This time around on book tour, we're joined by Steve Toase (@stevetoase), whose collection, To Drown in Dark Water, releases on April 27th, 2021! After Steve reads a selection of flash stories from the collection, we talk about cosmic horror, organic servers, and the Munich art scene.



Things we mention in the episode:


Jordan Kurella's appearance on the show


The Best Horror of the Year, volumes 6 and 11, edited by Ellen Datlow


Stefan Koidl 


Hazel Ang 


Short Story Day


"Terminus Post Quem," by Steve Toase


Mad Scientist Journal 


Analog 


Dendrochronology 


RFC (Request for Comments)


April Fool's RFCs 


Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol 


IP over Avian Carriers 


Whale fall 


"The Silent Brush of Wings," by Steve Toase, in Three-Lobed Burning Eye


Franz Marc 


Der Blaue Reiter 


Atelier 


"Simplicity," by Wassily Kandinsky


Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann


Gladius Dei, by Thomas Mann


Robert W. Chambers 


M.R. James 


our awful, racist uncle, Howard (Phillips Lovecraft) 


Paul Klee 


Cosmic horror 


The King in Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers


The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers


Fortean Times Magazine 


Harrogate, north Yorkshire


Flint knapping 


Silicosis 


Asbestosis WARNING: some gross images on that wikipedia page


Embodied Geographies, edited by Elizabeth Kenworthy Teather


Steve's blog 


Steve's newsletter 


Steve's patreon 


 


Join us again on April 16th, when our guest will be Nino Cipri!