Storyological 1.19 - THE DEAD GIRL IN THE ROOM

Storyological

Storyological is a podcast about stories. In particular, short stories. In particular, any sort of short story that amazes us. Sometimes we talk about stories in Clarkesworld. Sometimes in Granta. Sometimes we talk about comics. Very occasionally we talk about films. Every episode, writers E.G Cosh and Chris Kammerud discuss how stories work and why they matter and what it is about these particular stories that we love more than anything.

In which we discuss

1. "Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan

2. "The Bog Girl" by Karen Russell, The New Yorker

along with, among other things...

That one Margo Lanagan collection, Black Juice
That one movie with a some famous slow motion, Chariots of Fire
The canon of crime and punishment
- That one story by Shirley Jackson, “The Lottery”
- That one episode where we discussed “Escape from Spiderhead” by George Saunders, THE ONLY BEAUTIFUL THING
That cognitive effect, learned helplessness
Pavlov
The science of torture

Karen Russell, on horror and humor
“The Bog Girl” as read by Karen Russell
Tim Burton
Love will tear us apart.
Films of less than real (or sometimes really real) girls
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Mannequin
- Air Doll[1]
- Her
P.G. Wodehouse
Girls are real people, too.
That one word for the hashtag, octothorpe.

[1]: Of note, this film stars the amazing Bae Doo-na, what you might recognize from the also awesome Sense 8