Sam Rebelein and Mike Alvarez Return‪!‬ Goddard in the World

Warning: SPOILERS ABOUND in this episode! 
Sam Rebelein and Mike Alvarez are back for an appropriately Halloween-y episode! Last time we talked about their horror inspirations; this time we’re talking about their recent (October 2023) book publications!
We talk about their books individually and together: how and why they use body horror to enhance their narratives; monsters as metaphors for grief, loss, and trauma; and the act of writing itself and how it can retraumatize or heal the writer. 
If you’re anti-spoiler DON’T listen to this podcast until you buy the books (spoiler: they’re worth it). If you don’t mind spoilers, take a listen and buy the books anyway!
 
Snag Edenville and check out Sam’s other work: https://www.srebelein.com/
 
Snag Mike’s Unraveling direct from the publisher: https://www.routledge.com/Unraveling-An-Autoethnography-of-Suicide-and-Renewal/Alvarez/p/book/9781032346519
 
Recommendations
Transformative Language Arts Network: tlanetwork.org
Books:
Kathryn Harrison, The Kiss
R.L. Stine, Goosebumps series
Louise DeSalvo, Writing as a Way of Healing
Movies & TV
Jeepers Creepers, Victor Salva
The Babadook, Jennifer Kent
Hereditary, Ari Aster
Fargo (Season 2), FX, Noah Hawley 
Video Games:
The Last of Us
The Witcher 3
God of War