No Darkness But Ours

No Darkness But Ours

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  • Coming in 2023...

    A quick message from Simon about the shape of things to come here at No Darkness But Ours

    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    3 min
  • A Message from John Langan: Update on Laird Barron

    Weird fiction author Laird Barron is currently ill in the US, and has no health insurance. John Langan joins Simon to bring us up to date on Laird's progress, and on the GoFundMe set up to fund his medical care.

    Link to the GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/laird-barron-hospital-costs-medication-costs/donate

    (Apologies for my gormless face taking up half the screen - I thought I'd minimised it!)


    7 min
  • 13: An Interview with Hailey Piper: Part One

    Following on from their episodes on Queer Horror, in this special edition of the podcast Gemma and Simon interview Hailey Piper, author of The Worm And His Kings, The Possession of Natalie Glasgow, No Gods For Drowning and the forthcoming A Light Most Hateful about her own original and compelling brand of weird fiction.

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    28 min
  • 10: To See Ourselves Reflected: All Horror Is Queer

    In the first of three podcasts on Queer Horror, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick discuss the proposition that all horror is queer, as it concerns by its nature life outside the default, their own relationship to that default and how that's shaped their own work. Ti West's X, the morality of slasher films and fatphobia all come under scrutiny, along with where the line between representation and appropriation lies.

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    41 min
  • 12: Where Furnaces Burn: More Contemporary Queer Horror

    In the final part of their overview of Queer Horror, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick turn their attention to more recent creators of Queer Horror such as David Rudkin, Joel Lane, Clive Barker and Michael McDowell, and discuss the power of sexuality as a force of both liberation and destruction. Come and join us in the shadows...

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    37 min
  • 11: The World Spins On Pain: Classic and Contemporary Queer Horror

    In the second part of their Queer Horror podcast, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick discuss the work of new and emerging contemporary horror authors like Paula Ashe, Hailey Piper and Eric LaRocca, along with queerness in classic horror texts such as Dracula and the works of Lovecraft. And much, much more.

    Do please join us....

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    36 min
  • Two Ghost Stories for Christmas: A Yuletide Special

    In this special Christmas edition of the podcast, Gemma and Simon each read a ghost story. YOL by Gemma and JARMAN'S GHOST by Simon are two very different, but equally haunting, tales of terror to listen to on Christmas Eve. Happy Holidays to all our listeners!

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    25 min
  • 9: Notes From The Sideworld: In Conversation with George Popov and Daniel Oldroyd

    Join Gemma and Simon as they talk to George Popov and Dan Oldroyd, the director and star of the superb folk-horror films HEX and THE DROVING, about the movies and the SIDEWORLD series of documentaries.

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    1 hr 5 min
  • Notes from the Sideworld: In Conversation with George Popov and Daniel Oldroyd (Teaser)

    Join Gemma and Simon as they talk to the director and star of the superb folk-horror films HEX and THE DROVING about the movies and the SIDEWORLD series of documentaries.

    Want to support our podcast? Make a one-off donation via our Ko-fi page:

    https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcast

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    Or our Anchor feed: https://anchor.fm/no-darkness-but-ours

    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 

    6 min
  • 8: The Sons of Cain: The Darkness of the Land, The Darkness of the Soul

    In the final part of their exploration of folk horror, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick discuss vampires and werewolves as serial killers, the case for Straw Dogs as a folk-horror movie, the 'colonial horror' of 'The Gorge of the Churels,' the genius of Saki in 'Sredni Vashtar' and of David Rudkin in Penda's Fen, and much much more besides.

    Coming soon, the duo will be delving into the world of Queer Horror - but before that, stay tuned for a special edition of the podcast where Gemma and Simon talk to George Popov and Daniel Oldroyd, the director and star of the folk-horror movie The Droving.

    Want to support our podcast? Make a one-off donation via our Ko-fi page:

    https://ko-fi.com/nodarknessbutourspodcast

    For sneak previews of future episodes and exclusive bonus content, subscribe to:

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    Or our Anchor feed: https://anchor.fm/no-darkness-but-ours

    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    42 min

About No Darkness But Ours

From the publisher's feed

Gemma Files is an award-winning Canadian horror author, while Simon Bestwick has been hailed as 'among the most important writers of contemporary British horror.' We both have a macabre sense of humour, and opinions. Lots of opinions. We're also friends who enjoy talking about the genre we love. So why not come and join us while we do... in No Darkness But Ours.