Talking Scared

239 – Sarah Pinborough & What Are Ghosts But Lies Persevering?


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It’s a week of sadness and hilarity on Talking Scared.

 

The happy stuff comes courtesy of Sarah Pinborough, author of Weird domestic gothics, like Behind Her Eyes and the brand new ghost story (or is it?) We Live Here Now.

We talk about confounding expectations, about the rules of the psychological thriller, about the British horror scene then and now, and about the dark truth that we all lie to each other.

 

The sadness... well you’ll hear that in the outro if you want to stick around for it. If not, no worries at all.

 

Enjoy!

 

Other books mentioned: 

  • The Reckoning (2005), by Sarah Pinborough
  • Breeding Ground (2006), by Sarah Pinborough
  • Behind Her Eyes (2016), by Sarah Pinborough
  • Every Dead Thing (1999), by John Connolly
  • The Sleepwalkers (2024), by Scarlett Thomas
  • The Woman in Black (1983), by Susan Hill
  • The Shining (1977), by Stephen King
  • The Haunting of Hill House (1959), by Shirley Jackson
  • No One Gets Out Alive (2014),
    by Adam Nevill
  • The Hamlet (2025), by Joanna Corrance

     

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