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Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #14: Sweating to the Goths
Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #14 by Stephen McClurg Sweating to the Goths In middle school, I couldn’t elude the yearly discussion of the science fair project on how different music affects plants. In English classes, someone would try to recycle their report as their English research paper. Today, there is keen interest in the Continue reading
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Episode 395: Karen Best!
Episode 395 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). In this week’s episode, I talk to short story writer Karen Best about magic realism, folklore, fairy tales, the relationships between reader and writer, the Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #300: The Cannibals
The Curator of Schlock #300 by Jeff Shuster The Cannibals What’s eating you? I said I wasn’t going to cover anymore cannibal movies for Thanksgiving. I had learned my lesson last year with a little French/Belgium production called Raw. But your humble Curator of Schlock must give his readership what they want. I know you want Continue reading
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Episode 394: Mixtape #12 (Music to Attack Keys By)
Episode 394 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). In this week’s episode, music! NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. TDO Listeners can get 20% of a premium subscription Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #287: Death Laid an Egg
The Curator of Schlock #287 by Jeff Shuster Death Laid an Egg So did the director. Week 4 of Giallo Month is here. Are you entertained? Did you know that over 400 gialli were made over there in Italy? Do you think I’m getting through all of them in this lifetime? I don’t think so. Continue reading
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Episode 375: Chet Weise!
Episode 375 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I talk with Chet Weise, the publisher of Third Man Books. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTES This episode is sponsored by the excellent people at Scribophile. TDO Listeners can get 20% of Continue reading
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Your Next Beach Read: Christopher David Rosales, author of “Word Is Bone”

Originally posted on Your Next Beach Read: #YourNextBeachRead is continuing into July as a way to introduce you to a new author and their works in the hopes that you’ll find the next book you want to take with you to the beach, the pool, or the comforts of air conditioning. Today’s featured author is… Continue reading
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Michelle Battiste, author of “Waiting For The Wreck To Burn”

Originally posted on Your Next Beach Read: What’s your name and where are you from? Michele Battiste originally from upstate New York and a current denizen of Colorado’s Front Range. How long have you been writing? How did you start? Since 5th grade. I started with a class assignment to write a poem called “Box… Continue reading
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