Ever wondered what it'd be like to be a teen detective?  Mira Grant answers this question with IN THE SHADOW OF SPINDTHRIFT HOUSE, a horror novella sure to give you the heebie-jeebies!  Also featured: the horror of a deer that is no longer a deer, what we would and wouldn't do for 3 million dollars, THE END, and much more!

Talk about a dirty side-hustle, am I right fellas?  *cricket noises*  Yeah, I know, not every joke can land as awesome as THE RESURECTIONIST OF CALIGO by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga, who are our featured guests today!  Also featured: the ins and outs of graverobbing (and the guides that started it all!), letter-writing as a literary device, family drama for the ages, and much more!

To be FAIR . . . I would wholeheartedly adopt this spaceship as my son.

We're talking VELOCITY WEAPON from Megan E. O'Keefe!  Also featured: too many narrators in the kitchen, AI hijinks, a teeth-kicking surprise, and much more!  Reminder that we're doing something special for Patreon this month because it's our birthday!

(I promise there are no gratuitous RvB references in the episode.)  Fall in love with the future, the past, and every second in between with THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone!  Also featured: speaking into the void, the difference between romance and capitol-R Romance, the things you need to hear the moment you hear them, and much more.  

Reminder, again, that Patreon backers get extra-cool goodies this month because it's our birthday!

I'm all for loving nature, and this book takes you to the next step to say that nature loves you too!  We're talking SILVER IN THE WOOD by Emily Tesh!  Also featured: a mom almost as cool and butt-kicking as my mom, the inversion of the 'bury your gays' trope, my ability to withstand said trope, and much more!

(Reminder that we're back on Patreon for our birthday month!  Check it out!)

Get comfy and grab you plushies, we're talking THE IMAGINARY CORPSE by Tyler Hayes with none other than the author himself!  If you love detective noir with heart (that happens to be dinosaur shaped), this is gonna be the book - and interview - for you!  Also featured: my absent Carolina-kitty, being ride-or-die, inoculating yourself against a harsh world with harsher literature, and much more!

Reminder that we're live with Patreon as a celebration for our 2-year anniversary!  

Hard to warn you of a Phoenix when we don't know where it'll show up! Maybe Sean Grigsby knows?  Either way, here's here to talk about his new book ASH KICKERS!

Also featured: tell Sean to turn on his location because I just want to talk, my still-healing heart from DAUGHTERS OF FORGOTTEN LIGHT, every YA/MG horror anthology ever, noir robots, and much more!

(Explicit because Mom said it's my podcast and I can use the fuck word.)

We're talking WANDERERS by Chuck Wendig - a book that unfortunately has been labeled DNF. Also featured: the exhaustion of realistic fiction, dice-painting, love letters to Stephen King, and much more.

TRIGGER WARNING: a rape scene is mentioned and discussed (but not described) from 8:30 to 9:40.

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This week we're talking THE OUTSIDE by Ada Hoffman! Also featured: Lovecraft but make it gay, NYCC appearances, TVTropes, me getting distracted by things I love in stories, and much more!

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We're talking magic crimes in AN ILLUSION OF THIEVES by Cate Glass this week! Also featured: some creepy magic creatures, THROWING SOMEONE IN A RIVER OUT OF SHEER RAGE, what happens when you go crazy with some magical heists after some drama-bombs, and much more! (Also ALSO featured: news on appearances this summer!)

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