Required Reading

The hauntings don't end when October does. This week Britt Migs returns to discuss a book about, well, a true ghost story: GRAVE'S END by Elaine Mercado, RN! Grave's End is a nonfiction account written by Elaine Mercado, RN that recounts the Brooklyn haunted house Mercado lived in for over twelve years. Check out Britt's previous episode on Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging! Check out Britt's ghost show! Follow Britt!Check out The Guild of Ghostly Grounds: a new ghostly podcast Erin helped make! Follow Erin!Follow the show!

It's my podcast and I'll do the entire Vampire Academy series if I want to. And I do.Liz Wiest returns to discuss book three: SHADOW KISS!!Listen to our episodes on book ONE and TWO! Check out Liz's traveling film festival! Follow the show!Follow Erin!

Writer and podcaster David Murto joins me to discuss the science fiction Newbery winning classic: A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle! Meg and Charles Wallace Murry go on a multi-dimensional space and time travel journey to find their father and prevent It and the oncoming Darkness. Listen to David's podcast Forgotten Video Store - Erin did an episode!Follow the show!Follow Erin!

Director and actress Jenny Lester joins me to discuss the 1995 film NOW AND THEN (directed by Lesli Linka Glatter) all about four women who reunite to recount one very special summer from their childhood.Jenny has a movie coming out soon that was directly inspired by Now and Then: check it out!Follow Jenny!Follow the show!Follow Erin!

I can't explain it but Agatha Christie is the perfect author for September. Rebecca Thandi Norman joins me to discuss Agatha Christie's THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD featuring the inimitable Hercule Poirot! Listen to Rebecca's podcast Book Imprint (it is this show's fraternal twin, really truly, my guy) and her Agatha Christie podcast Tea & Murder! Follow Rebecca!Follow Erin! Follow the show!

Zannah is back and so is Fablehaven! We return to the magical creature nature preserve with book two The Rise of the Evening Star!Siblings Kendra and Seth must return to Fablehaven to help their grandparents stop the evil Society of the Evening Star in their quest to gather special magical artifacts.Listen to our episode on book one of the series!Listen to Zannah's other episodes on The Iliad and The Tail of Emily Windsnap!Follow Zannah!Read Zannah's Substack! Follow the podcast!Follow Erin!

Lauren Badillo Milici returns to discuss Flowers in the Attic THE MOVIE from 1987!Listen to Lauren's episode on the novel Flowers in the Attic!Follow Lauren!Follow the show!Follow Erin!

Jess is back for a fourth time with one of the most famous children's books of all time!Listen to Jess' past episodes on The Tale of Desperaux, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Host!Follow Jess!Follow Erin!Follow the podcast!

It's a movie episode! Kevin T Porter returns to discuss horrifying 80s classic Return to Oz!Listen to Kevin's episode on Artemis Fowl!Listen to Kevin's episode on Wayside School is Falling Down!Follow Kevin!Listen to Kevin's Good Christian Fun (Erin's been on a few episodes, oooo....)Follow Erin!

You can hear me smiling in this episode! The magical Kyle Selig (Welcome to Flatch...ever heard of it?) joins me to discuss book two in The Hardy Boys series, The House on the Cliff! Gosh, golly, this is a good one!Follow Kyle!Watch Welcome to Flatch!Follow Erin!