Layne’s celebrating spooky season early with feminist horror author Gwendolyn Kiste! Tune in for their chat about Gwendolyn’s feminist as hell Dracula meets Jane Eyre mashup Reluctant Immortals, why women are so good at controlling our murderous urges, and what makes horror the ideal genre for rule-breaking, rage-fueled fiction.

Reluctant Immortals is out now, as are Gwendolyn’s previous books Boneset & Feathers, The Rust Maidens, Pretty Marys All in a Row, and And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe.

Also mentioned in the episode:

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Shirley Jackson, author of The Haunting of Hill House

Angela Carter, author of The Bloody Chamber

The Babadook

Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked by Christa Carmen

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

Yellowjackets

Find out more about Gwendolyn on her website, Instagram, or Twitter.

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