PseudoPod 658: I Hate All That Is Mine (http://pseudopod.org/2019/07/28/pp-658-i-hate-all-that-is-mine/)
Author: Leigh Harlen (http://pseudopod.org/people/leigh-harlen/)
Narrator: Heather N. Thomas (http://pseudopod.org/people/heather-thomas/)
Host: Alasdair Stuart (http://pseudopod.org/people/alasdair-stuart/)
“I Hate All That Is Mine” originally appeared in the anthology, Lost Films, published by Perpetual Motion Machine
Content Warning: Self harm, strong sexual themes
Show Notes
Title card music is “Coagula” by permission of Zeal & Ardor. We learned of this band when one of their albums appeared as a chapter heading for We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix. Click through for our interview with Grady for this book. All of those referenced albums were good, but Zeal & Ardor sunk their hooks in and wouldn’t let go. Their powerful mix of gospel, blues, and metal is mesmerizing. You owe it to yourself to check out at least “Blood in the River” and “Gravedigger’s Chant.”
The beanbag crunched and whooshed as Karla dropped into it. No one older than sixteen should have to sit in a beanbag, but she didn’t complain and did her best to get comfortable. While Hailey set up her movie, she rehearsed what she would say when it was over to cover how much she hated it. The camera work was really good. I loved the way you lit the room. That one shot was really striking. No, I’m not lying, I really liked it.
“This is going to floor you, I swear. It’s the best thing I’ve ever made.” Hailey’s hands trembled almost as much as her voice as she hooked up the cables between her laptop and the flat screen television mounted on the wall of her basement bedroom.
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