The Promise and Creepypasta

Welcome to Top Shelf Reads. On today’s episode Naomi chats about the national book award finalists, Nick reviews The Promise and The Satanic Verses and we discuss creepypasta.

00:00 -- Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
02:15 -- National Book Awards 2021 Finalists
09:15 -- Short teaser impressions about Song for the Unraveling of the World
11:52 -- The Promise by Damon Galgut (Nick reviews)
21:20 -- The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (Nick reviews)

• Other books mentioned: Song of Solomon, 100 Years of Solitude, Haruki Murakami's work

36:43   -- Discussion: Creepypasta

• Candle Cove
• Annora Petrova
• NoEnd House
• Ted the Caver
• The Devil Game
• Those Dark Wells (YouTube)

Spooky YouTube Short Films (to be watched with the lights off!)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-5Upq2hcOA
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S51jIrunYuY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKcOTr7N4lE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rj_ioKNSo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rcoGsxulA4