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Episode 529: Kathryn Harlan!
Episode 529 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature, is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). On this episode, I speak with fiction writer Kathryn Harlan about her debut collection, Fruiting Bodies. TEXT DISCUSSED NOTES TDO listeners can get 20% Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #387: The House on the Edge of the Park
The Curator of Schlock #387 by Jeff Shuster The House on the Edge of the Park You don’t like these kinds of movies. I was being accosted by three goons in a dark alley. One of the goons had a turtle crossing sign strapped to his chest. He brandished an aluminum bat and I was Continue reading
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The Perfect Life #39: When Diets Won’t Die
The Perfect Life #39 by Dr. Perfect When Diets Won’t Die Dr. Perfect, My friend has been trying to do Keto for a year. It’s all she ever talks about. How do I politely tell her that I truly, profoundly don’t give a shit? Yours truly, A victim ————————- Dear victim, Like most frivolous endeavors, Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #391: Edge of the Axe
The Curator of Schlock #391 by Jeff Shuster Edge of the Axe Scream prototype. I had infiltrated a marsupial slaughtering factory under the guise of a welder. They had recently installed some factory equipment for their illegal kangaroo canning operation. I was to inspect this equipment and give it the okay. While the security guard Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #161: Psychedelic-Tinted Lenses
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #161 by Drew Barth Psychedelic-Tinted Lenses History in graphic novels is always interesting to behold. We’re given that midway point of intimacy between written accounts and documentaries—the interplay between visuals and words that comics does so well gives us that time and space other mediums can lack. And Continue reading
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A TDO Episode Update
Alas & fuck, there will not be a new episode this week. Year 2 of TDO vs. The Curator of Schlock will begin next Saturday. Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #361: We Are the Flesh
The Curator of Schlock #361 by Jeff Shuster We Are the Flesh We are not amused. Edwige and I have looked for a place to hide. We’re outlaws now. I found an abandoned mall on the outskirts of Pittsburg. I’m thinking starting a campfire where the water fountain used to be. I’m going to roast Continue reading
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Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #108: A One-Shot Look
Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #108 by Drew Barth A One-Shot Look I’ve written about my appreciation for shorter comics. I appreciate how a two page story by Junji Ito contain more horror than most full-length films. Another master of the short story art, Hirohiko Araki, had his series of shorts, Thus Spoke Continue reading
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