Podcasts – Wicked Little Blog

I know I’ve been MIA for the last couple of weeks!

Finals hit me pretty hard with all the studying and paper writing and procrastination. My brain was so fried that even when I sat down to write something about Pet Sematary I couldn’t form full thoughts or ideas. I was going to write a review of the movie, but I think the following conclusion: not only was my brain beyond exhausted from finals, but I am also just not excited enough about the film to write about it – and that should be all the review you need.

I graduated May 4th, 2019 (two days ago from the time I’m writing this). It hasn’t fully hit me yet that I will not be returning to college in the fall, but I’m already feeling the relief of having no homework. Now that I’m done I have an ever growing list of things I want to accomplish this summer. One of those goals is to really get this blog going. I’ve been more active on it the last few months that I had been since I first started it for class sophomore year, but I’m not doing nearly as much as I can and want to do. I want this to be a space for horror lovers, feminists, LGBT+ people, and anyone who feels like a little bit of a weirdo in their world. Right now I’ve focused mainly on horror movies/podcasts/TV shows, but I have several ideas I’m working on that I think will help better expand the horror world that I am hoping create.

I also have several other projects that I’m working on/about to start working on involving writing and creating. I would also like to start involving the any type of audience I’ve built (even if it’s just one or two people), and start curating lists: movie suggestions, podcast suggestions, book suggestions, etc. both horror and non-horror. I have ideas for Pride Month, and I’m making my first plea for audience involvement:

Send me your favorite queer/LGBT+ horror movie suggestions. You can email me at wickedlittleblog@gmail.com or DM on our Instagram account @wickedlittleblog. In the subject of emails please include “Pride Recommendations” in the subject!

I’ll be posting a review soon, and also I will be keeping you more updated on my actual life and the projects that I am working on and their progress. To anyone who is actually reading at this point in my blog’s life span, thank you so much and I would so appreciate if you would share this with any and all friends that would be interested!

NoSleep, no problems!

The NoSleep Podcast has been around for a long time, and so I’m sure that there have been many people many times who have written blog posts, articles, and what have you’s about the horror anthology 18955 podcast. The thing that I love so much about this podcast is that they showcase writers at literally every level. There are people whose first story was literally for the podcast, and people who have gone on to have novels published. It’s all inclusive, and all encompassing of the many facets of the broad umbrella of “horror”.

NoSleep started out as forum to bring to life the top stories on the Reddit subforum “NoSleep”. It has since evolved into so much more, and authors can now submit stories through email for consideration. One of the things that I think is so fascinating about the NoSleep podcast is its unique format. Every episode has at least two stories that are available to the public, making each free/public episode at least one hour long. In order to get the full, over two hour long episode, people can buy “season passes”. You can purchase individual episodes or the entire season, but if you’re a broke college kid like me don’t worry! The NoSleep podcast, as I said, offers at least two of their stories from each episode as their own individual episode for free.

The NoSleep show runner is David Cummings, and they have 30+ voice actors that contribute to the podcast from all different walks of life.

On a more personal, less informationy note:

The thing that I have come to appreciate so much about this podcast is the way that people are exposed to every subgenre of horror. There are stories about creatures, killers, demons, and so many more. If you want to be unsettled, darkly delighted, or anything in between there will always be an episode for you. I’ve been listening long enough now that I even have my favorite voice actors, and am learning to identify their names! (I realize that there is no way top put emojis, but picture that laughing crying face emoji here…)

I have even submitted my own story to them, and I plan to work on and submit more.

I think I will start posting some more specific reviews/discussions of the individual episodes eventually. Right now they are at the end of their 10th season, and so I will probably wait until the 11th season starts up to do this.

Below are some links you might like!

As always: keep it horrifying, friends.

NoSleep: http://bit.ly/2rG6dVw

NoSleep Reddit: http://bit.ly/2wxwriI

Wiki: http://bit.ly/2rDR7A1