There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast

In which Carla celebrates the season by once again celebrating a Victorian horror author, as the Victorians would wish us to do in this season of darkness and cheer. Sources and References: Books by Charlotte Riddell available from Project Gutenberg Books by Mrs. J. H. Riddell available from archive.org Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission. How to...

In which Carla reenters the…why is it a house of leaves? Sources 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 , Spotify Starling House, Alix E. Harrow https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250799067 House of Windows by John Langan and Adam Levill https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781682308110 The...

In which Carla shares her nonfiction five star reads of the past year, and celebrates Banned Books Week. bannedbooksweek.org 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....

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...

In which Carla shares one of Poe's more controversial and violent stories with you. Sources: Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Tales - Berenice Berenice – The Poe Museum Berenice (short story) - Wikipedia Southern Literary Messenger - Wikipedia A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe , edited by J. Gerald Kennedy Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used wi...

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 works robertfordauthor.com : Instagram , Bluesky Rattlesnake Kisses (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John Boden Cattywampus (Knucklebucket) by Bob Ford and John Boden Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancho...

In which Carla reenters the…why is it a house of leaves? Preorder Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781524747718 Sources 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 , Spotify The Little Blue Kite by Mark Z. Danielewski  https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781...

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 , Spotify Demented domiciles: the term I coined for hou...

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. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”:  Apple ,  Spotify ,  Amazon The Cipher  by Ka...

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. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”:  Apple ,  Spotify ,  Amazon Referenced: The Griffi...

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. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple , Spotify , Amazon Demented domiciles: the term I coined for houses in literature and movies for houses that...

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-1891 Contents:  https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?369419   Alternative source: Doyle, Arthur Conan; Scott,...

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, 2021 How to Support Cupcakes:  Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Substack:  http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakes and please vi...

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, 2017 How to Support Cupcakes:  Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Substack:  http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakes and please visit...

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 site Recommended and referenced reading: Bob Ford: official website: http://robertfordauthor.com , YouTube: Youtube Channel , Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2...

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/6560/9...

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=DRGfEk0cn...

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 earlies...

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/6560/9789176374559 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156907392 To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit....

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 permission Sources: Beyond All Reason: My Life with S...

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/6560/9781943910564 Ada Buisson on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18335715.Ada_Buisson Belgravia catalog archive: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000680041 The...

In which Carla explores the kerfuffle behind The Little Mermaid. Original story by Hans Christian Andersen begins at 19:22 Recommended Reading: Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780763629953 Disney: The Little Mermaid: The Film Script https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781645171522 The Little Mermaid: The Classic Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781604333770 The Little...

In which Carla discusses the current eating disorder drama and pain in reality tv, her history with an eating disorder, and revisits her interview with Eli Sirota for National Eating Disorders Week. Suggested reading material: Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780142415573 The Best Little Girl in the World, by Steven Levenkron https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3b...

In which Carla revisits her first episode and updates it, to celebrate five years of podcasting. Guest visit: Bye, Pumkin Podcast: Surlesque and Lisa’s Angels: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bye-pumkin-936759/episodes/surlesque-and-lisas-angels-142924068 Greg Behrendt is Uncool: “There Might Be Cake”: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/there-might-be-cake/453250524?i=453250561&itsct=music_bo...

In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fifth episode in the series). Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768 The Whalestoe Letters: From...