Lovecraft’s The Whisperer in Darkness: A Conversation with Author Ruthanna Emrys

<p>Today we have a special guest: Ruthanna Emrys, author of the neo-Lovecraftian Innsmouth Legacy series.  Ruthanna gives us a quick rundown of H.P. Lovecraft’s life and work, and we have a great time discussing The Whisperer in Darkness, starring our most gullible protagonist yet (and maybe some aliens???).</p> <p>Topics include: brains in jars, Star Trek vs Star Wars, Orlando Bloom, secret fish people ancestry, human skin suits, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, cutting-edge migraine treatments</p> <p> </p> <p>Recommendations and References from Ruthanna and Rachel:</p> <p>Ruthanna’s Reading the Weird blog series on Tor.com, with Anne M. Pillsworth</p> <p>The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle</p> <p>Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed</p> <p>The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers</p> <p>Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin</p> <p>The Laundry Files series by Charles Stross </p> <p>All Our Salt-Bottled Hearts by Sonya Taaffe</p> <p>Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne</p> <p>Seanan McGuire</p> <p>Nibedita Sen</p> <p>Nadia Bulkin</p> <p> </p> <p>Content warning: animal death, body horror, racism, sexism, antisemitism</p>