Horror Humor Hunger

Jessica M. Goldstein is a culture writer and author based in Washington, D.C. Her debut novel, RETRO, just came out in June, and she’s also a journalist with work in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Marie Claire, and more.

Join us as we discuss the big cultural questions, protecting time and space for imagination, incorporating history into fiction, nostalgia, and, of course, recreational time travel!

Connect with Jessica: https://www.jessicamgoldstein.com

Sign up for THE RETRO REPORT: https://retroreport.substack.com

Check out the Retro Agency website: https://retrotheagency.com

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

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Megan Mostyn-Brown is a playwright and TV writer/producer who's written for shows on Fox, Netflix, AMC, Amazon, and Paramount+, including NOS4A2 and Gotham. She’s also a horror novelist, and her debut, THE NEED, presents cannibals in a very different way than we’ve seen before.

Join us as we discuss cannibalism, family drama, toxic relationships, and more!

Connect with Megan: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2348127/megan-mostyn-brown/

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Welcome back to Gwendolyn Kiste, the four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens, Reluctant Immortals, The Haunting of Velkwood, and Boneset & Feathers, among others. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including Lit Hub, Nightmare, Tor Nightfire, and Titan Books. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror award for Novel of the Year as well as nominations for the Shirley Jackson, Premios Kelvin, Ignotus, Dragon, and Ohio Book Awards.

Join us as we discuss her newest work, In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts, the legacy of The Great Gatsby, reimagining classic tales, and the importance of not letting people’s stories get lost.

Connect with Gwendolyn: https://www.gwendolynkiste.com

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Jendia Gammon is a Nebula and three-time BSFA Awards finalist author of horror, fantasy, thriller, and science fiction novels and short stories. She is also CEO of Roaring Spring Productions, LLC and Editor-in-Chief of its publishing imprint, Stars and Sabers Publishing. She has also written under the pen name J. Dianne Dotson. If that weren’t enough, she holds a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and is also a science writer and an award-winning artist.

Join us as we discuss grief horror, using horror to cope with the world around us, weird monsters, hauntings, and writing in multiple genres.

Connect with Jendia: https://jendiagammon.com

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Saratoga Schaefer is the USA Today Bestselling and Indie Press Bestselling author of horror and thriller novels, including Trad Wife and A Thousand Monstrous Forms. Their books have been featured in Variety, People Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Glamour, and their writing has appeared in Writer’s Digest, CrimeReads, and more.

Join us as we discuss tradwife horror, finding writing rhythms, the differences and similarities between horror and thrillers, and… haunted clown tables?!

Connect with Saratoga: https://saratogaschaefer.com

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Keep up with Horror Humor Hunger:
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Kailee Pedersen writes haunted, unsettling speculative fiction. She is the author of the queer poetry chapbook Pastoraleand the novel Sacrificial Animals, which was named one of the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2024 and a finalist for Best Horror at the 2025 Libby Book Awards. Her second novel, The Minimalist, just released this August!

Join us as we discuss music, literary inspiration, minimalism, queer and diverse voices in horror, and more!

Connect with Kailee: https://kaileepedersen.com

Check out Kailee’s Spotify playlist to accompany The Minimalist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5HiT9NaUNHGxwqwvTefUj4

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Keep up with Horror Humor Hunger:
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The submechanophobia queen, Jordie, otherwise known as @‌WhyJordie online, has inspired more than one of my horror stories. She has grown an enormous social following (over 500k!) doing creepy show and tells about submechanophobia, megalophobia, thalassophobia, urban legends, and all things spooky.

Join us as we discuss our submechanophobia origin stories, the creepiest abandoned animatronics, why we love things that scare us, our favorite horror movies, and so much more!

Connect with Jordie on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@whyjordie

Connect with Jordie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whyjordie

Connect with Jordie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@whyjordie?lang=en

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Keep up with Horror Humor Hunger:
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Joshua Millican is a journalist, actor, active member of the Horror Writers Association, and the author of Teleportasm, Chopping Mall: The Novelization, and his latest work, Dopefoot.

Join us as we discuss writing cinematically, novelizing films, cryptids, Bigfoot, and how horror reflects our larger societal fears.

Connect with Joshua: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_millican/

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Keep up with Horror Humor Hunger:
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Amber Dean, author of Hysterical, writes psychologically immersive horror centered on female obsession, intimacy, and power. Drawing on her lived experience in New York City’s nightlife scene, her work explores desire without moral apology.

Join us as we discuss vengeful women, female rage, love vs. romance, intimacy as a shackle, obsession as logic, and the different between likable and compelling characters.

Connect with Amber: https://amberdeanauthor.com

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Keep up with Horror Humor Hunger:
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We flip the script in this episode, with my friend Katherine interviewing me! And here’s a little Easter egg for y’all who’ve already read the book--Katherine is the inspiration for the character of Kendall! Join us as we discuss the meaning of the title, the inspiration for the story, the villainy (or not?) of unhelpful husbands, and more!

Connect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.com

Purchase Ripped Up the Middle in Two along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1

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Keep up with Horror Humor Hunger:
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- Twitter: @HHHPodwithViggy
- Sign up for Viggy's monthly newsletter at www.viggyhampton.com