Drunken Pen Writing Podcast

#177: Investigating The Best Detective Stories

We start the episode with some BAD publishing news with a good outcome. At least for us. 

After that, we attempt to discuss 20 of the best detective crime stories according to the good people at Forbes. Our train seems to have a bad track though, and we go off the rails every 30 seconds. Despite this, we have a great time. Also, make sure to get checked for HAUNTED BONES! It's a serious ailment. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

 

DBS #113: A Halloween Spooktacular

We kick things off with some controversial Edgar Allan Poe news. Did he steal The Raven from another writer!?

After that, we discuss some potentially bad publishing news, a newly found Bram Stoker book, and Caleb ends the episode by reading a scene from his story "Dead Men Don't Scream" which will be featured in Beautiful Darkness 3: A Dragon Soul Press Anthology released on October 30th. 

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You can find Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

BOTM #16: We Have Always Lived In The Castle

We discuss "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" by Shirley Jackson. We review the book by breaking down the characters and their motivations, the feminist themes throughout, and what we took away from the story. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

DBS #111: Bonus Review Of Basketful Of Heads By Joe Hill

After an exhausting recording gauntlet, we do a terrible job of reviewing Basketful of Heads by Joe Hill. We constantly interrupt ourselves with giggly nonsense, but we had a great time, which is all that really matters!

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

Bonus Horror Of The Month: The Boy At No. 9 Whitlock

We open the episode with more great publishing news—a trend we hope never ends! After that, we get into the episode proper with a review of L. Stephenson's new horror novella, The Boy at No. 9 Whitlock. 

At first it was bad parents, bullies, and budding romances. But the tragic life of young Matthew Rose is about to get much worse...because the boy who lives at No. 9 Whitlock is about to meet a demon.

"One of the darkest coming-of-age horrors I've read. Grizzly and unrelenting. I wanted to look away, but I couldn't." - KEV HARRISON, Author of Shadow of the Hidden & Below

"Stephenson shows that horror isn’t all about sending chills down one’s spine; sometimes, it can be about moving the heart." - REBECCA ROWLAND, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated Author of White Trash & Recycled Nightmares

You can purchase the novella now on Amazon. 

You can follow L. Stephenson on Instagram @l._stephenson

 

#176: The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe

We were so eager to record this episode that we forgot to do a cold open and the introduction! What we did record is an entertaining discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece, The Raven. 

While we break down the poem in style and structure, we also discuss how it came to be, its influences, the life of Poe after writing The Raven, and some writers he influenced. We also talk about some of his other notable works. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

#175: Boogie Down With The Best Horror Authors

We discuss a list featuring the best horror authors of all time. Some we know very well, some we've never heard of. 

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Check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com. 

Horror Of The Month: Born Of Bloodshed

After getting our hands on an early copy of Born of Bloodshed by A.D. Jones, we give our honest review of this fun, gory novella just in time for the spooky season.

Born of Bloodshed:

Nothing exciting ever happens in the border towns of Scotland, and the village of Newcastleton, with a population in the hundreds, is no exception to the rule. That is until kids start going missing and turning up dead, and violently mutilated, in the surrounding forests.

A group of teens will be forced to put down their NES controllers, walk away from their VHS collections, and try to figure out what has descended upon their quaint, little village.

Born of Bloodshed from A.D Jones, author of Sacrificial Waters, will transport you to 1990 Scotland for this terror-filled, coming of age story which promises nostalgia, stomach-churning violence, and a group of teens that you will fall in love with. Perhaps don't get too attached!

You can pick up a copy of Born of Bloodshed on Amazon now.

 

#174: Halloween Poetry Nonsense

For a slight change of pace, Spencer is the one who opens the episode with some good publishing news! After that, we settle down and read some of the greatest Halloween-time poems. Of course, this leads to instant nonsense things continuously go off the rails. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com 

DBS #110: Halloween Book Giggle Fest

We kick things off with even more great publishing news! After that, we attempt to cover a list of great Halloween books. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your view, we succumb to an intense giggle fest and aren't able to take things seriously. 

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You can check out Caleb's work at www.calebjamesk.com.