Tales from the Trunk Shelter in Place 13: Steve Toase - To Drown in Dark Water
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
Short Story Day
"Terminus Post Quem," by Steve Toase
RFC (Request for Comments)
Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol
"The Silent Brush of Wings," by Steve Toase, in Three-Lobed Burning Eye
"Simplicity," by Wassily Kandinsky
Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann
Gladius Dei, by Thomas Mann
our awful, racist uncle, Howard (Phillips Lovecraft)
The King in Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers
The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers
Harrogate, north Yorkshire
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!