Jenny Kiefer is one of the most exciting new voices in horror, and with Crafting for Sinners, out October 7th, she has created one of the best horror novels of the year! Jenny is so knowledgeable about so many aspects of horror, as she also runs Butcher Cabin Books, an all-horror bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky. Join us as we talk bouldering, cults, and very creative uses for super glue!

We first met Haley Newlin at Dark Drafts in nearby Lancaster, Pennsylvania in January (and you should definitely go to the second Dark Drafts Festival if you are in the area) and we have been super fans ever since. Take Your Turn, Teddy was immediately one of our favorite books and The Film You're About to See might be even better. This conversation is wide ranging, from oldies horror (of course) to mental health and being true to yourself. Haley is a delight and an inspiration. If you're not reading her books, it's time to jump on the Haley Newlin Hype Squad!

Drew Starling has created a Post-Apocalyptic horror tale done right with After, a book that you won't soon forget. This conversation is a fascinating dive into Starling's process as a writer and takes you on a journey into an all too believable dystopian landscape.

Broken Dolls is a standout book in a year of excellent Middle Grade horror. Ally Malinenko knows how to write horror that is honest, so reflective of the middle grade/school experience, and very scary. This conversation shows how much care and thought she puts into her work, and you can definitely feel it when you read it.

Buy Broken Dolls

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/broken-dolls-ally-malinenko/1146761370?ean=9780063355194

Tatiana Scholte-Bonne has emerged as such an exciting new voice in horror. Last year, she delivered a terrifying, fast paced YA horror in Such Lovely Skin, and on September 30th she is back with the deeply unsettling and wonderful The Mean Ones. Unlike her books, Tatiana is an absolute delight to talk to, and we know you will enjoy this fun conversation.

Buy Tatiana's books!

The Mean Ones

https://www.prairielights.com/book/9781951971304

Such Lovely Skin

https://www.prairielights.com/book/9798890030764

Lily Anderson is writing some of the best YA horror out there and she takes it to a new level with Showstopper, a slasher set at an elite musical theatre camp, coming September 30th. This conversation is so much fun, unhinged but wonderfully therapeutic at the same time!

Buy Lily's books:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/showstopper-lily-anderson/1146474054?ean=9781250370396

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/killer-house-party-lily-anderson/1144294514?ean=9781250394699

V.S. Lawrence is writing books that will appeal to all of the spooky, Goosebumps loving kids that have grown up and are looking for something that scratches that itch but is a little more grown up. Her imagination and storytelling is fantastic and that is especially on display in Chalupacabra Y2K. This book is so much fun and this conversation is so much fun, too!

The founder of the fantastic online book discussion group Novel Nightmares and resident Josh Malerman expert Amber Reu joins the pod to deep dive into Watching Evil Dead (out this week) and the terrifying Incidents Around The House (recently out in paperback and still traumatizing us).

Jonathan Janz is delivering a double whammy of Veil (coming September 16th) and his short story "Lenora" in the epic Stand anthology The End of the World as We Know it (Out now) this fall, and they are both absolute must reads. Veil especially, straddles the line of intense science fiction action and all out horror, with nerve shredding results.

This was such a fun and engaging conversation, we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.

Stephanie Rose is not only a bookseller and writer, but now a publisher, too. This week, she published a new version of her excellent debut novel Hiding Lies, and next week on the 16th brings us the spooky and delightful anthology Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night: A Halloween Horror Anthology.

This conversation goes to a lot of different places, but it is always insightfully unhinged the entire way!