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The Deep Well with Laura Creedle, Books & Brews #84

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Books and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet!

Laura Creedle is the author of The Deep Well and The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily, which Kirkus Reviews described as “entertaining, thought-provoking, and unsettling—in a good way.” When she’s not writing, Laura can usually be found playing pinball or watching indie horror. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and a feral cat named Hellman who was found with her head stuck in a mayonnaise jar.

We talked about how indie publishing has changed the face of horror, writing novels with ADHD, Russia’s Kola Superdeep Borehole, the place of AI in writing, and much more.

What drinks would you pair to readings about a super deep borehole and a stalking cult member!?

Readings, Drinks, and Discussion Timestamps:

00:00 START
04:49 Drink 1: Mexican Coffee
05:48 Reading 1: 5-Year-Old April at the Deep Hole
13:49 A book with lots of moving parts
14:38 Authors killing our darlings
15:33 Drink 2: B-52
17:59 Reading 2: Wikipedia on the Ojo de Cristo Mining Disaster
19:50 Many questions & stories on the Kola Superdeep
25:19 Stories? Vampires & Werewolves
32:17 Drink 3: Verdant Lady
35:07 Reading 3: Marianne Returns
40:16 Marianne vs the Cult (and more on cults)
51:04 AI and more AI

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COMING NEXT:

JK Divia — dark fantasy, mythological horror, paranormal
Barry Black — former FBI master bomb technician
Randy Lerch — former MLB player
Charles Graham — sci-fi drawing from military & rescue experiences

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Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: CHILDREN and AMERICA

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Telling Stories from the Great Wall of China to Minneapolis: Loren Niemi, Episode #1

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This month Michael and Laura spoke with Loren Niemi about his newest book, a collection of short stories entitled, What Haunts Us.

Loren is a storyteller with 40 years of creating, performing and teaching Stories that Matter. He has told stories everywhere from China’s Great Wall to the backrooms of German restaurants and the theaters of Minneapolis.

His work has been called “post-modern,” pushing the boundaries of narrative form “with a dark beauty of language that is not ashamed of poetry.”

Loren is also an author. His books include the award winning The New Book of Plots, an examination of oral and written narratives; and the critically acclaimed Inviting the Wolf In: Thinking About Difficult Stories, which he co-authored with Elizabeth Ellis. In 2016 he received the National Storytelling Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award. His collection of original and collected ghost stories What Haunts Us came out in February 2019.

www.lorenniemistories.com

Loren’s stories:

  • Remodeling the Kitchen – 10:59
  • Barbecue Bus – 26:53
  • The Hungry Carpet – 47:23

Michael’s beer pairings:

  • Oh Fudge!, Prairie
    Artisan Ales – 9:02
  • Aecht Schlenkerla
    Rauchbier Märzen, Brauerei Heller-Trum – 24:14
  • Kriek Boon, Brouwerij
    Boon  – 44:45

Interview highlights:

  • The impact of
    growing up moving on storytellers – 15:54
  • Becoming a
    storyteller – 17:33
  • Storytelling…on
    the Great Wall of China – 21:05
  • Why we tell
    stories – 22:55
  • Why we’re drawn to
    ghost stories and other dark tales – 36:53
  • Telling stories
    vs. writing stories – 51:00

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