Louisa, Please Come Home

An episode of the Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast podcast, hosted by Scott Kemper, titled "Louisa, Please Come Home" was published on July 16, 2020 and runs 81 minutes.

July 16, 2020 ·81m · Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

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Episode Description

Gwendolyn Kiste, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Rust Maidens, joins us to discuss, in-depth, the Shirley Jackson short story, "Louisa, Please Come." We also talk about the documentary Scream Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street, Doom Eternal, The Devil's City, PTSD Radio, and Spooky Michigan.

Gwendolyn's latest release is The Invention of Ghosts, a charitable chapbook benefiting the National Aviary. You can order the ebook directly from Nightscape Press or purchase on Amazon.

The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0.

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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