Horror in the Margins

We talk to Laura Picklesimer about her award-winning, bitingly satirical serial killer novel, Kill for Love. We discuss the glaring disparities between fraternities and sororities, the culture of Greek life on college campuses, the drive for something more when our protagonist, Tiffany, reaches peak perfection according to societal standards, awakenings and hunger, and of course, the enduring inspiration for serial killer stories that is American Psycho. 

Listener beware, we thoroughly spoil Kill for Love, so read the novel and come back to the pod for a great conversation. 

Pick up Kill for Love wherever you buys your books. Here are links to Amazon and Barnes and Noble for easy access - 

Amazon - https://a.co/d/bru1tra
Barnes and Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kill-for-love-laura-picklesimer/1143074975?ean=9781951213893

Follow the book on IG - killforlovethebook
Follow Laura on IG - lauragreenpickle 

Visit Laura's website - https://www.storywellproductions.com/

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Stay spooky, Pod People. 

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Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

Happy New Year, Pod People! What better way to kick off 2024 than watching Suitable Flesh, a campy, Lifetime-esque adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's “The Thing on the Doorstep?” Did we mention it also stars Heather Graham and horror royalty Barbara Crampton? We quote some terrific one-liners from the film, discuss the complete disregard for medical ethics throughout this wild story, and maybe get a little mixed up with the plot, because there is a whole lot of horny, body-swapping goodness! 

Suitable Flesh is available to rent from Amazon Prime, YouTube, Apple TV, and Google Play Movies. And if you have a Shudder subscription, you can stream Suitable Flesh beginning January 26.

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

Merry Killmas, y'all. We talk to fiction writer, screenwriter, and film professor Brian McAuley about his holiday slasher Candy Cain Kills. We discuss how Brian's background in screenwriting informs his storytelling, the real-life terrors of Christo-facism, including a particularly terrifying Bible story, the experience of writing creative kills, and Brian's favorite slashers. Oh, and trust us, you'll want to listen to the outro on this episode...

Listener beware, we thoroughly spoil just about every twist in Candy Cain Kills, so read the novella and come back to the pod for a great conversation. 

Pick up Candy Cain Kills - https://shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/candy-cain-kills-novella-killer-vhs-series/

Follow Brian on social media at - brainmcwriter

Visit his website - https://brianmcwriter.com/

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

Happy Krampusknacht, Pod People. Tis the season to be scary, so we watched Rare Exports, a Finnish film heavy on Krampus and Joulupukki/Yule Goat lore. We discuss the darker side of Santa, the naughty or nice list, childhood innocence, and good old-fashioned Christmas capitalism. There's also a lot of discussion of holiday wang, because there is a whole lot of full frontal in this film. 

Rare Exports is available to stream just about anywhere, so go find this holiday delight and make it a part of your end-of-the-year film watching traditions.

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

We talk to Elgin award-winning  L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer and poet Tiffany Morris about her debut novella Green Fuse Burning. We discuss the duality of nature - its ability to both give and take life - the importance of swampcore and ecohorror at a time of severe climate distress, Indigenous perspectives on identity, spirituality, and connection with land, the ways in which capitalism can delay healing from grief and PTSD, and so much more.

Pick up Green Fuse Burning - https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/green-fuse-burning/

Follow Tiffany on social media at -

Twitter/X - tiffmorris
Instagram - cryptidsarecute
Bluesky - tiffmorris

Visit her website - https://tiffmorris.com/

References from our conversation -

Artists:
Rita Letendre:
https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/album/2452

Kim Dorland:
https://nbb.gallery/collections/kim-dorland

Isaac Levitan
https://www.wikiart.org/en/isaac-levitan

Resources:

Native Land: whose land are you on?
https://native-land.ca

Indigenous Climate Action
https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com

Ducks Unlimited Wetland Conservation
https://www.ducks.org

The short story Tiffany references written in the form of an art catalog is “Dissolutions” by Miguel Fliguer published in Vasterien. 

Read Dylan Thomas's poem The force that through the green fuse drives the flower here - https://poets.org/poem/force-through-green-fuse-drives-flower 

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

We get a little romantical discussing the genre-bending film Spring, directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead. We discuss delicious monster body horror, risking it all for someone special, wanderlust and the beauty of the Italian countryside, found family, and a whole lot of philosophy and science and biology as it relates to the body, the evolution of monsters, and the physical process of falling in love.

Spring is available to watch on Shudder, YouTube, Vudu, Tubi, Redbox, and AMC, and available to rent on Amazon Prime, Google Play, and Apple TV. 

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

We talk to writer and editor Nico Bell about her novelette Open House and her forthcoming novel Static Screams. We discuss the strange rituals that are real-life open houses, the terrifying nature of smart homes, why family dynamics are such ripe fodder for horror, writing villains who truly believe they are the hero of their own story, and more. 

Pick up Open House - 

Amazon - https://a.co/d/gQhD5fj

Smashwords - https://a.co/d/gQhD5fj

Preorders for Nico's next book, Static Screams, are live today -

Barnes and Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/static-screams-nico-bell/1144230129?ean=2940179186304

Smashwords - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1466693

Follow Nico on social media at - 

Instagram - nicobellfiction 
Bluesky - nicobellfiction
Substack - nicobellfiction 

Visit her website - https://nicobellfiction.com/

Visit our Etsy store to rep the pod and do some good - https://www.etsy.com/shop/HorrorintheMargins

Every cent from the sale of HITM merch goes to our chosen beneficiary for the quarter. For October - December 2023, we'll donate all proceeds to the Young Breast Cancer Project, an organization that advocates for early detection of disease through breast health education - https://www.youngbreastcancer.org/.

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

We discuss Gaspar Noe's Climax, a deeply unsettling film about the human condition, bad drug trips, and what happens when unspoken social contracts are burned to the ground.  We discuss the phenomenal cast, mostly composed of dancers without acting experience who improvised a large portion of this film, awe-inducing single/long shots in the film, and the real-life inspiration for the film. We had very different opinions on this film, so our conversation also explores personal boundaries when consuming horror media and how you can appreciate the artistic vision of a film but not actively enjoy it. 

Content warnings for discussions of nonconsensual drug use, violence, incest, violence against children, and sexual assault/violence.

Climax is available to watch on Cinemax and to rent on Vudu, YouTube, and Google Play.

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

We discuss Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 film Possession, which has recently seen a bit of a renaissance within the horror community despite being labeled a video nasty and banned/censored/edited when first released. We talk about the behind-the-scenes lore of the film, the absolute force that is Isabelle Adjani, the horror inherent in a marriage failing, and some good old-fashioned monster fucking.  

Content warnings for discussions of domestic violence, self-harm, miscarriage, and well, monster fucking. 

Possession is available to view on Shudder and AMC+ and to rent on Amazon Prime and YouTube.

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay

We talk to Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson award-nominated author and horror academic RJ Joseph about her short story collection Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted. We discuss how her experience as a Black woman living in Texas influences her storytelling, the importance of giving voice to characters and people who rarely get the opportunity to have their stories told, tentacles, otherness, and the terror of never truly knowing what lies beneath expanses of white 'snow.'

You can purchase Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted through:

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Hath-Sorrow-Woman-Haunted-ebook/dp/B09YTRVNY8/

Barnes and Noble - https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hell-hath-no-sorrow-like-a-woman-haunted-rj-joseph/1141404408

Watch and/or listen to Rhonda read I Want To Be Free on Story Hour [alongside Meg Ellison's The VCar] - https://fb.watch/njujK4YF2j/?mibextid=CDWPTG

Visit Rhonda's website: www.rhondajacksonjoseph.com
Follow her on Twitter/X:  @rjacksonjoseph

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If there's a movie you'd like us to review or a creator you'd like us to interview, send us an email at [email protected]. We're happy to consider your suggestions. 

Stay spooky, Pod People. 

Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay
Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay