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Send us Fan MailWhere does war happen--in our hearts or on our phones? We're discussing Luigi Pirandello's classic short story "War," along with propaganda, the torment nexus, and why we keep feeding kids to the metaphorical woodchipper. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "The Damnation of Faust Op. 24 - Hungarian March"Support the show

Send us Fan MailWE'RE BACK, DID YOU MISS USIt's the sixth fragment of the Canterbury Tales, and we're hanging with our buddy Chaucie while we learn about filial piety, fancast a Looney Tunes adaptation, and ponder the position of women in the collapsing Republic (not that one).As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "Medieval Dance Tunes Medly"Support the show

Send us Fan MailIt's our traditional Christmas Haunt, and we're joined by bestie of the pod Maddie Wood to discuss Charlotte Riddell's "A Strange Christmas Game"! Come crash the holiday party as we talk haunted estates, the nouveau riche, sword fights, bridge, and whether demolition is just as good as an exorcism. As always, we are:-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Joshua Spacht for our closing music, "Carol of the Night Bells."Support the show

Send us Fan MailIt's spooky season, and this year the tradwife life is the most haunted house of all! Join us as we explore "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's immortal, haunting tale of entrapment, madness, and marriage. As always, we are:-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Material Gurl for our closing music, "Bats in the Foundry."Support the show

Send us Fan MailPlease note: Zach would like everyone to know that he KNOWS Wodehouse's lovely wife was named ETHEL, not EDITH, and he misspoke! Forgive him, if you'll be so kind. We're indulging in a little Edwardian farce with the best to ever do it--humorist and all-around funny guy P.G. Wodehouse! Join us and cartoonist/author/also all-around funny guy Zach Weindersmith as we take a jaunt through the life and works of the creator of the immortal Jeeves and Wooster. As always, we are:-Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Sam Barsh for our closing music, Scott's PlanesSupport the show

Send us Fan MailSeason 2 finale! OMG!!If you want to keep up with us, go and subscribe at https://gracetodd.substack.com/ to stay in the loop!! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen.Org for our closing music, "A Curious Story" from Robert Schumann's Scenes From Childhood.Support the show

Send us Fan MailPride month never ends at Didn't Read It, and we're cruising into July with another "they definitely weren't roommates" literary classic--Rose Terry's haunting short story "My Visitation." New pal of the pod Kat Ray joins us to discuss when men deserve their snaps, whether the straights are okay, and the eternal allure of the lavender marriage. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Jess Versus (@jessversus on Instagram) for our perfect logo and other assorted beautiful artworks-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to JCar for our closing music, "The Last Goodbye"Support the show

Send us Fan MailIt's the 4th of July, and we're feeling real weird about it!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "Bullets and Bayonets"Support the show

Send us Fan MailToni, our resident medievalist gal about town, has returned to give us more of that sweet sweet Chaucer content!! In the Fifth Fragment, we're talking about storytelling, promises you shouldn't have to keep, and even more Terrible Medieval Husbands. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "Medieval Dance Tunes Medly"Support the show

Send us Fan MailSpring is bleeding into summer and we're attending a perfectly innocent garden party where nothing bad happens to anyone! Join us as we explore Katherine Mansfield's complex little tale of Edwardian New Zealand and try to decide which articles of clothing, exactly, would convince us to abandon our sense of decency. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Shimmer for our closing music, "The Life of a Rose."Support the show

Send us Fan MailIt's a holiday weekend and we're celebrating by diving into more oldey-timey raunchy literature! Join us and new friend of the pod Kathleen Lubey, author of What Pornography Knows, as we dive into Eliza Haywood's racy and transgressive novella "Fantomina"! If you'd like to hear more from Kathleen, you can find her at https://www.kathleenlubey.com/ or on Instagram @kathylubey. Go check out her book! It's really cool! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Wicked Cinema for our closing music, "A Game of Chess."Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe New Yorker turned 100 this year, and so we're taking a trip through the archives to explore the first (not so great) year of fiction published by the magazine, discuss the legacy of early fiction editor Katherine White, and more! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Dresden, the Flamingo for our closing music, "Good Ol' Days."Support the show

Send us Fan MailPal of the pod Ty Phelps is back to take us on a tour through Tove Jansson's short fiction, wax rhapsodic about the Moomin books, and decide whether we're all just the figments of a squirrel's imagination. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Joshua Spacht for our closing music, "Feeling Nostalgic."Support the show

Send us Fan MailSomething's rotten in this apartment building!Join us as we explore Richard Matheson's unsettling sci-fi classic "Shipshape Home" and dive into housing anxiety, risking a lobotomy to prove a point, and the eternal dismissiveness of 1950s husbands.As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Mikey Geiger for our closing music, "Soy Boy Spaceship."Support the show

Send us Fan MailIS everyone crazy but me???We're exploring Shirley Jackson's incredible (and unfortunately relatable) short story "Colloquy"--join us as we commiserate over the state of the world, talk about the Bad Old Days, and decide if we've actually lost it after all. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Fantoms for our closing music, "Morocco in my Head."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe're diving into the bonds between military men, enticing accents, and the dangers of the high seas with Jake Phillips from The Cultured Bumpkin! Join us as we explore Arthur Quiller-Couch's "The Roll Call of the Reef," Manfluencers, Boulder-Tumbling Weather, and more. If you'd like to see more of Jake's work, check him out at The Cultured Bumpkin on YouTube, Instagram, & Tiktok!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Fare Ye Well for our closing music, "Come All You Warlike Seamen."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe've had technical difficulties! This is a re-post of an old episode to buy us time to vanquish the computer gremlins. Wish us luck and enjoy this throwback episode!!With love and panic, XOXO,The DRI Team Support the show

Send us Fan MailGumshoes! Dead chauffeurs! Fake bookstores! We're diving into the noir world of Raymond Chandler as Marilyn Drew Necci takes us on a journey through "The Big Sleep."You can find Drew's weekly column at The Auricular: https://www.theauricular.com/ or you can find her on BlueSky at @annihilatethisweek.bsky.social As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to LNDÖ for our closing music, "Hit the Streets."Support the show

Send us Fan MailGumshoes! Dead chauffeurs! Fake bookstores! We're diving into the noir world of Raymond Chandler as Marilyn Drew Necci takes us on a journey through "The Big Sleep."You can find Drew's weekly column at The Auricular: https://www.theauricular.com/ or you can find her on BlueSky at @annihilatethisweek.bsky.social As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to LNDÖ for our closing music, "Hit the Streets."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe're diving into Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (1897), F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" (1922), and Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu" (2024) to look at the translation of the OG vampire from page to screen to screen--from the peak of the British Empire, through the Weimar Republic, to whatever the hell it is we're living through now. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Dresden, The Flamingo for our closing music, "I Married Dracula (By Accident)."Support the show

Send us Fan MailPart Two! We're finishing "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and talking about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's life, his time in the United States, and how censorship does and doesn't work today--join us and new pal Goad Gatsby as we finish our march through the steppes. If you'd like to see more of Goad, you can find him on Bluesky @goad.bsky.social or subscribe to his newsletter at https://goad.ghost.io/As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Federico Ferrandina for our closing music, "Russian Walz."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe're diving into the cheerful, cheerful world of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and his classic novel of the Soviet gulags, "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"--join us and new pal Goad Gatsby as we meditate on the importance of lunch and not licking other people's leftovers. If you'd like to see more of Goad, you can find him on Bluesky @goad.bsky.social or subscribe to his newsletter at https://goad.ghost.io/As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Federico Ferrandina for our closing music, "Russian Walz."Support the show

Send us Fan Mail50 Shades of Spanking! Join us for our Valentine's Day Spectacular as we explore the thrills of Anne Rice's naughty riff on the famous fairy tale, as well as censorship, fantasy, and a little V-Day game. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Jess Versus (on Instagram @jessversus) for our incredible logo and assorted works of art-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Wicked Cinema for our closing music, "A Love Story."Support the show

Send us Fan MailEverything old is new again! Join us and special guest Cat Baab (https://poecansaveyourlife.substack.com/) as we explore the quiet radicalism in the life and works of Susan Glaspell, starting with her classic short story, "Pollen."As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Rêves Français for our closing music, "Pont Marie."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe're talking about the age-old tensions between fine art, needing to eat, and deciding whether selling out is worth it as we discuss Roald Dahl's 1952 short story, "Skin."If you would like to find more of Jess's work, check her out on Instagram! You can find her and her art @JessVersus **NOTE: In the episode I refer to both Chaim Soutine and a character based on him as being from Russia, when in fact, Soutine was from Belarus, which was part of the Russian Empire at the time but is in fact a distinct place and culture!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Rêves Français for our closing music, "Pont Marie."Support the show

Send us Fan MailInfidelity! True crime obsessions! Mistaken identities! David Timberline joins us to discuss Anthony Shaffer's "Murderer," the consequences of getting too into true crime, and more! If you enjoyed David, you can find him on his podcast, "Chasing Phantom," about the longest running Broadway shows in history. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to CJ-O dot org for our closing music, "The Skeptic."Support the show

Send us Fan MailPart Two!We're BACK in the swing of things with resident Medievalist gal-about-town, Toni, to take a ride through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--and to discuss the, ah, somewhat polarizing A24 adaptation. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen dot org for our closing music, "Amicus Meus."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe're BACK in the swing of things with resident Medievalist gal-about-town, Toni, to take a ride through Sir Gawain and the Green Knight--and to discuss the, ah, somewhat polarizing A24 adaptation. As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen dot org for our closing music, "Amicus Meus."Support the show

Send us Fan Mail2025 is here and we are not! Ready! So join us on a meandering adventure through "Smilin' Jack and the Daredevil Girl Pilot," an extremely silly bit of WW2 propaganda for kids. Nazis! Planes! Dames! What more could you ask for? As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Lady Liberty for our closing music, "The Cat's Pajamas."Support the show

Send us Fan MailOur second Holiday Haunt! A woman spending Christmas alone has a rather unexpected visitor in Rosemary Timperley's sweet-but-spooky holiday ghost story. See you in the new year!XOXOSupport the show

Send us Fan MailHappy Holidays and a Festive Winter Season to all! For our first Holiday Haunt, we're reading Margery Lawrence's "The Man Who Came Back," in which a Christmas party takes a sudden turn when a medium is invited to perform a seance--and all the guests may not be as innocent as they appear.Regular episodes will resume in the new year!XOXOSupport the show

Send us Fan MailWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Beloved friend of the pod Leigh is back to talk about moms hitting the wall, the Ethels we all have in our lives, and how truly insulting a gift can really be as we discuss Maeve Binche's "This Year It Will Be Different." As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Dr. Delight for our closing music, "You Broke My Heart."Support the show

Send us Fan MailComedian Hannah Land joins us to talk about L.P. Hartley, daddy issues, Santa Claus, and why we spend so much time trying to kill Daddy Santa as we discuss Hartley's ghostly Christmas short story, "Someone in the Lift"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Thorr for our closing music, "Slay Bells."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!PART TWO! The holidays are nearly here, and the world is maybe ending, we're not sure! Either way, things are getting kind of stressful!!With that in mind, we're diving into a little escapism, as a treat--take a break from the world and hang out with us in Austen's first-ever novel, "Northanger Abbey"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Moments for our closing music, "Restless Sleep."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWant to help support the show? Buy a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!The holidays are nearly here, and the world is maybe ending, we're not sure! Either way, things are getting kind of stressful!!With that in mind, we're diving into a little escapism, as a treat--take a break from the world and hang out with us in Austen's first-ever novel, "Northanger Abbey"!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram -Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Moments for our closing music, "Restless Sleep."Support the show

Send us Fan MailTy Phelps is with us again, and we're getting to the bottom of 90's ironic wolf tees, what nonfiction really means, and the works & career of controversial Canadian Farley Mowat!We HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Mississippi Lightnin' for our closing music, "Rambler Blues."Support the show

Send us Fan MailToni, our resident medievalist gal about town, has returned to give us more of that sweet sweet Chaucer content!! In the Fourth Fragment, we're talking Mawwiage: What Bwings Us Togevver, and what tears us apart. Wily Wives and Horrific Husbands abound!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to MusOpen for our closing music, "Medieval Dance Tunes Medly"Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Pod bestie Will is back to tell us about Vernon Lee's tale of Italian succubi and academics with no sense of self-preservation! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Dark Hour for our closing music, "Falls."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Beloved of the show Jessica Camilli (@Rapid.Eyes , https://rapideyes.art/) returns for a tale of witchcraft, transformation, and feminine revenge! Join us as we explore Alicia Ramsey's spellbinding 1919 short story, "A Modern Circe."As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Tiger Grant for our closing music, "Top Dog."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!It's a bloody good time with our official Vampire Correspondent, Galen, as we help ourselves to Mary Helene Fortune's delicious tale of forbidden appetites and uterine fury, "The White Maniac." As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Moments for our closing music, "Haunted Romance."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Frisky flappers and undead trad wives abound in May Sinclair's "The Nature of the Evidence"--join Grace & new pal of the pod Benjamin Braman as they explore this tale of ghostly marital trouble and a hauntingly bad time in bed. If you'd like more of Benjamin, check him out on Instagram @drjamin!! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Material Gurl for our closing music, "Ghoul's Night Out."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Mary Shelley: the gothic queen of our hearts, the immortal creator of Frankenstein herself. But what about the time she decided to end the world? Join Grace and Maddie Wood as they explore VOLUME TWO of Mary Shelley's "The Last Man," the first piece of modern apocalypse fiction and a wild ride of betrayal, politics, and plague!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to JCar for our closing music, "The Hunted."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Mary Shelley: the gothic queen of our hearts, the immortal creator of Frankenstein herself. But what about the time she decided to end the world? Join Grace and Maddie Wood as they explore VOLUME TWO of Mary Shelley's "The Last Man," the first piece of modern apocalypse fiction and a wild ride of betrayal, politics, and plague!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to JCar for our closing music, "The Hunted."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Mary Shelley: the gothic queen of our hearts, the immortal creator of Frankenstein herself. But what about the time she decided to end the world? Join Grace and Maddie Wood as they explore Mary Shelley's "The Last Man," the first piece of modern apocalypse fiction and a wild ride of betrayal, politics, and plague!As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to JCar for our closing music, "The Hunted."Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!It's Part Two! We're doing queer crimes! We're learning about Jacobean moral panics! We're all falling head over heels for Moll Cutpurse! Join us for our gayest & most double-entendre-laden episode yet as we explore Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker's 1611 cross-dressing farce, "The Roaring Girl"! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Wicked Cinema for our closing music, "Kings and Queens." Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!We're doing queer crimes! We're learning about Jacobean moral panics! We're all falling head over heels for Moll Cutpurse! Join us for our gayest & most double-entendre-laden episode yet as we explore Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker's 1611 cross-dressing farce, "The Roaring Girl"! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Wicked Cinema for our closing music, "Kings and Queens." Support the show

Send us Fan MailWE ARE BACK for SEASON TWO!!!!We HAVE MERCH! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!We're drinking a fine vintage! We're cruising in the catacombs! We're being baited into questionable decisions by our own egos! Join us and pal of the pod Michael Smith as we discuss Poe's chilling revenge tale "The Cask of Amontillado," and help us kick season two off with a (sinister) bang!XOXOAs always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books 2.0"-Thankful to Cody Martin for our closing music, "Royal Catacombs." Support the show

Send us Fan MailSeason One has drawn, more or less, to a close! We'll be posting intermittently for the rest of July & August, and then be back with SEASON TWO in September!In the meanwhile, here's some silly nonsense for your summer enjoyment. Back soon! <3 Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH NOW! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!Queer besties! Sinister Plots! Cousin Marriage! Part THREE of our series on the OG Regency romance, Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books"-Thankful to Shimmer for our closing music, "Storyteller." Support the show

Send us Fan MailWe HAVE MERCH NOW! Help support the show with a rad shirt or mug or sticker!!!MORE scandal! MORE Horse Girl Content! MORE Bridgerton Inspiration! Part TWO of our series on the OG Regency romance, Georgette Heyer's "Regency Buck"! As always, we are: -Asking with all the love in our hearts that you leave us a review or tell a friend about the show <3-Accepting friends @didntreadit on Instagram & Twitter-Accepting nemesis applications at [email protected] academic scrutiny at didntreaditpod.com-Thankful to Black Iris Social Club for use of their beautiful space-Thankful to William Albritton for our incredible theme song, "Books"-Thankful to Shimmer for our closing music, "Storyteller." Support the show