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An investigative podcast hosted by world-renowned literary critic and publishing insider Bethanne Patrick. Book bans are on the rise across America. With the rise of social media, book publishers are losing their power as the industry gatekeepers. More and more celebrities and influencers are publishing books with ghostwriters. Writing communities are splintering because members are at cross purposes about their mission. Missing Pages is an investigative podcast about the book publishing ind ...
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Still on a break – still releasing episodes “From the Vault.”
But this week’s was carefully chosen. In a time of darkness and doom-laden days, laughter is the best thing I can lace your horror with. And thankfully T. Kingfisher exists in the world.
The funniest horror writer I know. We spoke WAAAAY back in October 2020, in episode 9, when The Hollow Places had just come out.
Yes Ursula and I talk about that book, and The Twisted Ones (2019) and how they twist Weird classics into fascinating new shapes. But we also cover building your own Golem, the homicidal value of pig farmers, and the anxiety of being a frog biologist.
I dunno guys… just liste! Hope it makes you smile.
Enjoy!
Other books mentioned:
- “The White People” in The House of Souls (1906), by Arthur Machen
- “The Willows”, in The Listener and Other Stories (2007), by Algernon Blackwood
- It Will Just Be Us (2002), by Jo Kaplan
- From a Buick Eight (2002), by Stephen King
- The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
- Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
- Firefly Rain (2008), by Richard Dansky
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