Bonus - Interview with Scott Savino
Get to know the writer behind one of our more recent chilling pieces—Scott Savino, author of “The Man Who Stalks Between the Grave,” featured in GRAVE.
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Bonus - Interview with Liesl Matzka
In one of our last bonus interviews (in audio format), our supporting producer and frequent contributor, Taara Rangan chats with author (and former roommate), Liesl Matzka about her piece, Beneath the Surface, which was recently featured in FAIRY TALE. They discuss a formative love for mythology, writing from the perspective of a child, and creating complex characterization. Check it out!
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Bonus - Interview with Jeff Baker and Phantom of the Cinema Excerpt
Nicole and recently featured author, Jeff Baker, have a quick creator chat about his piece, "Something in the Dark," and discuss everyday eeriness, writing what you know, and building a regular writing process. After this mini-interview, we have a quick excerpt from our Patreon movie review of Netflix's "Hold the Dark."
Check out Jeff’s Facebook page and weekly column, as well as some of the sites he contributes to and follows, including Queer SciFi (X) and Friday Flash Fics.
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Bonus - Interview with Ari Reider and Nicole Penrod
Shriya sits down with "Carmen Deer" writer and voice actor, Ari Reider, and voice actor, Nicole Penrod. Together they discuss existential fears, marginalized identities within the genre and format, complicated queer heroes, and more.
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Bonus - Interview with Lucian Clark
Creator of GenderTerror.com (@itsGenderTerror) and recent contributor, Lucian Clark, sits down with Shriya to discuss their piece, "The Bag" and the importance of LGBTQ+ narratives and creators in the horror genre.
You can find Lucian’s book here, and their Gaymer X interview here.
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Bonus - Interview with Nicholas Vines
How can music TRANSFORM the ordinary to something unsettling? Australian composer, Nicholas Vines, has beamed in from the other side of the world to discuss his recently featured album, "Hipster Zombies From Mars." Together, Nicholas and our producer Shriya, explore how sounds can disrupt audience expectations and celebrate difference.
You can listen to and download “Hipster Zombies From Mars” here, listen to more music by Nicholas Vines here and here, and read more about the album and Nicholas here and here.
We are still currently seeking submissions for episode 15 and beyond—be sure to check out our updated themes.
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Bonus - Interview with Julian Lopez
Julian Lopez is a Portland-based visual artist and writer. His poetry and voice acting have been frequently featured on our podcast, most recently in Episode 11, NATURE. Our producer Nicole and Julian discuss his artistic process, themes of memories and trauma, surrealist imagery, and the complexities of darkness.
We are still currently seeking submissions for our fall 2018 episodes and beyond—be sure to check out our updated themes.
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Bonus - Interview with Venus
Returning contributor, Venus, discusses her works "Lossless" and "It Gets Better." In a powerful and honest conversation, she and our producer, Nicole, address the homophobic discrimination that inspired her second piece. Their conversation covers emotions as ranging as monstrous anger, frustration with consolation, and gay righteousness.
We are still currently seeking submissions for Halloween episode and beyond. Consider submitting today!
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Bonus - Interview with Ada Dela Cruz
From Filipina moms, campus cats, and misunderstood monsters—our producer, Nicole, discusses our latest featured piece "Little Leap of Logic" with author and student Ada Dela Cruz. They discuss the inspirations of the piece, the characters, and possible web comic adaptations.
We are still currently seeking submissions for our August through October episodes. Consider submitting today!
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Bonus - Interview with Lindsay Holt
Our producer Nicole talks with "Song of Serena" author Lindsay Holt, who was featured in our May episode, CREATURES. They discuss the horror of Animorphs, mermaid world building, and owning your bisexuality.
We are still currently seeking submissions for our July-October episodes. Consider submitting today!
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Bonus - Interview with Taara Rangan
Taara Rangan is a repeat MOutC contributor, as both a writer and a voice actor. She and our producer Shriya discuss her most recent piece, the audio play, "Lossless" from our most recent episode HAUNT. In a very giggly interview, they cover Bury Your Gays, South Asian LGBTQ+ identity, crying while voice acting, and more.
Our next full fiction episode, CREATURES, will be released May 29th.
We are still currently seeking submissions for our July episode. Consider submitting today!
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Bonus - Interview with Lucille Valentine
Lucille Valentine is a voice actor ("The Six Disappearances of Ella McCray," forthcoming), writer, sound designer, and soon-to-be podcast producer. Her audio play, “Garden” was recently featured in our latest episode, SECRETS. In her interview, Lucy discusses podcasting, representation, and the feminism of witches with our producer, Nicole.
For the full list of Lucy's podcast recommendations, click HERE.
Bonus - Interview with Cero Lopez
Following our episode on FATE, our producer, Shriya, talks with featured author Cero Lopez about astrology, sexually transmitted monsters, and DnD.
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Get involved with our show - consider submitting your LGBTQ+ horror fiction to be featured on our show! We are currently seeking submissions for JOURNEYS due March 4th.
Bonus - Interview with Anthony Hudson
In this special interview, artist and performer Anthony Hudson (aka Portland’s premiere drag clown, Carla Rossi) and producer Nicole Calande discuss their worst fears, sleep paralysis, and the QUEER HORROR film series that Carla Rossi hosts.
Learn more about QUEER HORROR (@queerhorrorpdx, queer-horror.com) and Carla (@thecarlarossi), and check out their original artwork by Jason Edward Davis (@jasonedwarddavis).
If you're in the Portland, OR area, get your tickets for the Feb 14th Queer Horror screening of "Bride of Chucky" here!
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Bonus - Interview with Mason Brubaker
Producer Shriya Venkatesh talks with Mason Brubaker about heritage, monstrous feelings, and witch markets in Austin, Texas. Mason is the author of "The Well" featured in Episode 2 "Roots." She is also the author of "The Mera Triptypch."
You can find out more about Mason on Twitter.
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Submissions for Episode 4 FATE are due December 29th. Consider sending us some fiction, poetry, music, or even visual art!
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Bonus - Interview with Ross Crean
It’s important to everyone here at Monsters Out of the Closet that we support our artists, especially through our platform, so we’re thrilled to have our recent composer, Ross Crean (he/they), in conversation about his opera “The Great God Pan,” which was featured in our first episode HALLOWEEN.
Check out Ross’ website, Facebook, SoundCloud, and the album for “The Great God Pan”.
Our next full fiction episode ROOTS will air on November 24th, and our next fiction submission cutoff for is November 26th for December's episode. Find our full calendar here.
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