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299 – Will Maclean & Uneasy Islands in Time

In Solace House, Will Maclean takes us back to the 90s for a drug-fuelled trip through some mindbending architecture. It’s a chance to get nostalgic for a more innocent time, when the clothes were baggy, the music was better, and you could spend a summer spent renovating an old asylum without needing to put in on TikTok. It’s all fun and games until the existential terror kicks in and the fabric of reality comes unwoven. Enjoy. This one was a good laugh. The Apparition Phase (2020), by Will Maclean And He Shall Appear (2025), by Kate van der Borgh The Modern Antiquarian (1998), by Julian Cope The Prisonhouse of Language (1972), by Fredric Jameson The Human Evasion (1969), by Celia Green Starmaker (1937), by Olaf Stapledon A Short Stay in Hell (2009), by Steven L. Peck “The Jaunt,” in Night Shift (1978), by Stephen King The Divine Farce (2009), by Michael Graziano Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In Solace House, Will Maclean takes us back to the 90s for a drug-fuelled trip through some mindbending architecture. It’s a chance to get nostalgic for a more innocent time, when the clothes were baggy, the music was better, and you could spend a summer spent renovating an old asylum without needing to put in on TikTok.

 

It’s all fun and games until the existential terror kicks in and the fabric of reality comes unwoven.

 

Enjoy. This one was a good laugh.

  • The Apparition Phase (2020), by Will Maclean
  • And He Shall Appear (2025), by Kate van der Borgh
  • The Modern Antiquarian (1998), by Julian Cope
  • The Prisonhouse of Language (1972), by Fredric Jameson
  • The Human Evasion (1969), by Celia Green
  • Starmaker (1937), by Olaf Stapledon
  • A Short Stay in Hell (2009), by Steven L. Peck
  • “The Jaunt,” in Night Shift (1978), by Stephen King
  • The Divine Farce (2009), by Michael Graziano

 

Support Talking Scared on Patreon

 

Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch

 

Come talk books on Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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