 Jarad asks Julie about his favorite Things Get Weird in Whistlestop story, The Bite. What happens when you make fairies mad? Things get weird. Also we learn that it's always best to go where the moon is happy.
If you haven't read the Whistlestop stories, this episode does have a few spoilers. We will have an audio recording of the story up by the end of the week if you'd like to listen to that first. Things Get Weird in Whistlestop is available through any of your favorite bookstores, an e-book is also available. Listen here- https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17120040-the-bite-when-fairies-attack
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 Julie and Jarad go back on the timeline to the point where people started to say, "Hey! Life isn't fair. Wouldn't it be cool if there was some way to make it fair after we die?"
Come for the scenery, Jarad's incessant whining, and the discussion about how every idea gets ruined by power hungry chaos goblins - even Hell. Listen here- https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/episodes/17037390-went-on-a-field-trip-to-tartarus-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt  Today is the day! After much thrashing and much suffering, the podcast Perdition City Station is off and running. Co-hosted by Julie Carpenter and Jarad Johnson, this podcast primarily explores hell, its history and impact on our culture, de-constructing Evangelicalism, with a few weird and uncanny ideas that keep the co-hosts up at night.
Jarad Johnson is a writer, editor, cat lover, and cryptid that currently haunts the Maine woods. A lifelong reader and deeply spiritual person, Jarad brings a perspective to the podcast that doesn’t operate within Christian framework. Mostly though, he’s there to annoy Julie and lead the conversation off topic and onto whatever tangents come to mind. Julie Carpenter is the Author of Things Get Weird in Whistlestop, and the upcoming novel The Last Train Out of Hell. She is a writer and narrative weaver who grew up in a very evangelical church in Tennessee. She has a fascination with Hell in all its aspects and just can’t get over talking about her breakup with her former religion. (Insert eye roll here). Sadly, she is the only one who can be trusted to keep this train on the tracks. I suggest you all hang on and buckle up. Wait a minute…there are no seat belts on this train. Never mind. Just enjoy the ride. If you can.  The Inescapable March by Hana Carolina Review by Julie Carpenter This beautifully crafted and intricate tale is a love story wrapped in a fairy tale wrapped in an Edgar Allan Poe story. It’s set in a fantasy realm but familiar elements are used in the creation of an admirably original narrative that’s at once complex and precise. It’s the story of two lovers, Arran and Hyacinth, men with a history of a friendship that hovers on the edge of something more. The narrative turns on the relationship between time and love with the eternal but terrible present as the moment when we can choose who we bond ourselves with and how.  Sunbathers by Lindz McLeod Review by Julie Price Carpenter I am going to review some of the books I should have reviewed in 2024 particularly some of the ones that might help you parse this very weird timeline we seem to be unable to change. At the very top of the list is Lindz McLeod's Sunbathers. The subject matter is difficult, charming and dangerous, hilarious and a gut punch, all at the same time. Classic McLeod. But believe me, this is a worthwhile addition to your reading list. This book asks the questions: What if fascism is a desperate attempt to fit in, to dismiss anything and everything uncomfortable? And what is the cost of flattening diversity and individual experience out of existence?  Such Winter A Poem in the Dark by Sushant Thapa Such Winter
The water is freezing, There is an outbreak of laziness. I have a youthful sensation rising. We had a battle For love. You see the irony. I care for a plant And it flowers. I care more And it withers like time. A smile is a dream For the life of tear. I met you And unexpected happiness Brought me the spring of kisses. I was on a battle For love—such ironical longings Has taken my youth away. I have forsaken Rich man’s gold And bought me How much land I need. The graveyard isn’t a home But it is the winter of heart I am afraid of.  by Ahmad Al-Khatat Between The Pages
Between the library shelves, you are my fictional character. Between the covers and pages, you are my favorite author, my treasured poem. Between memories and study sessions, you are my unforgettable moment. 12/17/2024 Bleeding Heart Poet Copyright  Present Tense Poetry John Yamrus Review by Julie Carpenter Present Tense has the eerie quality of making line drawings of life, as thick and evocative as a photorealistic painting, a present tense as close as breath, but as full of longing as a bad case of nostalgia. These poems are pointed, incisive, shorn of embellishment, pulling a thin line through choice to consummation. Possibility become finite. The retrospective of age.
 Spirit Animals by Gregg Norman SPIRIT ANIMALS Mine is a horse, she says, showing me an image of an arch-necked Arabian with flowing mane and noble eyes. And mine, he says, Is an eagle. He casts his eyes to the skies as if one might suddenly appear. They know this because of a $1,500 per head three-day retreat in the Arizona desert with a genuine shaman who didn’t sell gophers or skunks.  Bio:
Gregg Norman lives and writes in Manitoba, Canada. His work has been accepted by Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Dark Winter Literary Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, Raconteur Magazine, Medusa’s Kitchen, Suburban Witchcraft, and Borderless Journal. |
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