The Horror Show with Brian Keene

The podcast studio descends into chaos as Brian, Mary, Dave, Matt and Lombardo discuss Florida's herpetic monkey invasion, the death and legacy of Stan Lee, and the Blu-Ray and DVD release of Lombardo's new movie, I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE DOOMSDAY. Plus, Dungeonmaster 77.1 interviews child actor Reeve Blazi!

Brian, Dave, and Mary discuss T.E.D. Klein's modern classic of cosmic horror THE CEREMONIES. Plus, Scott Edelman's World Fantasy Guest of Honor speech and the return of Shock Totem.

How does one balance a successful marriage with a successful writing career? What are the joys and the pitfalls of being in a relationship with a creative? Brian and Mary lead a round table discussion of horror writers and their significant others, featuring Chet Williamson, Jeff Strand, Lynne Hansen, Armand and Shelly Rosamilia, Ralph Bieber, Somer Canon, Brian W. picard and more!

Brian Keene reveals the inspiration and secret origins of his novel THE COMPLEX, and just how close to home it cuts. Plus Dungeonmaster 77.1 reviews FALLOUT 76, and news on the buzz around Bartholomew Bennett's THE PALE ONES, Sarah Samedi's cancer fight, FRIDAY THE 13th's latest reboot, and the NIGHT OF THE COMET remake.

Author, musician and performance artist Michael Allen Rose sits down with Brian, Mary, and guest co-host Kelli Owen for a hilarious and revealing discussion about growing up Bizarro in North Dakota, his time with Chicago's Second City conservatory program, bonding with his father through music, switching genres, and much more. Plus -- Vox Day has a bad day, Chuck Wending gets fired, Kaitlin Booth gets promoted, Nicholaus Kaufmann's new book gets lost, the Barnes & Noble funeral march begins, and Brian offers some manscaping tips to Dave.

While under siege by a rogue woodchipper, Brian, Dave, Mary, and Matt open the Listener Mailbag and answer your questions on Robert R. McCammon, 'Sola Osofisan, Mame Diene, writing, podcasting, obscure heavy metal bands, boobs, if H.P. Lovecraft were born today, and much more.

In this long-awaited and heartfelt interview, Nate Southard (with special guest Wrath James White) opens up about anxiety, addiction, genre labels, going from comics to prose to filmmaking, collaboration and much more. Plus Brian discovers the E Spot...on a guitar, an exclusive on the new Weston Ochse novel, the FRIDAY THE 13TH court case gets a ruling, and Joe Ripple resurrects Horrorfind.

The Horror Show book club continues as Brian, Dave and Mary discuss in-depth the satirical, incendiary, heartfelt meta-fictional murder mystery I AM PROVIDENCE by Nick Mamatas. Plus, more allegations against Nocturnal Readers Box and Horror Bees, trouble at Telltale Games, and a discussion of labor unions.

The crown prince of extreme horror, Ryan Harding, sits down with Brian, Mary and guest audience Regina Garza-Mitchell for a discussion on his influences, the differences between writing prose and music, getting published at an early age, collaborating with both equals and icons, his attraction to the extreme, and much more. Then, Brian, Dave and Mary discuss the allegations of plagiarism and child sexual assault against SNM Horror Magazine's Steven Marshall, the new PREDATOR novelization by Mark Morris and Christopher Golden, and Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's next film. Plus...a cricket causes chaos in the studio!

Customer complaints and allegations swirl around the Nocturnal Readers Box subscription service. A hacker group has a message for the horror genre. Gary Freidrich in remembrance. Vicenzo Bilof departs JournalStone. The music of Victoria "Zera" Timpanaro. Dave's Prog Power report. Matt gets wet. Stephen Kozeniewski and Wesley Southard sign books. Brian and Mary meet Laird Barron's youngest critic.