In this podcast The Outer Dark presents Quarantine Readings by Gemma Files and Alistair Rennie, plus an exclusive original dark jazz musical composition by Alistair Rennie. The interviews were recorded on Sunday June 21 and Wednesday June 24, 2020.
Show Notes
The sixth installment of The Outer Dark Quarantine Reading series features Gemma Files (Experimental Film) and Alistair Rennie (BleakWarrior) (1:07:27) who share their experiences in Canada and Scotland respectively social distancing in a time of social unrest, writing unexpected novels in a stalled world (and also music, in Rennie’s case), and their quarantine reading recommendations. Gemma reads a complete pre-pandemic/post-pandemic tale called ‘This Is How It Goes’ (0:16:53), first published in Other Voices, Other Tombs (Cemetery Gates, 2019, eds. Brhel and Sullivan) and included in her next collection In That Endlessness, Our End, forthcoming from Grimscribe Press (0:37:57). Alistair reads ‘Inflitrator’ (1:19:52), an excerpt from his second novel in progress and shares an original dark jazz music composition called ‘In the Beginning’ (1:43:47), which he created especially for this The Outer Dark episode.
The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird is the only annual conference centered around contemporary Weird fiction. This year’s event will occur virtually on the weekend of August 14-16, 2020. Find out more at TheOuterDark.org.
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Additional Links
TOD A15 Gemma Files: Every Movie Is a Ghost Story
A Mirror for Witches by Esther Forbes
The Vampire Cinema by David Pirie
The Invisible Man (Universal, 1933) clip
TOD 009 Alistair Rennie: Metaphysical Swordplay or The Ever Decreasing Circle of Bleak Expectations
Interplanetary (Digital album/Bandcamp)
The Ruptured World music series (Alistair Rennie) (links to listen and purchase)
The New Weird, eds. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer (Tachyon Books, 2008)
Mechanical Animals, eds. Jason Heller and Selena Chambers (Hex, 2018)
American Horror Story (TV series, Netflix)
Show Credits
Hosts/Producers: Scott Nicolay and Anya Martin
Co-Host, News from The Weird: Justin Steele
Co-Host, Reviews from The Weird: Gordon B. White
Logo Design: Nick “The Hat” Gucker
Music: Michael Griffin
