Andrea Inbody.  Additional creature sounds from Griffin Schultz.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin.  Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.    Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  For ad-free episodes, behind the scenes commentaries, and more, join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

As a tornado bears down on them, two strangers in the aftermath of a one night stand are forced to get to know each other.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Body Horror & Transformation, Natural Disasters, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Allison Courtney & Brandon Machajewski.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin.  Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.    Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  For ad-free episodes, behind the scenes commentaries, and more, join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

An injured man awakens in a hospital ward to find his body undergoing a horrific change.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Body Horror & Transformation, Pregnancy, Parasitic Infection, Sickness & Vomiting, Medical Anxiety, Gaslighting, Disfigurement & Disability, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Jonathan Inbody and Andrea Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin.  Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.    Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!  For ad-free episodes, behind the scenes commentaries, and more, join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A man doubting the nature of reality confides in his therapist.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Existential Horror, Mental Illness & Depression, Possible Psychosis, Substance Abuse, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Andy Rich and Paul McGinnis.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A grieving man makes a bad deal... and has to pay for it.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Automotive Violence, Grief, Spousal Death, Existential Horror, Child Endangerment, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring   Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A single father taking his young son trick-or-treating in the rural countryside must contend with the truth behind a local legend.  Adapted from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Child Endangerment, Body Horror & Transformation, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Justin Pope, Dean Puleo, and Eric Miller, with additional Horseman sounds by Sean C. Sanders.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

An amnesiac is pursued through a closed summer camp by a mysterious cult.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Body Horror & Transformation, Religious Horror, Cannibalism, Torture, Gun Violence, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Brandon Machajewski, Dean Puleo, Jonathan Inbody, Sean C. Sanders, and Samantha Hunt.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A young woman on the run is taken in by a reclusive doctor that may be more than he appears.  Adapted from "Cool Air" by H.P. Lovecraft.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Police Brutality, Racism, Fascism, Grief, Chronic Illness, Body Horror & Transformation, and Potential Violence & Death.    Tell your representatives to vote to abolish ICE! https://5calls.org/ Hotlines to report ICE raids in your area, report missing migrants, or seek help if you are at risk of deportation: https://nnirr.wpengine.com/education-resources/community-resources-legal-assistance-recursos-comunitarios-asistencia-legal/immigration-hotlines-lineas-directas-de-inmigracion/ Support human rights for immigrants: https://wearecasa.org/ https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/ https://aijustice.org/   Starring Jo O'Donnell, Sean C. Sanders, and Jonathan Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

With the world hanging in the balance, three theologians trapped in a city of nightmares try to prevent the catastrophic awakening of a long-lost god.  Adapted from "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Cosmic Horror, Apocalyptic Events, Existential Dread, Mental Illness & Psychosis, Body Horror & Transformation, the Occult, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Jonathan Inbody, Justin Pope, and Andrea Inbody, with Sean C. Sanders as the monsters.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Starspawn & Cthulhu Sound Design by Jonathan Inbody.  Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

An art therapist becomes entangled with a troubled patient that may know the hidden truth about a forgotten god.  (Part 1 of 2 - Part Two coming this month!)  Adapted from "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Cosmic Horror, Apocalyptic Events, Existential Dread, Mental Illness & Forced Hospitalization, Hallucinogenic Drug Use, the Occult, Religious Extremism, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Paul McGinnis, Mark Bogumil, Eric Miller, Samantha Hunt, Jonathan Inbody, and Andrea Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A journalist gets more than she bargained for while interviewing a reclusive artist.  Adapted from "Pickman's Model" by H.P. Lovecraft.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Blood & Gore, Animal Attacks, Social Murder, Family Strife & Estrangement, Misogyny, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Charleston Harvey, Mark Bogumil, and Jonathan Inbody, with additional voices by Samantha Hunt.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

On the anniversary of his young son's death, a man is forced to confront his grief.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Grief, Child Death, Body Horror & Transformation, Emotional Strife, Child Endangerment, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Jonathan Inbody, Alyssa Grace Adams, Mark Bogumil, Brandon Machajewski, Sam Hunt, and Andy Rich.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

I've admired Mikka Jacobsen's craft ever since I read her essay collection, MODERN FABLES, a couple of years ago, and was thrilled to see that everything I love about her voice returns in her latest book, the short story collection GOOD VICTORY, stories mostly set in Alberta, in which the mundane mingles with the extraordinary to incredible results. It was also such a pleasure to meet her online and get to talk about her fiction debut, and whether or not she believes in such things as ghosts, psychics, or life coaches. In our BOOKSPO conversation, she tells me how Samantha Hunt's novel THE SEAS gave her permission to get unabashedly weird in her fiction, and also to treat her characters' yearnings for love with the seriousness with which such yearnings deserve. She talks about how her feminism shows up in her writing, both the stories and essays; the ways in which writing fiction is harder than memoir, and how releasing a second book feels different (and maybe better?) than releasing a first. Debut stories about the absurdity of growing up and being human in the twenty-first century.A woman finds her childhood friend working in a booth at a psychic fair in the West Edmonton Mall courtyard. A lonely neuropsychology student steals cocaine from his lab rat to impress a Tinder date. Teenage girls play a dangerous game and discover a portal to another reality. These penetrating stories explore the strangeness and absurdity of being human in the twenty-first century: high school dances and teen pregnancy, bearded ladies and neighbourhood flashers, life coaches and Dolly Parton karaoke. Both unsettling and illuminating, Good Victory shines light in dark places.Mikka Jacobsen is the author of the essay collection Modern Fables (Freehand Books, 2022). Her work has appeared in Joyland, The Fiddlehead, The Puritan, Prairie Fire, Canadian Notes & Queries, The Missouri Review, and Lit Hub, among others. She won Alberta Views‘ 2022 Short Story Contest. She lives in Calgary, AB. Good Victory is her first collection of stories.Pickle Me This is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kerryreads.substack.com/subscribe

Two private detectives investigate the disappearance of an entire suburban family.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Existential Terror, Paranoia, Panic, Family Strife, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Mark Bogumil and Paul McGinnis.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

As a global pandemic looms in March of 2020, an epidemiologist travels to a remote seaside town in search of a possible treatment.  Adapted from "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Infectious Disease, Body Horror & Transformation, Disability & Disfigurement, Grief, Social Alienation, Paranoia, Cosmic Horror, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Justin Pope, Charleston Harvey, Andy Rich, and Jonathan Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A woman with a missing husband is taunted by a mysterious bird.  Adapted from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Animal Attacks, Alienation, Grief, Depression, Psychological Trauma, Abuse, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Charleston Harvey, Andrea Inbody, Alyssa Grace Adams, and Samantha Hunt.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

Returning home after a hospital stay, a young couple find themselves caught in a bizarre struggle for their future.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Cancer, Body Horror, Medical Trauma, Emotional Strife, Family Death, Depression & Suicidal Ideation.    Starring Brandon Machajewski and Alyssa Grace Adams.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A snowplow driver meets his match in a whiteout blizzard - the last surviving woolly mammoth.  Adapted from "A Relic of the Pliocene" by Jack London. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Aging, Animal Attacks, Gun Violence, and Potential Gun Violence & Death.    Starring Dean Puleo, Sam Hunt, and Eric Miller.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

An overworked nurse struggling to decide whether or not to save the life of the man she hit with her car begins to suspect he may not be human at all.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Traumatic Bodily Harm, Body Horror, Disfigurement & Disability, Guilt, Paranoia, Hallucinations, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Samantha Hunt and Justin Pope.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A broadcast news reporter is recruited by a reclusive millionaire to document an attempt to metaphysically prolong his death... and discover what waits on the other side.  Adapted from "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" by Edgar Allan Poe.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Chronic Illness, Drug Use & Abuse, Psychological Trauma, Medical Malpractice, Mass Suicide, and Death.    Starring Jonathan Inbody, Mark Bogumil, Justin Pope, Charleston Harvey, Andy Rich, and Jeff Lavin.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

Born in Belgium in 1954 to conservative, Catholic parents, Lucy Sante migrated to New York in the 1960s, where she became associated with the Bohemian artistic milieu of the city. After producing several highly acclaimed works of history such as Low Life and The Other Paris and translating Félix Fénéon's feuilletons for NYRB as Novels in Three Lines, she announced in 2021 that she was transitioning: ‘Yes, I've known since at least age 11 but probably earlier and yes, I suppressed and denied it for decades', she wrote at the time. In I Heard Her Call My Name (Hutchinson Heinemann), ‘a generous, fearlessly revealing book' (Samantha Hunt), she describes with great grace, wit and humility her decision to begin living the life she knew was truly hers.Sante is in conversation about her memoir with writer and filmmaker Juliet Jacques. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The invasion ends. High above the ruins of Horse Hill, West Virginia, two mine workers map the future of the human race.  Adapted from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Apocalyptic Events, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Mental Illness & Post Traumatic Stress, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Jonathan Inbody, Samantha Hunt, Andy Rich, Sean C. Sanders, Eric Miller, and Justin Pope.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Tripod SFX by Jonathan Inbody & Samantha Hunt.  Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

The townsfolk of Horse Hill become their best and worst selves as the invasion continues.  Adapted from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Apocalyptic Events, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Aging & End-of-Life Care, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Andrea Inbody, Justin Pope, Dean Puleo, Sean C. Sanders, Kimberly Lewis, and Sam Hunt.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Tripod SFX by Jonathan Inbody & Samantha Hunt.  Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

The inhabitants of a small mountain town in West Virginia are thrown into the middle of an alien invasion.  Adapted from "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Apocalyptic Events, Body Horror, Cosmic Horror, Existential Dread, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Samantha Hunt, Dean Puleo, Andrea Inbody, Justin Pope, and Mark Bogumil.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Tripod SFX by Jonathan Inbody & Samantha Hunt.  Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

Two philosophy students find themselves stuck in a stairwell that doesn't lead anywhere.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Body Horror, Existential Terror & Cosmic Indifference, Potential Violence and Death.    Starring Oriana Quinn and Jonathan Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

The overnight crew of a failing newspaper stumble across the story of a lifetime.  Adapted from "The Night Wire" by H.F. Arnold.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Cosmic Horror, Disaster-Related Trauma, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Andrea Inbody, Samantha Hunt, and Jonathan Inbody, with Oriana Quinn and Eric Miller.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A woman under anesthesia for dental surgery is forced to confront an abusive specter from her past.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Psychological Horror, Body Trauma, Eating Disorders, Medical Anxiety, Depression & Suicidal Ideation, Familial Abuse & Alienation, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Samantha Hunt, Charleston Harvey, Andrea Inbody, and Oriana Quinn.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

Two academics discussing a difficult student find themselves drawn into a strange web of occultism, small-town myth, and eldritch beings from outside our dimension.  Adapted from "The Dunwich Horror," by H.P. Lovecraft.  For my brother Joel.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Cosmic Horror, Body Horror & Transformation, Social Discrimination, Mob Violence & Vigilante Justice, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Charleston Harvey, Mark Bogumil, Oriana Quinn, Sean C. Sanders, and Eric Miller.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

Like Love by Maggie Nelson features essays and conversations, advice and introspection, spanning the decades of her career. Nelson joins us to talk about her many influences, the role of love in art criticism, vulnerability in writing and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.                    New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.      Featured Books (Episode): Like Love by Maggie Nelson Bluets by Maggie Nelson The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson My 1980s and Other Essays by Wayne Koestenbaum Close to the Knives by David Wojnarowicz The Weather in Proust by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Black and Blur by Fred Moten Index Cards by Moyra Davey Suicide Blonde by Darcey Steinke The Seas by Samantha Hunt

After discovering a strange animal in his flooded basement, a man must find a way to satisfy the creature's growing hunger.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Alcoholism, Addictive Behaviors, Mental Illness, Animal Attacks & Animal Death, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Jonathan Inbody, Samantha Hunt, Sean C. Sanders, and Andrea Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A woman holds a priest hostage in a recreated death trap from the Spanish Inquisition, intent on securing his last confession.  Adapted from "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Suicide, Abuse of Power, Religious Trauma, Social Injustice, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Justin Pope and Charleston Harvey.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A man struggling with his mental health finds himself at the center of a bizarre conspiracy involving the mascot of a cleaning supply company.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Intrusive Thoughts & Self-Harm, Alienation, Social Rejection, Paranoia, Persecution Complex, Disassociation, Mind-Control & Brainwashing, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Oriana Quinn, Mark Bogumil, Heather Dunham, Justin Pope, and J. Watts.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

After an encounter with a terrifying supernatural entity, an overnight security guard tries to discover the specter's secret before he becomes its next victim.  Adapted from "The Signal-Man," by Charles Dickens.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Existentialism, Social Isolation, Depression, Car Accidents, Body Trauma, Potential Violence & Death.    [PLEASE NOTE: A scene in this episode contains multiple car alarms. Use caution if driving while listening.]    Starring Jonathan Inbody & Oriana Quinn.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A Wall Street analyst finds himself in a life or death struggle when he is snatched off the street by a bizarre creature and carried up into the sky.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Phobias, Addiction, Financial Ruin, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Andy Rich, Heather Dunham, Charleston Harvey, Oriana Quinn, and Justin Pope.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

As a deadly pandemic sweeps across the country, a group of United States elected officials gather for a New Year's Eve party themed around the end of the world.  Adapted from "The Masque of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Infectious Disease, Pandemics, Social Murder, Grief, Substance Use & Abuse, Apocalyptic Events, and Potential Violence & Death.      Starring Justin Pope, Samantha Hunt, Jonathan Inbody, Oriana Quinn, and Heather Dunham, with special appearances by Mark Bogumil and J. Watts.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

Kelley talks with author Samantha Hunt about her latest work, The Unwritten Book; her writing process; hauntings; how she managed to get a blurb from Charlotte Bronte; and much more.

Four friends preparing to go their separate ways get taken for an unforgettable joyride. CW: Includes themes and depictions of Alienation, Social Rejection, Body Horror & Transformation, Disfigurement & Disability, and Potential Violence & Death.      Starring Oriana Quinn, Jonathan Inbody, Eric Miller, and Justin Pope.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A podcaster travels to an isolated house in the mountains to interview a man who claims to have made first contact with a race of bizarre alien creatures.  Adapted from "The Whisperer in Darkness," by H.P. Lovecraft.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Paranoia, Mental Illness, Conspiracy Theories, Climate Change & Mass Extinction, Cosmic Horror, Potential Violence & Death.      Starring Jonathan Inbody, Mark Bogumil, Justin Pope, and Andrea Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A woman caring for her sick brother must deal with the emotional and biological fallout after he begins taking an experimental medication.  Adapted from "The Novel of the White Powder," from The Three Imposters; or, The Transmutations by Arthur Machen.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Family Conflict, Terminal Illness, Medical Anxiety, Mental Illness, Body Horror & Transformation, Disfigurement & Disability, Suicidal Ideation, Compassionate Euthanasia, Potential Violence & Death.  To support end-of-life advocacy or to find out more, go to https://deathwithdignity.org/    Starring Samantha Hunt, Jonathan Inbody, Oriana Quinn, and Charleston Harvey.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror   

A babysitter tries to protect a child from the monster in his closet.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Phobias, Child Endangerment, Wild Animal Attacks, Violence Against Animals, Potential Gun Violence, and Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Charleston Harvey, Samantha Hunt, and Andrea Inbody, with Jonathan Inbody and Oriana Quinn. Featuring Robert Tasner as The Beast.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

A police detective investigates a strange death connected to a mysterious late night talk show.  Adapted from "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Suicide, Mental Illness, Disfigurement, Cosmic Horror, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Mark Bogumil, Andy Rich, Samantha Hunt, Eric Miller, Jonathan Inbody, and Oriana Quinn.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror   

A woman fights for survival in a bizarre battle of wills after she finds herself embedded halfway through a solid wall.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Body Horror, Body Trauma, Disability & Disfigurement, Phobias, Serial Killing, Potential Violence & Death.    Starring Samantha Hunt, Charleston Harvey, and Andrea Inbody Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror 

In the aftermath of a bizarre disaster, three strangers taking shelter together find themselves irrevocably changed.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Disaster-Related Trauma, Body Horror & Transformation, Cosmic Horror, Paranoia, Potential Violence and Death    Starring Oriana Quinn, Samantha Hunt, Jonathan Inbody, and Eric Miller.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Editing & Sound Design by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror   

Slushies, get ready for some trailblazing poems in the form of mathematical proofs, theorems, and other types of mathematical reasoning that level their gaze at heartbreak. One poem even embeds a second poem as a footnote. Alex reminds us all of the hermit crab essay/poem format, prompting Sam to recall Maggie Nelson's Bluets, in which the end of a powerful love is likened to the experience of shedding yet still living with an abandoned skin or shell. Come along for a ride with some poetic work that's furious and logical in equal measure!    Links to things we discuss that you may dig:     Joe Wenderoth's Letters to Wendy's   Samantha Hunt's The Seas    Maggie Nelson's Bluets    This episode is brought to you by our sponsor Wilbur Records, who kindly introduced us to the artist is A.M.Mills whose song “Spaghetti with Loretta” now opens our show.     At the table: Kathleen Volk Miller, Marion Wrenn, Samantha Neugebauer, Alex J Tunney, and Dagne Forrest  Rei Alta is a black writer, disciple of science, artist, and proud supernerd. She resides in Massachusetts where she was born and raised. Rei spends most of her time supporting brilliant young people from historically marginalized communities in their exploration of science and engineering.    Socials: Instagram: @reialtaspeak      Inflection Point 1b   Theorem 1.1.  The pain, longing, and ambivalence I feel related to this particular past lover (hereafter “him”, “he” or “you”) is not unhealthy.   Proof:  By definition, “Time heals all wounds.”  Suppose for all purposes, 11 years is considered to be ‘Time'.    It is true that 11 years have passed, however I am not healed.  Thus, this thing I feel is not really a wound.      Theorem 1.2. There exists a value in this lover that I use to cope with a deficiency in my current state of being.    Proof:  By Theorem 1.1, this lover does not represent some larger, unresolved issue.   It is true, however, that I still have been unable to let him go.   Therefore, he must be notable for a different reason.   By supposition, that different reason is that he and I had an unrivaled connection. I.e. While there is no such thing as soulmates, our cognitive compatibility was substantially higher than that of my previously observed matches.  Hence, I feel an intensity through recollecting him such that most other things pale in comparison.  Therefore, I remember him in order to feel something when I don't.      Theorem 2.1.  There exists an absolute truth about why I loved him and why I haven't been able to let go.    Proof:  By definition, “All things happen for a reason.”   Since it is true that loving him and being unable to let go has happened, there must be a reason that caused it.   This reason must be the truth. Suppose not; i.e., suppose this reason was not the truth. Then it would not have possessed the power necessary to cause such a consequential thing to happen.  Such a consequential thing did happen. Thus, there is an attributable reason that is the truth.      Theorem 2.2. I must understand why I have not been able to let go—in order to let go.    Proof:  By my own definition, I am a finder of truth.   By Theorem 2.1, there is a truth to be found. If there is a truth I have not yet found, then I must find it in order to exist since finding truth defines me.  Thus, I have no path forward but to find the truth.      ____________________________________________________________________________ CAVEAT: Due to the following factors, the validity of the proofs outlined above is questionable:  Invalid underlying assumptions Faulty reasoning Insufficient information   As a result, extrapolation based on the conclusions laid out in the preceding section is not advised.     ----more---- wave height  CREST  you approached  after cycles of fire  there was a tectonic shift  fueled by molten rock and dressed up decay  i believed your promise this time around — i felt it lift my feet        TROUGH1  you receded  re-defining “forever”   as “only thirteen days” (a real trailblazer!)  and like eddies forming behind Pinnacle Rock      the reverse current dragged me in asymmetric swirls     [1]  i wish my love became a two-toed sloth like the algae on its fur it ignores his simple existence   i wish my love became a deep sea vent spewing sulfur to fill his nostrils and make him gag   i wish my love strutted down the cobblestones in heels with a long, deliberate stride and a toss of its hair      ----more---- I Outline the Hypotheses    I got this  This is 101  I simply need to determine what a human woman should feel in this situation based on whether or not I can reject the null:    H0 (null) =                   He's a small person on a power trip                   Who never cared                   He wasn't actually sick from bad Indian food                    Each time I felt we needed to talk    H1 =                    He's not small but broken                    It was shame that caused him to disappear without warning;                    I memorialized every scene of his trauma                    While he forgot my middle name    H2 =                    He's an emotionless sociopath in a decade-long grift                   Laughing about me with his friends                    Each month he adds some new mark to his collection                    One day he'll be caught and I'll guest star in a true crime documentary    Yes, all very plausible  Now all that's left to detect an effect is to dampen the noise    

A man is forced to confront mortality after being shown a vision of his own death.  PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains a depiction of suicide. If you are suicidal or in crisis, call or text 988. They can help.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Suicidal Depression, Alienation, Existential Nihilism, Potential Violence and Death.    Starring Jonathan Inbody, Andrea Inbody, and Justin Pope.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Edited by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror   

A thief delivering stolen medicine to an illicit surgeon finds himself in desperate need of an unconventional medical intervention.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Body Horror & Transformation, Alienation, Medical Anxiety and Surgery, Potential Violence and Death.    Starring Andy Rich and Scott W Hill.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Edited by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.   Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror     

On Christmas Eve, a man visiting his family for the holidays is called out to an abandoned mineshaft by a voice claiming to be God.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Familial Rejection, Religious Trauma, Potential Violence and Death.    Starring Oriana Quinn, Samantha Hunt, Justin Pope, and Andrea Inbody.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Edited by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.    Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror     

We were apart again while recording this episode. Emily was in Colorado visiting her son and daughter-in-law. She also shared part of her salad with a magpie at The Bookworm bookstore and cafe in Edward's CO. We are so grateful for the technology that allows us to get together to talk about books from wherever we are. As for what we're reading, Chris is nearing the end of OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon and Emily is reading TAKE WHAT YOU NEED by Idra Novey (release date is 3/14/2023). We both read SWEET THURSDAY by John Steinbeck and also listened to ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT by Stephen King. Chris is dipping into the Library of America edition of CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON: COLLECTED STORIES and Emily read THE SEAS by Samantha Hunt and SHAME by Annie Ernaux. In Biblio Adventures, after we recorded the last episode we realized we forgot to talk about visiting the fantastic Lenox Library in Lenox, MA! Emily attended a virtual event at the San Francisco Public Library in celebration of their One City One Book selection, THIS IS EAR HUSTLE:: Unflinching Stories of Everyday Prison Life; with Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, moderated by Piper Kerman author of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: My Year in a Women's Prison. Meanwhile, back in Connecticut, Chris returned books to The Institute Library and then took a walk to visit Grey Matter Books and Barnes & Noble. On November 30th we are heading to Amherst, MA for the screening of the pop opera Emily & Sue at Amherst College hosted by the newly renovated Emily Dickinson Museum. We also got tickets for a tour of Dickinson's house earlier in the day – we can't wait to see what's changed since our last visit. Last call to join in on our readalong discussion of MURDER ON THE RED RIVER by Marcie R. Rendon. If you would like to participate in the Zoom conversation on Sunday, December 4th at 7 PM (ET) please email us (bookcougars@gmail.com). We also have a discussion thread on our Goodreads group if you'd like to chat about the book there. AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: We had a blast talking with author, TV writer, and lawyer Marcia Clark and Our Mystery Man, John Valeri. Marcia's new standalone thriller, THE FALL GIRL, is out now! We both enjoyed the audio version.

A young professional and her date investigate the disappearance of a disgraced scientist and find his work has borne horrific fruit.  Adapted from “The Food of the Gods,” by H.G. Wells.  CW: Includes themes and depictions of Phobias, Body Horror & Transformation, Potential Violence and Death.    Starring Charleston Harvey, Eric Miller, and Oriana Quinn.  Written & Directed by Jonathan Inbody.  Edited by Jeff Lavin. Music by Samantha Hunt.  Episode Art by Jon-Michael Marinell.    Full series credits, sound effects attribution, and links to social media can be found at https://www.graymatterhorror.com/  If you like the show, leave us a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Every review helps! Join the Gray Matter Patreon at https://patreon.com/graymatterhorror  Buy Gray Matter Shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/graymatterhorror     

Samantha Hunt joins Jordan to talk about The Unwritten Book, what it means to believe in ghosts, grieving the death of her father, and confronting the darkness out there in the woods. MENTIONED: geodesic domes slasher movies Flash Count Diary by Darcy Steinke If Not, Winter by Sappho, translated by Anne Carson One Direction Samantha Hunt is the author of the non-fiction book The Unwritten Book, the story collection The Dark Dark and the novels Mr. Splitfoot, The Invention of Everything Else, and The Seas. Hunt is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Bard Fiction Prize, the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 prize, and the St. Francis College Literary Prize, and she was a finalist for the Orange Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. She lives in upstate New York. for more Thresholds, visit us at www.thisisthresholds.com be sure to rate/review/subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices