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TOD 031 Jon Padgett: 20 Years to Ventriloquism

March 1, 2018
11 mins to read

In this podcast Scott Nicolay interviews Jon Padgett, author of The Secret of Ventriloqusim and co-editor of Vastarien: A Literary Journal. Plus co-editor Matt Cardin, an update on The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird 2018 and the Annihilation movie reviewed by Eric Schaller and Matthew Cheney. The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird is a unique immersive …

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Look Out For … Obscura by Joe Hart

March 1, 2018
2 mins to read

“Paranoia, psychological nightmares, and all within the giant expanse of space, with a NASA crew that’s losing their minds as well … Obscura by Joe Hart has it all. “ A new form of dementia has taken hold, aggressive and relentless, affecting people of all ages. The symptoms are unlike anything we’ve ever seen. …

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TIH 193: Jon Padgett and Matt Cardin on Vastarien Literary Journal, Thomas Ligotti, and The Creative Self

February 28, 2018
5 mins to read

In this podcast Jon Padgett and Matt Cardin talk about Vastarien, Thomas Ligotti, The Creative Self, and much more. About Vastarien Vastarien is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. Support Vastarien on Kickstarter Show notes [03:30] Vastarien origin story [08:40] Why Vastarien …

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Searchlight: Paperbacks from Hell

February 27, 2018
3 mins to read

Horror fiction boomed in the 1970’s through the early 1990’s. Grady Hendrix, author of Horrorstör (2014) and My Best Friend’s Exorcism (2017), released Paperbacks from Hell last fall, and it has become one of the most talked about horror reference books in quite a while. This book delivers exactly what it says in the title, …