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This special Halloween episode of Season 9 aired on Saturday 31st October 2024. It is produced and hosted by Damien B. Donnelly. Below are details and links to the guest stars…

Jen Feroze

Jen Feroze lives by the sea in Essex. Her work has appeared in journals including Butcher’s Dog, Magma, Poetry Wales, Under the Radar, And Other Poems and Berlin Lit. She won the 2024 Poetry Business International Book and Pamphlet Competition, and her book ‘Tiny Bright Thorns’ is out now with Nine Pens. A total scaredy cat, Jen is hopeless at Halloween spookery, and would almost certainly be the first to die in a horror movie. 

Jen’s poem on this episode was first published in ‘Ten Poets Tell You Their Favourite Ghost Story’ from Sidekick Books. 

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Sue Finch

Sue Finch is the author of two poetry collections: Magnifying Glass and Welcome to the Museum of a Life. She loves the coast, peculiar things, and the scent of ice-cream freezers.

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Mary Anne Abdo

Mary Anne Abdo is an author, poet and photographer. She graduated magna cum laude from Luzerne County Community College with a degree in Human Services. With a background in freelance journalism; she uses her poetry as a source of creative expression. Her self-published poetry book, “Fractured Lollipop Poems of Brokenness Healing and Hope is now on AmazonMary Anne has a passion for art, culture and literature. Her work has been featured in The Edge of Humanity Magazine,Mind and Matters Magazine, Moonstone Press,Grit and Grace Magazine, Orenaug Mountain Publishing,Pennsylvania Bards,Local Gems Press,Clare Songbirds 2024 Poetry Anthology,The Avocet, Calla Press,Scranton Poets Live, and  Studio B’s annual poetry anthology. Mary Anne placed second for her photography and short story submission in the Museum of Family Prayer’s 2022 Mary Garden contest. She has also collaborated on several children’s book, Creative Gems Volumes 2&3, and has been featured internationally in Bindweed Magazine’s seasonal anthology.Her work has been archived through the National Library of Ireland courtesy of Bindweed Magazine. She has appeared on the local talk show PA Live, The B Inspired podcast, Eat The Storms podcast with Damien Donnelly, and several stage appearances. She is currently working on her first children’s book due in November 2024. Mary Anne resides in Scranton Pennsylvania.

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Alan Parry

 Alan Parry is a poet, playwright, and Editor-in-Chief of The Broken Spine, based in Southport, U.K. His works, including Neon Ghosts and Twenty Seven, span poetry and theatrical monologues. Known for his dedication to emerging writers, Alan offers editorial services and fosters literary community through publications, open mic nights, and mentorship.

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Jackie Lynam

Jackie Lynam is a writer and librarian. Her work has been published in several anthologies and journals, including Washing Windows: Irish Women Write Poetry, Honest Ulsterman and The Martello Journal. Her chapbook Traces: Poems and Essays was recently longlisted for the 2024 Carousel AWARE Prize.

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Siobhan McLaughlin

Siobhán Mc Laughlin is a poet and Creative Writing Facilitator from Co Donegal. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as The Honest Ulsterman, Drawn to the Light Press, The Waxed Lemon, The Martello, The Ekphrastic Review and more. Halloween is one of her favourite times of the year.

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Barney Ashton-Bullock

Barney Ashton-Bullock is the poet in the hybrid music/poetry/pop projects ‘Andy Bell is Torsten’ and the ‘Downes Braide Association’ and is widely published in cult poetry journals – Travesties, Queerlings, Ice Floe, Poetry Bus, the ‘Avalanches In Poetry’ Leonard Cohen tribute anthologies, various themed Dreich pamphlets, Pilot Press’s ‘Queer Anthology Of Healing’ and Broken Sleep’s Aphex Twin anthology. Recent pamphlets and collections  include ‘Café Kaput!’ (Broken Sleep, 2020), ‘F**kpig Zeitgeist!’ and ‘Bucolicism’ (both Cherry Red, 2021), ’Geopoliticus, Pupsy!’ (Red Ceilings Press, 2022), ’Cul-de-Sacrilege!’ (Polari Press, 2022) and the forthcoming ‘Beau, Beau Sadisto!’ (Back Room Poetry, 2023).

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Damien B Donnelly, Producer, Host and Poet

Damien B Donnelly is a 48-year-old Irish, adopted, queer writer and podcast producer who spent 23 years living in Paris, Amsterdam, and London working in the fashion industry, returning to Dublin at the end of 2020. He is the host and producer of the poetry podcast Eat the Storms and the editor-in-chief of The Storms, a journal of poetry, prose and visual art. His debut pamphlet, Eat the Storms, published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, nominated for a Pushcart Prize and featured on the Poetry Book Society Winter List 2020/21, followed by a Pushcart Prize nominated Stickleback (micro collection) and In the Jitterfritz of Neon, a conversational pamphlet co-written with Eilín de Paor. His first full collection Enough! was published by Hedgehog in August 2022. His poetry and short stories have appeared in numerous journals, both online and in print. His 2^nd full collection Back from Away was published on the 8th May 2024 with Turas Press

The Storms journal is available here

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You can purchase his pamphlets and collections at his website

Backing music for Eat the Storms is from Purple Planet Royalty Free Music

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