Skye talks with writer Bitter Karella about the psychosis of Californian Republicans, getting lost in the woods, the pursuit of themes, what the big tits signify, and her first full-length novel, Moonflow.This episode's reading list:
"More Than 200 Dead Bodies Have Been Left Behind on Mount Everest, and Many Mark the Path to the Summit," Rachel Nuwer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-than-200-dead-bodies-have-been-left-behind-on-mount-everest-and-many-mark-the-path-to-the-summit-146904416/
"Baader-Meinhof Wagen," https://www.baader-meinhof.com/baader-meinhof-wagen/
Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: https://www.bitterkarella.com/midnightpals/
You Weren't Meant to Be Human, Andrew Joseph White: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-Werent-Meant-to-Be-Human/Andrew-Joseph-White/9781668038079
What I was thinking was an SNL skit was actually "Crippling Levels of Manliness" by CollegeHumor: https://youtu.be/wogb2ctOfV4?si=5vcqvSFO3loUeULf
"The Call of Cthulhu," H. P. Lovecraft: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx
Stalker (1979), Andrei Tarkovsky
Nothing But Trouble (1991), Dan Aykroyd
Annihilation, Jeff Vandermeer: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374104092/annihilation/
The Ring (2002), Gore Verbinski
The Shining, Stephen King: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/92991/the-shining-by-stephen-king/
"The Midnight Meat Train," Clive Barker: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/338960/clive-barkers-books-of-blood-1-3-by-clive-barker-with-an-afterword-by-grady-hendrix/
A Song for the End, Kit Power: https://horrifictales.co.uk/premium-novellas/a-song-for-the-end/
Chasers, Mariah Darling & Eve Harms: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasers-mariah-darling/1146273289
These Kids Are Not Alright, T. L. Bodine: https://bookshop.org/p/books/these-kids-are-not-alright/8822374a4fd6ad52?ean=9781737465034
Wife Shaped Bodies, Laura Cranehill: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wife-Shaped-Bodies/Laura-Cranehill/9781668098103
City Infernal, Edward Lee: https://www.cemeterydance.com/edward-lee.html