Episode 27: Halloween Spooktacular II feat. Nina Alvarez

Write to Survive Podcast

This is a JAM-PACKED episode as we reach the best single day in the entire year: HALLOWEEN!
Light the pumpkins, spice the cider, and get ready for two hours of spooky, scary goodness!
First, Dan and Brigid discuss the War on Halloween and how they're celebrating the auspicious day.
Then, an interview with Nina Alvarez from Cosmographia books on her newly curated collection: "Early American Gothic: Stories and Poems." They discuss her work as an indie publisher, what Cosmographia's "By Candlelight" series is, and just what the word "gothic" even means!
Finally, a good mix publication opportunities for writers of a more horrific persuasion, including a particularly "ruff" one for LGBT writers!
And, as a bonus, the hosts have recorded some of their favorite bits of poetry and fiction for you to enjoy throughout the episode, so be sure to listen to every spine-tingling second!
Readings:
"Ghost House" by Robert Frost, read by Brigid Phillips
Music: Nocturne in C sharp minor 'Lento con gran espressione', B. 49 (Op. posth.) by Frédéric Chopin, performed by Aya Higuchi, used under Creative Commons
Poem 670 ("One need not be a Chamber—to be Haunted—")
by Emily Dickinson, Read by Dan Arndt
Background Sound: "Atmosphere Horror-4" by julius_galla via freesound.com
Excerpt from Mary Shelley's 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯; 𝘰𝘳, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘴,
read by Celia Freeman
Music: "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber
Intro Music: "Halloween" by Keshco, used under Creative Commons
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