Talking Scared

252 – John Langan & Water, Water Everywhere


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School is back in session. Professor Langan is here!

 

No-one gives good literary conversation like John Langan – and this week he returns to Talking Scared to discuss the watery influences, metafictional experimentation, and snake-legged women in his new collection: Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions.

 

It’s my favourite collection of John’s so far, and as ever, he merely used it for a jumping-off point into a cosy fireside conversation about all the books and stories that he keeps in his Alexandrian Library of a head!

 

It’s the most accessible college course you’ll ever take.

Enjoy!

 

Other books mentioned:

 

  • The Fisherman (2017), by John Langan
  • Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies (2022), by John Langan
  • Survivor Song (2020), by Paul Tremblay
  • Fever House (2023), by Keith Rosson
  • King Sorrow (2025), by Joe Hill
  • Great Expectations (1861), by Charles Dickens
  • Dombey and Son (1848), by Charles Dickens
  • Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Bronte
  • Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature (2025), edited by Becky Spratford
  • “Lamia” (1820), by John Keats
  • She Said Destroy (2017), by Nadia Bulkin
  • Issues With Authority (2025), by Nadia Bulkin
  • A Game in Yellow (2025), by Hailey Piper

     

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