"Look, these stories – small-town legends about monsters or demons or evil spirits – they’re all just an excuse for people to avoid seeing the real monsters all around them." 

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about teeth, teeth trees, teeth in your arm and teeth pouring into your mouth in our discussion of Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis.

“She didn’t want to become a target for the clown.”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about killer clowns with ice picks, huge knives, crossbows, circular saws, pitchforks, a second crossbow, axes, chainsaws, machetes, knives, fire, rifles, a sporty two-seater, a noose and a scalpel in our discussion of Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare, narrated by Jesse Vilinsky.

“Yes, my dear child, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement.”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, we talk about worms, tiny hats and Snapping to, Will Henry! in our discussion of The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey, narrated by Steve Boyer.

“In the end … everything always comes down to those two choices: stay down or stand up.”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, we talk about snot running down your face and into your mouth, creepy things inside holes in walls, impossible doors full of gross dead finger mouths, and meatballs in our discussion of Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix featuring music by Lyss Emerson.

“We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about magic and whimsy in their discussion of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, featuring music by Lyss Emerson.

"I think we all get to decide what good and bad and right and wrong mean to us, not what we’re told to accept."

“She had changed me more than I’d known it was possible for me to change and still remain myself.”

Amanda and Claire have a chat with author Bridget Tyler and voice actress Jesse Vilinsky and play a game of Would You Rather with them based on The Survivor.

"Maybe we can't understand each other, but we can respect each other."

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about murderous grandpas, murderous swamps and murderous trees in their discussion of The Survivor by Bridget Tyler, audiobook narrated by Jesse Vilinsky, featuring the author and voice actor for a game of Would You Rather and music by Lyss Emerson.

Amanda and Claire have a chat with authors PC Cast and Kristin Cast and play a game of Would You Rather with them based on the final book in the House of Night Otherworld series Found.