Mary Marrow by Margaret Killjoy

About this episode

This episode features a short story by Margaret Killjoy about a witch and her cult, followed by an interview discussing related themes.

Episode Summary This month on Strangers, we have a short story by Margaret Killjoy titled Mary Marrow. It's about a witch and her cult, who hide in the woods and do...questionable things. There's an interview with Margaret after the feature about witches, fairy tales, and a bunch of other stuff. The word of the month is, unsurprisingly about magic. Read along at TangledWilderness.org for free. Also, we have a new book out for preorder, Up:Rising: A Collection of Rebellious Imaginings from Authors with Lived Experience of Mental Health & Addictions. Host Info Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery . Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy . You can also find her on Substack at Birds Before the Storm . Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org , or on Twitter @ TangledWild and Instagram @ Tangled_Wilderness . You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness . Find out more at https://strangers-in-a-tangled-wildern.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast . Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit…

People in this episode

Host: Inmn

Guest: Margaret Killjoy

Topics covered

• witches
• cult
• fairy tales
• magic
• mental health
• addictions

Keywords

• witch
• cult
• magic
• fairy tales
• mental health
• addictions
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strangers In a Tangled Wilderness, Tangled Wilderness, Pinecast

Books & works: Mary Marrow, Up:Rising: A Collection of Rebellious Imaginings from Authors with Lived Experience of Mental Health & Addictions

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