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Book Review: The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet

6/27/2025

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The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennett
by Lindz McLeod

Review by Julie Carpenter
 

If you have never read Lindz McLeod, the first thing to know is that each book she writes is a brand-new experience. Her ability to write in various genres and voices, from intense and interior, to a fairytale remove is unparalleled. Her writing scope is equal to the reading taste of the most voracious readers.


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Book Launch: Last Train Out of Hell Interrogation...Errr...Interview

6/26/2025

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A Perdition City Station Podcast 

Julie's debut novel, The Last Train Out of Hell, launches tomorrow and Jarad kindly (or is it a ruse?) offered to interview her about the book. He's read the ARC and he's ready to ask the tough questions, like what kind of snacks are available on the train and whether there's wifi. Julie should have known she was in for a rough time when the questions showed up in her inbox labeled Interrogation instead of Interview.
Come for the spoiler free discussion and get ready to fall in love with Hagatha, Dennis, Brian, Gadreel, and the rest of the gang. The book will be available to purchase from your favorite bookstore on the 26th!
Listen Here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17401003-book-launch-last-train-out-of-hell-interrogation-errr-interview

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The Depressed Writer

6/22/2025

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​by Jarad Johnson 

​Writers are depressed people. That’s the stereotype, right? Poe, Hemingway, and a slew of other melancholics who, for some reason, feel compelled to put pen to paper.
Well, at the moment that’s how I’m feeling right now, and I’m always one to capitalize on suffering, so I’m going to tell you (whoever or whatever you is) what’s keeping me up at night.
Wallow with me, won’t you? 

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Fall of the House of Usher 2: You Can't Escape the Fates—Or Annoying Cats

6/22/2025

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In this episode, Jarad is depressed by his lot in the late stage capitalistic hellscape we all live in, so Julie tries to cheer him up with tales of gruesome death and inescapable fate. The hosts discuss how well the Netflix series, The Fall of the House of Usher, handles Poe's themes, and whether one can escape fate. We also learn why having cats and air mattresses at the same time is not especially ideal.
Come for the scintillating discussion of cruel destiny; stay for Jarad's rumination on the glories of his hair.

Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17371598-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-2-you-can-t-escape-the-fates-or-annoying-cats


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Jarad Reads The Raven

6/22/2025

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Julie went on an excursion to a writer's conference, and with no one to bother, Jarad whiled away his time reading depressing poetry. (Probably because he was so sad Julie was gone.)
Here's one that's pertinent to our last, and next, episode. The Raven. And it's coming out on Friday the 13th! What could be more fitting?
We will see all you little ravens next week. Our next episode will probably be on Friday again for one more week, then back to Thursdays because...that's the day we picked.
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Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17328655-jarad-reads-the-raven



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Review of The Trailer Park Rules by Michelle Teheux

6/12/2025

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The Trailer Park Rules
by Michelle Teheux
 
review by Julie Carpenter






​For many people, the lives of the poor are opaque. Even those who have experienced poverty or lived around the edges of it, often don’t look back if they manage to escape. Fear keeps only one eye open so the middle class and rich see only the “poor choices” made by those who can’t “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” and not the system that could easily subsume almost anyone—no matter how much they have in the bank—in a moment. The reality is too frightening to take in, so we look the other way. We blame. We assure ourselves that this could never happen to us.



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The Fall of the House of Usher; The Long Dark Shadow of Hell

6/8/2025

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Julie and Jarad discuss the Netflix series, The Fall of the House of Usher, continuing our exploration of whether justice can be achieved in this lifetime. In this episode, we talk about the set up and framework for the show and note the massive number of Poe references, and where we think the show corresponds with Poe's themes and vibes, and where it might diverge.
Along the way, Jarad admits to past crimes, which surprisingly incriminate Julie as well. 
Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17255030-the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-the-long-dark-shadow-of-hell


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The Finest Cigarette

5/29/2025

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Review of The Finest Cigarette
By Ahmad Al-Khatat
Review by Julie Carpenter
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​The Finest Cigarette is another book of distilled love and longing, terror and tenderness
by poet Ahmad Al-Khatat. The poems hover between pain and fragile beauty, haunted
by tragedy and war, reaching for a transcendant love, often collapsing into compulsions
that deaden the pain of life.

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The Devil at the Crossroad! Plus More Cowbell and Toads From Hell

5/29/2025

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Julie and Jarad discuss the trickster nature of the devil in folklore and why you better read the fine print if you make a deal with him. Jarad introduces some folklore about witches and offers to buy Julie a cowbell. Also some weird frogs and St. Augustine get thrown into this weird, witchy brew. 

Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17245150-the-devil-at-the-crossroad-plus-more-cowbell-and-toads-from-hell


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Can You Dig a Hole to Hell? And Will the Devil Have to Renovate?

5/29/2025

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In which:
Julie and Jarad fall down a super deep borehole right into Hell. 
We discover that we have listeners besides that one crow by Jarad's apartment.
Jarad finds hard evidence that Julie is actually Lilith.
Satan has digestive issues and a hole in the ceiling.
Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17207115-can-you-dig-a-hole-to-hell-and-will-the-devil-have-to-renovate

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