The Maple Moon Podcast

The Maple Moon Podcast

Courtenay Schembri Gray writes from an eldritch womb: ft. poems, plays, diaries, and essays. themaplemoon.substack.com

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October 15, 2025 ‱ 38 mins

In this episode I talk you through my paranormal experiences. As someone who has had plenty, I find it fascinating to talk about. I enjoy reading about other paranormal experiences; especially when it comes to literature.

Mentioned:

- Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Act I, Scene V)

- Two Girls One Ghost

- The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll (fit the second. the bellman’s speech)

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In this episode, I discuss my experiences as an autistic person seeking diagnosis. Recent events have only made it more important to speak out about neurodivergence. I recently wrote a Facebook account about my own experiences; something I have been relatively quiet about. I wanted my family and friends to understand what it means to be neurodivergent. But most importantly, I wanted everyone to understand that those of us on the sp...

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October 1, 2025 ‱ 30 mins

In this episode, I discuss the short story, my own experiences of writing them and review After Midnight: a collection of Daphne du Maurier’s short stories, published by Virago Press. 

- Pain, Parties, Work by Elizabeth Winder

- After Midnight by Daphne du Maurier

- Virago Press

- Rebecca, dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1940)

- The Signalman by Charles Dickens

- The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster

- Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

- Where Flow...

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September 23, 2025 ‱ 31 mins

In this episode, I discuss the concept of recording dreams, read from my journal, discuss my long distance relationship experience and mysticism in general.

Mentioned:

- The Diary of Samuel Pepys (Saturday 29th June 1667)

- Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov

- Notes to John by Joan Didion

- Between Meals by A. J. Liebling

- Resolve by Sylvia Plath

- The Letters of Ted Hughes

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September 17, 2025 ‱ 10 mins

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Ear Biscuits

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

Not Just the Tudors

BBC Front Row

Weird in the Wade

TV Recommendations:

The Newsreader

Masterchef UK

Ancient Autopsy w/ Suzannah Lipscomb



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