Horror
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In Boozo Veritas #65: Adventures in Halloweening: Part 4
In Boozo Veritas #65 by Teege Braune Adventures in Halloweening: Part 4 The season of Samhain is upon us. This is my last In Boozo Veritas before the thirty-first and final entry into this year’s Adventures in Halloweening. Though my pinky is still broken, I haven’t let the injury prevent me from cavorting with witches and… Continue reading
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Episode 123: Ghost Stories from the Year without a Summer
Episode 123 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I present a discussion of and readings from work that resulted in the companionship of Lord Byron, his physician John Polidori, and the Shelley’s during the Year without a Summer,… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #62: Tales of Terror
The Curator of Schlock #62 by Jeff Shuster Tales of Terror I was first introduced to Edgar Allen Poe in the 2nd Grade. I seem to recall a bunch of the other boys and myself being corralled by a substitute teacher. To pass the time, she read us “The Black Cat.” She mustn’t have realized… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 64: Adventures in Halloweening, Part 3
In Boozo Veritas # 64 by Teege Braune Adventures in Halloweening: Part 3 This week I broke my finger. Or jammed it; I’m not really sure. If it isn’t better by the time this blog goes live, I’m going to have it looked at. I finally bought a splint, and now it’s starting to look a… Continue reading
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Episode 122: There Will Be Words Fourth Annual Flash Fiction Spooktacular!
Episode 122 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 share a recording of a Halloween show in Jesse Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will Be Words, in which I was a reader. The There Will Be Words Fourth… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #61: Black Sabbath
The Curator of Schlock #61 by Jeff Shuster Black Sabbath (The band was named after the movie, smart guy.) I’ll admit it. I had a bit of an obsession with Boris Karloff growing up. Not so much for his portrayal of Frankenstein, but for the Universal Monsters classic The Mummy. Imhotep. That was his name… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 63: Adventures in Halloweening Part 2
In Boozo Veritas #63 by Teege Braune Adventures in Halloweening Part 2 The Halloweens of my childhood were more magical than Christmas. The magic of Christmas was solely in the command of Santa Claus who could dispense with it as he saw fit. I could do nothing but wait and behave as best as I was… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #60: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales
The Curator of Schlock #60 by Jeff Shuster Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Twice-Told Tales (Like twice-baked potatoes, except totally different) I have a passing familiarity with Nathaniel Hawthorne, and by passing familiarity, I’m referring to time I read the first couple of chapters of The House of the Seven Gables in my 8th grade English class. I remember there was… Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas # 62: Adventures in Halloweening: Part 1
In Boozo Veritas # 62 by Teege Braune Adventures in Halloweening: Part 1 I walked with a zombie last night. -Roky Erickson I really don’t care to know that Samhain is pronounced Sow-in and not phonetically, and I have never thought of Halloween as a holiday that only takes place on October 31. Halloween is an atmosphere that builds… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #59: The House That Dripped Blood
The Curator of Schlock #59 by Jeff Shuster The House That Dripped Blood (Don’t spend the night there. You might die!) Hey, it’s that time of year again, time for your illustrious Curator of Schlock to transform into The Curator of Shock! Cue the lighting and wolf howling. This Halloween season we’ll be doing something… Continue reading
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