“Love Bun” by Myriam Lacroix: https://www.therupturemag.com/rupture/love-bun

In Alive Poets Society’s second and third installments, we get spooky with horror-themed episodes. Broken up into two parts, in Part 1 we look at Myriam Lacroix’s brilliantly creepy short story, “Love Bun,” published in The Rupture (linked above). After forgetting to introduce ourselves, we dive into the prose of the piece, such as the unique dynamics of how the first and last lines play into the theme of the story. Holly declares her annoyance with the narrator, which leads to Maxwell's important reminder that eating your children is never a good thing. Maxwell later drops the hottest take in APS history—one which might make you stop listening forever! Tom gives us some insight into his past as he points out a common way in which parents traumatize their children, often without realizing it. A fiery debate arises regarding how creatives should approach writing characters from different circumstances, races, cultures, etc. Also, Tom would like to very much apologize for butchering the pronunciation of Lacroix’s last name twice, especially when Maxwell said it correctly just minutes before. If you haven't noticed, he's terrible with remembering and pronouncing names. Lastly, blame Holly's dog for any background noise.

Come back for Part 2 to hear our analysis on the hit horror movie The VVitch, and your favorite ending segment where we review a review from The Review Review.  

Shout out to Mayo Nice for the intro music.

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