More podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Juan MartinezTitle: Gilded Needles by Michael McDowellHost: Jake Casella BrookinsMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:Juan’s collection Best Worst American & horror novel Extended StayJackleg PressStoryStudioTananarive Due's The ReformatoryEden Robins’ Remember You Will DieSofia Samatar's The Practice, the Horizon, and the ChainAnanda Lima's Craft: Stories I Told the DevilJesse Ball's The Repeat RoomT.E.D. Klein’s The CeremoniesPeter StraubBeetlejuice, directed by Timothy BurtonTales from the Crypt & Tales from the DarksideThe Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry SelickMcDowell's The Elementals"A little bit like Edith Wharton with more murder"Jaws, directed by Steven SpielbergArthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesVictor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame & Les MisérablesTriangle of Sadness, directed by Ruben ÖstlundAlexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte CristoThe Abominable Dr. Phibes, directed by Robert FuestThey Might Be GiantsLydia LunchRobert MapplethorpePatti SmithShakespeare’s Titus Andronicus & Julie Taymor’s film adaptationThomas Ligotti, Bruno Schulz, & Franz KafkaMcDowell's Death CollectionStephen King, Philip K. Dick, & C.J. CherryhAnne Lamott’s Bird by BirdThe Ghosts of Where We Are FromJuan’s DNC protest coverage at the Believer, parts one & twoFollow Juan on Instagram & Threads for the good doodle content
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