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THE ANTI PROCREATIONIST by Anton Du Biel

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AFFIRMATION OF THE SPIRIT by Christopher Slatsky

25:10

FILM MAUDIT by Christopher Slatsky

30:30

PURITY by Thomas Ligotti

40:35

THE TOWN MANAGER by Thomas Ligotti

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THE TSALAL by Thomas Ligotti

At last, a long-standing request for me to read. Glad i got it, and glad I finally read it. Now to go digging back into the relevant Poe.....
Tsalal art by jokap67 on Deviantart.
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THE MARKER by Robert Coover

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On October 5 Robert Coover passed away at 92. He’s usually called a “writer’s writer”-but this lifelong fan finds his work much more than that. The sticking point for readers is that Coover does not really write conventional stories in the usual sense. No social realism, even if that’s artfully graced by moments of epiphany in the sense we’re used to. Not even the more adventurous, stretch-the-...

THE ANTI PROCREATIONIST by Anton Du Biel

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THE ANTI PROCREATIONIST by Anton Du Biel

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From one of my subscribers, @antondubiel7239 , who posted this as a comment on my reading of "My Work Is Not Yet Done" (Part III). Find the text of the poem below. Anton, hope this reading works well enough for your words.... The anti procreationist by Anton Du Biel And the bombs are falling daily, And the bodies blow apart, And the bullets prattle gaily On their gruesome deadly arc, And you fe...

AFFIRMATION OF THE SPIRIT by Christopher Slatsky

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AFFIRMATION OF THE SPIRIT by Christopher Slatsky

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NOTE: This reading is made with kind and generous permission of Christopher Slatsky (granted via FB message). Christopher Slatsky's other story that involves film and our relationship to it. Actually, it's a skillful and unsettling "essay story" complete with footnotes and bibliography, two features I needed to omit. For more thoughts on this dilemma, see my forthcoming comments in the Communit...

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FILM MAUDIT by Christopher Slatsky

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NOTE: This reading is made with kind and generous permission of Christopher Slatsky (granted via FB message). A writer recommended by a subscriber whose name I can't find right now, Slatsky is a new favorite. Here he wields the "cursed film" theme, in the process gratifying my own love of film which goes back almost as far as my love of literature. Find it also on my Spotify channel here: podca...

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PURITY by Thomas Ligotti

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From the collection TEATRO GROTTESCO. Picture credits are: Oil painting: "One or the Other" by Richard Silvaggio, with his kind permission. Find his work here (among other places): richard_silvaggio_art Sculpture: "Purity" (in both black and white marble versions) by Barry X Ball: www.barryxball.com/masterpieces-1/project-one-aws85-ncf3f-h4rse An uninterrupted audio recording is ...

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THE TOWN MANAGER by Thomas Ligotti

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Yet another version of "The Town Manager" from the collection Teatro Grottesco. One way you can take the story is a gimlet birdseye overview of life in modern society. All the dynamics, sketched large and dry and dark, seem to be there. Digital artist mcrassusart provides the main picture inspired by this story. www.deviantart.com/mcrassusart/art/The-Town-Manager-619075582 Jon Dickson's evocati...

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GAS STATION CARNIVALS by Thomas LIgotti

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From Teatro Grottesco, yet another reading of "Gas Station Carnivals" one of Ligotti's best, I think. The more I read and reread this silently and out loud the funnier it seemed to get. Love at multiple sights for me. My thanks especially to @NOROLEVIDEOLOG for suggesting it. Images: A gas station around twilight - Kate Medley, NY Times www.nytimes.com/2024/01/29/dining/southern-gas-station-res...

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MRS. RINALDI'S ANGEL by Thomas Ligotti

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From his collection "Nocturary," the revised definitive version (2011) of this Ligotti tale. Deceptively simple and straightforward in its unfolding, I've grown to love it. Thanks, @bozomatt, for suggesting I do it. A non-stopped-by-ads version can be found on my Spotify channel here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffc4/episodes/MRS RINALDIS-ANGEL-by-Thomas-Ligotti-e2g0jn8 Picture credits: "...

THE SPECTACLES IN THE DRAWER by Thomas Ligotti (revised audio)

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THE SPECTACLES IN THE DRAWER by Thomas Ligotti (revised audio)

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From Grimscribe, the revised definitive version of this story, which first appeared in Etchings and Odysseys #10 (1987). Photo of antique spectacles found here: www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/618103619/antique-wire-frame-eyeglassesdelicate I like especially the spidery frame and the way the shadows fall.... An ad-free version in .mp3 can be found here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffc4/episode...

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING by Gina L. Grandi

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From online Apex Magazine's December 2015 "holiday horrors" issue. apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/christmas-is-coming/ Enjoy the creepy feeling. And use headphones if you have them. Merry Christmas! nonetheless...

Origin Story: Where this channel got its name

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Origin Story: Where this channel got its name

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I expected to offer this reading much earlier, to accompany my channel's description. These are choice excerpts from the Prologue of Coover's The Public Burning, with an emphasis on the nationalistic patois of Uncle Sam hisself. This, where manifest dust-in-yer-eye comes from, can credibly be considered the greatest political novel ever written in the United States. That's literary scholar and ...

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AT LORN HALL by Ramsey Campbell

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A self-guided audio tour gone creepily wrong, as only Ramsey Campbell could conduct it. Sounds best with headphones or quality speakers, as the voice of Lord Crowcross is closely mic'd but barely registers as such on a phone or tablet. To listen without commercial interruptions, go here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/manifestdust-in-yer-eye/episodes/At-Lorn-Hall-by-Ramsey-Campbell-e2bdslq . P...

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AGAIN by Ramsey Campbell

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My thanks to @9-nine-ix528 for pointing me to this tale, which I agree "is a particularly harrowing number that takes place in broad daylight." A deceptively simple set of horror story details that, on reflection after, have sunk associative hooks into even the narrowest of minds. Hope I've done this number some justice here. The two pictures are from: AI generated Openart: cdn.openart.ai/stabl...

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THE OLD SHELTERS by Thomas Ligotti

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This small existential metaphor first appeared in Die Novelle - Zeitschrift fur Experimentelles #3, 2014. Since one good metaphor deserves another, the photo doesn't perhaps couldn't, definitely shouldn't represent anything literal in this little "story." So you're free to fancy how a fallout shelter in the world we live in (this one's in DC) chimes with shelters for beleaguered minds. Photo fr...