Lovecraft’s The Whisperer in Darkness: A Conversation with Author Ruthanna Emrys

Today we have a special guest: Ruthanna Emrys, author of the neo-Lovecraftian Innsmouth Legacy series.  Ruthanna gives us a quick rundown of H.P. Lovecraft’s life and work, and we have a great time discussing The Whisperer in Darkness, starring our most gullible protagonist yet (and maybe some aliens???). Topics include: brains in jars, Star Trek vs Star Wars, Orlando Bloom, secret fish people ancestry, human skin suits, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, cutting-edge migraine treatments   Recommendations and References from Ruthanna and Rachel: Ruthanna’s Reading the Weird blog series on Tor.com, with Anne M. Pillsworth The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin The Laundry Files series by Charles Stross  All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts by Sonya Taaffe Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Seanan McGuire Nibedita Sen Nadia Bulkin   Content warning: animal death, body horror, racism, sexism, antisemitism ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★