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  • The Perfect Life #3: COVID Etiquette

    The Perfect Life #3 Dear Dr. Perfect. In the time of COVID-19, how can I make my loved ones comply with the necessary safety measures to keep this disease from spreading? My brother is a nudist and insists that masks infringe upon his anatomical sovereignty. My cousin’s cat is asthmatic. And my sister says that… Continue reading

  • Episode 457: Ryan Rivas!

    Episode 457 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 show, Ryan Rivas talk about small press publishing, book design, and the value of MFA programs. NOTES TDO Listeners can get 20%… Continue reading

  • The Curator of Schlock #340: Black Scorpion II

    The Curator of Schlock #340 by Jeff Shuster Black Scorpion II: Aftershock Yes, Corman made a sequel. You know you’ve hit rock bottom when the best friend you’ve got is a kangaroo named Edwige, but my luck might be turning around. I discovered a magic spell in a grimoire hidden deep in the manor library,… Continue reading

  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #107: Embedded

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #107 by Drew Barth Embedded Many years ago now, I went to school to get a degree in journalism. While I changed my career path, I always have a soft spot for good journalists, from movies like Good Night, and Good Luck to characters like Kent Brockman, but… Continue reading

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  • Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #17

    Lost Chords & Serenades Divine #17 by Stephen McClurg J.J. Anselmi’s Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-Metal (2020) A music history flavored with memoir, Doomed to Fail could be a user’s guide for anyone interested in metal and its hideous progeny. Along with histories of the guitar and distortion effects in… Continue reading

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  • The Perfect Life #2

    The Perfect Life #2 Dear Dr. Perfect, My ex-wife has asked me to take care of my children during Super Bowl weekend, when she (my ex-wife) plants to recover from heart enlargement surgery. I have been invited to my weed salesman’s Super Bowl party, featuring BBQ, Hooters girls, a poolside Jumbotron, and 45 different strains… Continue reading

  • Episode 456: Lily Brooks-Dalton!

    Episode 456 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 show, Janna Benge and I talk to Lily Brooks-Dalton about the experience of having her novel adapted into a prominent Netflix flick,… Continue reading

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  • The Curator of Schlock #339: Black Scorpion

    The Curator of Schlock #339 by Jeff Shuster Black Scorpion Joan Severance is Black Scorpion. You had me at Joan Severance.  I’m putting the finishing touches on my screenplay that’s basically My Dinner With Andre. I’ve titled it My Dinner With Vlad. I hope Wally—who is a vampire if I haven’t lost my mind—likes it and that… Continue reading

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  • Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #106: Crafting a Witch’s Story

    Comics Are Trying to Break Your Heart #106 by Drew Barth Crafting a Witch’s Story Man, I really hope there’s nothing historically significant happening today. Anyway, let’s talk about witches and comics. There’s likely as many witches in comics as there are X-Men spin-offs, so that would warrant its own weekly article, but today I’m… Continue reading

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  • The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #23

    The Diaries of a Sozzled Scribbler #23 Transcribed by DMETRI KAKMI 18 January 2021 The other night I watched a 1970s British horror film called Frightmare. It should have been called My Psycho Mama Was A Badly Dressed Tranny because Sheila Keith, the thespian playing the cannibal mom, resembled a man in an unflattering wig and… Continue reading

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