Sisters Get Scared

⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀 Lindsay and Barbara talk through Joe HIll's latest novel—about six friends who make a deal with an ancient monster and struggle to survive the consequences. Featuring: Bridge trolls and internet trolls, whimsical mythology, and hope.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀 Barbara tells Lindsay about Annie Jacobsen's super scary FACT-BASED scenario in which a genetically modified plague bacteria goes rogue and ends civilization. Featuring: Are zombies real? Plague in Interview With the Vampire. And marmots in hibernation.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Hildur Knútsdóttir's deliciously short tale of a woman whose body gets up to some supernatural mischief when she's asleep. Featuring: Butchering Icelandic names, surprise sister magic, and recommending The Pitt.

⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀 WE'RE BACK! Again! Lindsay & Barbara, your favorite scaredy-cat sisters, recap Mary Shelly's classic tale of a college guy who made a hideous 8' tall cadaver man. Featuring: Stories in stories, tk, and REVENGE.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀 Lindsay & Barbara dig into Dan Kois's funny and heartwarming tale of six paperboys navigating a haunted neighborhood. Featuring: Our family's hand-knitted Christmas stockings, a lint-clogged pee disaster, and shoving a magical troll (named "Shithead") into a waterproof backpack.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Rivers Solomon's harrowing tale of three Black siblings who return to their seemingly perfect suburban childhood home only to uncover a terrifying plot linked to their deepest childhood trauma. Featuring: Inoculation from sister meanness, crimes against exotic fish, and systemic US racism.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara recap Virginia Faito's delightfully despicable tale of a psychopathic Victorian governess and her murderous Christmastime rampage. Featuring: Lindsay's seasonal depression, swapping out a murdered baby for a new one, and ideal vs. actual nighttime routines.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 Lindsay & Barbara discuss Christopher Buehlman's gruesome medieval road trip through medival plauge-ridden France. Featuring: Barbara's new approach to sciatica, a smashed-up toe from the desk Olympics, and whether or not this book is the Bible.

⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀 Lindsay and Barbara talk through Sarah Waters' gothic novel about a country doctor and his obsession with a big old house and its weird little ghost. Featuring: Barb's naked chicken knitted tank top, sex-energy-fuelled poltergeists, and toxic masculinity.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 💀💀💀💀💀 READ THIS BOOK — if you dare! In this chilling episode, Lindsay & Barb dive into Josh Malerman's haunting tale of the terrors of parenthood, in which the world of eight-year-old Bella gets turned upside down by her demonic Other Mommy. Featuring: Technical difficulties, back-to-school shopping, and techniques to survive an eternity of torture.