Susan Hensley swings by to chat about ART FOR YOUR SANITY: HOW ART JOURNALING CAN HELP YOU MANAGE CHAOS AND UNLEASH JOY. We talk about silencing the inner critic and cultivating a sense of play as an adult.

Jenn and Kaye sat down with Nadia El-Fassi to talk about the delicious rom-com, BEST HEX EVER. We chat about crafting cozy fall reads, bi representation, and spice-- in the kitchen AND in the bedroom!

Colby Wilkens stopped by to chat about IF I STOPPED HAUNTING YOU, a tremendously fun enemies to lovers romance about feuding horror writers with a spooky twist. We chat about crafting romantic tension and the connections between fear, love, and vulnerability.

Gary Goldstein stops by the show to talk about PLEASE COME TO BOSTON, a bittersweet coming-of-age tale about exploring one’s sexuality and authentic self, and the beautifully messy relationships that can entail. We talk about evoking 1970s Boston and imagining our own alternate histories.

Author Crystal King takes the reader on a wild journey in this retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth set in 1948 Italy in Sacro Bosco, where a young woman with no past joins Dali as his newest model – and that’s not the strangest thing that happens to her!

Ricky Lima’s UNDERGROWTH is truly epic graphic novel about global crisis, mental health, and giant robots. We chat about writing for teens and Daniele Aquilani’s gorgeous art! Content note for mental health and trauma.

Author Del Sandeen weaves a web of social horror and historical fiction in this deeply compelling horror novel about Jemma, a young black woman with a supernatural gift, who travels from Chicago to New Orleans for a job with the mysterious Duchon family.

Paul Jessup’s DAUGHTER OF THE WORMWOOD STAR is a totally unique antichrist story that combines folk horror, cosmic horror, occult horror, with elements of splatter punk and twisted surrealism. Paul stopped by to talk about crafting this gorgeous fever dream of a novel.

Carol Hoenig is a brilliant and accomplished novelist-- and Jenn’s former boss from her bookselling days! Carol and Jenn catch up (with a surprise visit from her other former boss and Carol’s partner in crime, Peggy Zieran, who once managed the Syosset Borders Books & Music) and discuss her beautiful new novel, BEFORE SHE WAS A FINLEY.

Kimberly Brock connects historical fiction with southern fable that connects three women across a decades old mystery set in Georgia’s Cumberland Island.