Melissa Beaupré lives in Toronto,

where she works as a proofreader and copywriter. She once worked as a phonepsychic, and she has met the queen, who was totally unaffected by the 35degree celsius heat. She partially completed a PhD studying female heretics inthe middle ages, she fosters cats for the Toronto Cat Rescue, and she enjoysvideo games.

Melissa and Michael talk about tall tales, clinical depression, indigenous

identity, dancing, and the apocalypse.

Melissa’s Five Songs.

• Big Joe Mufferaw by
  Stompin' Tom Connors.
• The Becoming by Nine
  Inch Nails.
• Standing by VNV
  Nation.
• Sunset by Current 93.
• R.E.D. by A Tribe
  Called Red.