Welcome to our out of this world Lit for Christmas party!
In this episode, Marty and his friend, Madeline, drink alien secretions and have a close encounter of the Christmas kind with Whitley Strieber's Communion: A True Story.
BONUS POINTS: For any listener who's been abducted by aliens!
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT SPIRIT:
Alien Secretion (recipe courtesy of Tipsy Bartender)
Ingredients:
Directions:
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT NONALCOHOLIC ALTERNATIVE:
Use ingredients and follow above directions, substituting melon syrup for melon liqueur and coconut and rum extract for coconut rum.
Marty has a Master's in fiction writing, MFA in poetry writing, and teaches in the English Department at Northern Michigan University in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He served two terms at Poet Laureate of the Upper Peninsula, and has published the poetry collection The Mysteries of the Rosary from Mayapple Press. For more of Marty's thoughts and writing visit his blog Saint Marty (saintmarty-marty.blogspot.com) or listen to his other podcast Confessions of Saint Marty, also on Anchor.fm. Marty is a writer, blogger, wine sipper, easy drunk, and poetry obsessor who puts his Christmas tree up in mid-October and refuses to take it down until the snow starts melting.
Madeline has a BA in English Creative Writing and gin drinking. Currently, she is pursuing a Library Science graduate degree and avoiding the Lizard Man of Bloomington. In her spare time, she enjoys reading eco-lit, true crime, and Alice Hoffman books.
Music for this episode:
"Jingle Bells Jazzy Style" by Julius H, used courtesy of Pixabay.
"A Christmas Treat" by Magic-828, used courtesy of Pixabay.
Other music in the episode:
"I Want an Alien for Christmas." Fountains of Wayne. I Want an Alien for Christmas. Atlantic, 1997.
A Christmas Carol sound clips from:
The Campbell Theater 1939 radio production of A Christmas Carol, narrated by Orson Welles and starring Lionel Barrymore.
This month's Christmas lit:
Strieber, Whitley. Communion: A True Story. Walker & Collier, 1987.