This time around on book tour, we're joined by Steve Toase (@stevetoase), whose collection, To Drown in Dark Water, releases on April 27th, 2021! After Steve reads a selection of flash stories from the collection, we talk about cosmic horror, organic servers, and the Munich art scene.
Things we mention in the episode:
Jordan Kurella's appearance on the show
The Best Horror of the Year, volumes 6 and 11, edited by Ellen Datlow
Stefan Koidl
Hazel Ang
Short Story Day
"Terminus Post Quem," by Steve Toase
Mad Scientist Journal
Analog
Dendrochronology
RFC (Request for Comments)
April Fool's RFCs
Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol
IP over Avian Carriers
Whale fall
"The Silent Brush of Wings," by Steve Toase, in Three-Lobed Burning Eye
Franz Marc
Der Blaue Reiter
Atelier
"Simplicity," by Wassily Kandinsky
Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann
Gladius Dei, by Thomas Mann
Robert W. Chambers
M.R. James
our awful, racist uncle, Howard (Phillips Lovecraft)
Paul Klee
Cosmic horror
The King in Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers
The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers
Fortean Times Magazine
Harrogate, north Yorkshire
Flint knapping
Silicosis
Asbestosis WARNING: some gross images on that wikipedia page
Embodied Geographies, edited by Elizabeth Kenworthy Teather
Steve's blog
Steve's newsletter
Steve's patreon
Join us again on April 16th, when our guest will be Nino Cipri!
Episode 33: Nina Niskanen - ”The Golden Bees of the Black Stream”
Shelter in Place 20: Merc Fenn Wolfmoor - The Wolf Among the Wild Hunt
Episode 32: Freya Marske - ”One Version of Yourself, at the Speed of Light”
Shelter in Place 19: Rem Wigmore - Foxhunt
Episode 31: Elsa Sjunneson - The Livelong Night
Shelter in Place 18: Sarah Hollowell - A Dark and Starless Forest
Episode 30: Leigh Harlen - ”Snakes and Snails and Big Ol’ Rat Tails”
Shelter in Place 17: Premee Mohamed - And What Can We Offer You Tonight
Episode 29: L. D. Lewis - ”Last Stand of the E 12th St Pirates”
Shelter in Place 16: John Appel - Assassin’s Orbit
Episode 28: dave ring - ”Checks and Balances”
Shelter in Place 15: Jen Karner - Cinders of Yesterday
Episode 27: R. J. Theodore - Cast Off
Shelter In Place 14: Sarah Loch - Blue Line
Episode 26: Nino Cipri - ”Presque Vu”
Episode 25: Kelly Robson - ”Deadfall”
Shelter In Place 12: Engines of Oblivion, with Karen Osborne
Episode 24: Jason Sanford - ”The Wheels on the Torture Bus Go Round and Round”
Shelter in Place 11: The Echo Wife, with Sarah Gailey
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