The Collidescope Podcast returns with a new episode, hosted as always by founding editor George Salis. William H Gass’ “Order of Insects,” originally featured in the collection In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, is about a housewife who contemplates the dead insects riddling her home. Revulsion turns into curiosity turns into obsession turns into a sense of totemic mysticism. Listen to the episode on Buzzsprout or wherever podcasts are streamed. It’s also on YouTube here.

Purchase a copy of In the Heart of the Heart of the Country here.

A review of The Tunnel.

A review of Willie Master’s Lonesome Wife.

Huge thanks to Mary Gass for permission to read this story!