Inappropriate Conversations

Authorial Intent

(A Neosurrealist Revising a Will from His Death Bed)

The Author, 1979-1986

Part Time (March 13, 1986)

While this neo-surrealist, and formalist, short story dates back to 1986, it was World Storytelling Day 2016 that led me to read it out loud. 

#IC 181

Stop The Bleeding

It's definitely a cliche, but this is based on a true story.

Disappear Here

The concept of "reunion" can generate a very specific type of anxiety. For me, it has always been an underlying sense of wanting to be there and wanting to be invisible at the same time. That paradox has inspired essays, some short fiction, and this poem. 
"Disappear Here" (1989)

122: 'Past Tenths' of 'Disappear Here'

Old-School Thrillers Need To Rise From The Dead

For this perspective on how modern horror movies have squeezed out traditional thrillers, I've called the selection a 6-pack while sneaking in a few extras within the anthology film entry. The essay was written in 1999 and shared on an Inappropriate Conversations podcast in 2012. 

The films:
A Cold Night's Death
Carnival of Souls
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Scarlet Claw
The Other
Asylum
The House That Dripped Blood
Trilogy of Terror

#IC 103: The Thriller Is Gone

Well, It’s In The Bible

Solomon's Song Of Songs

Man: Greg
Woman: Karen
Friends: Laura

https://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/81-singing-a-song-for-lovers/

A Return of Sorts - 10 Areas Of Agreement

As I've noted in the (old, but) most recent Inappropriate Conversations podcasts, work-life balance and other issues have led to a pause in postings. Work-life balance has shifted again, recently. I can't say yet whether or when this will lead to new episodes of Inappropriate Conversations or Walk The Earth, but I do now that content will be starting to flow again. 

Starting today, I'm planning to post at regular intervals.
During what turned out to be a hiatus, I pulled the plug on promotional clips of past podcasts on SoundCloud. The IC_Greg account there is gone. That experience did lead me to create stand-alone files for some work, including speeches, poetry, and prose. 

I'll begin with "10 Areas of Agreement about Abortion" as a consolidation of a two-part podcast topic from 2011. Because our national dialog has not progressed much on the issue since the 1970s, the argument still seems somewhat fresh in spite of ignoring a decade of recent current events. 

Thanks for listening!