When Clio’s mom passes away she is forced to deal with the demons of her past – and the one that possessed her childhood home. Rachel Harrison’s PLAY NICE is a unique play on the Haunted House trope.

Kate Russo discusses UNTIL ALISON, a literary thriller about a student journalist investigating the murder of her old friend/childhood rival, and her own college experiences that shaped the story.

Auston Habershaw shares IF WISHES WERE RETAIL, a hilarious, cozy adventure in which a rebellious but enterprising young woman and an ancient but clueless genie go into business at the local mall.

Hank Phillippi Ryan drops by to talk about her latest thriller ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS, which explores a debut writer’s worst nightmare when her glamorous book tour becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse chase.

Toril Orlesky discusses HOTBLOOD! VOL. 1: THE LAND OF PROMISE, its evolution from web comic to the printed page, worldbuilding, genre, and color.

Jenn chats with Madeline Martin about researching and writing her newest novel, THE SECRET BOOK SOCIETY, about a forbidden book club for women set in Victorian London.

Anna Fitzgerald Healy teases us with murder and etiquette as seen through the eyes of Billie, a young woman with an obsession with a dead woman and the high society men who might have killed her.

Veronica Agarwal and Lee Durfey-Lavoie, the dynamic duo behind middle-grade graphic novels like JUST ROLL WITH IT and SINK OR SWIM, drop by to chat about making comics about mental health for children, as well as their upcoming appearance at Sy-Con 2025!

Syosset High School alumnus Dr. Asa Mittman stops by the show to talk about how his alma mater shaped his career as a medieval art historian and his recent book, CARTOGRAPHIES OF EXCLUSION: ANTI-SEMITIC MAPPING IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND.

Daniel Braum returns to the show to discuss his recent collections of beautiful and strange stories, CREATURES OF LIMINAL SPACE and PHANTOM CONSTELLATIONS.