the Paranormal Podcast

The Paranormal Podcast with Jim Harold (along with the Campfire) is one of my very favorites. Jim's guests run the gamut from ghost-hunters and psychics and reincarnation researchers to UFO experts and conspiracy theorists, and the podcast is always well worth a listen even if you're a hard-line skeptic. I think I've mentioned before how much I love Bob Curran's shows in particular (he's written books on zombies, vampires, and fairies in folklore--really fascinating stuff, not to mention incredibly inspiring for me as a fiction writer.) Anyway, I recorded a show with Jim last week and it's up today, so give it a listen! [Edit, 2013: Paranormal Podcast archives are available to Plus Club listeners only. Check out the Plus Club though, if you like the paranormal you'll find it a great value!]And in case you've found me through the podcast, I'll post some show notes of my own:My blog post on Keats' poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci is here.As for the dancing baby skeletons, you can find Mike McCormack's terrific novel Notes from a Coma on Amazon.com.The Petty Magic Cafepress shop is here [2013 edit: the shop is now closed], and here are some modeled shots:(With my friend Niki.)  'Misbehave, and I'll feed you to the mermaids.'

(My sister Kate and her boyfriend Elliot.) 'I may not be all that picky, but I draw the line at the clap' and 'Lord of the Slippy' (this is a compliment to the wearer; all is revealed in chapter 23!)

The clap, part 2.

My grandparents are wearing 'They don't call it the witching hour for nothing' (er, sorry, you can't actually see it) and 'troublemaker'.And now I'm off to London on a working holiday! I'll be keeping track of t-shirt contest entries, and will draw a name at random at the end of November. Thanks in advance for your interest, and I hope you enjoy my chat with Jim--and my novel too of course!