There's no guard to kiss or kill—Death's frontiers are free

[sovay]

Today I am part of a podcast. Please enjoy the latest episode of The Outer Dark, "The State of the Weird 2018, A Roundtable Discussion featuring David Davis, Helen Marshall, Stephen Graham Jones, and Sonya Taaffe."

It was complicated. Originally I was supposed to be part of the roundtable proper, but there was technical snafu and my long-distance participation did not work out. That was upsetting. Fortunately, Scott Nicolay, host of The Outer Dark and moderator of the roundtable, was sufficiently upset to reach out to me about a kind of addendum conversation which we managed this week despite the technical issues escalating to fubar, which is why I still get to be on this incredibly cool poster designed by Yves Tourigny. I appear to be cheerfully grave-robbing the last expedition foolhardy enough to set off this way into the Weird. I am delighted. Anyway, have a listen! It was a lot of fun. I say things about poetry. Other people say things about other forms of the weird as a mode or mood or genre. I wish I'd had the time to talk more about opera, because it's not just Offenbach and Menotti and Peter Maxwell Davies. The world is always changing shape.

Comments

[cyphomandra]

I’m so glad to hear you were able to participate! And the poster is fabulous.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, I am glad to know that they worked out a way for you to join in after all! And, aww, that is a wonderful poster!


(In random other things, this crossed my dash today and I thought you'd enjoy seeing it too: http://forthegothicheroine.tumblr.com/post/170914165871/charlesdances-peter-cushing-relaxing-off-set-and )

[ashlyme]

Ooh, I'll play this later tonight! Thank you.

[choco_frosh]

I do not know if I will get around to listening to that, but that is an AWESOME album cover picture.

[gwynnega]

I'm so glad you were able to participate! That poster is amazing. I look forward to listening later.

[nineweaving]

Fabulous. I hope you've hung that poster in your study.

Nine

[asakiyume]

I don't know the other participants, so I can't speak to overall representation, but the woman standing in the boad above the skeleton looks a little like you, which makes me think that the poster portrays you all.

[swan_tower]

That is an utterly fabulous poster!