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This week we’re doing something different. No author and no single book. Instead it’s a roundtable discussion, with Sadie Hartmann (AKA Mother Horror) and Emily Hughes, the genius loci behind Tor Nightfire. Together we look back over the last six months – the highs, the not-so-many-lows and all the endless twitter controversies – to address the state of the horror nation at the midpoint of 2021.
All three of us talk about the books we have loved the most so far this year, what else we are looking forward to in the months ahead, and what our hopes are for horror writing in general.
We also address the concerns around trauma, trigger warnings, twitter subtweeting and the endless, vice-like grip of Goodreads.
If you want to get a true sense of the breadth and depth of the horror being created right now, then this is designed for you. Also, if you just want to listen to three horror nerds talk about scary stuff whilst you do the ironing, then it’s also for you.
Basically, it’s for everyone.
Cos I’m a giver.
Enjoy!
Emily Hughes’ list of horror books to be excited about in 2021 is HERE.
The (huger-than-normal) list of books mentioned in this episode includes:
The Picks
Hearts Strange and Dreadful (2021), by Tim McGregor
Goddess of Filth (2021), by V. Castro
Last One at the Party (2021), by Bethany Clift
Children of Chicago (2021), by Cynthia Pelayo
Star Eater (2021), by Kerstin Hall
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (2021), by Eric LaRocca
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy (2021), by Hailey Piper
In That Endlessness, Our End (2021), by Gemma Files
Coming Soon
Immortelle, by Catherine McCarthy - July
The Book Of Accidents, by Chuck Wendig – July
Come With Me, by Ronald Malfi - July
Revelator, by Daryl Gregory – August
The Glassy Burning Floor of Hell, by Brian Evenson – August
Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar - August
My Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones – August
Cackle, by Rachel Harrison – October
Reprieve, by James Han Mattson – October
Nothing but Blackened Teeth, by Cassandra Khaw - October
Something More Than Night, by Kim Newman - November
Assorted Others
The Library at Mount Char (2015), by Scott Hawkins
The Last House on Needless Street (2021), by Catriona Ward
Rawblood (2015), by Catriona Ward
A Head Full of Ghosts (2015), by Paul Tremblay
The Twisted Ones (2019), by T. Kingfisher
Starving Ghosts in Every Thread (2020), by Eric LaRocca
The Family Plot (2016), by Cherie Priest
Boy’s Life (1991), by Robert McCammon
Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPod
Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to [email protected].
Thanks to Adrian Flounders for graphic design.
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This week we’re doing something different. No author and no single book. Instead it’s a roundtable discussion, with Sadie Hartmann (AKA Mother Horror) and Emily Hughes, the genius loci behind Tor Nightfire. Together we look back over the last six months – the highs, the not-so-many-lows and all the endless twitter controversies – to address the state of the horror nation at the midpoint of 2021.
All three of us talk about the books we have loved the most so far this year, what else we are looking forward to in the months ahead, and what our hopes are for horror writing in general.
We also address the concerns around trauma, trigger warnings, twitter subtweeting and the endless, vice-like grip of Goodreads.
If you want to get a true sense of the breadth and depth of the horror being created right now, then this is designed for you. Also, if you just want to listen to three horror nerds talk about scary stuff whilst you do the ironing, then it’s also for you.
Basically, it’s for everyone.
Cos I’m a giver.
Enjoy!
Emily Hughes’ list of horror books to be excited about in 2021 is HERE.
The (huger-than-normal) list of books mentioned in this episode includes:
The Picks
Hearts Strange and Dreadful (2021), by Tim McGregor
Goddess of Filth (2021), by V. Castro
Last One at the Party (2021), by Bethany Clift
Children of Chicago (2021), by Cynthia Pelayo
Star Eater (2021), by Kerstin Hall
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (2021), by Eric LaRocca
Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy (2021), by Hailey Piper
In That Endlessness, Our End (2021), by Gemma Files
Coming Soon
Immortelle, by Catherine McCarthy - July
The Book Of Accidents, by Chuck Wendig – July
Come With Me, by Ronald Malfi - July
Revelator, by Daryl Gregory – August
The Glassy Burning Floor of Hell, by Brian Evenson – August
Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar - August
My Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones – August
Cackle, by Rachel Harrison – October
Reprieve, by James Han Mattson – October
Nothing but Blackened Teeth, by Cassandra Khaw - October
Something More Than Night, by Kim Newman - November
Assorted Others
The Library at Mount Char (2015), by Scott Hawkins
The Last House on Needless Street (2021), by Catriona Ward
Rawblood (2015), by Catriona Ward
A Head Full of Ghosts (2015), by Paul Tremblay
The Twisted Ones (2019), by T. Kingfisher
Starving Ghosts in Every Thread (2020), by Eric LaRocca
The Family Plot (2016), by Cherie Priest
Boy’s Life (1991), by Robert McCammon
Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPod
Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to [email protected].
Thanks to Adrian Flounders for graphic design.
Support the show
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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