There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast

In which Carla shares her nonfiction five star reads of the past year, and celebrates Banned Books Week.bannedbooksweek.orgTheme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission.How to Support Cupcakes:Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io). Buy used books from the podcast's bookstore at Pango Books.Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books,Shop at libro.fm for audiobooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books, and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.And help support the podcast's Little Free Library! Info at theremightbecupcakes.com/starting-a-little-free-libraryBecome a supporter of this podcast: spreaker.com/podcast/support

In which Carla shares her five star reads of the past year, and talks about where she's been.Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission. How to Support Cupcakes: Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io), Buy used books from the podcast's bookstore at Pango Books.Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books,Shop at libro.fm for audiobooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books, and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.And help support the podcast's Little Free Library! Info at theremightbecupcakes.com/starting-a-little-free-libraryBecome a supporter of this podcast: spreaker.com/podcast/support

In which Carla shares one of Poe's more controversial and violent stories with you.Sources:Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Tales - BereniceBerenice – The Poe MuseumBerenice (short story) - WikipediaSouthern Literary Messenger - WikipediaA Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe, edited by J. Gerald KennedyTheme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission.    How to Support Cupcakes:  Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io),  Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books,Shop at libro.fm for audiobooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books,and please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.And help support the podcast's Little Free Library! Info at https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/starting-a-little-free-library/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/sup

In which Carla and her co-author and friend Robert Ford have fun and find cupcakes. Hope you do as well.Video version to follow shortly. Uninterrupted by ads on all feeds.List of Bob's worksrobertfordauthor.com: Instagram, BlueskyRattlesnake Kisses (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John BodenCattywampus (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John BodenWounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy by Bob Ford, John Boden, and Chad Lutzkethe beginning of Ruth Chew's series: The Wednesday Witchthe beginning of John Bellairs' Lewis Barnavelt series: The House with a Clock in Its WallsPrisoners of Cell Block H theme song thanks to archive.orgTales From the Dark Side opening creditsTheme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission.How to Support Cupcakes:Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io),Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books, https://bookshop.org/sh

In which Carla reenters the…why is it a house of leaves?Preorder Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781524747718Sources and references:The House of Leaves universe:House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, SpotifyThe Little Blue Kite by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781524747695The Collected Poetry of W. B. Yeats https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780684807317Atlanta Blood House:https://www.ranker.com/list/bleeding-house-georgia/jodi-smith https://www.trulyadventure.us/blood-house https://talkmurder.com/atlanta-blood-house/Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission.How to Support Cupcakes:Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io),Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Books & Books, https://bookshop.org/shop/theremightbecupcakesShop at lib

In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fourth and fifth episodes in the series). Remember, Mother loves you.The House of Leaves universe:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 
The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves 
Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, SpotifyDemented domiciles: the term I coined for houses in literature and movies for houses that are just Not Right. My favorite is Anne Rivers Siddons’ The House Next Door.Referenced and Recommended:Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural by Jessica Hamilton Ovid’s Metamorphoses Daphnis and Chloe by Longus Philip Larkin, The Complete PoemsPisces: https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2021/05/pisces-woman/The Seafarer: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-seafarer/The Battle of Maldon: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/battle-of-maldon/Homer’s OdysseyAeschylus's OresteiaEuripides’ Iphigenia in AulisThe Killing of a Sacred Deer Journey to the Center of t

In which Carla continues to explore the Navidson Record of House of Leaves, so that we may go deeper. Further down and further in. This is the third glow stick we have popped; we have two more, and much more darkness.The House of Leaves universe:House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Whalestoe Letters: From House of LeavesPoe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify, AmazonThe Cipher by Kathe Koja The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Illustrated Edition Slade House by David Mitchell Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Alice Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons Locke and Key vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Haunting of Hill House Audible, narrated by Bernadette Dunne We Have Always Lived in the Castle Audible, narrated by Bernadette Dunne Referenced works, sources, and recommended reading:Dante’s InfernoRainer Maria RilkeVirgil’s The AeneidM. C. EscherRikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling Being and Time by Martin

In which Carla recaps the second episode (Ergodic) in the series on the universe of the horror novel House of Leaves, so that we may go deeper. Further down and further in, cupcakes. This is the only map we have.The House of Leaves universe:House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Whalestoe Letters: From House of LeavesPoe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify, AmazonReferenced:The Griffin and Sabine Series by Nick Bantock:1. Griffin and Sabine2. Sabine’s Notebook3. The Golden Mean4. The Pharos GateNight Film by Marisha Pessl Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov The Annotated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle by Vladimir Nabokov Some of Ellen Hopkins’ prose poetry books:Tricks and TraffickBurned and SmokePerfectImpulseCrank, Glass, and FalloutThe Last House on the LeftGrave EncountersIn the Mouth of MadnessJoel-Peter Witkin: An Objective EyeSources:https://religionpopculture.home.blog/2019/04/21/exploring-labyrinths-and-voids-in-house-of-leaves/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/02/ho

Recap of the first episode in the series on the universe of the horror novel House of Leaves, so that we may go deeper. Further down and further in.The House of Leaves universe:House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Whalestoe Letters: From House of LeavesPoe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify, AmazonDemented domiciles: the term I coined for houses in literature and movies for houses that are just Not Right. My favorite is Anne Rivers Siddons’ The House Next Door.mentioned in the episode:  The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson  (second favorite, okay tied for favorite)The Divine Comedy I: Inferno by Dante Aligheri, translated by Robin Kirkpatrick Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission.How to Support Cupcakes:Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io), Paid members get ad-free episodes and pdf transcripts.Shop at Bookshop for physical books and ebooks, also supporting Judy Blume’s Boo

In which Carla returns to the haunted English coastline for Victorian Christmas ghost stories.Source: Strange Stories of Ghosts and Coincidence, ed. Arthur Conan Doyle https://archive.org/details/doyle-arthur-conan-et-al.-strange-stories-of-coincidence-and-ghostly-adventure-george-redway-1891Contents: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?369419 Alternative source: Doyle, Arthur Conan; Scott, Sir Walter. The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (pp. 180-193). Valancourt Books.Fenn Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?162372The Society for Psychical Research https://www.spr.ac.uk/about-sprW. W. Fenn: https://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=376 How to Support Cupcakes:Substack: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/accountand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes. Where to Find Cupcakes:Substack: http:/theremightbecupcakes.substack.comInstagram: @theremightbecupcakesReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakesBecome a supporte

In which Carla expands a horror movie project that began as a challenge from her best friend: what high-quality horror movies don't have gore?Originally broadcast November 9, 2021How to Support Cupcakes: Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RSubstack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes. Where to Find Cupcakes:Substack: http:/theremightbecupcakes.substack.comFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesInstagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahauntedReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakesGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/804047-there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast-groupBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.

In which Carla expands a horror movie project that began as a challenge from her best friend: what high-quality horror movies don't have gore?Originally broadcast July 2, 2017How to Support Cupcakes: Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RSubstack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes. Where to Find Cupcakes:Substack: http:/theremightbecupcakes.substack.comFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesInstagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahauntedReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakesGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/804047-there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast-groupBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.

In which Carla looks back over ten years of disability.plus: From the Pantry, originally episode 12, to honor what is missed: Driving, Dancing, and Pizza Hut Loop earplugs: loopearplugs.com will redirect you to your local siteRecommended and referenced reading:Bob Ford: official website: http://robertfordauthor.com, YouTube: Youtube Channel, Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/258046.Robert_FordThe God Beneath My Garden, short fiction: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781500437480Burner, intense novel, not for casual horror fans, many trigger warnings abound: https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Demons-Novellas-Robert-Ford-ebook/dp/B07YDY5LYQ/The Dead Pennies, novel (my favorite): https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781587679155Sylvia Plath: The Collected Poems: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780061558894 How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bw Substack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.comPatreon: htt

Talking about where I have been, plus:From the Pantry, originally episode 19, to honor the recent eclipse: In which Carla starts with Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game--Stephen King's planned In the Path of the Eclipse series—and explores folktales used to explain solar eclipses. It gets weird. Recommended and referenced reading:Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143809Gerald's Game by Stephen King  https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501144202Scarecrow Gods by Weston Ochse  https://www.amazon.com/Scarecrow-Gods-Weston-Ochse/dp/1929653956/Seal Team 666 by Weston Ochse hardcover at Bookshop:  https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250007353 /ebook at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/SEAL-Team-666-Weston-Ochse-ebook/dp/B0085UCZLE/Dante’s The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso—my recommended translation is by Robin Kirkpatrick, a leading expert on Dante. The meticulous notes are superb. This is the version translated by Kirkpatrick and illustrated by Eric Drooker: bookshop.org/a/

In which Carla celebrates the Twelve Days of Christmas by connecting M. R. James to Ash’s chainsaw.M. R. James adaptations listed at Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jwlZ Adaptations of this story: 1956: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-whistle-and-ill-come-to-you-1956-online only for those in the UK, or those using a VPN (BFI’s words, not mine) 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRGfEk0cnL4 2010: https://tubitv.com/movies/571582/m-r-james-whistle-and-i-ll-come-to-youCount Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039396The Haunted Doll’s House and The Complete Stories of M. R. James, Volume 2: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039921The Complete Stories of M. R. James, ebook https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ghost-Stories-M-James-ebook/dp/B07KFKKL48/Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Scotland's National Poet - the Bard of Ayrshire https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781387972753Rosemary Pardoe http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pard

Happy anniversary to all of us! Thank you for six years of cupcakes; you are the cupcakes I find on difficult days. I hope I have given you some.Show notes: In which Carla and Princess Jones Curtis from the Bye, Pumkin Podcast talk about being mysteriously early readers, the effect V. C. Andrews had on (mostly) the women of their generation, Paperbacks From Hell, Stephen King, how Carla’s earliest reading habits explain a lot, and how Judy Blume is still, well, perfect.Sources:All of the books discussed will be listed in the Substack, Patreon, and on the website after I catalog them all. Here’s Paperbacks From Hell by Carla’s buddy, Grady Hendrix. https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781594749810 Grady, if you know which Zebra book (it had to be Zebra) was about the evil child named Lucien, let me know. I have to reread it.To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit.com/bookclubs Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin class: starts June 6th, 2023 https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/132496771/quarantine-boo

Show notes:In which Carla tells the fairy tale within Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Sources:“The Fisherman and His Wife”, from Grimm, Wilhelm; Grimm, Jacob. The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9789176374559To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156907392To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit.com/bookclubs“The Charge of the Light Brigade”, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781400041879Referenced: The Blind Side https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blind-side There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/episodeshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwSubstack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes

Show notes: In which Carla updates the story of episode 21, Nine Days and Two Car Seats, which tells the story of the murder of Michael and Alex Smith, and updates what their murderer, her mother, Susan Smith, has been up to in the time since the murder. Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionSources:Beyond All Reason: My Life with Susan Smith by David Smith https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e7899e42-32db-4811-b91c-b3fd14ae703dSins of the Mother by Maria Eftimiades https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2135b4b0-7533-416e-b7d2-079570c17e1eDSM-V: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, Fifth Ed. by the American Psychiatric Association https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780890425763documentaries: Murder Made Me Famous: Susan Smith: What Happened?; Murder Made Me Famous: Susan Smith: Sex Behind Bars; Cellmate Secrets.Alfred Rowe’s sex offender registry: http://bit.ly/421v6eYViolated statute: https://scor.sled.sc.gov/OffenseCode.aspx?id=1

In which Carla shares lots of good news, and reads more Victorian horror for the holidays.Sources and Recommended Reading:The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (pp. 117-123) https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781943910564Ada Buisson on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18335715.Ada_BuissonBelgravia catalog archive: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000680041There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/episodeshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/Referenced Episodes:4: …And Things That Go Bump in the Night21: Nine Days and Two Car Seats35: Unexpected UVA Voices47: The Goblin and the Paw75: Holly Jolly ChristmasHow to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremigh

In which Carla explores the kerfuffle behind The Little Mermaid.Original story by Hans Christian Andersen begins at 19:22Recommended Reading:Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780763629953Disney: The Little Mermaid: The Film Script https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781645171522The Little Mermaid: The Classic Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781604333770The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales, the (Illustrated with Interactive Elements) https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780062692597The Little Mermaid movie https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0786936860764https://letterboxd.com/actor/halle-bailey/https://letterboxd.com/film/the-little-mermaid-2023/https://letterboxd.com/film/the-little-mermaid/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaidhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/phallus-purposely-added-artwork-little-mermaid-vhs-cover/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-aroused-minister/https://letterboxd.com/film/the-princess-and-the-frog/https://letterboxd.com/film/pocahontas/Iliza: The unrealis