Today’s special episode is in two parts. In the second, I am joined by my friend, literary scholar and co-host of the Horror Vanguard podcast, Jon TheLitCritGuy. (He also makes YouTube videos!) It is SUCH a great interview!

But first, a story to begin exploring the question I’m pondering right now: What does Halloween signify in this time? A time of pandemic. Of nihilism. Of violent state repression. Of darkness and anxiety. Of ghosts of the things we’d rather not think about.

Inside the Text presents, “The Masque of the Red Death,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

MUSIC CREDITS:

• The Swamp, Loyalty Freak Music https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/WITCHY_BATTY_SPOOKY_HALLOWEEN_IN_SEPTEMBER_/The_Swamp_1569
  
• Glitterhater, CC BY, Computer Music All-Stars https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Computer_Music_All-Stars/CPlaylistsRandom/Glitterhater
  
• Psychout, CC BY, Computer Music All-Stars https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Computer_Music_All-Stars/CPlaylistsRandom/Psychout