The Surgical Fiction Podcast

The Surgical Fiction Podcast


The Least Detailed Plans of a Great & Complicated Apparatus

January 12, 2020

The Least Detailed Plans of a Great & Complicated Apparatus An ancient skull gradually subsumes Dr. Jolly Frye’s time, talents—and mind. Is it possession, madness, or something else altogether? Tales of the Bloody Scalpel are compelling, haunting, stand alone fiction informed by medicine and surgery, but rarely actually about medicine or surgery. Most, though not all, could be classified as supernatural medical thrillers. They contain elements of horror, the paranormal, ghosts, madness, monsters, fear of the unknown, or occasionally just... Read More Read More