Episode 38: The Cask of Amontillado

In this episode we discuss the 1846 short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. You can read it online.

Content warnings for strong language as well as character death, dread, fear of being entombed alive, claustrophobia, asphyxia, mentions of Harvey Weinstein, misogyny, and bad pickle jokes.

We reference or spoil: Masons, the historical rift between the Macdonalds and the Campbells, N. K. Jemisin‘s How Long ‘Til Black Future Month, Escape Pod, Pod Castle, PseudoPod, Ambrose Bierce‘s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge“, Tor.Com, George R.R. Martin‘s short stories set in Westeros, Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine, Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, Clarkesworld Magazine, Apex Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, John Chu‘s “The Water That Falls On You From Nowhere“, Run Lola Run (1998), Rashomon (1950), Terroir (2014), John Mulaney‘s “Kid Gorgeous at Radio City“, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Alex’s “A Body in the Void

The transcript will be available soon on nostoryissacred.com.

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