"So they put a jack o lantern outside their house?" Yeah, something like that.

I had an absolutely wonderful time on this—one of the best interviews I’ve done, and one of many incredible interviews Book Club from Hell have put out.

Tonight I'm hosting a book club space with steff to talk about Moravagine by Blaise Cendrars, Henry Miller's favorite writer

Read everything from three and like ~20 by Roth. I love them all, though Roth either nails it or goes down in flames depending on the book.

Icymi, our in-depth episode on volume 1 of Knausgaard’s MY STRUGGLE. A sprawling episode on the Method of memoir/autofiction and a Madness presentation on the mind as a place, why Knausgaard might given his book the same title as another famous volume, and much more. Link below.

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Icymi, the first part a series on William Gibson’s cyberpunk landmark NEUROMANCER, featuring an interview with the great Ewan Morrison, about the influence of Gibson, hyperstition, and the runaway processes of AI development that have writers on edge. Link in comment.

🩸Thrilled to share that my short story, “The Cage Home” is now published in House of Vlad Magazine. ⌨️Guest Editor: Charlene Elsby 🎨Cover design: Percy Hearst 🎨Cover photo: Andrew Chadwick 👑Founder and editor: Depressed Writer Asshole (cont)

Icymi, in Part 2 of the NEUROMANCER series, we tried to figure out what, exactly makes this book tick, how to write something timeless, and living in alternate realities. Link in comment.

Icymi, poet, novelist, and sage Dustin Cole joined me to discuss his new collection AFTER SUNSTONE, writing poetry versus writing novels, what social media does for/to a writer, and W.G. Sebald’s singular book THE RINGS OF SATURN. Link in comment.

Now free to all! Link below.

Now on the premium feed. The great David Leo Rice (David Leo Rice) joined me to talk about his incredible new book THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION, the American Dream, and much, much more. Will be free next week but you could be listening right now. Links below.

SCENEBUX, THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION, and CROWBAR all came out this year and you're blackpilling?

This is an extremely good discussion. As much as I tend to find terms irksome and definitions fake efforts at making sense where there shouldn't be, I think the concept of "necromodernism" is really onto something.

What comes after Thomas Pynchon?

Icymi, the great Glen Rockney (Rare Candy) joined me to talk about his superb Gain of Fiction bookclub show, bros reading and why they should, and I finally shared what happened to the 2024 live Art of Darkness show. Link in comment.