We’re back and we’re catching up with our reading again. Specifically, in this episode, we seem to be reading in bed. You’d think that such a common pastime wouldn’t merit much discussion, yet somehow we manage to derail our conversation about the actual books with opinions about the best positions in which to read them. It’s like the Kama Sutra, only with more papercuts.

Main Topic: Media Catch-Up – Books

Once again, we’re talking about books we’ve been reading recently, discussing how they’ve inspired us, or maybe just given us nightmares. There’s quite a range this time, and more digressions than usual, but you should still come away with a few solid recommendations.

Links

Things we mention in this episode include:

• Thomas Tessier
• Finishing Touches by Thomas Tessier
• Valancourt Books
• Alison Rumfitt
• Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
• Gawker interview with Alison Rumfitt
• Toni Erdmann (2016)
• Lily Cade controversy
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

• The Cellar by Richard Laymon
• Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
• Winchester Mystery House
• Hearst Castle
• Animal House (1979)
• The Beast House by Richard Laymon
• The Midnight Tour by Richard Laymon
• Friday Night in Beast House by Richard Laymon
• “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe
• The Woods Are Dark by Richard Laymon
• The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
• A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin
• Bentley Little
• Horror Writers Association
• The French Connection (1971)
• ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
• Image of the Beast by Philip Jose Farmer
• Gilles de Rais
• Riverworld by Philip Jose Farmer
• Psycho House by Robert Bloch

• Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
• Raven Rock Mountain Complex
• Nuclear football
• The Sorcerer of Pyongyang by Marcel Theroux
• D&D
• AD&D Dungeon Master’s Guide
• On the Beach by Nevil Shute

News

The Blasphemous Tome Issue 12

Issue 12 of The Blasphemous Tome will be going to press soon. This is the fanzine we produce for Patreon backers of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. The latest issue contains “A New Dark Age”, a modern-day Call of Cthulhu scenario by our own Paul Fricker, set in a town near you.

Every backer will receive a PDF of issue 12 as soon as it’s available. Anyone backing us at the $5 level or above by the end of July will also get a printed and signed copy.

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