The Rifle

<p>Author <a href="http://jeremyrobertjohnson.com/">Jeremy Robert Johnson</a> (<em>The Loop</em>) joins us in the Abyss to discuss Jack Ketchum's wicked and potent short story, "The Rifle," as well as the connections between violence and mental illness. Our weekly round-up segment includes reviews of <em>Nemesai</em> by Brian Keene and John Urbancik, <em>Repo Virtual</em> by Corey J. White, Villimey Mist's <em>Nocturnal Farm</em>, HBO's comedy series <em>The Righteous Gemstones</em>, Keith Rosson's <em>Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons</em>, <em>The Boatman's Daughter </em>by Andy Davidson, and Ronald Kelly's <em>Season's Creepings</em>. (<em>Recorded Dec. 13, 2020</em>) </p> <p>The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative <a href= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener undefined" data-content= "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" data-type= "external">Commons Attribution License 3.0</a>.</p> <p>Music: <a class="auto-generated-link" href= "https://www.purple-planet.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auto-recognition="true" data-content= "https://www.purple-planet.com" data-type= "external">https://www.purple-planet.com</a></p> <p>Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/IntoStaring">@intostaring</a> </p>