No Darkness But Ours

No Darkness But Ours

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  • 7: Beneath The Black Earth: The Roots Of Folk Horror

    Celtic mythology, Alan Garner, Martin Cruz Smith lesser-known folk-horror classics, colonial horror and George Popov's The Droving all come under the scrutiny of Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick in their ongoing discussion of folk horror. Come pull up a chair and listen in.

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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    43 min
  • 6: Something Behind Everything: Into the Realm of Folk Horror

    As Halloween approaches, join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick in the first of a three-part investigation of folk horror. In the first episode, they grope towards a definition of folk horror, looking at the 'unholy trinity' of The Wicker Man, Blood On Satan's Claw and Witchfinder General and then further afield... 

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    47 min
  • 5: Nights on Black Mountain: More Adventures in Found Footage Fiction

    Join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick as they continue to explore the world of found footage horror on the printed page, and discuss Simon's foray into the subgenre, Black Mountain.

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    Music:

    Come Play with Me Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    56 min
  • 4: The Gemma Files: Adventures in Found Footage Fiction

    Ever since The Blair Witch Project first terrified its audiences we've known how immersive and frightening a way to tell a story the 'found footage' film can be. Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick trace the found narrative story's literary roots in classic horror fiction such as Dracula, Poe and M.R. James and how it's come full circle with authors seeking to transfer found footage to the printed page. Join them as they discuss the blurred lines between fact and fiction, the weird world of the Canadian film industry and their own experiments in the subgenre, starting with Gemma's novel Experimental Film and her novella each thing i show you is a piece of my death.

    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/⁠

    48 min
  • Podcast 4 - The Gemma Files: Adventures in Found Footage Fiction (Teaser)

    Ever since The Blair Witch Project first terrified its audiences we've known how immersive and frightening a way to tell a story the 'found footage' film can be. Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick trace the found narrative story's literary roots in classic horror fiction such as Dracula, Poe and M.R. James and how it's come full circle with authors seeking to transfer found footage to the printed page. Join them as they discuss the blurred lines between fact and fiction, the weird world of the Canadian film industry and their own experiments in the subgenre, starting with Gemma's novel Experimental Film and her novella each thing i show you is a piece of my death. 

    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:

    Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nodarknessbutours

    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/

    5 min
  • 3: A Legacy of Ghosts: M.R. James' Heirs and Influence

    Join your hosts, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick, as they look at the how the work of M.R. James continues to shape stories of the supernatural in print and on screen right up to the present day, to awesome effect.

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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 10 min
  • A Legacy of Ghosts: M.R. James' Heirs and Influence (Teaser)

    Having discussed M.R. James' body of work, Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick now set out to trace how the author's influence permeates the horror genre i every medium, right through to the present day. A teaser: the full episode will be here soon... 

    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/⁠

    5 min
  • 2: A Pleasing Terror: The Fiction of M.R. James

    Join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick as they sink their teeth into M.R. James' body... of work, that is! Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was one of the foremost practitioners of the classic ghost story, and continues to influence artists in the horror genre to this day. In this first of two podcasts on all things Jamesian, we look at James' work, and explore just what it is that gives it its unique and spine-chilling power.

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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/

    56 min
  • A Pleasing Terror: The Fiction of M.R. James (Teaser)

    A teaser for our imminent second episode, in which Gemma and Simon sink their teeth into M.R. James. Well, his fiction, anyway...

    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
  • 1: All The White Spaces: Terror In The Snow

    Join Gemma Files and Simon Bestwick as they discuss the beauty and terror of snowbound horror in fiction and film, from Ally Wiles' debut novel All The White Spaces to Lovecraft's At The Mountains Of Madness, and much else in between.

    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 21 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.