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!

Stephanie Rose is extremely busy. She is re-releasing her first novel Hiding Lies on September 9th with an all new ending, is bringing the creepiness of the Halloween season with Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night on September 16th, and has Small Town Slasher, a rip roaring homage to the slasher genre that comes next year.

This was such an interesting, insightful, and really fun conversation.

Ally Russell is writing the books we wished we had as kids. It Came From the Trees (Now in Paperback) is a genuinely scary Bigfoot inspired tale, and coming September 16th is one of our favorite books of the year, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, a story of a girl that lives in a house by the cemetery, and the very spooky adventures she must go on to keep the family business going.

This is such a great and insightful conversation and we are so excited to share it with you all!

T.T. Madden joins the pod to talk about their entry in the Totally Freaked! series, Gorman's House (out September 9th) as well as their other recent release Student Bodies. We talk about our favorite horror movies, Halloween costumes, and representation in horror and especially nostalgic horror.

Delilah S. Dawson is one of the best and most prolific writers working in a number of genres right now and we talk about some of her latest releases, including Ride or Die, House of Idyll (Out September 9th) and Thor and Loki : Epic Tales from Marvel Mythology (Out September 16th).

Alyssa Alessi is an author to watch. Her fantastic Izzy Hoffman is not A Witch already out and getting middle graders into horror fiction, as well as stories popping up in collections and an exciting project coming next summer with Robert Ottone and Monique Asher!

She is also the creator of the Spooktastic Book Fair, which will be haunting the Framingham Public Library in Massachusetts on September 13th. This is such a fun conversation, we were so happy to sit down with Alyssa and we hope you have as much fun as we did.

The Twisted Spine opens in NYC this Saturday, September 6th. It is the first bookstore dedicated to horror and dark literature and a lot of people, including us, are very excited to see this beautiful new destination for horror fans.

Join us for this insightful conversation about why we need a horror bookstore, why we should follow our dreams, and the hard work required to start a business.

If you want to read more about and visit The Twisted Spine, check out their Instagram below!

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Alma Katsu is one of the best writers working today in the horror genre and she joins us for one of the most fascinating conversations that we have ever had. She is an incredible researcher and her experience in the intelligence industry has led to brilliant horror and spy fiction. Her new novel, Fiend, releases September 16th and is her first novel set during the present day.

Order Fiend

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Rachel Harrison is one of the main reasons this podcast exists. Her work is vital to the horror community and modern fiction in general. If you are not reading Harrison, you are missing out. This conversation will show you exactly why that is the case, as she speaks insightfully about her role in the horror community, her body of work, and why it's OK to be angry and to mess up, no matter what people say or how they are going to judge you.

Buy Place Nice

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/play-nice-rachel-harrison/1146661987?ean=9780593642573