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This time around, it’s my delight to continue our summer of screams with Lor Gislason (@lorelli_)! They read us a moving personal essay about how they got so dang goopy, which leads us into a great conversation about horror media, finding your people, and of course all things goopy.
Things we mention in this episode:
Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle
Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror Volume II, edited by Cathering Benstead
Mandy (film)
Dune (2021)
Bound in Flesh, edited by Lor Gislason
Animorphs (series) by K.A. Applegate
Artemis’ turning Acteon into a stag
D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls, by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire
Ozma of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
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