CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains sexual references and discussions of sensitive topics such as racism, sexism, pedophilia and homophobia.

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Credits:

Writer/Host/Editor: Oliver Johns

Logo & Cover Art by Jacquie Del Pio

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Works Mentioned:

YouTube Series:

Marble Hornets, created by Troy Wagner and Joseph DeLage (YouTube, 2009)

This House Has People In It, created by Alan Resnick (Adult Swim, 2016)

Local 58, created by Kris Straub (YouTube, 2015)

The Mandela Catalogue, created by Alex Kister (YouTube, 2021)

Gemini Home Entertainment, created by Remy Abode (YouTube, 2019)

My Dad's Tapes, creator unknown (YouTube, 2011)

Films:

A.I., directed by Steven Spielberg (2001)

Cloverfield, directed by Matt Reeves (2008)

Other Cool People:

Wendigoon

Night Mind

Nexpo

The Film Theorists

Thank you so much for listening!!

Hello, and welcome to the second episode of The Plot Twist!

In this episode, I talk about the best books I read in 2023! My reading journey last year was... varied to say the least! I flip-flopped from classic works of gothic horror to reflective pieces of Japanese literature, and even to Nordic poetry. Maybe you'll find your next read tucked away in this little treasure trove. (Well, I hope you do, because then I've done my job).

I hope you enjoy listening!

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CREDITS:

Writer/Host/Editor: Oliver Johns

Logo & cover art by Jacquie Del Pio

- Visit Jacquie's Behance profile here

WORKS MENTIONED:

Main List:

The Outsider by Albert Camus

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney

- Seamus' performance of Beowulf

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Honourable Mentions:

Shy by Max Porter

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Secret Rendezvous by Kobo Abe

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Hello, and welcome to the first episode of The Plot Twist, the podcast about everything storytelling!

Join me as I dive into a brief exploration of why we read and write, and why those two things are still so important to us today. There are also many mentions of John Green and Sylvia Plath, so I had a lot of fun making this one!

I hope you enjoy listening.

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CREDITS:

Writer/Host/Editor: Oliver Johns

Logo & cover art by Jacquie Del Pio

Visit Jacquie's Behance profile here

WORKS MENTIONED:

Crash Course - How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1.

Beowulf - Translated by Seamus Heaney

The Odyssey by Homer

Tales of Times Past - The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault

Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

Letter in November by Sylvia Plath

Mr. Burns and Other Plays by Anne Washburn

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe