Patreon Peek: The New Girl with Cameron Chaney (Fear Street #1)

Anette joins me once again to talk about horror stories featuring a protagonist with powers. Shownotes: https://booksinthefreezer.com Books Mentioned:  Carrie by Stephen King The Gravekeeper series by Darcy Coates Allison by Jeff Strand Border by John Ajvde Lindqvist The Power by Naomi Alderman The Passage by Justin Cronin If It Bleeds by Stephen King  The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T Wurth The Miriam Black series by Chuck Wendig The Shining by Stephen King Doctor Sleep by Stephen King Firestarter by Stephen King The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 

Adam from Thehauntedbookstagram is here to help me unpack the wildest Fear Street entry to date, Missing.  When Mark and Cara's parents don't come home for a few days they begin to wonder if their parents (just a pair of normal traveling computer mainframe specialists) could be in danger. https://patreon.com/booksinthefreezer 

I was joined by author Nat Cassidy to talk about dads in horror, daddy issues, just "the dad of it all" and of course, When the Wolf Comes Home.  Books Mentioned: When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy Scream All Night by Derek Milman Whalefall by Daniel Kraus Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig Hamlet by Shakespeare Just Like Home by Sarah Gailley The Shining by Stephen King Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Allison Bechdel

Anna from AnnaRose Reads is here to talk about the third Fear Street book, The Overnight. What happens when a bunch of teens spend the night on Fear Island by themselves? Listen and find out.  Listen the rest of the episode here: https://patreon.com 

Are you seeing double? Jocelyn is on the pod to talk about a topic that sent me into an existential spiral. We're talking doppelgängers and doubles today.  Shownotes: https://booksinthefreezer.com   Books Mentioned: 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne The Changeling by Victor LaValle The Watchers by A.M. Shine Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan The Jolly Corner by Henry James The Dark Half by Stephen King The Outsider by Stephen King For She is Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by Tim Waggoner short story The Double by Dostoevsky The Need by Helen Phillips Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling

Here is a little bit of my conversation with Brian McAuley about the second book in the Fear Street series, The Surprise Party. How many parties are these people going to? Will these boys get therapy? Find out on this episode of The House at the End of Fear Street  Full episode available at: https://patreon.com/booksinthefreezer 

  What books are we recommending based on songs from Blondie, Arctic Monkeys and Death Cab for Cutie? Listen to find out.  The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias The Favorites by Layne Fargo House of Beth by Kerry Cullen Cackle by Rachel Harrison The Return by Rachel Harrison Chlorine by Jade Song The Villa by Rachel Hawkins Cursed Bunny: Stories by Bora Chung What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us: Stories by Laura Van Den Berg The Third Hotel by Laura Van Berg American Rapture by CJ Leede Play Nice by Rachel Harrison National Domestic Violence Hotline: (800) 799-SAFE (7233) or use Duck, Duck, Go to visit: Https://thehotline.org 

PUNK Goes Horror is available now!  Books Mentioned: Punk Goes Horror edited by William Sterling Schrader’s Chord by Scott Leeds Sleep Alone by J.A.W. McCarthy Polyphemus by Zachary Ashford A Gift of Death by Daniel Volpe Toured to Death by John Wayne Comunale

Full episode available to Malevolent Spirit members on Patreon.   Here is a peak at the first episode of The House at the End of Fear Street where I talk about the Fear Street books.  Cameron Chaney was here as the first guest to talk about The New Girl! What is her deal? What does Lisa see in Cory?  Will the gymnastics come into play at some point in this story?    What is your favorite Fear Street book? 

Author Erika T. Wurth joins the pod today to talk about the horrors of siblings and some of our favorite familial horror duos, and of course, The Haunting of Room 904. Books Mentioned:  The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Diavola by Jennifer Throne Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna Van Veen A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Honeys by Ryan LaSala A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyons Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia