Today on the Dead Languages Podcast, we are talking about worldbuilding. What does it mean to build a mythos/lore for your fiction?

Joining us is none other than Sam Rebelein, author of EDENVILLE, and stealer of coffee. Together, we are taking our spooky co-eds on a magic carpet riiii-iiide.

https://www.srebelein.com/

Is wilderness horror even a thing? Did PLM make it up? Is this what happens when Carson Winter is gone too long and PLM goes fully feral? Can guest Jenny Kiefer (author of This Wretched Valley) save us all?

Today on DLP, PLM and Jenny are talking about wilderness horror and what it means. Meanwhile, where in the world is Carson Winter?

(ep 69 ayooooo)

https://jennykiefer.com/

https://www.horrorbookstore.com/

In space, no one can hear you scream. But that's where we're going. Engage your FTL drives, spooky co-eds. Captain PLM and her guest XO David Wellington (author of The Last Astronaut and Paradise-1) are here to guide you on your interstellar journey.

https://davidwellington.net/

PLM is alone and scared. Surrounded by unformatted books. Carson Winter is AWOL. Luckily Molly Halstead has appeared to format all those naughty, naughty manuscripts.

Formatting books into paperback/ebook files is never fun and can often seem daunting. Molly dives into the methodology and we rant about how Garamond is the best font in this episode of the Dead Languages Podcast.

https://www.mhalstead.com/

oOoh, the goblins are reading and they want YOU to know their top 5 of the year so far. Which books have survived the gauntlet? Mmmm, we are having a good time out here, spooky co-eds, it's such a novel experience

PLM and Carson went to StokerCon! And you know what that means... weird interactions, inappropriate outbursts, and lots of sweet, sweet, disgusting networking!

We interviewed folks at the con and rallied back in the virtual prison we call Zoom to talk a little about the experience.

We went to the bowels of Reddit to find the deepest, darkest writing questions and decided to bring them into our deep, dark spooky co-ed cave to answer them in a, uh, deep, dark tone. Whatever. We're putting on our galoshes and wading through the filth that is r/writing.

Also, listener mail!

We sit down with Matt and Alex from Tenebrous Press to talk about their Best of New Weird anthology, Brave New Weird.

We discuss the place Best Of Anthos have in the horror community and ways we can make them better!

Find Brave New Weird Volume 2 here: https://store.tenebrouspress.com/products/copy-of-limited-to-50-copies-brave-new-weird-vol-two-hardcover-w-signed-bookplate-includes-ebook

What's that mangey dog in the shadows? Why is it pixelated? Why can't WE EVER GET A CLEAR PICTURE OF BIGFOOT???

This week we're talking about cryptids and how you can use them in your horror writing.

And don't forget spooky co-eds, PLM has a mothman story in CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS (https://www.saltheartpress.com/confirmed-sightings)—which makes her an expert on this whole thing.