Podside Picnic

Sean M. Thompson of Nictitating Books dropped by to chat about "The Maw" (from Nathan Ballingrud's collection, Wounds). What happens when Hell erupts and decides to gentrify your neighborhood? You'd better hope you have indoor pets, that's for sure.

Check out Nictitating Books:

https://www.amazon.com/s?i=digital-text&rh=p_27%3ANictitating+Books&s=relevancerank&text=Nictitating+Books&ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_2

Sean's Website:

https://aintnothinimpossible.wixsite.com/seanmthompson

Levi Nuñez of Loot the Body and Kurt Schiller of Blood Knife return to talk about the dreamlike grotesqueries of David Lynch's Dune. The sleeper awakens!

Check out Loot the Body:

https://lootthebody.bandcamp.com/

Check out Blood Knife:

https://bloodknife.com/

Levi Nuñez of Loot the Body joins Karlo and Kurt to talk about his oeuvre and explains his journey to composing prog rock music inspired by old school D&D modules. Roll for initiative!

Order Loot the Body's new album, Hex Vol 2:

https://lootthebody.bandcamp.com/

Game writer and multiple novelist Matt Forbeck drops by Podside to talk about his long career of writing for games, designing games and writing game tie-in novels (including stuff for Deadlands and Blood Bowl) as well as his upcoming Shotguns & Sorcery 5E Kickstarter. If you like noir + Tolkien, check it out!

Check out Matt's site:

https://www.forbeck.com/

Check out the Shotguns & Sorcery 5E Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forbeck/shotguns-and-sorcery-for-5e

Malcom Rambert (aka @MalcmanIsHere) finds his way to Graveside to talk about Candyman (1992). How do you fight a creature made of rumor? Well, doing some appropriation seems to be one of the steps (or is it?)

Watch "Black Escapism":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW70aIQZXO0

Check out "Black Men Can't Jump in Hollywood":

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/black-men-cant-jump-in-hollywood/id1023264209

Kurt and Chris from Parents Just Don't Understand podcast return to the Graveside to talk about John Carpenter's 1987 film, Prince of Darkness. Find out what happens when doctoral students spend the night in an old church and find out the secret of the ooze - it's Satanic.

Check out Parents Just Don't Understand podcast:

https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast

Read Blood Knife:

bloodknife.com

Aaron and Carlee of Hit Factory return to talk about the 1994 sleeper hit, The Crow. Welcome to the hellscape of Devil's Night, and follow Eric Draven as he rises from the grave to settle scores. We also discuss the tragic loss of Brandon Lee and the film's amazing soundtrack.

Check out Hit Factory:

https://www.patreon.com/hitfactorypod

The most dangerous woman in speculative fiction, Raquel S. Benedict, returns to talk about Censor (2021). Join us as we talk about the Video Nasties period this film is set in, the ongoing debate on protecting people from "harmful" media, and how sometimes you just don't get a happy ending no matter how much you try.

Trevor Strunk drops by Graveside to talk about horror games. Find out why games are able to elicit more visceral scares and why you should always bet on Valentine. . . Jill Valentine.

Check out Story Mode:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CG9M9WN/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Graveside Picnic's graced by Tai Black and Karella who discuss the underrated 1988 classic, Pumpkinhead. Warning: if your backwoods holler magic gives you a Pumpkinhead that lasts more than 4 hours, please consult your local bog witch.