Apr 18, 2019
Welcome back to The Horror Pod Class, this time with more guardian angels. Today we are talking to one of our favorite horror and weird fiction authors, Nadia Bulkin! We discuss a really great movie that she turned us on to on Netflix called A Dark Song. Specifically, we discuss the concept of the Sublime and how it interacts with horror fiction. Also, we discuss the intersections of sports and horror, which is something that interests Nadia greatly. Thanks to one of our wonderful Patreon supporters, we even delve into what is likely the most horrific of all sports horror... the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Find more of Nadia Bulkin at:
Nadia on Twitter, Facebook, and her author website.
Dark Corners of the Web:
You can find a really awesome story by Nadia Bulkin entitled "Red Goat, Black Goat" for free from Innsmouth Freepress. It also appears in the Ellen Datlow edited anthology, Lovecraft's Monsters.
We failed to mention in the episode that you can also read "Intertropical Convergence Zone" and "Pugelbone" on Nadia's author website.
All three are great and will leave you looking for more of her awesome short stories. You can pick up her single author collection, She Said Destroy, straight from Wordhorde or from Amazon.
If you are a Patreon Member you get to ask some questions. Here is Leland's:
Hey Nadia. My two biggest passions are horror and the Jacksonville
Jaguars (which is its own kind of horror.) Naturally, I loved your
article “Where Horror and Sports Collide.” My biggest fear is that
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady will never retire and we are forced to
endure their Lovecraftian dynasty forever. My question is what
horror dynasty do you wish would retire and what genre in Horror
should take its place? Why?”
Her Answer: Less Women in Peril horror. More Positive
Spiritual horror.
If you would like to support The Horror Pod Class and ask interesting questions of our equally interesting guests, head on over to our Patreon page.
Act 1 The Movie:
The movie centers around an actual ritual.
Mike found a toilet-themed website that fully explains
it.
Act 2 The Theory:
Nadia has a lot to say about the sublime. Its pretty rad and
the wiki explaining a Burke's views on it can be found here.
The Artifice also has a lot to say about the Sublime as it exists in Gothic fiction. We believe A Dark Song is a piece of Gothic fiction.
Nadia touches on the role that the Sublime plays in developing
cosmic dread/horror.
Atmostfear.com has a pretty good description of what she is
talking about.
Act 3 The Application
Tyler wants a guardian angel.
Nadia thinks it would be cool to meet your guardian angel.
Mike thinks they are both crazy.
NEXT WEEK: Go buy Nadia's book and watch American Mary.