Literature is not the only form of art dealing with queerness (duh!), which is why in this episode, we go on a sidequest into the world of music. In this special cooperation with AGAINST!, I had the honor to talk to Max (they/them), the singer of Californian indie punk band Super Cassette. Max is generally awesome, but especially so because they allowed us to use their song Be Gay, Do Drugs, Hail Satan as a Jingle for Queer as Hell! In our interview, we obviously discuss this absolute banger of a song, but also what it means to be nonbinary in the US of A, the best starter in all of Pokémon (and looaaads of other nerd stuff), hell on earth (feat. Ronald Reagan), falling asleep to the Simpsons, a trip to the Super Bowl of all places and lots more! We hope you will have a lot of fun with this entirely different perspective on queerness (and hell)!

Alice Musgrove (they/them) is a queer writer, editor, and general mischief-maker based in the South-West of England. They previously studied English Literature (BA Hons) at Bath Spa University.

In "All the (good) Queers burn in Hell" Alice associates Dante's nine layers of hell with self-pleasure, the process of discovering nonbinary identities in a heteronormative world (governed by institutions like the Church) and their first queer playground-crush. The text is part of the anthology "Queer Responses to Dante's Inferno", released by James Sunderland via Carrion Press.

Trigger Warning: The text deals with depictions of sex, religion, queerphobia and institutional malpractice. Please take care of yourself and your mental health!

Harper Walton is a writer based in London. They were born in Bath and grew up in the West Country. They studied English Literature at Queen Mary University and have a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from the Paris School of Arts and Culture. Their work takes form in personal essays, poetry, short stories, novellas and novels, which they have released in a poetry collection entitled "Common Only in Name" as well as the fiction compilation "Midnight Movies". Harpers subsequent collection of poetry called "The Ballad of a Bloodless Hangnail" releases on July 21st and features, among others, the poem "Throwing Figs at God".

"Throwing Figs at God" is a trans*person's journey through the nine concentric circles of british society and was first released as a part of the anthology "Queer Responses to Dante's Inferno" by Carrion Press. We hope you enjoy listening!

Trigger Warning: The poem discusses sex, self-harm, institutional malpractice and violence. Please mind your mental health when engaging with these topics!