PATRICK BARB: Horror Stories & Anxiety, "Pre-Approved for Haunting", & New Twists on Horror Tropes

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-His daughter texted the following: -"It's a shock to us all. My mom had checked in on him at 2AM and he was his usual self, then he wasn't responsive a few hours later. I'm glad to hear that he was able to be with you guys recently--I know that brought him so much joy." -More information here, below my video on the website page: https://lovecraftzine.com/2024/04/30/our-dear-friend-rick-lai-passed-away-in-his-sleep-last-night/ -This is the audio version of the YouTube video from earlier this week (Tuesday, April 30, 2024).  -If you want to leave a comment for us or for Rick's family, please go to the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/3gcdetneeiM -Rick's final episode: https://www.youtube.com/live/vgm8bkS58oA ————— 😄 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovecraftezine/about 💖 Some of my favorite Patreon episodes and posts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97978262 ————— 🔥 Mike's links page (and latest status update): https://mikedavis.omg.lol/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftZine 📘 Mike's personal FB page: https://www.facebook.com/misanthropemike/ 😄 Mike's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikedavisphotos13/ 🔥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecraft.ezine 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecraftezine 😱 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340617356069074/ 🌐 Website: https://lovecraftzine.com/ ————— 😱 Listen to my fiction podcast, THE WEIRD LIBRARY: 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeirdLibrary 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-library-listen-in-the-dark/id1723918751 🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fhNJhhUuEdqIrTgxxAD5S 📪 Notification for new episodes: https://mailchi.mp/97ea70889769/the-weird-library 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weird.library ————— 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine 👕 Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts?query=lovecraft+ezine&ref_id=887 😄 Podcast Updates: https://m.me/j/AbaEBQNGA_Vlt1nG/ 📻 Upcoming Guests: https://lovecraftzine.com/live-web-series/ ☎️ eZine Hotline: (515) 650-2540 ————— 😱 Watch or listen to more Lovecraft eZine Podcast episodes: 🖥️ YouTube: https://bit.ly/ezine-video 🔊 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OGFmYh 🍎 Apple: https://bit.ly/horror-podcast ————— 😱 Mike's Horror Recs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6VMiwKgvt-FSrVJgPq_mZhbWEQ0BQ3Dl ————— 💖 Join my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine) for patreon-only episodes and other benefits! For example: ✔️ Laird Barron talks about his strange, chilling, but TRUE life experiences ✔️ Patreon-ONLY podcast episodes ✔️ A print book in the mail to you monthly ✔️ My "Deep Background" interviews with Ramsey Campbell, Matt Cardin, Livia Llewellyn, and others ✔️ Hang out with the Podcast panelists on Zoom ✔️ King in Yellow discussion and story recommendations ✔️ Audio readings of Thomas Ligotti stories ✔️ ...and much more. Join here -- it starts at $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine

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🖥️ To WATCH this episode, go here: https://youtu.be/BUhywswfKJM 😱 My review of LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL! We also talked about AI art, about the horror films CAVEAT and ODDITY, GODZILLA MINUS ONE, the fiction of Peter Watts, and much more! 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovecraftezine/about ————— 😱 Listen to THE WEIRD LIBRARY, my new fiction podcast: 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeirdLibrary 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-library-listen-in-the-dark/id172391875 🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fhNJhhUuEdqIrTgxxAD5S 📪 Notification for new episodes: https://mailchi.mp/97ea70889769/the-weird-library 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weird.library ————— 💖 Some of my favorite Patreon episodes and posts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97978262 🔥 My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/misanthropemike ————— 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine 👕 Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts?query=lovecraft+ezine&ref_id=887 😄 Podcast Updates: https://m.me/j/AbaEBQNGA_Vlt1nG/ 📻 Upcoming Guests: https://lovecraftzine.com/live-web-series/ ☎️ eZine Hotline: (515) 650-2540 ————— 😱 Watch or listen to more episodes: 🖥️ YouTube: https://bit.ly/ezine-video 🔊 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OGFmYh 🍎 Apple: https://bit.ly/horror-podcast ————— 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftZine 🔥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecraft.ezine 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecraftezine 😱 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340617356069074/ 🌐 Website: https://lovecraftzine.com/ ————— 😱 Mike's Horror Recs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6VMiwKgvt-FSrVJgPq_mZhbWEQ0BQ3Dl ————— ❤️ A horror podcast that feels like hanging around with friends! A few quotes from listeners: ❤️ "You know how we have comfort foods, like mac and cheese or tater tots? You guys are my comfort podcast." -- John Coyne, artist ❤️ "I am deeply, deeply grateful for this group and the guests you have.  When I listen/watch, I feel like after a lifetime of being a square peg in a round world, I've finally found my peer group. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -- Sandy Hale ❤️ "I’ve had a pretty bad bout of depression this week and took half the week off of work and listening to some episodes of you all is helping a lot to occupy the mind. Too much information obviously, I know, but I appreciate all you do!!" - Jason ❤️ "This podcast helped get me through lockdown. Love it!" - Jennifer Carstens ❤️ "I usually try to catch your show Sunday afternoons on YouTube. I've come to look at you, Rick, Pete, Matt and others as buddies." - Ed Kinter  ❤️ "Listening to the Michael Shea episode. I have one of his books, and I want to get everything now. This is exactly why the eZine is so valuable to the community, for people like me who maybe SHOULD be reading a certain writer, but haven’t taken the plunge yet." - Robert Ottone ❤️ "I love these people. It's honestly like hanging out with a close group of friends." -- a YouTube viewer ————— 💖 Join my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine) for patreon-only episodes and other benefits! For example: ✔️ Laird Barron talks about his strange, chilling, but TRUE life experiences ✔️ Patreon-ONLY podcast episodes ✔️ A print book in the mail to you monthly ✔️ My "Deep Background" interviews with Ramsey Campbell, Matt Cardin, Livia Llewellyn, and others ✔️ Hang out with the Podcast panelists on Zoom ✔️ King in Yellow discussion and story recommendations ✔️ Audio readings of Thomas Ligotti stories ✔️ ...and much more. Join here -- it starts at $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine ————— #godzilla #latenightwiththedevil #horrorpodcast #oddity

😱 An interview with Kristin Dearborn about her new book FAITH OF DAWN! The protagonist is a flawed and disabled (war vet) woman who is working through a lot of trauma while dealing with cults and a swamp ape! 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovecraftezine/about ————— 🖥️ To WATCH this episode, go here: https://youtu.be/iDcXXHa0PG4 ————— 😱 FAITH OF DAWN: https://www.amazon.com/Faith-Dawn-Kristin-Dearborn-ebook/dp/B0CVLHYYGM/ ————— 💖 Some of my favorite Patreon episodes and posts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97978262 🔥 My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/misanthropemike ————— 📆 NEW! Lovecraft eZine calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/[email protected] 📆 (Click the link on each Sunday for episode details. Add this calendar to your calendar, and you’ll always be in the loop on upcoming guests! When you do this, it should update to YOUR time zone.) ————— 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine 👕 Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirts?query=lovecraft+ezine&ref_id=887 😄 Podcast Updates: https://m.me/j/AbaEBQNGA_Vlt1nG/ 📻 Upcoming Guests: https://lovecraftzine.com/live-web-series/ ☎️ eZine Hotline: (515) 650-2540 ————— 😱 Watch or listen to more episodes: 🖥️ YouTube: https://bit.ly/ezine-video 🔊 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OGFmYh 🍎 Apple: https://bit.ly/horror-podcast ————— 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftZine 🔥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecraft.ezine 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecraftezine 😱 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340617356069074/ 🌐 Website: https://lovecraftzine.com/ ————— 😱 Listen to THE WEIRD LIBRARY: 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeirdLibrary 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-library-listen-in-the-dark/id1723918751 🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fhNJhhUuEdqIrTgxxAD5S 📪 Notification for new episodes: https://mailchi.mp/97ea70889769/the-weird-library 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weird.library ————— 😱 Mike's Horror Recs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6VMiwKgvt-FSrVJgPq_mZhbWEQ0BQ3Dl ————— ❤️ A horror podcast that feels like hanging around with friends! A few quotes from listeners: ❤️ "You know how we have comfort foods, like mac and cheese or tater tots? You guys are my comfort podcast." -- John Coyne, artist ❤️ "I am deeply, deeply grateful for this group and the guests you have.  When I listen/watch, I feel like after a lifetime of being a square peg in a round world, I've finally found my peer group. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -- Sandy Hale ❤️ "I’ve had a pretty bad bout of depression this week and took half the week off of work and listening to some episodes of you all is helping a lot to occupy the mind. Too much information obviously, I know, but I appreciate all you do!!" - Jason ❤️ "This podcast helped get me through lockdown. Love it!" - Jennifer Carstens ❤️ "I usually try to catch your show Sunday afternoons on YouTube. I've come to look at you, Rick, Pete, Matt and others as buddies." - Ed Kinter  ❤️ "Listening to the Michael Shea episode. I have one of his books, and I want to get everything now. This is exactly why the eZine is so valuable to the community, for people like me who maybe SHOULD be reading a certain writer, but haven’t taken the plunge yet." - Robert Ottone ❤️ "I love these people. It's honestly like hanging out with a close group of friends." -- a YouTube viewer ————— 💖 Join my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine) for patreon-only episodes and other benefits! For example: ✔️ Laird Barron talks about his strange, chilling, but TRUE life experiences ✔️ Patreon-ONLY podcast episodes ✔️ A print book in the mail to you monthly ✔️ My "Deep Background" interviews with Ramsey Campbell, Matt Cardin, Livia Llewellyn, and others ✔️ Hang out with the Podcast panelists on Zoom ✔️ King in Yellow discussion and story recommendations ✔️ Audio readings of Thomas Ligotti stories ✔️ ...and much more. Join here -- it starts at $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine ————— 😱 Mentioned in this Episode: 📌 "Michigan Basement" by Thomas Ligotti and Brandon Trenz: https://chiropterapress.com/products/michigan-basement-by-thomas-ligotti-and-brandon-trenz-softcover-edition

😱 An interview Australian writer Alan Baxter! We chat about his books, about social media, and more. 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovecraftezine/about ————— 🖥️ To WATCH this episode, go here: https://youtu.be/F-kT3HCfMfI ————— 😱 Alan's website: https://www.alanbaxter.com.au/ ————— 💖 Some of my favorite Patreon episodes and posts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97978262 🔥 My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/misanthropemike ————— 📆 NEW! Lovecraft eZine calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/[email protected] 📆 (Click the link on each Sunday for episode details. Add this calendar to your calendar, and you’ll always be in the loop on upcoming guests! When you do this, it should update to YOUR time zone.) ————— 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine 👕 Merch: http://tee.pub/lic/_Ct_HEd356s 😄 Podcast Updates: https://m.me/j/AbaEBQNGA_Vlt1nG/ 📻 Upcoming Guests: https://lovecraftzine.com/live-web-series/ ☎️ eZine Hotline: (515) 650-2540 ————— 😱 Watch or listen to more episodes: 🖥️ YouTube: https://bit.ly/ezine-video 🔊 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OGFmYh 🍎 Apple: https://bit.ly/horror-podcast ————— 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftZine 🔥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecraft.ezine 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecraftezine 😱 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340617356069074/ 🌐 Website: https://lovecraftzine.com/ ————— 😱 Listen to THE WEIRD LIBRARY: 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeirdLibrary 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-library-listen-in-the-dark/id1723918751 🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fhNJhhUuEdqIrTgxxAD5S 📪 Notification for new episodes: https://mailchi.mp/97ea70889769/the-weird-library 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weird.library ————— 😱 Mike's Horror Recs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6VMiwKgvt-FSrVJgPq_mZhbWEQ0BQ3Dl ————— ❤️ A horror podcast that feels like hanging around with friends! A few quotes from listeners: ❤️ "You know how we have comfort foods, like mac and cheese or tater tots? You guys are my comfort podcast." -- John Coyne, artist ❤️ "I am deeply, deeply grateful for this group and the guests you have.  When I listen/watch, I feel like after a lifetime of being a square peg in a round world, I've finally found my peer group. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -- Sandy Hale ❤️ "I’ve had a pretty bad bout of depression this week and took half the week off of work and listening to some episodes of you all is helping a lot to occupy the mind. Too much information obviously, I know, but I appreciate all you do!!" - Jason ❤️ "This podcast helped get me through lockdown. Love it!" - Jennifer Carstens ❤️ "I usually try to catch your show Sunday afternoons on YouTube. I've come to look at you, Rick, Pete, Matt and others as buddies." - Ed Kinter  ❤️ "Listening to the Michael Shea episode. I have one of his books, and I want to get everything now. This is exactly why the eZine is so valuable to the community, for people like me who maybe SHOULD be reading a certain writer, but haven’t taken the plunge yet." - Robert Ottone ❤️ "I love these people. It's honestly like hanging out with a close group of friends." -- a YouTube viewer ————— 💖 Join my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine) for patreon-only episodes and other benefits! For example: ✔️ Laird Barron talks about his strange, chilling, but TRUE life experiences ✔️ Patreon-ONLY podcast episodes ✔️ A print book in the mail to you monthly ✔️ My "Deep Background" interviews with Ramsey Campbell, Matt Cardin, Livia Llewellyn, and others ✔️ Hang out with the Podcast panelists on Zoom ✔️ King in Yellow discussion and story recommendations ✔️ Audio readings of Thomas Ligotti stories ✔️ ...and much more. Join here -- it starts at $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine

😱 An interview Tony Tremblay, Alan Lastufka, and David Niall Wilson about the new horror anthology DEATHREALM: SPIRITS! 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovecraftezine/about ————— 🖥️ To WATCH this episode, go here: https://youtu.be/-kNjCh-ZXu8 ————— 😱 DEATHREALM: SPIRITS on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Deathrealm-Anthology-Stephen-Mark-Rainey-ebook/dp/B0C87P23MF/ 😱 SHORTWAVE PUBLISHING: https://shortwavepublishing.com/our-catalog/ 😱 CROSSROAD PRESS: https://crossroadpress.com/ 😱 Tony Tremblay's website and books: https://www.tonytremblayauthor.com/ ————— 💖 Some of my favorite Patreon episodes and posts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97978262 🔥 My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/misanthropemike ————— 📆 NEW! Lovecraft eZine calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/[email protected] 📆 (Click the link on each Sunday for episode details. Add this calendar to your calendar, and you’ll always be in the loop on upcoming guests! When you do this, it should update to YOUR time zone.) ————— 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine 👕 Merch: http://tee.pub/lic/_Ct_HEd356s 😄 Podcast Updates: https://m.me/j/AbaEBQNGA_Vlt1nG/ 📻 Upcoming Guests: https://lovecraftzine.com/live-web-series/ ☎️ eZine Hotline: (515) 650-2540 ————— 😱 Watch or listen to more episodes: 🖥️ YouTube: https://bit.ly/ezine-video 🔊 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OGFmYh 🍎 Apple: https://bit.ly/horror-podcast ————— 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftZine 🔥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecraft.ezine 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecraftezine 😱 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340617356069074/ 🌐 Website: https://lovecraftzine.com/ ————— 😱 Listen to THE WEIRD LIBRARY: 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeirdLibrary 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-library-listen-in-the-dark/id1723918751 🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fhNJhhUuEdqIrTgxxAD5S 📪 Notification for new episodes: https://mailchi.mp/97ea70889769/the-weird-library 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weird.library ————— 😱 Mike's Horror Recs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6VMiwKgvt-FSrVJgPq_mZhbWEQ0BQ3Dl ————— ❤️ A horror podcast that feels like hanging around with friends! A few quotes from listeners: ❤️ "You know how we have comfort foods, like mac and cheese or tater tots? You guys are my comfort podcast." -- John Coyne, artist ❤️ "I am deeply, deeply grateful for this group and the guests you have.  When I listen/watch, I feel like after a lifetime of being a square peg in a round world, I've finally found my peer group. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -- Sandy Hale ❤️ "I’ve had a pretty bad bout of depression this week and took half the week off of work and listening to some episodes of you all is helping a lot to occupy the mind. Too much information obviously, I know, but I appreciate all you do!!" - Jason ❤️ "This podcast helped get me through lockdown. Love it!" - Jennifer Carstens ❤️ "I usually try to catch your show Sunday afternoons on YouTube. I've come to look at you, Rick, Pete, Matt and others as buddies." - Ed Kinter  ❤️ "Listening to the Michael Shea episode. I have one of his books, and I want to get everything now. This is exactly why the eZine is so valuable to the community, for people like me who maybe SHOULD be reading a certain writer, but haven’t taken the plunge yet." - Robert Ottone ❤️ "I love these people. It's honestly like hanging out with a close group of friends." -- a YouTube viewer ————— 💖 Join my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine) for patreon-only episodes and other benefits! For example: ✔️ Laird Barron talks about his strange, chilling, but TRUE life experiences ✔️ Patreon-ONLY podcast episodes ✔️ A print book in the mail to you monthly ✔️ My "Deep Background" interviews with Ramsey Campbell, Matt Cardin, Livia Llewellyn, and others ✔️ Hang out with the Podcast panelists on Zoom ✔️ King in Yellow discussion and story recommendations ✔️ Audio readings of Thomas Ligotti stories ✔️ ...and much more. Join here -- it starts at $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine ————— 😱 Mentioned in this Episode: 📌 BALAK: A CTHULHU MYTHOS TALE by Stephen Mark Rainey: https://www.amazon.com/Balak-Cthulhu-Stephen-Mark-Rainey-ebook/dp/B004GNFVWE 📌 REPLAY by Ken Grimwood: https://www.amazon.com/Replay-Ken-Grimwood/dp/068816112X 📌 THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVE OF HARRY AUGUST by Claire North: https://www.amazon.com/First-Fifteen-Lives-Harry-August-ebook/dp/B00ECE9OD4/ 📌 Some of my favorite Patreon episodes and posts: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97978262  

- 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lovecraftezine/about 🖥️ To WATCH this episode, go here: https://youtu.be/hLqcjjQiFB8 ————— 😱 COLD, BLACK, & INFINITE by Todd Keisling: https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Black-Infinite-Stories-Horrific-ebook/dp/B0C3PSXH3M 😱 WHAT KIND OF MOTHER by Clay McLeod Chapman: https://www.amazon.com/What-Kind-Mother-Clay-Chapman-ebook/dp/B0BPX2WD1K/ 🔥 Mike's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/misanthropemike ————— 📆 NEW! Lovecraft eZine calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/[email protected] 📆 (Click the link on each Sunday for episode details. Add this calendar to your calendar, and you’ll always be in the loop on upcoming guests! When you do this, it should update to YOUR time zone.) ————— 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine 👕 Merch: http://tee.pub/lic/_Ct_HEd356s 😄 Podcast Updates: https://m.me/j/AbaEBQNGA_Vlt1nG/ 📻 Upcoming Guests: https://lovecraftzine.com/live-web-series/ ☎️ eZine Hotline: (515) 650-2540 ————— 😱 Watch or listen to more episodes: 🖥️ YouTube: https://bit.ly/ezine-video 🔊 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OGFmYh 🍎 Apple: https://bit.ly/horror-podcast ————— 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftZine 🔥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecraft.ezine 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecraftezine 😱 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340617356069074/ 🌐 Website: https://lovecraftzine.com/ ————— 😱 Listen to THE WEIRD LIBRARY: 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeirdLibrary 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-library-listen-in-the-dark/id1723918751 🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fhNJhhUuEdqIrTgxxAD5S 📪 Notification for new episodes: https://mailchi.mp/97ea70889769/the-weird-library 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weird.library ————— 😱 Mike's Horror Recs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6VMiwKgvt-FSrVJgPq_mZhbWEQ0BQ3Dl ————— ❤️ A horror podcast that feels like hanging around with friends! A few quotes from listeners: ❤️ "You know how we have comfort foods, like mac and cheese or tater tots? You guys are my comfort podcast." -- John Coyne, artist ❤️ "I am deeply, deeply grateful for this group and the guests you have.  When I listen/watch, I feel like after a lifetime of being a square peg in a round world, I've finally found my peer group. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -- Sandy Hale ❤️ "I’ve had a pretty bad bout of depression this week and took half the week off of work and listening to some episodes of you all is helping a lot to occupy the mind. Too much information obviously, I know, but I appreciate all you do!!" - Jason ❤️ "This podcast helped get me through lockdown. Love it!" - Jennifer Carstens ❤️ "I usually try to catch your show Sunday afternoons on YouTube. I've come to look at you, Rick, Pete, Matt and others as buddies." - Ed Kinter  ❤️ "Listening to the Michael Shea episode. I have one of his books, and I want to get everything now. This is exactly why the eZine is so valuable to the community, for people like me who maybe SHOULD be reading a certain writer, but haven’t taken the plunge yet." - Robert Ottone ❤️ "I love these people. It's honestly like hanging out with a close group of friends." -- a YouTube viewer ————— ⚡️Join my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine) for patreon-only episodes and other benefits! For example: ✔️ Laird Barron talks about his strange, chilling, but TRUE life experiences ✔️ Patreon-ONLY podcast episodes ✔️ A print book in the mail to you monthly ✔️ My "Deep Background" interviews with Ramsey Campbell, Matt Cardin, Livia Llewellyn, and others ✔️ Hang out with the Podcast panelists on Zoom ✔️ King in Yellow discussion and story recommendations ✔️ Audio readings of Thomas Ligotti stories ✔️ ...and much more. Join here -- it starts at $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine ————— 😱 Mentioned in this Episode: 📌 THE BACKROOMS (liminal spaces): https://ihorror.com/the-backrooms-an-upcoming-a24-horror-film-based-on-the-popular-creepypasta/ 📌 6 Arctic Thrillers to Watch If You’re Enjoying “True Detective: Night Country”: https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3797271/6-arctic-thrillers-to-watch-if-youre-enjoying-true-detective-night-country/ 📌 The Charlie Parker series by John Connolly, on Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Parker-21-book-series/dp/B09F8YKB3G 📌 THE NIGHT LISTENER (Robin Williams): https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.5cb98391-9692-aa3d-791b-00527d2b6f4c 📌 BIGFOOT & WILDBOY: https://www.facebook.com/FMOFL/videos/689333453223364/ 📌 Author Laird Barron publish his first collection of horror stories in nearly a decade. NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT is coming in September: E-BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Not-Speck-Light-Laird-Barron-ebook/dp/B0CM2GTY1Z/ -- SIGNED BOOKPLATE: https://badhandbooks.com/preorders/not-a-speck-of-light-signed-bookplate 📌 Michael Cisco's Werner Herzog impression: https://youtu.be/AlWNzJp7xxE —————

- 🖥️ To WATCH this episode, go here: https://youtu.be/7LM9ZiU9smE ————— 😱 LET ME TELL YOU A STORY (WRITING IN THE DARK) by Tim Waggoner: https://www.amazon.com/Let-Tell-Story-Writing-Dark/dp/1947879634/ 🔥 Mike's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/misanthropemike 😄 We recorded this episode just after the holidays. Enjoy! ————— 📆 NEW! Lovecraft eZine calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/[email protected] 📆 (Click the link on each Sunday for episode details. Add this calendar to your calendar, and you’ll always be in the loop on upcoming guests! When you do this, it should update to YOUR time zone.) ————— 💖 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine 👕 Merch: http://tee.pub/lic/_Ct_HEd356s 😄 Podcast Updates: https://m.me/j/AbaEBQNGA_Vlt1nG/ 📻 Upcoming Guests: https://lovecraftzine.com/live-web-series/ ☎️ eZine Hotline: (515) 650-2540 ————— 😱 Watch or listen to more episodes: 🖥️ YouTube: https://bit.ly/ezine-video 🔊 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2OGFmYh 🍎 Apple: https://bit.ly/horror-podcast ————— 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LovecraftZine 🔥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovecraft.ezine 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lovecraftezine 😱 FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/340617356069074/ 🌐 Website: https://lovecraftzine.com/ ————— 😱 Listen to THE WEIRD LIBRARY: 🖥️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWeirdLibrary 🍎 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weird-library-listen-in-the-dark/id1723918751 🔊 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3fhNJhhUuEdqIrTgxxAD5S 📪 Notification for new episodes: https://mailchi.mp/97ea70889769/the-weird-library 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weird.library ————— 😱 Mike's Horror Recs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6VMiwKgvt-FSrVJgPq_mZhbWEQ0BQ3Dl ————— ❤️ A horror podcast that feels like hanging around with friends! A few quotes from listeners: ❤️ "You know how we have comfort foods, like mac and cheese or tater tots? You guys are my comfort podcast." -- John Coyne, artist ❤️ "I am deeply, deeply grateful for this group and the guests you have.  When I listen/watch, I feel like after a lifetime of being a square peg in a round world, I've finally found my peer group. Thank you, thank you, thank you." -- Sandy Hale ❤️ "I’ve had a pretty bad bout of depression this week and took half the week off of work and listening to some episodes of you all is helping a lot to occupy the mind. Too much information obviously, I know, but I appreciate all you do!!" - Jason ❤️ "This podcast helped get me through lockdown. Love it!" - Jennifer Carstens ❤️ "I usually try to catch your show Sunday afternoons on YouTube. I've come to look at you, Rick, Pete, Matt and others as buddies." - Ed Kinter  ❤️ "Listening to the Michael Shea episode. I have one of his books, and I want to get everything now. This is exactly why the eZine is so valuable to the community, for people like me who maybe SHOULD be reading a certain writer, but haven’t taken the plunge yet." - Robert Ottone ❤️ "I love these people. It's honestly like hanging out with a close group of friends." -- a YouTube viewer ————— ⚡️Join my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine) for patreon-only episodes and other benefits! For example: ✔️ Laird Barron talks about his strange, chilling, but TRUE life experiences ✔️ Patreon-ONLY podcast episodes ✔️ A print book in the mail to you monthly ✔️ My "Deep Background" interviews with Ramsey Campbell, Matt Cardin, Livia Llewellyn, and others ✔️ Hang out with the Podcast panelists on Zoom ✔️ King in Yellow discussion and story recommendations ✔️ Audio readings of Thomas Ligotti stories ✔️ ...and much more. Join here -- it starts at $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/join/lovecraftezine ————— 😱 Mentioned in this Episode: 📌 On comparing yourself to other writers, by Tim Waggoner:  https://writinginthedarktw.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-year-end-writer-blues.html 📌 LORD OF THE FEAST by Tim Waggoner: https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Feast-Tim-Waggoner-ebook/dp/B0CBQMLJ61/ ————— 😄 Audio edition is is (usually) available the day after the YouTube video airs, on your favorite podcast app! #writing #writingtips #writingcommunity