Mentally Oddcast Transcript: Author/Publisher/Advocate David-Jack

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We had a production mishap this week that kept the full transcript from coming through. Find a less refined transcript and an audio version of this episode here. 

00:01.72

Wednesday Lee Friday

You are listening to the Mentally Oddcast. My name is Wednesday, Lee Friday, and you ought to find us on coffee because boy, do we need your support. um This week, I am talking to David Jack Fletcher, who is a gay Australian horror author, publisher, and editor who specializes in work that emphasizes the everydayness of LGBTQI plus individuals.


00:27.96

Wednesday Lee Friday

He is the Aurelis-nominated author of The Count, of vampiric novel centered on evil that lurks within the Earth itself. Other titles include Raven's Creek, The Haunting of Harry Peck, and Hell is Other People, which is a story collection.


00:45.05

Wednesday Lee Friday

And in 2026, we will see the release of Umbiblical, a gay paranormal mystery from Horrorsmith Publishing. David Jack is also the founder of Slashic Horror Press, a queer indie press focused on promoting underrepresented voices and stories in horror and dark fiction. Welcome! Welcome!


01:07.10

David-Jack Fletcher 

Thank I'm really excited to be here.


01:10.16

Wednesday Lee Friday

Cool. um We typically start by asking guests to tell us about the first horror movie that they remember seeing. So I'm excited to hear yours.


01:21.62

David-Jack Fletcher 

ah Yeah, it mine's The Exorcist.


01:25.91

Wednesday Lee Friday

Nice. Nice.


01:26.74

David-Jack Fletcher 

yeah


01:29.70

David-Jack Fletcher 

It scared the crap out of me.


01:32.46

Wednesday Lee Friday

Oh, I'll bet. I will bet. i'm How old were you?


01:35.64

David-Jack Fletcher 

Yeah, this is the funny part. I was 15. so


01:39.64

Wednesday Lee Friday

okay


01:40.54

David-Jack Fletcher 

i um I hadn't seen, literally had never seen a horror movie up until that point. And I stumbled upon it when my parents were actually watching it.


01:51.42

David-Jack Fletcher 

um And I thought, oh, what's this? And they said, oh, we' we're not sure if this is like for you.


01:56.18

Wednesday Lee Friday

yeah


01:58.81

David-Jack Fletcher 

And I was like, I'm old enough now. And, you know, because there's no sex in it, they were like, okay, that's fine. So...


02:06.39

Wednesday Lee Friday

I mean, there their sort sort of is. I mean, ew.


02:10.71

David-Jack Fletcher 

Well, yeah sort of. um Yeah, and it scared the absolute bejesus out of me. um I had to sleep with the light on.


02:25.72

Wednesday Lee Friday

Oh, sure. Now, were you religious growing up? Did it hit you in that way as well?


02:29.40

David-Jack Fletcher 

No. No, no


02:31.00

Wednesday Lee Friday

Okay. Well, that's helpful.


02:33.14

David-Jack Fletcher 

I think it was just because um I'd literally never encountered horror before.


02:40.36

Wednesday Lee Friday

Now, how does that happen, that you get to age 15 without ever seeing a horror movie? Well, wait, wait.


02:44.92

David-Jack Fletcher 

Well,


02:45.42

Wednesday Lee Friday

Actually, I have an idea. I have an idea. Is it because in Australia, everything that's alive there is trying to kill you? Because you guys have, like, the deadliest snakes and the deadliest spiders, and you got those dingoes that be stealing people's babies.


02:54.33

David-Jack Fletcher 

well


03:01.07

Wednesday Lee Friday

Is that right? Can I say that? I don't know. Yeah.


03:05.14

David-Jack Fletcher 

um I feel like that probably should have prepared me. You know what I mean?


03:11.22

Wednesday Lee Friday

Yes.


03:11.26

David-Jack Fletcher 

I feel like just my daily life should have just prepared me for The Exorcist, but no, it didn't.


03:20.51

Wednesday Lee Friday

Huh.


03:21.37

David-Jack Fletcher 

Yeah. So, i mean...


03:23.31

Wednesday Lee Friday

Wow.


03:24.79

David-Jack Fletcher 

We were, our entertainment was very censored in my house, not for religious purposes, just, I don't know what the purpose was, but we weren't allowed to watch.


03:37.86

Wednesday Lee Friday

What is the general sense of kids shouldn't see that?


03:41.21

David-Jack Fletcher 

Well, we weren't allowed to watch the Simpsons.


03:45.46

Wednesday Lee Friday

Wow!


03:46.78

David-Jack Fletcher 

Yeah. And we, we weren't allowed.


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