Extra Credit 017 - Wabi Sabi and Weird Fiction
Weird fiction deals with imperfect, unfinished narratives that expose the impermanence of all things, which are core tenants of the Japanese philosophy Wabi Sabi.
Study 068 - Harrison Bergeron & 2BR02B
It's a Kurt Vonnegut double feature for Thanksgiving as we speculate on speculative stories Harrison Bergeron and 2BR02B!
Special thanks to reader Erik Peabody of the Horror Hill Podcast and Viking Guitar Productions!
Next up: Wabi Sabi and Weird Fiction
Study 067 - The Bet
Could you do fifteen years in solitude for thirty million bucks? We put the question to the test in Anton Chekhov's The Bet!
Special thanks to our reader, Jeff C. Carter, host of We Bleed Orange and Black and author of We Bleed Red and Green!
Readings are accompanied by Prelude No. 4 and 22 of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Opus 87.
Next up: Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron and 2BR02B!
Feedback 017 - Who Put Bella in the Witch Elm?
We're reading your comments from October and they're horrifically insightful!
Macho Man Randy Savage - The Cream of the Crop!
Study 066 - The Rocking-Horse Winner
It's your lucky day! We're discussing The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence and the odds are good you'll enjoy the ride!
Special thanks to our reader, George Woodruff of Full Throttle Sound. You can hear his COMPLETE READING of The Rocking-Horse Winner on the Full Throttle Sound Podcast.
Next up: Feedback, then some Vonnegut!
Study 065 - The Living Dead
Treat that Halloween hangover with a shot of Blochtober! We're discussing Robert Bloch's Nazi vampire fable, The Living Dead!
Special thanks to reader Paul Fricker of Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias!
Check out this 90s-lookin' book cover for Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre, compiled by Charles Ardai.
