Agatha Andrews has been a fierce lover and supporter of books all of her life. Learn with us in this great conversation about her history in the literature ecosystem and hopefully come away with some excellent recommendations for your new favorite reads!

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Have you ever thought about how many horror movies feature pools? Well Cullen Wade sure has, and he has written an incredibly well-researched and written book about the swimming pool in horror films. The pool as symbolism, the pool as a plot device, or just as a cool visual tool, Wade is going to tell you all about it and it is fascinating as hell.

Horror Reader Weekend is the premiere event for horror readers and writers. And Christine Harrold is the reason for that. She is a passionate supporter of horror writers, and she thinks of everything when it comes to her events. If you've been you know, if you haven't, you will once you do. Listen to this delightful conversation and we know you'll be signing up for the next event.

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Saratoga Schaefer's Trad Wife is one of the most talked about books of the year for a very good reason. It is horrifying, exhilarating, and so much fun to read. This conversation is not horrifying, but was definitely a ton of fun and we hope you enjoy it, too!

We have two fantastic authors and artists on the episode today, Kailee Pedersen, author of Sacrificial Animals and the upcoming The Minimalist (out August 18th) and Briana N Cox, author of Indigent (out March 20th). This is a fascinating conversation about horror by BIPOC and Queer authors, by two rising stars of the genre. We hope you enjoy!

Erin Crosby Eckstine's extraordinary debut novel, Junie, was one of the best books of 2025 and a book that will be read for decades to come. It is a gothic ghost story set in the Antebellum South just before the Civil War begins. It is heartbreaking, it is filled with warmth, it is a book that just feels alive. The characters and events in this book will live with you for a very long time.

Not surprisingly, Erin is just as thoughtful, engaging, and knowledgeable as her book, and this is a conversation that will be up there with the most impactful that we have had on this podcast. We hope you feel the same.

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Alex Tucker is an exciting new voice in horror, and his book, Afraid to Feel is a frightening and all too real look at what happens when we hold in traumas and intense emotions for far too long. Join us for a very thoughtful and interesting conversation!

Chris Kauzlarich understands that the true horror lies within us and his short story collection Menagerie in the Dark shows us the wide-ranging ways that this can be seen in the world around us. Join us for a thoughtful and fun conversation, which you will hopefully walk away from wanting to read his work, and you might get a few other recommendations out it as well!

Middle Finger Rigor Mortis, the new novel by Andrew Adams from Mad Axe Media, is a delirious yet thoughtful book about a final girl that never wanted to be one, yet has found herself in that position EIGHT times. Teaming up with a psychiatrist, she begins hunting killers to give them a taste of their own medicine.

Enjoy this conversation about serial killers, expanding short stories into novels, physical media, having a way to separate the darkness from the light, and why its a perfect time for a double middle finger salute.

Amanda Casile is not just an amazing K-Pop dancer, she's also a fantastic novelist! Her novel, Broken Trail, is available now on audiobook and ebook, and will be out soon in print. It is the story of the very complicated Clara, who finds herself on a hike with her friend and their children on the very same trail where her patient is accused of having murdered her fiance. This is a horror novel folks, so you can guess this hike does not go well.

We are so excited that Amanda was the first guest of season 2, and this is such an insightful and fun conversation about parenting, hiking, psychology, as well as some really interesting topics around writing and publishing.

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