Off Book #10 – Mick Garris and Adapting The Stand (1994)
No full treatment of The Stand would be complete without a look at Mick Garris’ landmark television adaptation. In 1994 he put together an adjacent epic, transforming 1300 pages into 8 hours of prime-...
22 Aug 202556min
249 – The End of the World As We Know It: Further Tales of The Stand (Part One)
The Summer of The Stand continues! We may have reached the final pages of the novel, but the power of its story expands ever outwards. Now we turn to the brand-new anthology of stories set in King...
19 Aug 20251h 42min
Let Us Palaver #4 – The Stand Debrief
The fourth Let Us Palaver Nat is all about The Stand and Randall Flagg, and how it all connects to The Dark Tower – all the stuff that Chris (and you virgin listeners) could not, should not, yet know....
15 Aug 202550min
The Dark Tower Deep Dive #4 – The Stand (Part Two)
So, the circle closes… for now. Here is the second and final part of our deep dive into Stephen King’s The Stand – the first of many major diversions on our way to The Dark Tower. Last time we...
12 Aug 20252h 27min
The Dark Tower Deep Dive #4 – The Stand (Part One)
Time for a side quest. Yes, this is the Dark Tower Readalong… you are not mistaken. But there are other worlds, and other books, and some of them have to be read for the fullest, most satisfying e...
5 Aug 20252h 13min
248 – Scott Carson & The Anticipation of the Bang!!
After we spent last week in the muck and mire, this episode takes us up where skies are blue. Just watch for the mushroom clouds. The guest is Scott Carson, pseudonym of thriller writer, Micha...
29 Jul 20251h 11min
247 – Daniel Kraus and Sentenced to Death
Daniel Kraus has never lacked for ambition in his fiction – but Angel Down may be the most audacious horror book of the year. It’s the story of broken men and a fallen angel in the trenches of the Fir...
22 Jul 20251h 15min
246 – Wendy Wagner & Scooby Doo On Mushrooms
Back on the trails for a mind-melting trip this week. Wendy Wagner is in the hot-seat, playing shaman as we discuss The Girl in the Creek – her brand new novel of fungoid-terror, eco-thrills and p...
15 Jul 20251h 24min
