They Bloom at Night
From Fictional Hangover by Fictional Hangover
March 11, 2026 · 1h 44m · Season 8 · Episode 24
About this episode
Amanda and Claire discuss various surreal themes inspired by They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran.
“The future is soup.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about having an irrational fear of toilets in the night, learning to swim if you grow gills, sloughing off your skin to join a goopy amalgamation, paying a tithe of fingernails and teeth, and being inspired by an octopus in their discussion of They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran.
People in this episode
Hosts: Amanda, Claire
Topics covered
- irrational fear
- toilets
- swimming
- gills
- skin sloughing
- goopy amalgamation
- tithe
- fingernails
- teeth
- octopus
- They Bloom at Night
- Trang Thanh Tran
Keywords
- fiction
- fear
- swimming
- amalgamation
- inspiration
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: They Bloom at Night, Fictional Hangover
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