Correspondence: Vincent Lee Blaison

In part 2 of our deep dive into Zora Neale Hurston's life, we finally talk about zombies! Plus her success as a novelist, that time she was arrested on horrifying criminal charges, and her later career.   Source material: Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, by Valerie Boyd; Dust Tracks on a Road: A Memoir, by Zora Neale Hurston.   Thank you to Jake Bassen for our theme song: https://soundcloud.com/jakebassen As well as Cam Clawson, for our Correspondence Remix: https://soundcloud.com/camclawson7 Follow us on Instagram: @lewisandlovecraft @twclawson_pdx @thehannahray Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewisandLovecraft/ Website: https://lewislovecraft.weebly.com/ Email: [email protected]

Gather round, children, for the story of one of the coolest ladies in literary history.   Zora Neale Hurston was born with a thirst for adventure and the confidence to conquer the world, even though at the start of the 1900s, to be both black and a woman seemed a formidable barrier to overcome.   But it didn’t take long for her to make her mark on the world as both a writer during the Harlem Renaissance (her most popular novel is Their Eyes Were Watching God), and an anthropologist, studying hoodoo and conjure all over the southern United States and the West Indies.   In fact, her life is so full of drama and adventure that this episode quickly turned into a two parter, so enjoy part one where Hannah and Tyler talk about Hurston’s early years (including a parent who might go down in BL&L infamy), her entrance on the writing scene, and initial anthropology expeditions. Source material: Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston, by Valerie Boyd; Dust Tracks on a Road: A Memoir, by Zora Neale Hurston.   Thank you to Jake Bassen for our theme song: https://soundcloud.com/jakebassen As well as Cam Clawson, for our Correspondence Remix: https://soundcloud.com/camclawson7 Follow us on Instagram: @lewisandlovecraft @twclawson_pdx @thehannahray Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewisandLovecraft/ Website: https://lewislovecraft.weebly.com/ Email: [email protected]

"Alice in Wonderland" is one of the most-loved children's books of all time, Hannah and Tyler try very hard to talk about it, but find themselves wandering onto new topics, cause this a chill episode! Hannah read: "The Mystery of Lewis Carroll" by Jenny Wolff Tyler read: "The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland" by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Thank you to Jake Bassen for our theme song: https://soundcloud.com/jakebassen As well as Cam Clawson, for our Correspondence Remix: https://soundcloud.com/camclawson7 Follow us on Instagram: @lewisandlovecraft @twclawson_pdx @thehannahray Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewisandLovecraft/ Website: https://lewislovecraft.weebly.com/ Email: [email protected]

Tyler sits down and chats with poet and Author Vincent Blaison. His beautiful collection of poems takes you through his journey of finding love, battling self, letting go of the past and ultimately finding his faith in God.  If you like to pick it up, check out https://a.co/d/00DiMeW

It's ok, This is still the Between Lewis and Lovecraft Feed. But Tyler's taking over for a bit. This week he shares and episode from his new Newsletter Podcast, A Bit Much: With T.W. Clawson.  You can support Tyler by Buying his new book, Joining his Patreon and joining his newsletter. All can be achieved through his website, TWClawson.com

"Alice in Wonderland" is one of the most-loved children's books of all time, but how much do you know about its creator, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll)? As it turns out, a big part of Carroll's life is so embroiled in controversy that Tyler didn't even have to make up a conspiracy theory about the author.  Hannah read: "The Mystery of Lewis Carroll" by Jenny Wolff Tyler read: "The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland" by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Thank you to Jake Bassen for our theme song: https://soundcloud.com/jakebassen As well as Cam Clawson, for our Correspondence Remix: https://soundcloud.com/camclawson7 Follow us on Instagram: @lewisandlovecraft @twclawson_pdx @thehannahray Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewisandLovecraft/ Website: https://lewislovecraft.weebly.com/ Email: [email protected]

We're back from a long nap. Hope you enjoy.    Thank you to Jake Bassen for our theme song: https://soundcloud.com/jakebassen As well as Cam Clawson, for our Correspondence Remix: https://soundcloud.com/camclawson7 Follow us on Instagram: @lewisandlovecraft @twclawson_pdx @thehannahray Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewisandLovecraft/ Website: https://lewislovecraft.weebly.com/ Email: [email protected]

Aaron Hurst: Field of Trees  A note from the author: Fun facts... First, I wrote Tick Tick around five years ago. A Field of Trees is the first story I've written since Tick Tick, and I am happy to have written this new one for BL&L. Thank you, for the first time ever I kept a new years resolution. Please give thanks to my Glittery Space Angel of a wife for being my editor. Also, more fun facts... I lived on a Christmas tree farm for a few years as a teenager. I'll stand by these claims until sense is made of them or I die. I really saw a shadowy figure in the road one night, I really saw a crouched figure among the trees though only once, and I really did hear voices everytime I took a walk. I heard and saw many strange things out there.   Read by Carter Micheal of Fables. You can find him on Fables of Refuge or his TikTok @coachcartermicheal And has written a comic called Deity.    03 Dave Lowe: Gettysburg Gold Author Bio: David Lowe Cozad is a graduate of Willamette University and the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management. His novels, short stories, book reviews, and other works can be found at www.libraryeightyeight.com.   Read by Mason Mostoller. He’s STREAMING! Check out his new show, you can check him out at @tendingbubblesttv 04 Geoff Barry (A.K.A. ElderBarry): Pecked   Read by Jarrett Sullivan. The Dapper DM himself, you might possibly find our characters in the upcoming season of Fables… his instagram is @jarretsullivan   05  Alfred Smith: Ever At my Shoulders Your listeners and contributors can check out my horror flashfic at: www.nightshadestories.com and horror themed poetry at www.blackquillpoetry.com   Read by Patrick Perini: The DM and mastermind behind the new D&D podcast Unbalanced Encounters. You can check it out anywhere you listen to podcasts. Their website is unbalancedencounters.com   06  Brianna Fenty: This House Hates You Brianna's novel Henhouse Syndrome is planned to be published by Bloodhound Books in April! You can follow her adventure at @dryshark_writes   Read by Tyler: The Penny Lich. TWClawson.com   07 Paul Davis: The Ringmaster’s Family Paul has both submitted stories before, and read for us in the past. He has several published books that you can find on amazon by looking up Paul R. Davis. He is also a WONDERFUL editor, who is taking on new clients. If you’re looking for an editor, we’d be happy to help you get in touch, you can email us at [email protected]    Read by Emily Greymoore. A voice actor and player on Unbalanced Encounters. She is massively talented and you should be following her on TikTok: @emilygreymooore   08 Steve Cain: The Faceless One Recently released a new collection of poetry called the Silent Shore. You can follow him and access his work by going to his instagram, @19stevecain72   Read by Jon Curtis. On TikTok @screamerjon05    09  Micheal E. Wilson Jr.:  Century Apart  Michael submitted this story last November! He's a writer and musician and we need to get him on Correspondence ASAP. You can follow his work at therealmikewilson.com   Read by Sam Oliver. Sam is a player on the show Unbalanced Encounters, as well as an artist. You can check out her AMAZING pottery at samanthaoliver.com.    10  Curtis A. Deeter: Everything We Are Grateful For You can follow Curtis by going to his website curtisadeeter.com Note from the author: We do indeed have "Belinda the child" etched in our basement floor, and we looked at a house before we bought our current home that had a "Things I'm Grateful For" chart on the back of the basement door. It was weird things, like the roof over my head, meals, and mommy. We didn't buy that house for obvious reasons...just another that is also likely haunted…   Read by Jess Ayers. A player on the show Fables of Refuge, and an amazing Voice actor! You can follow her adventures @jessnxtdoor on instagram.  11 Heidi Jackson: Frozen Graves.  Note from the author: I am working on a collection of short horror stories, and working on making Hell Cell a full length novel.  I like writing fiction and horror stories. I am from Canby, Oregon.   Read by Tyler.   12 Alexandra Harper: Red Planet This story has been published in Black Ink Fiction's anthology, Dark Matter.  Other stories that have been published in various anthologies can be found on Amazon under Alexandra Harper's author page.   Read by Aly Fitzgerald. https://www.youtube.com/alysreadingcorner https://www.instagram.com/_alyfitzgerald/     14 Andre:  We Are At The Edge  Submitted through website, by André Schuck from Brazil.   Read by Emily Greymoore.

If Mary Shelley's life were a book, you'd put it down because it sounds too dramatic and tragic to be believable. By her mid-20s, the creator of "Frankenstein" had run off with a poet, been disowned by her family, lost four children, published a literary masterpiece, and been widowed. Tyler and Hannah spend far too much time ragging on Mary's husband, and Tyler has quite the theory about the deeper meaning behind "Frankenstein." Thank you to Jake Bassen for our theme song: https://soundcloud.com/jakebassen As well as Cam Clawson, for our Correspondence Remix: https://soundcloud.com/camclawson7 Follow us on Instagram: @lewisandlovecraft @twclawson_pdx @thehannahray Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LewisandLovecraft/ Website: https://lewislovecraft.weebly.com/ Email: [email protected]

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