The Functional Nerds Podcast

Episode 462-With Jeremy Robert Johnson


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This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Jeremy Robert Johnson whose novel, THE LOOP – available today for preorders, shipping on Sept 29th.
ABOUT THE LOOP: A small town nestled in the hills of central Oregon becomes the epicenter of an epidemic of violence when the teenaged children of several executives from the local biotech firm become ill and aggressively murderous. Suddenly the town is on edge, and everyone must do everything it takes just to survive…
About Jeremy Robert Johnson: Jeremy Robert Johnson is the author of the critically-acclaimed collection ENTROPY IN BLOOM as well as the breakthrough cult novel SKULLCRACK CITY. His fiction has been praised by The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly, authors such as David Wong, Chuck Palahniuk, and Jack Ketchum, and has appeared internationally in numerous anthologies and magazines. In 2008 he worked with The Mars Volta to tell the story behind their Grammy Winning album The Bedlam in Goliath. In 2010 he spoke about weirdness and metaphor as a survival tool at the Fractal 10 conference in Medellin, Colombia. In 2017 his short story “When Susurrus Stirs” was adapted for film and won numerous awards including the Final Frame Grand Prize and Best Short Film at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.
This week’s picks:

* Jeremy #1: Fresh Air
* Jeremy #2: The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson
* Tracy: Mildly Horror Comfort Food – Mississippi Roast
* Patrick: Staged (Hulu)

Links:

* Jeremy Robert Johnson on Twitter
* Tracy Townsend on Twitter
* Patrick Hester on Twitter
* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

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