<description>&lt;div id="expanded" class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" dir="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir= "auto"&gt;Psymposia senior writer Russell Hausfeld sits down with author Bitter Karella to discuss their debut novel "Moonflow," their micro-fiction and text adventure projects, psychedelic mushrooms, writing queer and trans horror stories, ritual magic and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="expanded" class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" dir="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto"&gt;Video of this interview is available on YouTube: &lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=einhwPk3K2Y"&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=einhwPk3K2Y&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" dir="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir= "auto"&gt;Footnotes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" dir="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto"&gt;- Midnight Pals Bluesky: &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/midnightpals.bsky.social"&gt;https://bsky.app/profile/midnightpals.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" dir="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto"&gt;- Bitter Karella's itch.io page: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://bitterkarella.itch.io/"&gt;https://bitterkarella.itch.io/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" dir="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir="auto"&gt;- Our Opinions Are Correct podcast: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" dir= "auto"&gt;&lt;a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" tabindex="0" href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEpwS2ZpQXFRVGt5UHUxRmwtVHI3djlJSThtUXxBQ3Jtc0tuaGluTWtsa3ZlRW53UGpUTWxBM3hWbVlUb2x2VllQQ0VzVjVRbGxVNXJrUGZlSU9UN2tFTGZ5LVR2YngwZFE0STY0ZnF0YXhMUzRWb2ZrbGVWREVpa1BuV3FITUV0WDYwRVB3MHFkdzVlV2U1YUhiaw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ouropinionsarecorrect.com%2F&amp;v=einhwPk3K2Y" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="snippet" class="style-scope ytd-text-inline-expander"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="style-scope ytd-watch-metadata"&gt; &lt;div id="video-summary" class= "style-scope ytd-structured-description-content-renderer"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="merch-shelf" class= "style-scope ytd-structured-description-content-renderer"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="ticket-shelf" class= "style-scope ytd-structured-description-content-renderer"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="items" class= "style-scope ytd-structured-description-content-renderer"&gt; &lt;div id="header" class= "style-scope ytd-video-description-transcript-section-renderer"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Psymposia Podcast

Psymposia

#59 Bitter Karella: Queer Horror and Mushroom Magic

DEC 20, 2025119 MIN
Psymposia Podcast

#59 Bitter Karella: Queer Horror and Mushroom Magic

DEC 20, 2025119 MIN

Description

Psymposia senior writer Russell Hausfeld sits down with author Bitter Karella to discuss their debut novel "Moonflow," their micro-fiction and text adventure projects, psychedelic mushrooms, writing queer and trans horror stories, ritual magic and more. Video of this interview is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=einhwPk3K2Y Footnotes: - Midnight Pals Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/midnightpals.bsky.social - Bitter Karella's itch.io page: https://bitterkarella.itch.io/ - Our Opinions Are Correct podcast: https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/