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Summer isn't over yet, so I was joined by Brandon Baker (@baker_reads) to talk about aquatic horror! We're talking about what could be lurking in the water, and how sometimes that's none of our business.  Movies Mentioned:  Lake Placid Deep Blue Sea 47 Meters Down 47 Meters Down Uncaged Sea Fever Underwater Jaws The Lighthouse Pirhana Frankenfish Sharknado Ghost Ship Sphere The Creature From the Black Lagoon Books Mentioned:  Reliquary by Hannah Whitten Invasive Species by Ellery Adams Dark Water: Stories by Koji Suzuki (translated by Glynne Walley) The Deep by Nick Cutter Whalefall by Daniel Kraus The Low, Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower From Below by Darcy Coates Chlorine by Jade Song Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant The Devil and the Deep edited by Ellen Datlow Chilling Obsession:  Junk bugs S(p)lasher Flicks by Cullen Wade Final Girl Song:  Posing for Cars by Japanese Breakfast

We are so back! It's Fear Street Friday and as summer is winding down what a perfect time to get away from Shadyside and spend some time in a beach town with some camp friends. What could possibly go wrong? Bookseller extraordinaire Marguerite and I break down this ridiculously unhinged entry.  Warning - not in this clip, but this book does include a pretty gnarly animal death   Full episode available at Patreon

I was joined by Bram-Stoker Award winning author and returning guest, Clay McLeod Chapman to talk about his latest novel Devil Inside and Horrormance.  Movies Mentioned:  Lisa Frankenstein Warm Bodies The Mummy Heart Eyes Bones and All Your Monster Obsession Possession (1981) Books Mentioned:  Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman Jenny Will Eat You Now by Gillian Daniels Spread Me by Sarah Gailley A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wisell Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper Headlights by CJ Leede Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies by Emma Cole Join our Patreon Community Final Girl Song: You Should Not Be Doing That by Amyl and the Sniffers Chilling Obsession: 

Have we always been the caretakers? I am joined by reviewer George Dunn (@georgesreads) to talk about horror stories that are centered around the giving or receiving care either professionally or for a loved one.  Movies:  Relic The Taking of Deborah Logan Insidious  The Perfection The Haunting Would You Rather? Saint Maud The Skeleton Key I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Misery Books:  A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer Frost Bite by Angela Sylvaine The Vessel by Adam Nevill The Only One Left by Riley Sager Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum The Shining by Stephen King Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy Nestlings by Nat Cassidy The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon We Spread by Iain Reid Chilling Obsession: The Ervil LaBaron Cult Final Girl Playlist:  Join our Patreon Community!  

The 2026 Books in the Freezer Reading Challenge Get your tickets for Rachel Harrison's Kiss Slay Replay event at BottleRocket courtesy of White Whale Books (9/10) Patreon fun  Books Mentioned:  Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager Scary Movie Night by Miranda Smith Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die by Mallory Arnold The Flayed Man by Chloe Lautner Meat Bees by Dane Erbach The Quiet Resurrection of Sister Evelida Livingston by Nick Wallin Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon Reliquary by Hannah Whitten The Calamities by Chuck Wendig The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen Lights! Camera! Frendo! by Adam Cesare  The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims Blacktail by Scott Hawkins Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison Pictures of You by Josh Malerman This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want by Hailey Piper Mazywood by Tananarive Due Worry Box by Christopher Panatier Trad Wife by Sarah Langan Nightjars by Michael Wehunt The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Honeycutt It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller Quaint Folk by Bitter Carella Bruja's Nest by Brenda LaTorre What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlotte-Bonne Amityville Awakens by Robert Ottone This B Just Won't Die by Tanya Pell Solace House by William MacLean Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones What A Nightmare by Rebekah Faubion Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun There Used to Be People Here by Kennedy Cole  

CJ Leede is in the house and we are solving crimes! Not really, but we are talking about her latest novel Headlights and blend of horror and crime, weird (and romantic!) sex scenes, the importance of pop culture in stories, the romance of Americana, her upcoming work and more! We also talk about books that balance the tightrope of crime and horror, some with possibly vampires and some with definitely vampires Movies/Shows Mentioned:  True Detective (Season 1) Seven Hannibal Longlegs Red Dragon Zodiac Books Mentioned:  Headlights by CJ Leede The Gathering by CJ Tudor The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris All These Bodies by Kendare Blank The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Hydra (Six Stories #2) by Matt Weselowski The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Mothersucker by Kim Boyhun (translated by Archana Madhavan) The Outsider by Stephen King All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4) by Tana French Chilling Obsessions: Hacks and Wuthering Heights Final Girl Song: Wolf Like Me 

I basically forced Anna from Anna Rose Reads to watch Mad Men, so we decided to record an episode to get all of our thoughts out and decide what books to recommend for each character.  Books Mentioned:  Gerald's Game by Stephen King Small Town Horror with Ronald Malfi The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Trad Wife by Saratoga Schafer The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson Duma Key by Stephen King The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White All's Well by Mona Awad Greedy by Callie Kazumi The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls by Angela Sylvaine The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Misery by Stephen King Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 11/22/63 by Stephen King Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley Chilling Obsessions:  Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (Netflix) Challengers Final Girl Playlist Support the podcast on Patreon

I bid you welcome, listener Anette is on the podcast today to discuss books that were inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula Movies/Shows:  Renfield The Last Voyage of the Demeter Dracula 20000 Dracula Untold Nosferatu Penny Dreadful Books:  A Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zarate Lucy Undying by Kiersten White Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste "Abraham's Boys" by Joe Hill "The 8 People Who Murdered Me" by Gwendolyn Kiste Brenda and Effie Mysteries The Fox & the Devil Chilling Obsession - Eye of the Devil Movie Final Girl Song - Which Witch by Florence and the Machine Join our Patreon community 

Howdy y'all. We're heading down to the honkytonk with author Grace Reynolds to talk about her slasher novella Neon Moon and Texas Horror Movies:  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation X Pearl The Town That Dreaded Sundown House of 1000 Corpses 3 From Hell Books:  Neon Moon by Grace Reynolds In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson Spite House by Johnny Compton Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan Rising Sun Over the Devil's Nest by Sirius Goddess of Filth by V Castro Stargazers by LP Hernandez The Haunting of Alejandra by V Castro When the Devil by Emma E Murray The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias Sh!tshow by Chris Panatier Chilling Obsession: The rise of Trad Wife Horror Check out the Final Girl Playlist Support the podcast on Patreon to access the newsletter, The Cold Front and the bonus series, The House at the End of Fear Street and get early, ad-free access to episodes.

Gwendolyn Kiste is on the pod to talk about her latest short story collection and fairy tale horror.  Movies:  The Ugly Stepsister Valerie and Her Week of Wonders The Lure The Company of Wolves La Belle et la Bete The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Books Mentioned:  The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (Goon Squad #2) The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry Wendy Darling by AC Wise Hooked by AC Wise Chlorine by Jade Song Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A Craig Small Favors by Erin A Craig The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #1) White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo  Chilling Obsession - Eye of the Devil Movie Final Girl Song - Which Witch by Florence and the Machine Join our Patreon community