Cursed Morsels

Hector and I talk about professional wrestling, his approach to writing crime fiction, and his first-ever, absolutely incredible horror story "Sangre Derramada" from the Latinx Screams anthology. There are spoilers for this story in the second half, but I give a warning in advance.

Buy Latinx Screams: https://www.amazon.com/Latinx-Screams-V-Castro-ebook/dp/B08R6DGP81

Buy Hardway: https://bookshop.org/books/hardway/9781943402519

In the first Cursed Morsels panel, I talk with Tyler Jones, Scott J. Moses, Laurel Hightower, and Sam Richard about grief horror. This conversation is full of heaviness, lightness, laughs, and amazing insights about both grief and writing. Note that there is mention of death, suicide, and widowhood.

Hailey and I talk about genre-smashing horror, galaxy brain conceptions of gender, and her fantastic new collection Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy. Note that there are spoilers for one story from the collection, "The Burning of the Blueberries", in the second half, but I provide a warning in advance and the rest of the episode is spoiler free.

Buy Unfortunate Elements: https://bookshop.org/books/unfortunate-elements-of-my-anatomy/9781990082016

In the first co-hosted episode of Cursed Morsels, Eric Raglin and Sam Richard talk with Matthew M. Bartlett about his experiences working as a full time writer, finding his weird spooky people, and working as a host on a sketch comedy radio show.

Matthew's website: http://www.matthewmbartlett.com/http://www.matthewmbartlett.com/

Catherine and I talk about monsters of Welsh folklore, our relationships to faith, and the influence of ecology on her work. We also discuss "Coblynau," a story from her new collection Mists and Megaliths. There are spoilers for this story in the second half of the episode, but I give a warning in advance. No spoilers in the rest of the episode.

Buy Mists and Megaliths: https://www.amazon.com/Mists-Megaliths-Catherine-McCarthy-ebook/dp/B091V1WSK5/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2SZK64OUSP17V&dchild=1&keywords=mists+and+megaliths&qid=1619826799&sprefix=mists+and+megaliths%2Caps%2C185&sr=8-2

Nathan and I talk about the film/TV adaptations of his stories, his approach to artistic risk-taking, his upcoming novel, and "The Good Husband" from his collection North American Lake Monsters. Note that there are spoilers for that story in the second half of the episode, but I give a warning in advance and the rest of the episode is spoiler free. CW: mention of suicide in "The Good Husband" discussion.

Buy North American Lake Monsters: https://bookshop.org/books/north-american-lake-monsters/9781618730602

Kenzie and I talk about terrifying geography, western-horror mash-ups, and the sinister historical inspiration for her splatter western novella Red Station. Note that there are spoilers for Red Station in the second half, but I provide a warning in advance and the rest of the episode is spoiler free.

Buy Red Station: https://deathsheadpress.com/products/red-station

Keith and I talk about magical realism, artistic obsessions, learning to write without an MFA, and end-of-the-world stories. Note that there are spoilers for his story "The Lesser Horsemen" in the second half of the episode, but I give a warning in advance.

Keith's website: http://www.keithrosson.com/

Buy Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons: https://bookshop.org/books/folk-songs-for-trauma-surgeons-stories/9781946154521

Tyler and I talk about his experience working in the medical field, our evolving prose style preferences, and death positivity. In the second half of the episode, we have a spoiler-filled discussion about his fantastic novella Criterium.

Tyler's website: https://www.tylerjones.net/

Buy Criterium: https://bookshop.org/books/criterium/9798640005578

Lee and I talk about the influence of faith on his horror writing, ways to craft an effective horror monster, and queer horror. We also have a spoiler-filled discussion of his short story "The Elixir" in the second half of the episode. I provide a warning in advance, and the first half of the episode is spoiler-free.

Lee's guide to building monsters: https://leeallenhoward.com/2019/05/03/building-your-horrific-monster/

Lee's editing site: https://wordsmithereens.net/

"The Elixir": https://bookshop.org/books/the-elixir-9798644893973/9798644893973