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https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/th... There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast Episode 91: Ten: Trekking Stubborn: Discussing ten years of being disabled and adjusting to this new life, and these new diagnoses, with a little help from Sylvia Plath . Ad-free for Patreon and Substack members.
“With luck,
Trekking stubborn through this season
Of fatigue, I shall
Patch together a content
Of sorts.
Miracles occur,
If you care to call these spasmodic
Tricks of radiance miracles.
The wait’s begun again,
The long wait for the angel,
For that rare, random descent.”
—Sylvia Plath, “Black Rook in Rainy Weather”
My horror short story "Holly Jolly Christmas" will be coming out in either vol 1 or vol 2 of the new Monsters anthology from Antimony and Elder Lace Press on or before November 4, 2022. And I just joined the Horror Writers Association. Excited!
New Episode: 76: Victorian Christmas: The Girl in the Snow: In which Carla once again explores the horror realm of Victorian Christmastide and reads another story by a Victorian horror author, this time Elizabeth Gaskell. Story read: "The Old Nurse's Story" from 1852, first published by Charles Dickens
Nov 27, 2021 04:50AM
There are several free books available here, from horror by MichaelBrent Collins to cozy mysteries: https://books.bookfunnel.com/blackfri... The one I want to especially highlight is the true crime book The Peyton Place Murder: The True Crime Story Behind the Novel That Shocked the Nation, by Renee Mallett; it's being given away by WildBlue Press, and is at the very bottom of the page. I highly recommend it; it's as much a story of the eccentric author of Peyton Place and the small town that inspired her--small towns like that fascinate me--as it is the murder that inspired her, and peculiar human dynamics at play, as well as, of course, scandal. Enjoy!
Cemetery Dance Publications!I am so excited. So many new horror novels to review on the podcast! I will keep you updated.
In which Carla explores the horror subgenre found footage, and its subgenre internet horror.https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4658...
I had a lot of fun with this one. I hope you enjoyed listening to it. Books to be added momentarily.
Next up: the third House of Leaves episode.
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan PoeThe Tempest
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4595...
Show notes:
In which Carla explores Poe’s plague, and its relationship to Shakespeare’s desert island.
Sources:
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978150049...
The story at the Poe Museum: https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-...
The story with annotated vocabulary: https://poestories.com/read/masque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero
The Tempest by William Shakespeare https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978019832...
https://www.geni.com/people/Virginia-...
Adaptations of Poe’s work:
Music: Jason Mulligan’s Concert Drama: https://jasonmulligan.net/vocal-1/the...
Christopher Rouse’s Prospero’s Rooms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper...
https://music.apple.com/us/album/pros...
Movies:
The Plague of Florence (1919) https://boxd.it/8Rcu
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) Vincent Prince https://boxd.it/1w12
La maschera della morte rossa (1971) https://boxd.it/eM8O
The Masque of the Red Death (1989) Frank Stallone https://boxd.it/1l9uan
Referenced episodes:
1: Poe and Carla and Cupcakes: Nicetameetcha https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4313...
10: Boo Without Goo: Scary Movies for the Squeamish https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4313...
68: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: House of Leaves 1 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4379...
70: Ergodic: House of Leaves 2 https://www.spreaker.com/episode/4497...
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
How to Support Cupcakes:
Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?so...
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightb...
and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.
Where to Find Cupcakes:
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbe...
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/there...
Twitter: @mightbecupcakes
Instagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahaunted
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbe... r/theremightbecupcakes
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Contact: carla@theremightbecupcakes.com
Complete list of ways to listen to the podcast on the sidebar at http://theremightbecupcakes.com
And so it begins:Episode 68: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders
https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/th...
I hope you enjoy! I am managing the spoilers (and the storytelling) so that you can listen (and understand) even if you have never read the book. Please let me know what you think.
I had misplaced my copy of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves. I recently found it...and it's fat with torn-up legal pad papers, marking pages. Which got me thinking...So. Intermingled with other episodes on other topics, for the rest of this year I am going to do a deep-dive on this book and its accompanying album, Haunted, by Mark's sister, Poe. There will be geeky horror analysis and reaction podcasting. I'll podcast as I go, and do psychology/horror/history/parapsychology/physics geek-dives ;) like I did with Stephen King's Eclipse series (Episode 19).
I'll schedule out my reading and the episodes so that this doesn't become the House of Leaves show, so that there are plenty of other topics in-between. I'll hopefully have some horror author friends on as well to discuss this book/phenomenon.
I hope this sounds fun to you! I'm pretty jazzed to re-enter the Navidson house.
House of Leaves: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978037570...
companion book: The Whalestoe Letters: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978037571...
In which Carla revisits the Victorian Christmas tradition of scary stories at Christmas by reading four horror classics of the era--and, in doing so, explores the not-well-known genesis of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, as well as the four-hundred-year-old origins of “Deck the Halls”. Things get silly and eerie in turn. Come sit by the fire and enjoy some cupcakes and wassail. (Original episodes from 2017 and 2018 with new content)
Podchaser link: podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/66-deck-the-hall-with-horror-81710318
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Best Ghost Stories of M R James
The Collected Short Stories of Saki
The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and Macabre
Victorian Christmas Cookbook and Traditions
A Merry, Very Victorian Christmas!: Trivia, Tales and Traditions from 19th Century America
In which Carla shares personal stories from childhood Christmases, and shares how she and her family found cupcakes in the unlikeliest of places. These are the stories that weren't funny then, but are now. Originally aired December, 2017; now with new music.
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podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/65-happy-christmas-chaos-81466766
Books quoted:
Little House in the Big Woods
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
A Christmas Carol
website entry for original episode, with resources and books
How was your holiday season?
Most recent review: The Devil Aspect, by Craig Russell: 15 hours of audiobook, and it was fabulous: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Also finishing up Mike Bockoven's work in progress (honored to do so, and grateful that he doesn't mind that I am being slow as Christmas--I am taking my time as an Early Reader, looking for every detail).
Tell me what you are reading, please. :)
My first live episode was 7/10--I am now part of GetVokl's FandomFriday lineup. I was such in a tizzy about preparing for it that I neglected to post here. My apologies! It's recorded at GetVokl and YouTube, and I just uploaded the audio to the regular podcast feed as episode 62: Personal Hauntings. It's all about my own paranormal experiences, updated since episodes 3 and 4--things are still happening in my house. I've already written the website entry for this episode, with the audio episode and the YouTube video embedded in it as well, so you can watch or listen as you choose. The books I recommended in the episode, including the above book by the OG Hans Holzer, are linked to Bookshop.org in the website entry.https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/...
It's on Friday, 7/10, 7p EST, and it will about my personal ghost experiences (I have new ones, even as of today!) & my favorite haunted house movies & books. Bring your own ghost stories & favorites, and we’ll chat! Follow me & get a push notification at https://GetVokl.com/channel/theremightbecupcakesdirect link to the show: getvokl.com/Have-you-ever-seen-or-experienced-anything-paranormal
Podchaser link: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/th...Show notes:
In which Carla explores all the different incarnations of Childe Roland and his Dark Tower quest throughout history.
Referenced and related episodes:
Episode 19: The King’s Eclipse: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/...
Listen at Podchaser
Episode 54: Gilead: Meaning in Place
Listen at Podchaser
Suggested Reading;
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower Concordance by Robin Furth
The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King's Epic Fantasy by my friend Bev Vincent
The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus by my friend Bev Vincent
The Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
The Dark Tower 2: The Drawing of the Three
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Carla's currently reading (mentioned in episode): The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why by Jabari Asim (added to Goodreads bookshelf and Bookshop.org bookshelf)
Sources:
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
Men and Women by Robert Browning: “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, Robert Browning
The maze and pilgrimage of poetic creation in Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came", Jean-Charles Perquin, Assistant Professor of English, LYON 2 University, France http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/r...
Behind “Childe Rowland”: https://writinginmargins.weebly.com/h...
Faerie Etiquette: http://theforgottenlibrary.tumblr.com...
“Horror Noire: Movies mentioned and shown”, user Jared’s list on Letterboxd:https://boxd.it/2uyze
this list is still in progress; Jared is asking for movies he missed from Shudder’s Horror Noire documentary. I am going to watch my way through the ~ 45% I haven’t seen. (I’ll link the Horror Noire companion academic book at Bookshop.org, which I have yet to read, and my Letterboxd account—feel free to follow me! 📼—in the comments.)
Book check in: what are y’all reading?On the Kindle: I am reading Murder on Birchleaf Drive, by Stephen B. Epstein, about a Raleigh, North Carolina true crime case, the murder of Michelle Young, and her unborn son, Rylan, by her husband, Jason. It’s both strange and interesting to read because Michelle and Jason were both alums of my undergrad, NCSU, and active alums at that, going to football games every Saturday.
I am also wrestling with a philosophy book by the great Erich Fromm, You Shall Be As Gods: A Radical Interpretation of the Old Testament and Its Traditions. It’s intellectually difficult work, but I am enjoying the hard work.
Audio: I’m listening to my friend the horror author Chet Williamson read Clive Barker’s The Great and Secret Show. Chet, you are an amazing reader. I thought I had read this novel while at NCSU, but I think I started it and never finished it. Once I finish it, I will continue the series with Chet’s reading Everville.
Please tell me what books are comforting you or distracting you right now.
Also, I wrote a lonnnnng blog post with lots of suggestions of stuff to play with while you're at home: theremightbecupcakes.com/social-distancing-self-care-links Have any suggestions of your own? The post included pug puppy pictures!
