https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-646ud-e65f37 Jo Quenell’s latest is The Mud Ballad, the first in Weirdpunk Books’ new line of novellas! We talk about DIY art, schlocky horror films—and killing your inner bro! (Oh, and for context, at…
A Lovecraptian Tale by Josh Schlossberg My head throbbing from last night’s drinking binge, I sat on the john for my late morning elimination. Usually regular enough to set a clock by, I…
Poetry 101: The Tanka By James Matthew Byers Greetings from the Darque Bard! Today’s poetry blog introduces the tanka. This form of Japanese poetry has existed nearly 1,200 years. It’s similar to a…
Good Evening! First of all, WOW. We knew Novella’s were a popular format and we anticipated a fair response but its safe to say we did NOT anticipate the volume of submissions we received….
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mxy8y-e578df Jonathan Fortin is the author of LILITU: The Memoirs of a Succubus, a gothic fantasy set in Victorian England, set to be part of a forthcoming series! We talk about the Clarion writing…
There was a bottomless pothole in the far corner of the Majestic Ten Cinema parking lot. Bottomless, as in, one time, James, the assistant manager, tossed an ugly yellow dresser into it and we…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uddet-e3e2b4 Matthew Stokoe is the author most recently of “Colony of Whores”, and perhaps most (in)famously of “Cows.” We talk about the beauty of California, the randomness of fate—and how to avoid getting…
Poetry 101: The Lune By James Matthew Byers Greetings from the Darque Bard! Ahhhh … Today’s poetry lesson boasts simplicity. We’re looking at a creation by poet Robert Kelly. His frustrations with the way…
Poetry 101: The Ode By James Matthew Byers Greetings from the Darque Bard! This week’s venture into poetry centers on the ode. Its purpose is to formally address a person, thing, or event not…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hz6a8-e1c80d Jonathan Cosgrove is an Irish author who has a story in Crystal Lake Publishing’s “Arterial Bloom” anthology, out now! We talk about why you don’t need to write, nothing matters, nobody is special—and…
