Shelf Life: Bitter Karella

Skye talks with writer Bitter Karella about the psychosis of Californian Republicans, getting lost in the woods, the pursuit of themes, what the big tits signify, and her first full-length novel, Moonflow.This episode's reading list:"More Than 200 Dead Bodies Have Been Left Behind on Mount Everest, and Many Mark the Path to the Summit," Rachel Nuwer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-than-200-dead-bodies-have-been-left-behind-on-mount-everest-and-many-mark-the-path-to-the-summit-146904416/"Baader-Meinhof Wagen," https://www.baader-meinhof.com/baader-meinhof-wagen/Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: https://www.bitterkarella.com/midnightpals/You Weren't Meant to Be Human, Andrew Joseph White: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-Werent-Meant-to-Be-Human/Andrew-Joseph-White/9781668038079What I was thinking was an SNL skit was actually "Crippling Levels of Manliness" by CollegeHumor: https://youtu.be/wogb2ctOfV4?si=5vcqvSFO3loUeULf"The Call of Cthulhu," H. P. Lovecraft: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspxStalker (1979), Andrei TarkovskyNothing But Trouble (1991), Dan AykroydAnnihilation, Jeff Vandermeer: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374104092/annihilation/The Ring (2002), Gore VerbinskiThe Shining, Stephen King: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/92991/the-shining-by-stephen-king/"The Midnight Meat Train," Clive Barker: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/338960/clive-barkers-books-of-blood-1-3-by-clive-barker-with-an-afterword-by-grady-hendrix/A Song for the End, Kit Power: https://horrifictales.co.uk/premium-novellas/a-song-for-the-end/Chasers, Mariah Darling & Eve Harms: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasers-mariah-darling/1146273289These Kids Are Not Alright, T. L. Bodine: https://bookshop.org/p/books/these-kids-are-not-alright/8822374a4fd6ad52?ean=9781737465034Wife Shaped Bodies, Laura Cranehill: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wife-Shaped-Bodies/Laura-Cranehill/9781668098103City Infernal, Edward Lee: https://www.cemeterydance.com/edward-lee.html