Hey, fellow lushes! On this episode we dive straight into the twisted imagination of author Jarret Keene and his latest collection Gateways to Annihilation — 14 short stories packed with voodoo, werewolves, cursed comics, skunk apes, and enough dread to fuel your nightmares for weeks.

Jarret takes us behind the scenes of his research obsession — from New Orleans yellow fever cures and Celtic mythology to Florida cryptids and Norwegian black metal — and shows how he blends history, horror, and heavy metal into wild, punchy tales. We also get into comic book hellscapes, Vegas lions the size of school buses, and why short stories hit harder than most novels.

Along the way we talk Westerns, weird fiction, indie horror, and Jarret’s induction into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame — plus side tangents on cursed records, public-domain slasher reboots, and why Biodome deserved to be rewritten as a horror story.

Heavy metal riffs, swamp monsters, Vegas nightmares, and maybe even a hooker with a cursed comic — this episode has it all.

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