Shelter in Place 13: Steve Toase - To Drown in Dark Water

This time around on book tour, we're joined by Steve Toase (@stevetoase), whose collection, To Drown in Dark Water, releases on April 27th, 2021! After Steve reads a selection of flash stories from the collection, we talk about cosmic horror, organic servers, and the Munich art scene. Things we mention in the episode: Jordan Kurella's appearance on the show The Best Horror of the Year, volumes 6 and 11, edited by Ellen Datlow Stefan Koidl  Hazel Ang  Short Story Day "Terminus Post Quem," by Steve Toase Mad Scientist Journal  Analog  Dendrochronology  RFC (Request for Comments) April Fool's RFCs  Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol  IP over Avian Carriers  Whale fall  "The Silent Brush of Wings," by Steve Toase, in Three-Lobed Burning Eye Franz Marc  Der Blaue Reiter  Atelier  "Simplicity," by Wassily Kandinsky Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann Gladius Dei, by Thomas Mann Robert W. Chambers  M.R. James  our awful, racist uncle, Howard (Phillips Lovecraft)  Paul Klee  Cosmic horror  The King in Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers The Yellow Sign, by Robert W. Chambers Fortean Times Magazine  Harrogate, north Yorkshire Flint knapping  Silicosis  Asbestosis WARNING: some gross images on that wikipedia page Embodied Geographies, edited by Elizabeth Kenworthy Teather Steve's blog  Steve's newsletter  Steve's patreon    Join us again on April 16th, when our guest will be Nino Cipri!