Welcome to episode 2 of This Might Sound Strange, a horror fiction podcast where tarot cards guide the conversation. Today our guest is Stacey Yu, whose debut novel KITTEN came out on August 4th, 2026. Although Kitten skews more weird literary fiction than horror, it really made us feel our feelings. Is there anything scarier than that?

The book follows our main character, Katie, shortly after her college graduation. We watch her struggle to navigate this moment and witness her complicated relationships—with her estranged mother, her wealthy older boyfriend, and his family’s cat, Silver. As you’ll hear, the cards prompted us to go deep on class, self-actualization, complex family dynamics, and much more. 

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Until next time…stay strange! xoxo, Michelle & Maya 

Credits: 

• Logo and artwork by Chris Panatier 
• Music by Tony Morales

Books mentioned

• Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
• NP by Banana Yoshimoto

• Nana by Ai Yazawa (manga series)
• Hotel Iris by Yōko Agawa
• Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
• Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata (short story collection)

Films mentioned

• Poor Things (Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
  

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Welcome to episode 1 of This Might Sound Strange, a horror fiction podcast where tarot cards guide the conversation. Today, we’re joined by bestselling horror author Lucy Rose, whose 2025 debut novel The Lamb took the world by storm. Over the past year, it became a Sunday Times Bestseller, a pick for Dakota Johnson’s book club, winner of the Nota Bene Prize, and a Shirley Jackson Awards nominee. 

In this episode, we talk about what this whirlwind year has meant for Lucy, and the cards pulled us deeply into the themes that run throughout the novel. We also exchange ghost stories, fangirl over Shirley Jackson, and wonder whether Mad Men is actually a horror story in disguise. 

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Until next time…stay strange! xoxo, Michelle & Maya 

Credits: 

• Logo and artwork by Chris Panatier 
• Music by Tony Morales
  

Books mentioned

• The Lamb by Lucy Rose
• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
• Haunted Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul G. Tremblay
• The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
• Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews
• The Leveret by Anna Goldreich
  

Shows mentioned

• Buzzfeed Unsolved: The Haunting of Hannah Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkUg89kLLBE
• EastEnders (1985)
• Mad Men (2007)
• True Detective (2014)
• The Good Place (2016)
  

Films mentioned

• The Florida Project (Dir. Sean Baker)
• Badlands (Dir. Terrance Malick)
• Backrooms (Dir. Kane Parsons)
• Matilda (Dir. Danny DeVito)
• American Psycho (Dir. Mary Harron)
• Fish Tank (Dir. Andrea Arnold)
• Beast (Dir. Michael Pearce)

Video Games mentioned

• What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow)

Misc. mentioned

• EMDR therapy for trauma!

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Welcome to This Might Sound Strange, a horror fiction podcast where tarot cards guide the conversation. Prior coworkers turned friends, we (Michelle Delgado and Maya Rector) started this podcast thanks to our mutual love of horror, the occult, and all things weird. While we love to consume horror media, we noticed a gap we could fill by offering up our queer perspectives in the space. 

Thus, This Might Sound Strange was born. Each episode is told through a queer lens for the girls, gays, and theys, and tarot cards take us places you may not expect. You can think of it as tarot readings for the books themselves. So far, we’ve spoken with guests including Lucy Rose (author of The Lamb), Stacey Yu (author of Kitten), Chloe Lauter (author of The Flayed Man) and more…and we’re just getting started.

Tune in for horror novel discussions, stay for tangents and ghost stories along the way. Episodes are released biweekly on Fridays, so stick around and hit subscribe. In the meantime, stay strange! 

xoxo, 

Michelle & Maya 🕯️🦉

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Maya Rector: 

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Michelle Delgado:

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