Clive Barker takes the stage and relates his cult classic of an eternal battle—gay monsters versus redneck cops. Cabal has always had unsettling dreams of becoming a gay monster, but his personal journey to gay monsterhood is obstructed by queer-gatekeeping monsters, Nazi sheriffs' departments, and unconvincing gimp-mask serial killer David Cronenberg. Frank Belknap Long teaches Dean Koontz to be a furry. 

Content notes: swearing, raised voices, sexual content, violence, discussion of homophobic and transphobic propaganda techniques, homophobic and transphobic state violence, riots, guns and military weapons, death and killing, attempted genocide. 

CAST: 

• Clive Barker—SISTER INDICA
• Edgar Allan Poe—RODRIGO BORGES
• Mary Shelley—REBECCA D'SOUZA
• Dean Koontz—WREN MONTGOMERY
• Stephen King—JASON ROBINSON
• HP Lovecraft—ROBIN JOHNSON

with 

• Cabal—JOHN SERRANO
• Lori—LORETTA CHANG
• Sheriff—DEXTER HOWARD
• Deputy/David Cronenberg—JOEL A.S. BUTLER
• Governor/Monster Gatekeeper—CASSIE VULPINE
• Frank Belknap Long—DAVID COURT

Script by Bitter Karella, edited by Robin Johnson, inspired by Clive Barker’s 1990 cult film Nightbreed, an adaptation of his novella Cabal. Elements of copyrighted works are used for purposes of parody and comment.

A transcript of this episode can be found at https://midnight-pals.simplecast.com/episodes/s01e06-the-tale-of-the-nightbreed/transcript

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