{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/625af2f74e4ecc0012102f4e/6a7bac0441d476dc7a7d84ba?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bookable Space with P.M. Raymond","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/625af2f74e4ecc0012102f4e/1786489823756-3627eee3-26a4-4a79-bcfb-8f24a8efa476.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode, of Bookable Space we’re joined by P.M. Raymond. P.M. reads from <em>Things are as They Should Be and Other Things to Die For. </em>It’s rich discussion about writing Southern gothic, what writing New Orleans makes possible, creating fictious places, crafting a short story collection, and more.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the book:</strong></p><p><strong>THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE <em>and other words to die for</em> </strong>is an interconnected Southern gothic noir journey from reconstruction New Orleans to a present-day Louisiana landscape of terror. Littered with transgressive messages and exploring the limits of greed and vengeance through the lens of race and gender, THINGS ARE AS THEY SHOULD BE unites the supernatural with human failings.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Bio:</strong></p><p>P.M. Raymond is an award-winning author from New Orleans. She is a 2025 Horror2Comic Semifinalist, 2024 Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland Award Winner, and 2024 Claymore Award and Killer Shorts Screenplay Finalist. Her work has appeared in <em>Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Writer's Digest, Punk Noir, </em>and <em>Dark Yonder</em>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Where to buy:</strong></p><p><a href=\"http://www.uncomfortablydark.com/shop\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Uncomfortably Dark Horror</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://bookshop.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bookshop.org</strong></a></p><p><strong>Your local library</strong></p><p><strong>Independent bookstores – my favorites include:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://quailridgebooks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Quail Ridge Books</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mcintyresbooks.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>McIntyre Books</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://malaprops.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Malaprops Bookstore</strong></a></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>&nbsp;<strong>About the Host</strong></p><p>Author of <em>Remembered</em> and <em>Curdle Creek</em>, Yvonne Battle-Felton is an award-winning novelist, academic, event host, and podcaster, and lives a literary life bringing people together over stories.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Yvonne Battle-Felton"}