Podcasts about tor nightfire

Nat Cassidy is back, this time to talk about his novel When the Wolf Comes Home, published in April 2025 by Tor Nightfire. Alongside Trevor, he talks about chase novels and shapeshifting, about acting, masks, and improvisational meaning-making, about how we live by saying "yes, and" to life, and a whole lot more about the changing nature of fear and our reactions to it. You can find Nat Cassidy at his website natcassidy.com, and you can get When the Wolf Comes Home at your local library or from your favorite book retailer on April 22, 2025! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join in with S.A. Barnes as she explores all of the good, the weird, and the weirder in her latest book, Cold Eternity. Together with Trevor, she explores how the book frames a contemporary moment in life, power, and politics, as well as dives into all of the weird and wonderful elements fleshing out the novel's sci-fi horror worldbuilding.You can support S.A. Barnes by following her at staceykade.com and by reading Cold Eternity at your local library or your favorite book retailer, available April 8, 2025 from Tor Nightfire! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of the show, Trevor sits once again with author KC Jones, this time to talk about his new novel White Line Fever. They dive into what makes the book's terrifying road trip so fun, talk about the book's origins and its road to getting published, about the road trip as metaphor for life's journeys, confronting change and fear, and heaping praise on what is one of Trevor's favorite books to date this year.You can find more about KC Jones at his website kcjonespnw.com, and you can find White Line Fever available now from Tor Nightfire at your local library or your favorite book retailer. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martene McCaffrey of Unity Books Auckland reviews Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix published by Tor Nightfire; "Teenage Fern is sent to a maternity home for young, unwed mothers in the summer of 1970.

Author C.J. Leede returns to the podcast, this time to talk to Scotty about her new novel "American Rapture" (October 15, Tor Nightfire). They discuss the influence of her religious upbringing, her thoughts on purity culture, their mutual anxiety about the apocalypse, their shared love of American kitsch, and more. They also talk about this year's surprise hit "The First Omen," and how it works as both a prequel to the 1976 classic and as a brilliant work of religious horror in its own right. WARNING: There are moderate spoilers for "The First Omen" in this episode. C.J. can be found online at https://cjleede.com You can get your copy of "American Rapture" at https://bookshop.org/p/books/american-rapture-cj-leede/20998275 Find C.J. on tour! https://cjleede.com/events/ Be sure to tune in to Daniel Braum's YouTube series "Night Time Logic." The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's You Tube Channel, which is his name DanielBraum or @danielbraum7838. https://www.facebook.com/groups/429777132474382 https://www.youtube.com/@danielbraum7838 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

I am very excited about this episode, author Johnny Compton joins me to talk about his Sophomore novel Devil Kills Devils from Tor Nightfire. I enjoyed coming into this novel cold, not knowing anything about the plot, but it is a supernatural horror novel that knocked my socks off. We talk about Compton's influences, his background, and how he got into writing and start with a non-spoiler conversation about Devils Kill Devils. After a spoiler warning, we get full under the hood with this powerful novel. Plus we geek out about McCammon's Swan Song. •You can find my books here: Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW •And me here: Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/

Dark Adult Fiction September 2024 part 2 of 2 (Disclosure: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you)   The Haunting of Moscow House, by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (Berkley; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/4e58JLe The Hitchcock Hotel, by Stephanie Wrobel (Berkley; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/4esZcNY Horror Stories: Shocking Tales of Unspeakable Terror (Arcturus Gilded Classics) (Sirius; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3zs4VED In the Garden of Monsters, by Crystal King (Mira; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/47kV1Bn Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives, by Tim Major (Titan Books; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/4gkRRld Memory and Bone, by J.S. Bailey (September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/4ethQVH The Mesmerist, by Caroline Woods (Doubleday; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4eiqlDa The Midnight Club, by Margot Harrison (Graydon House; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/4gvBX7t Next Stop, by Benjamin Resnick (Avid Reader Press; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3Tog9AV The Night Guest, by Hildur Knútsdóttir (Tor Nightfire, September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XPDH4f Out of the Drowning Deep, by A.C. Wise (Titan Books; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TmqE7K Pay the Piper, by George A. Romero and Daniel Kraus (Union Square & Co; September 3, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TvMENx Perfectly Wicked, by Lindsay Lovise (Alcove Press; September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XMq4mk The Shadow Key, by by Susan Stokes-Chapman (Harper; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3z4dwNQ Sleep Tight, by J. H. Markert (Crooked Lane Books, September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4eoc7AK So Thirsty, by Rachel Harrison (Berkley; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4ghLxuJ Valley: The Glacian Trilogy, Book III, by Stacey McEwan (Angry Robot; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/3TsZYCq The Vampire of Kings Street, by Asha Greyling (Crooked Lane Books, September 17, 2024) https://amzn.to/4ejKSqS The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society, by C.M. Waggoner (Ace; September 24, 2024) https://amzn.to/3XncmVN William, by Mason Coile (GP Putnam's Sons, September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4egOKcb We Came to Welcome You, by Vincent Tirado (William Morrow; September 3) https://amzn.to/3TpsxAw The Witch of Colchis, by Rosie Hewitt (Sourcebooks Landmark; September 10, 2024) https://amzn.to/4d1DEGL @darksideofthelibrary  

PREORDER REST STOPNat Cassidy was kind enough to join me once more on the podcast to talk about his upcoming novella, out on Shortwave, called REST STOP (preorder link above the cover image). While REST STOP is a quick read, and pretty chock-full of violence and creepy crawlies, we managed to get pretty deep into a conversation about generational trauma and survival - themes that are present throughout this depraved story. We also talked about Nat's upcoming novel from Tor Nightfire, WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME, out on April 22nd of 2025, and a little bit about Nat's two chapbooks that he also released through Shortwave, which you should absolutely go buy immediately. Coming soon on the podcast: Keith Rosson returns to talk about the closing title in his FEVER HOUSE duology - THE DEVIL BY NAME. Later, I'll be talking to Tim Waggoner about his novelization of Ti West's X trilogy, of which I've read X and it's fan-fucking-tastic.For folks that prefer YouTube: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thearcparty.com/subscribe

Hark, Constructs! We hope you enjoy the latest episode of our series of Bonus Episodes we're calling, “Tomb Talks”, where we invite some of our favorite authors and artists to our table to discuss their work and the works that inspire them as well as the various types of nerdy media we consume. This interview features Brom, author of The Plucker, The Devil's Rose, The Child Thief, Krampus: the Yule Lord, Lost Gods, Slewfoot, and, coming September 17th from Tor Nightfire, EVIL IN ME! We hope you enjoy the conversation! Very Respectfully, Nick & Emily Here's a link to Brom's website! Follow The Unlocked Tomb Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Featuring Original Music by: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chelsea Lankes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - Ghost© (Remix by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dance with the Dead⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Permission for use granted by the artist)

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by award-winning author Nathan Ballingrud, who discusses his new novella Crypt of the Moon Spider, which is published by our friends at TOR Nightfire.  Topics of discussion include Asheville, Dale Bailey, treatment for the melancholy, the dark side of the moon, dead gods, the relationship between the moon and madness, spousal behaviors, the 1920s, Frankenstein and much more.  Copies of Crypt of the Moon Spider can be purchased here from Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, NC.  

In this week's episode, Trevor converses with author Matthew Lyons about his new book A Mask of Flies. They talk about the beauty and importance of awe in feral places, in what differentiates niceness versus kindness, and about giving a damn in fiction and in life. You can support Matthew Lyons by following him at matthewlyonsauthor.com or by reading or requesting A Mask of Flies, now available from Tor Nightfire at your local library or wherever books are sold. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe is joined by the mysterious, masked Chuck Tingle to talk about his new, traditionally published book BURY YOUR GAYS (out July 9 from Tor Nightfire). Chuck and Joe talk about absurdist art balanced with sincerity, the impact and meaning of AI on art, how Chuck's faceless persona effects his work, and Chuck's thoughts around separating the art from the artist. Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace. Looking for more bookish content? Check out the Libby Life Blog! We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com. We've got merch! Check out our two shirts in The OverDrive Shop (all profits are donated to the ALA Literacy Clearinghouse). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing with this June's theme being things that are about horror movies rather than are horror movies themselves, here's Nina Nesseth with Nightmare Fuel, a book about the science of horror movies. You can buy Nightmare Fuel anywhere Tor Nightfire books are sold, such as on amazon, and follow Nina Nesseth on twitter: https://twitter.com/cestmabiologie/ Powered by Firstory Hosting

Scotty talks to author C.J. Leede about going from a sci-fi and fantasy-reading medieval studies major who had "never read a horror novel in [her] life" to becoming the author of "Maeve Fly" (2023, Tor Nightfire), which is nominated this year for both a Splatterpunk Award and a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. C.J. talks about immersing herself in horror and transgressive fiction, learning to love her newly adopted city of Los Angeles, celebrating female monstrousness in her work, and more. She and Scotty also discuss their love of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." You can find C.J. online at: https://cjleede.com You can get your copy of "Maeve Fly" at: https://bookshop.org/p/books/maeve-fly-cj-leede/18738964 You can listen to C.J.'s "Maeve Fly" Spotify playlist at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/43upE7fyzFUo1wCY7iVOQf?si=6bc41c47f6b94b63 You can pre-order "American Rapture" at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQHMBG1Y/ You can listen to the most recent episode of "The Weirdest Thing," where Scotty and Amelia talk about the history of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3e9NY8GMtgNyxQXt70VfCX?si=85000aac9be14399 Be sure to tune in to Daniel Braum's YouTube series "Night Time Logic." The series focuses on the strange, weird, and wonderful side of dark fiction through readings and discussions with diverse authors from around the world. You can tune in on Daniel's You Tube Channel, which is his name DanielBraum or @danielbraum7838. The next episode will feature author Paul Tremblay, and will be live on August 29 at 7 p.m., EST: https://www.facebook.com/events/797113355174358 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Liz Kerin returns to talk about her latest novel, First Light, the sequel to Night's Edge. Together with Trevor, she talks about how the book approaches complex issues of guilt and grief, about how it handles its revenge arc, and about the way the book reflects on empathy and radicalization over trauma. You can find more from Liz Kerin at her website, lizkerin.com, and you can get your copy of First Light from Tor Nightfire wherever you buy your books. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I talked to Gretchen Felker-Martin about Cuckoo (Tor Nightfire, 2024). From Gretchen Felker-Martin, the acclaimed author of Manhunt, comes a vicious new novel about a group of teens who must stay true to themselves while in a conversion camp from hell. Something evil is buried deep in the desert. It wants your body. It wears your skin. In the summer of 1995, seven queer kids abandoned by their parents at a remote conversion camp came face to face with it. They survived--but at Camp Resolution, everybody leaves a different person. Sixteen years later, only the scarred and broken survivors of that terrible summer can put an end to the horror before it's too late. The fate of the world depends on it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Today I talked to Gretchen Felker-Martin about Cuckoo (Tor Nightfire, 2024). From Gretchen Felker-Martin, the acclaimed author of Manhunt, comes a vicious new novel about a group of teens who must stay true to themselves while in a conversion camp from hell. Something evil is buried deep in the desert. It wants your body. It wears your skin. In the summer of 1995, seven queer kids abandoned by their parents at a remote conversion camp came face to face with it. They survived--but at Camp Resolution, everybody leaves a different person. Sixteen years later, only the scarred and broken survivors of that terrible summer can put an end to the horror before it's too late. The fate of the world depends on it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Join Lisa and Mel as we talk with author Gwendolyn Kiste about her newest novel, The Haunting of Velkwood. Gwendolyn Kiste is the three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens, Reluctant Immortals, Boneset & Feathers, Pretty Marys All in a Row, and The Haunting of Velkwood. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including Lit Hub, Nightmare, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, CrimeReads, Tor Nightfire, The Lineup, and The Dark. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror award for Novel of the Year as well as nominations for the Premios Kelvin, Ignotus, and Dragon Awards. Originally from Ohio, she now resides on an abandoned horse farm outside of Pittsburgh with her husband, their excitable calico cat, and not nearly enough ghosts. Find her online at gwendolynkiste.com Purchase The Haunting of Velkwood here.  Buy Toil and Trouble here!

Welcome, sinners, to another chilling confession in the Confessional. This week, I'm joined by Johnny Compton, author of The Spite House and the forthcoming Devils Kill Devils from Tor Nightfire. We delve into the shadowy world of psychological horror with Hammer Films' "Taste of Fear" (1961), also known as "Scream of Fear." Prepare to confess your sins of disbelief as we explore the unsettling story of Penny Appleby. Wheelchair-bound and recently returned to her childhood home, Penny finds herself haunted by visions of her deceased father. But are these visions real, or is Penny slowly succumbing to madness? Join us as we dissect the film's masterful use of paranoia and unreliable narration as well as the chilling performance of Susan Strasberg. Is Penny truly haunted, or is there a darker secret lurking beneath the surface? Unravel the mystery in this episode of My Horror Confessional. Follow Johnny Here: https://johnnycompton.com/ MHC is part of the GHOULISH Podcast Network. Get ghoulish at www.ghoulish.rip

In this episode, Trevor is joined by author Jennifer Thorne, author of Lute, Night Music, and together with Lee Kelly, The Antiquity Affair. They discuss her new novel Diavola, available from Tor Nightfire on March 26, 2024. Jennifer explores some of the ideas behind the book, including identity construction, people's resistance to change, and how she feels about art as creator and reader.You can find more from Jennifer Thorne at jenniferthorne.com and can find Diavola at your favorite bookseller on March 26, 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jake and Ron are honored and thrilled to have author Catriona Ward on the podcast! Her latest novel is Looking Glass Sound published by Tor Nightfire.https://tornightfire.com/catalog/looking-glass-sound-catriona-ward/https://us.macmillan.com/author/catrionawardI recently caught Catriona Ward at the Brookline Booksmith in Massachusetts, where she sat on a panel with former Wrath of the iOtians guest Christopher Golden and the inimitable Gretchen Felker-Martin, author of Manhunt. And it's obvious that Catriona's fan base is large and adoring, and rightly so. She has a generosity of spirit that's immediately palpable. Look no further than her willingness to talk with us in the midst of an exhausting cross country book tour.  Catriona's work is influenced by her globetrotting youth. She was born in Washington, D. C., but grew up, well, all over, with stops in Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, England, and Morocco. Catriona earned her undergraduate degree in English Literature at Oxford, and a Master's in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. In 2015, she brought her experience, education, and energy to bear on Rawblood. Published as The Girl from Rawblood in the U. S. in 2016,  the book signaled the arrival of a major new talent in horror fiction and won an August Derleth Award at the British Fantasy Awards to boot.  Catriona followed up in 2019 with Little Eve, which also won a Derleth and a Shirley Jackson Award. In 2022, Catriona blew readers, critics, and no less an authority than Stephen King himself away with The Last House on Needless Street, a mind bender of a novel that I hope every iOtian listener has already enjoyed.  The book won an amazing third Derleth Award for Catriona. And was also shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award, the British Book Award, and a Red Tentacle Kitschie, which, for those not in the know, is a juried prize awarded for elevating the tone of genre literature. 2023 brought us Sundial, which was nominated for the Bram Stoker and Locus Awards. Of its author, Danielle Trussoni of the New York Times remarked, “Ward is willing to go places so dark, so dismal, that it borders on sadism.” In our line of work, that's high praise.  Elevated horror indeed.  Catriona combines elements of the psychological thriller, the gothic, and a hallucinatory high strangeness to create a voice that is uniquely hers. No one else could have written Looking Glass Sound, her other 2023 release with Tor Nightfire. Which I might add continues to publish the best of the best of contemporary horror. Catriona spoke with us about this book from a hotel room in the Twilight Zone, en route to her next speaking gig. We were thrilled!The Wrath of the iOtiansEmail: thewrathoftheiotians@gmail.comInstagram: thewrathoftheiotiansLinktree: https://linktr.ee/wrathoftheiotianspodcastWebsite: https:/Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple ThingsGet a six week suggestion box of things to note and notice this spring.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

In this episode, Trevor speaks with Sunny Moraine, the author of Your Shadow Half Remains, a novella published by Tor Nightfire on February 6, 2024. Together, they talk about how the book tackles dystopian psychological horror, reflecting on how the pandemic continues to shape generational headspaces, why dystopias seem so common with readers, the utility of addressing common generational horrors, and how the book deals with mental health and neurodivergence.You can find more about Sunny Moraine at their website, sunnymoraine.com, and you can find their book Your Shadow Half Remains from Tor Nightfire at your favorite book retailer. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philip Fracassi is a novelist and screenwriter most known for his hard-hitting traditional horror fiction but is branching out into Science Fiction and historical novels. He is the author of the award-winning story collections, Beneath a Pale Sky and Behold the Void. His novels include Don't Let Them Get You Down (Zagava Press), A Child Alone with Strangers (Talos Press), Gothic (Cemetery Dance), and Tor/Nightfire re-issued his debut novel Boys in the Valley. Boys in the Valley is Fracassi's first international release, and it has been received with wide acclaim, including being in my top ten novels of the year. This is a highly technical conversation under the hood of this gothic historical horror novel. Philip Fracassi is a writer's writer. We get into serious details of the research, construction, and execution of this horror novel. There are about thirty minutes of non-spoiler discussion and then we go deep. We also chat about future books, my favorite of his short stories, and book touring.

Caitlin Starling returns to Fictitious to talk about her new horror-tinged, sci-fi thriller, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM.  We talk writing surreal scenes, and using a "load-bearing cat".  About Last to Leave the Room The city of San Siroco is sinking. The basement of Dr. Tamsin Rivers, the arrogant, selfish head of the research team assigned to find the source of the subsidence, is sinking faster. As Tamsin grows obsessed with the distorting dimensions of the room at the bottom of the stairs, she finds a door that didn't exist before – and one night, it opens to reveal an exact physical copy of her. This doppelgänger is sweet and biddable where Tamsin is calculating and cruel. It appears fully, terribly human, passing every test Tamsin can devise. But the longer the double exists, the more Tamsin begins to forget pieces of her life, to lose track of time, to grow terrified of the outside world. As her employer grows increasingly suspicious, Tamsin must try to hold herself together long enough to figure out what her double wants from her, and just where the mysterious door leads… LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM is potent and surreal, horror-inflected science fiction available now from St. Martin's Press: Amazon » Bookshop » » Some of these are affiliate links. Using them supports the channel, at no additional cost to you! Whenever possible, though, I encourage you to purchase from your local bookstores.  About Caitlin Starling Caitlin Starling is the nationally bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence, as well as Last to Leave the Room and the Bram Stoker-nominated The Luminous Dead. Her other works include Yellow Jessamine and a Vampire: The Masquerade novella, The Land of Milk and Honey (published in the collection Walk Among Us). Her nonfiction has appeared in Nightmare, Uncanny, and Tor Nightfire. Caitlin also works in narrative design, and has been paid to invent body parts. Website Twitter Instagram BlueSky Amazon » Goodreads Previous Fictitious Conversations with Caitlin Starling The Luminous Dead interview 10 Points to Slytherin: Why Good Fans Love Evil Characters — San Diego Comic Con Panel Vampire: The Masquerade: Walk Among Us interview with Genevieve Gornichec

Join us as we discuss, Schrader's Chord, by Scott Leeds;  Dead Silence, by S.A. Barnes; The Shadow Cabinet, by Juno Dawson; Nestlings, by Nat Cassidy;  A Sliver of Darkness, by C.J. Tudor.To learn more about the books or to purchase - click below!https://bookshop.org/shop/youvegottoreadthisVisit us on our Instagram Page - Click below!https://www.instagram.com/youvegottoreadthispodcast/Visit us on our Facebook Page - Click below!https://www.facebook.com/Youve-Got-to-Read-This-100997165428924Please note - we receive a percentage of each purchase you make on our Bookshop page that goes to support the production of our podcast.

In this episode, Trevor sits down with Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and Nestlings, both available from Tor Nightfire. Nat talks about his love for art and literature, his origins as a screenplay writer and actor, the connections he has to art and craft, and the symbolic and religious resonance of his latest novel, Nestlings.Nestlings is available everywhere on Halloween 2023, and you can find more information about Nat at natcassidy.com. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

WWAR October 2023Show NotesToday is WWAR for October and our theme is Horror or Spooky reads.Tracey reported on Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey. Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller perfect forfans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark.“Come home.” Vera's mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of thememories ― she's come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father andthe bodies he buried there, beneath the house he'd built for his family.Coming home is hard enough for Vera, and to make things worse, she and her mother aren't alone. Aparasitic artist has moved into the guest house out back and is slowly stripping Vera's childhood for spareparts. He insists that he isn't the one leaving notes around the house in her father's handwriting... but whoelse could it possibly be?There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder House. Vera must face themand find out for herself just how deep the rot goes.She then touched on Mary by Nat Cassidy (Tor Nightfire 7/22). Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doingher best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself.But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can't lookin a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her to do unspeakable things.Fired from her job in New York, she moves back to her hometown, hoping to reconnect with her past andinner self. Instead, visions of terrifying, mutilated specters overwhelm her with increasing regularity and shebegins auto-writing strange thoughts and phrases. Mary discovers that these experiences are echoes of aninfamous serial killer.Then the killings begin again.Mary's definitely going to find herself.Ann reported on the book Holly by Stephen King (Scribner 9/5/23). It really isn't a horror novel but itdoes have a very spooky vibe.Stephen King's Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers havewitnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes toBill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detectivein The Outsider. In King's new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved andbrilliantly disguised adversaries.When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter,Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has justdied. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossiblefor Holly to turn her down.Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are thepicture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelongacademics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, onethat may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they areup to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professorsin this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.Her second book is much more or a horror novel. She reported on the book Knock, Knock, Open Wide byNeil Sharpson. (Tor Nightfire 10/3/23)Knock Knock, Open Wide weaves horror and Celtic myth into a terrifying, heartbreaking supernatural tale offractured family bonds, the secrets we carry, and the veiled forces that guide Irish life.Driving home late one night, Etain Larkin finds a corpse on a pitch-black country road deep in the Irishcountryside. She takes the corpse to a remote farmhouse. So begins a night of unspeakable horror that willtake her to the very brink of sanity.She will never speak of it again.Two decades later, Betty Fitzpatrick, newly arrived at college in Dublin, has already fallen in love with thedrama society, and the beautiful but troubled Ashling Mallen. As their relationship blossoms, Ashling goes togreat lengths to keep Betty away from her family, especially her alcoholic mother, Etain.As their relationship blossoms, Betty learns her lover's terrifying family history, and Ashling's secret obsession.Ashling has become convinced that the horrors inflicted on her family are connected to a seemingly innocentchildren's TV show. Everyone in Ireland watched this show in their youth, but Ash soon discovers that no oneremembers it quite the same way. And only Ashling seems to remember its star: a small black goat puppetwho lives in a box and only comes out if you don't behave. They say he's never come out.Misty reported on the book “The 2ndGrave On the Left” by Darynda Jones. It is the second book in theCharley Davidson Mystery series. (St. Martins 8/2011)When Charley Davidson and Cookie (her best friend/receptionist) have to track down a missing woman, thecase is not quite as open and shut as they anticipate. A friend of Cookie's named Mimi disappeared five daysearlier. This friend then sends Cookie a cryptic message telling them to meet her at a nearby coffee shop. Thecoffee is brewing, but Mimi's still missing. There is, however, a clue left on the bathroom wall: a woman'sname, scribbled by Mimi. Mimi's husband explains that his wife had been acting strange since she found outan old friend of hers from high school had been murdered a couple weeks prior. The same woman Mimi hadnamed in her message.Meanwhile, Reyes Alexander Farrow (otherwise known as the Son of Satan. Yes. Literally) has left hiscorporeal body and is haunting Charley. He's left his body because he's being tortured by demons who wantto lure Charley closer. But Reyes can't let that happen. Because if the demons get to Charley, they'll have aportal to heaven. And if they have a portal to heaven...well, let's just say it wouldn't be pretty. Can Charleyhandle hot nights with Reyes and even hotter days tracking down a missing woman? Can she keep those sheloves out of harm's way? And is there enough coffee and chocolate in the world to fuel her as she does?Here is your signpost for the most hilarious read of the summer: Second Grave On The Left.TRIVIALast week's question was:Author Stephen King has become well known for appearing in film adaptations of his ownbooks. What made his first appearance in a movie notable?a. He was just passing byb. He wrote himself into the storyc. the movie was not from one of his booksd. He was highThe answer is c. The movie was not from one of his books. King appeared in George ARomero's “Knightriders”. He played Hoagie Man and would go on to appear in the adaptation ofCreepshow in 1982.This week's question is:Which mystery author was born with the name Howard Allen Frances O'Brien?a. Dick Francisb. Ann Ricec. Maureen Jenningsd. Harold PinterTune in next week for4 the answer

Ron and Jake welcome Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey to the podcast! They chat about their collaboration, the urban horror novel, The Dead Take The A Train.You'd be hard-pressed to find a more impressive horror co-writing team than Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey. A British Fantasy Award, Bram Stoker Award, and Locus Award finalist, Cassandra won a Stoker last year for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection for Breakable Things. Widely published, their short fiction may be found in such venues as Fantasy Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Tor. com, and Nature. Cassandra is also a game writer, with credits on She Remembered Caterpillars, Wasteland 3, and Falcon Age, and projects for Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, World of Darkness, and Warhammer 40k.Richard Kadrey is the author of the acclaimed New York Times best-selling Sandman Slim series, the first volume of which William Gibson called "a dirty ass masterpiece," and which Amazon included in its 100 science fiction and fantasy books to read in a lifetime. Kadrey's other books include King Bullet, The Grand Dark, and Butcher Bird.Richard and Cassandra joined us to discuss their first collaboration, the urban fantasy horror novel The Dead Take the A Train, part of the Carrion City duology published by Tor Nightfire. For fans of Hellblazer, Angel, The Magicians, and yes, Sandman Slim, this is a must-read. The Dead Take The A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey (Tor Nightfire)https://tornightfire.com/catalog/the-dead-take-the-a-train-cassandra-khaw-richard-kadrey/Cassandra Khawhttps://casskhaw.carrd.co/Richard Kadeyhttps://www.richardkadrey.me/The Wrath of the iOtiansEmail: thewrathoftheiotians@gmail.comInstagram: thewrathoftheiotiansTwitter:  @OfiOtiansLinktree: https://linktr.ee/wrathoftheiotianspodcastWebsite: https://thewrathoftheiotians.buzzsprout.com/

If you thought The Last House on Needless Street was tricksy, just wait until you hear about Looking Glass Sound. This is Cat's ode to the Maine of Stephen King, the enigmatic narrators of Shirley Jackson and… well, a host of other comparisons that I foist upon her in the next hour.Above all that though – the book is so typically, inimitably Catriona Ward. It's a destined Gothic classic that takes the genre, crumples it into a ball before rewriting the whole thing. We cover the purpose of metafiction in horror, how writing a book is like falling in love, the eeriness of the Maine coast and her fascination with the Neverland Ranch. If that isn't enough Cat also tells us a ghost story that happened to her just the night before.Tricksy, very tricksy…as Gollum would say.EnjoyLooking Glass Sound was published April 20th by Viper Books in the UK and 22nd August by Tor Nightfire in the US.Other books mentioned in this episode include: Lunar Park (2005), by Bret Easton EllisThe Rules of Attraction (1987), by Bret Easton EllisThe Secret History (1992), by Donna TarttMy Other Life (1996) by Paul TherouxAny Human Heart (2002), by William BoydThe Haunting of Hill House (1959), by Shirley JacksonDeath of a Bookseller (2023), by Alice SlaterMrs March (2021), by Virgina Feito Support Talking Scared on PatreonCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

I had a wonderful time chatting with Leopoldo Gout! Leopoldo has written several books, including Ghost Radio. Check out the audiobook. It's actually narrated by Pedro Pascal of The Last of Us and The Mandalorian! His latest horror novel, Piñata, published by Tor Nightfire and is now avaialable on audiobook, e-book, hardcover and paperback.It's the tale of a young family that went to Mexico to connect to their culture, history and roots. Upon their return to New York, they discover that something unexplainable and possibly sinister has followed them back.Leopoldo is also an accomplished artist and sculptor creating wonderful works out of his studio in New York.He loves music. He's friends with David Byrne,  produced music videos and created album covers for Mos Def. He's friends with Carlos Santana and was the executive producer for an acclaimed documentary about him.He is also accomplished in film and television. He was the executive producer for Molly's Game starring Jessica Chastain. He's the executive producer of the current top streaming show on Netflix, the critically acclaimed The Chosen One. By the way, his brother, Everado Gout, is an accomplished director in his own right.He directed episodes of Luke Cage, The Terror and Snowpiercer. He also directed Kaleidoscope and the aforementioned The Chosen One, both on Netflix.He even directed the movie The Forever Purge.With all of Leopoldo's  accomplishments the four things that made the biggest impression on me are his love for creativity, his natural curiosity about others, his love of his family and his generosity. He's so generous he chatted with me while he was on vacation!Leopoldo Gouthttps://www.leopoldogout.com/Piñata by Leopoldo Gouthttps://tornightfire.com/catalog/pinata-leopoldo-gout/It was supposed to be the perfect summer.Carmen Sanchez is back in Mexico, supervising the renovation of an ancient abbey. Her daughters Izel and Luna, too young to be left alone in New York, join her in what Carmen hopes is a chance for them to connect with their roots.Then, an accident at the worksite unearths a stash of rare, centuries-old artifacts. The disaster costs Carmen her job, cutting the family trip short.But something malevolent and unexplainable follows them home to New York, stalking the Sanchez family and heralding a coming catastrophe. And it may already be too late to escape what's been awakened…They were worshiped by our ancestors.Now they are forgotten.Soon, they'll make us remember.Leopoldo Gout IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1729114/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Everado Gout IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332740/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1The Wrath of the iOtiansEmail: thewrathoftheiotians@gmail.comInstagram: thewrathoftheiotiansTwitter:  @OfiOtiansLinktree: https://linktr.ee/wrathoftheiotianspodcastWebsite: https://thewrathoftheiotians.buzzsprout.com/

This week, Trevor sits down with author Scott Leeds, whose new novel Schrader's Chord releases September 5 from Tor Nightfire. Scott and Trevor talk about their passions, the importance of passion and art in relationships, about grief and its place in life (and in Schrader's Chord), and the literature that influenced his book of music that summons the dead.You can find Schrader's Chord anywhere you find your books on September 5, 2023, and you can find more of Scott on Instagram. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're joined by the man, the myth, the mystery that is Chuck Tingle. Who knows the truth of this enigmatic figure? What visage lies beneath the pink bag that forever encases his face? Does he really have a PhD in massage? Puzzles abound…The one thing that's certain is the brilliance of his new novel. Camp Damascus is a full-bloodied horror novel set in that most hideous of environs: a religious community and a gay conversion camp. Sounds triggering. It may well be … but Chuck has also invested this story with such hope and joy and yes, LOVE, that it more than salves all the human horror and demonic jump scares.We cover tons in this episode – the stoic seriousness of fictional sex, the maligned trinity of genres, rattling the religious right, the simple trick to writing effective jumpscares and the final, full declaration of why love is real. Enjoy!Camp Damascus was published by Tor Nightfire on July 18th and Titan Books on July 27th An article about Chuck – worth readingOther books mentioned in this episode include:Straight (2021), by Chuck TingleRevival (2014), by Stephen KingDark Matter (2010), by Michelle PaverSupport Talking Scared on Patreon Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Jake and Ron are honored to have the legendary Lucy A. Snyder as a guest for the podcast! We chat with her about her latest novel. Sister, Maiden, Monster published by Tor Nightfire. Lucy A. SnyderLucy A. Snyder is the Shirley Jackson Award-nominated and five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of 15 books and over 100 published short stories. Her most recent books are the collection Halloween Season, the Tor Nightfire novel Sister, Maiden, Monster, and the forthcoming novel The Star-Stained Soul. She also wrote the novels Spellbent, Shotgun Sorceress, and Switchblade Goddess, the nonfiction book Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide, and the collections Garden of Eldritch Delights, While the Black Stars Burn, Soft Apocalypses, Orchid Carousals, Sparks and Shadows, Chimeric Machines, and Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Her writing has been translated into French, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Czech, and Japanese editions and has appeared in publications such as Asimov's Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, Nightmare Magazine, Pseudopod, Strange Horizons, and Best Horror of the Year. She lives near Columbus, Ohio. You can learn more about her at www.lucysnyder.com and you can follow her on Twitter at @LucyASnyderThe Wrath of the iOtiansEmail: thewrathoftheiotians@gmail.comInstagram: thewrathoftheiotiansTwitter:  @OfiOtiansWebsite: https://thewrathoftheiotians.buzzsprout.com/MusicLand Of The Me-me by Aleksandar Dimitrijevic (TONO)Licensed under the NEO Sounds Music License Agreement

It's my absolute delight to welcome an absolute dream of a guest this time around: Chuck Tingle (@ChuckTingle)! We read from the first chapter of Chuck's new horror novel, Camp Damascus, out July 11th from Tor Nightfire, which leads us into a great discussion on Chuck's writing process, the things that changed between first draft and published book, and of course some of his and my favorite bits.   Things mentioned in this episode:   Game theory Straight and Bury Your Gays (2024), by Chuck Tingle A More Civilized Age Kelly Lonesome Get Out Multi-level marketing Grindcore Discord Friends at the Table In the Lives of Puppets, by Tj Klune Barry Ratboys Chuck's BlueSky, Insta, Facebook, TikTok, Tumblr  

In this episode, Trevor sits down with Stoker Award-nominated author KC Jones about his debut novel, Black Tide, available everywhere from Tor Nightfire. They talk about the origins of the novel as anecdote and screenplay, some of KC's creative process, and the importance of hope and community in facing the end of the world.You can find more about KC Jones and his future projects at kcjonespnw.com. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Every week, we are highlighting a panel from TBRCon2023, looking back on the amazing variety of panels that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator Emily Hughes and authors Gabino Iglesias, Catriona Ward, Ellen Datlow, Xueting C. Ni and Erika T. Wurth for a TBRCon2023 author panel on "The Future of the Horror Genre." SUPPORT THE SHOW: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Merch shop⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs, notebooks and more) - Subscribe to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠, where this and every other episode of the show is available in full video - Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠sffaddictspod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ ABOUT THE PANELISTS: Emily Hughes is a writer, blogger and editor. She was formerly the editor of Unbound Worlds and ran the Tor Nightfire blog. You can find her writing elsewhere on Vulture, Tor.com, Electric Literature, Thrillist, and more. Find Emily on ⁠Twitter⁠⁠ or ⁠her personal website⁠. Gabino Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin, TX. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning novels Zero Saints, Coyote Songs and more. Find Gabino on ⁠Twitter⁠ or Amazon⁠⁠. Catriona Ward is the author Little Eve, Sundial, The Last House on Needless Street and more. Find Catriona on ⁠Twitter⁠ or ⁠Amazon⁠⁠. Ellen Datlow is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award. Find Ellen on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠her personal website⁠. Xueting C. Ni is an author and editor. Her first book is From Kuan Yin to Chairman Mao, and her first anthology is Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction. Find Xueting on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠her personal website⁠. Erika T. Wurth is the author of White Horse, Crazy Horse's Girlfriend and more. Find Erika on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠Amazon⁠ or ⁠her personal website⁠. FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠FanFiAddict Book Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ MUSIC: Intro: "⁠⁠⁠⁠Into The Grid⁠⁠⁠⁠" by MellauSFX Outro: “⁠⁠⁠⁠Galactic Synthwave⁠⁠⁠⁠” by Divion --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sff-addicts/message

In this episode, Trevor interviews Liz Kerin, author of Night's Edge from Tor Nightfire (out June 20, 2023). They talk about her upcoming novel and its sequel, vampires and trauma, dog naming conventions, and having to grow up fast under unfair circumstances.Please note that this episode does contain very light spoilers about Night's Edge and a brief preview for the sequel, First Light.You can find more information about Liz's novel at tornightfire.com, and follow her on Instagram @lizkerin or her website, lizkerin.com. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. https://plus.acast.com/s/sley-house-publishing-presents-litbits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Johnny Compton is a San Antonio-based horror author whose debut novel, The Spite House, was released through Tor Nightfire in February. The Spite House is a classic ghost story written against a backdrop of a desperate father doing all he can to keep his family together. You can find out more about Johnny and his podcast, Healthy Fears, at the websites listed below: www.johnnycompton.com www.healthyfears.com

Man, Tor Nightfire is putting out some hits. Ness Brown's The Scourge Between Stars is a short romp through the horror of being in space. Brown is an astrophysicist in training and the realism that comes from their work and education comes through in the futile and somewhat hopeless situations that the crew of the Calypso find themselves in.

Award-winning author, visual artist, and filmmaker, Leopoldo Gout, spoke with me about making music videos for David Byrne, going from homeless auteur to working for James Patterson, his unique creative process, and his latest horror novel PIÑATA. Leopoldo Gout is the author of the books Ghost Radio, the award-winning Genius YA trilogy, and the recently published fable for all ages, Monarca. He has also packaged, published, and developed books with other writers under his imprint at Simon & Schuster: Leopoldo & Co., and was co-president of the James Patterson Entertainment company for many years. His latest novel is Piñata (Tor Nightfire), described as “... a bone-chilling possession tale perfect for fans of Hereditary and A Head Full of Ghosts. Based on the true, horrific story of the Spanish conquistadors that used piñatas to force Aztec children to destroy their gods…” Publishers Weekly wrote of the author, “Gout puts a unique twist on a classic possession story by incorporating Indigenous Mexican lore into the gory plot.” Leopoldo Gout is an accomplished visual artist, filmmaker, and writer from Mexico City, and studied sculpture at Central St. Martins School of Art in London. He is currently producing award-winning author Marlon James' original debut for television: GET MILLIE BLACK (Channel 4 & HBO) and was the Exec. Producer of the film Molly's Game starring Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba. [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen In this file Leopoldo Gout and I discussed: How his early life in Mexico contributed to a life of curiosity Working with Pedro Pascal, star of The Mandalorian and The Last of Us Why the Horror genre was a great fit for his artistic sensibilities What it was like to work with Aaron Sorkin on Molly's Game Using research and meditation to beat creative block Overcoming your fear of failure And a lot more! Show Notes: LeopoldoGout.net Piñata A Novel By Leopoldo Gout (Amazon) Leopoldo Gout's Amazon Author Page Leopoldo Gout on Facebook Leopoldo Gout on Instagram Leopoldo Gout on IMdB Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I like my ghosts like I like my podcasts – weird and slightly furious. Thankfully, this week delivers on both counts – with Johnny Compton's The Spite House delivering more ghosts than you think you could fit into 250-pages … and none of them are anything less than fuming! Johnny talks us through the odd, off-kilter history of spite houses, we trace the legacy of the American haunted house novel, discuss ghost lore and dismiss orbs. We talk about complex father figures and I have my smuggest ever moment of being accidentally right about something.  It's a blast. Johnny is a joy to talk to and his book gives great ghostliness.Enjoy!The Spite House was published by on February 7th by Tor Nightfire.Support Talking Scared on PatreonCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Support the show

Today I've invited author, Johnny Compton, to talk about his upcoming book, “Spite House” from Tor Nightfire. We also talk about the Southern Gothic genre, especially how it's evolved through marginalized voices. You can pre-order your copy of "Spite House" from my online bookshop, which helps both the podcast as well as independent bookstores nationwide. That's at bookshop.org/shop/sheworeblack. You can also help the show by following me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and leaving me a review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for joining me today! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sheworeblack/message

Lucy A. Snyder is an American editor and author. Her upcoming book is Sister, Maiden, Monster, through Tor Nightfire, out 2.21.23!

Lucy A. Snyder is an American editor and author. Her upcoming book is Sister, Maiden, Monster, through Tor Nightfire, out 2.21.23!   Airs 6/6/2022

My review about the book Just Like Mother. Thank you to Tor Nightfire and Macmillan for the ARC!

Greg Greene interviews horror author/editor John F. D. Taff about his new horror anthology DARK STARS (street date 5/10/2022 from Tor Nightfire), featuring stories by Caroline Kepnes, Ramsey Campbell, Priya Sharma, Livia Llewellyn, Stephen Graham Jones, Chesya Burke, Alma Katsu, John F.D. Taff, Gemma Files, Josh Malerman, Usman T. Malik, and John Langan!

Dark Stars is a Horror anthology through Tor Nightfire. This episode, Patrick and Brennan are joined by the Dark Star's editor (John FD Taff) and two of its contributors (Josh Malerman and John Langan). Josh Malerman is an American author, producer, and one of the singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. His latest book is Ghoul N' The Cape. John F.D. Taff is an American author and editor. His latest book is The Fearing: The Definitive Edition. John Langan is an American author. His latest collection is Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies.

This week is an orgy of horror. There are four of us. That makes it an orgy right? (I've never been to one – never got the invitation).Ahem … sorry.  I'll start again.This week I am joined by not one, but THREE guests. John F. D. Taff, Livia Llewellyn, and of course, Josh Malerman. We could call them stars from the firmament of horror. Dark Stars perhaps.That would be fitting, considering that's what they are here to discuss (amongst many, many things). Dark Stars is a benchmark spook fest. An anthology of fiction that attempts to set the tone for where we are in our collective horror moment. John is the editor, Josh and Livia are contributors – amongst nine other names from the very forefront of the genre. Each story is different, with few tropes, little tradition and zero constricting theme. It's just a collection of darkness, depravity and delight.John, Livia and Josh are old friends, old battle-companions from the horror vanguard. As such I'm essentially redundant this week. I just turned the show over to them and got out of the way. I make an attempt at order and structure – we talk about making horror weird as hell, about drawing fiction from life, about how we use and abuse tropes in this new horror landscape, but mostly it's about community, friendship and weird, perverse joy in being creepy together.Oh, and Josh and I talk bad drug experiences, whilst Livia joins my fight to put sex back in horror!Enjoy!Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror is published on May 10th by Tor Nightfire in the US and Titan in the UK.Other books mentioned in this episode include:Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror (1980), ed. Kirby McCauleyThe House Next Door (1978), by Anne Rivers SiddonsRooster (2021), by John C. FosterDark Factory (2022), by Kathe KojeEvery Dead Thing (1999), by John ConnollyGhoul ‘n' the Cape (2021), by Josh MalermanSupport Talking Scared on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPodCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, and TikTok or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Download Novellic on Google Play or Apple Store. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/talkingscaredpod)

Episode one eighty one - part three Jenn sat down with Gretchen Felker-Martin to discuss her new novel with Tor Nightfire. MANHUNT is a tour de force of apocalyptic horror that centers the experiences of trans women and men on a journey of survival through a hostile world of ravenous feral men.

In space no one can hear you read! This week our guest is S.A. Barnes – who's new novel Dead Silence answers the (stupid) question, once and for all, of whether horror can take place in space. It's a tale of a blue-collar crew, who encounter more than they reckoned for when salvaging a fabled spaceship. You think you've seen this play out before, I know.  You haven't.Stacey and I talk about all things “space-horror”, from the looming shadow of Alien and Event Horizon, to the most truly terrifying thing you can now encounter in orbit: a tech bro. We also talk romance in horror, Scottish ghosts, classic X Files episodes, what makes for a great haunted house (corners, amongst other things), and we both lament our shared anxiety when we hear a sound we can't recognise.This is just a pure fun book, and delightful conversation that boldly goes … etc, etc. Dead Silence is published on February 8th by Tor Nightfire.Enjoy! Support Talking Scared on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPodCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, and TikTok or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Download Novellic on Google Play or Apple Store.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/talkingscaredpod)

The Modern Horror Renaissance is an author panel from TBRCon2022 featuring Lee Murray, Ellen Datlow, Eric LaRocca, Christina Sng & Andy Davidson. Moderated by Sadie Hartmann. For more information on TBRCon2022, head over to FanFiAddict.com. You can also stream the convention live from Jan. 23-30 on the FanFiAddict YouTube channel, Twitter account or Facebook page. This panel was sponsored by: The Story Engine ModFarm The Broken Binding FanFiAddict About the Panelists: Sadie Hartmann (aka Mother Horror) writes horror fiction reviews and other content for Cemetery Dance, Tor Nightfire, and SCREAM Magazine. She consider myself a horror fiction advocate, promoting the genre of horror to the very best of her ability. Find Sadie on Twitter or her personal website. Lee Murray is the author of fiction for adults and children, including the novels A Dash of Reality, Battle of the Birds, Misplaced and more. Find Lee on Twitter or her personal website. Ellen Datlow has been a short story editor for almost forty years, and currently acquires and edits short fiction and novellas for Tor.com, including original and reprint anthologies. Find Ellen on Twitter or her personal website. Eric LaRocca is the author of several works of horror and dark fiction, including the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. Find Eric on Twitter or his personal website. Christina Sng is an award-winning poet, writer, essayist, and artist poet best known for A Collection of Nightmares, A Collection of Dreamscapes and more. Find Christina on Twitter or her personal website. Andy Davidson is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of In the Valley of the Sun and The Boatman's Daughter. Find Andy on Twitter or his personal website. Find Us Online: FanFiAddict Blog Discord Twitter Instagram Music: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz

Well, we made it to the end of this nightmare of a year. And though there has been plenty of horrific stuff along the way – war, plague, corruption … literal armed insurrection, at least the fictional horror has been fun. To commemorate a special year in horror, I'm getting the band back together. Sadie  Hartmann, AKA Mother Horror, and Emily Hughes of Tor Nightfire (and various other parishes) join me to talk about the stuff they have loved from the second half** of 2021. **if you missed our coverage of Jan-June, you can find it in episode 46.We pick the books that really stood out for us, plus many more that we enjoyed. We discuss the TV and movies that have shaken and stirred us since July, and we look ahead to the bright (dead)lights of horror to come in the New Year. We also pick apart some thorny issues plaguing the genre, like the ridiculousness of rating books by stars, and my own irritation at everything being compared to Get Out.Each of the books we mention is listed below, including an episode number if it has been previously featured on Talking Scared. Don't look at that yet though; it'll spoil the surprise.Enjoy, and well done for getting through the year. Books pickedMy Heart is a Chainsaw (2021), by Stephen Graham Jones **ep 54Revelator (2021), by Daryl Gregory When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson (2021), ed. by Ellen Datlow **ep 66Cackle (2021), by Rachel Harrison When the Reckoning Comes (2021), by Latanya McQueenThe Spirit Engineer (2021), by A.J West **ep 71Come With Me (2021), by Ronald Malfi **ep 49The Deer Kings (2021), by Wendy N. Wagner **ep 69Chasing the Boogeyman (2021), by Richard Chizmar **ep 52Coming soonManhunt (Feb 2022), by Gretchen Felker-MartinSuch a Pretty Smile (Jan 2022), by Krist DeMeesterAll the White Spaces (Jan 2022), by Ally WilkesOther books mentionedReprieve (2021), by James Han Mattson Lunar Park (2005), by Bret Easton EllisA Touch of Jen (2021), by Beth MorganFlowers for the Sea (2021) , by Zin E. RocklynNightbitch (2021), by Rachel YoderThe Last House on Needless Street (2021), by Catriona Ward **ep30Certain Dark Things (2021), by Silvia Moreno GarciaNothing But Blackened Teeth (2021), by Cassandra Khaw **ep 61The Death of Jane Lawrence (2021), by Caitlin Starling **ep 60Queen of the Cicadas (2021), by V. Castro ** ep 42The Book of Accidents (2021), by Chuck Wendig **ep 48Rovers (2021), by Richard LangeThe Turnout (2021), by Megan AbbottComfort Me with Apples (2021), by Catherynne M. Valente ** ep 62The Glassy Burning Floor of Hell (2021), by Brian Evenson **ep 51Support Talking Scared on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPod Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, and TikTok Or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com  Download Novellic on Google Play or Apple Store.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/talkingscaredpod)

Welcome back to The Ghost Story Book Club! In Series 2, Episode 12 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Catriona Ward as we discuss 'The Monkey's Paw' by W.W. Jacobs.  Catriona Ward is a novelist. She was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. Her most recent novel, The Last House on Needless Street is published by Viper (Serpents Tail) and Tor Nightfire. Catriona's second novel Little Eve won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award, the August Derleth Prize at the British Fantasy Awards and was a Guardian best book of 2018. Her debut Rawblood also won the 2016 August Derleth, making her the only woman to have won the prize twice. Catriona's forthcoming novel, Sundial, is due for release in March 2022. She lives in London and Devon. Follow Catriona on Twitter @Catrionaward  SUPPORT ME ON PATREON www.patreon.com/adamzrobinson A CHRISTMAS CAROL TOUR DATES: www.thebookofdarknessandlight.com/dates Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/GhostClubPod Do you have any suggestions of stories we should cover? Email: theghoststorybookclub@gmail.com The Book of Darkness & Light Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TheBookofDarknessAndLight

I'm on holiday but I still give you goodies. ‘Cos that's the kind of all-round good guy that I am.And what a dark treat of a trick we have this week. The guest is Cassandra Khaw and their novella Nothing But Blackened Teeth will use it's liquorice-stained smile to chew you up.The book transports us to a crumbling mansion in Japan, where a hideous spectre haunts a group of utterly loathsome tourists. Honestly, you'll want them dead for their taste in music alone!Despite the slimness of the volume, Cass packs a lot into this book, just as we pack a lot into this conversation. As well as discussing the novella specifically, we also talk our fear and fondness for Ellen Datlow, the rich heritage of South East Asian ghost stories and the haunting house as colonised space. She also gives perhaps the best ever answer to the question “what really scares you?” It is a life lesson. Excuse my whining about my dog. Enjoy Nothing But Blackened Teeth was published on Tor Nightfire on 20th OctoberBooks discussed on this episode include: Queen of the Cicadas (2021), by V. CastroWhen the Reckoning Comes (2021), by LaTanya McQueenThe Only Good Indians (2020), by Stephen Graham JonesSandman Slim (2009), by Richard KadreyWhat Moves the Dead (coming 2022), by T. KingfisherSupport the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPodCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com.Download Novellic on Google Play or Apple Store.

ITINERARY: S. Qiouyi Lu talks about fast-food surveillance, writing in different genres, re-examining history, and aer mosaic novella In the Watchful City. Silvia Moreno-Garcia talks about coming back to a novel (that's coming back into print), why characters are more interesting than world-building, and how Germán Robles helped inspire Certain Dark Things. Emily Hughes, site editor for Tor Nightfire, explains why horror matters and why scaring yourself is actually an evolutionary survival trick. Full episode transcription available here. Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio Hosted by Drew Broussard Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're doing something different. No author and no single book. Instead it's a roundtable discussion, with Sadie Hartmann (AKA Mother Horror) and Emily Hughes, the genius loci behind Tor Nightfire. Together we look back over the last six months – the highs, the not-so-many-lows and all the endless twitter controversies – to address the state of the horror nation at the midpoint of 2021.All three of us talk about the books we have loved the most so far this year, what else we are looking forward to in the months ahead, and what our hopes are for horror writing in general. We also address the concerns around trauma, trigger warnings, twitter subtweeting and the endless, vice-like grip of Goodreads. If you want to get a true sense of the breadth and depth of the horror being created right now, then this is designed for you. Also, if you just want to listen to three horror nerds talk about scary stuff whilst you do the ironing, then it's also for you.Basically, it's for everyone. Cos I'm a giver. Enjoy!Emily Hughes' list of horror books to be excited about in 2021 is HERE. The (huger-than-normal) list of books mentioned in this episode includes:The PicksHearts Strange and Dreadful (2021), by Tim McGregorGoddess of Filth (2021), by V. CastroLast One at the Party (2021), by Bethany CliftChildren of Chicago (2021), by Cynthia PelayoStar Eater (2021), by Kerstin HallThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke (2021), by Eric LaRoccaUnfortunate Elements of My Anatomy (2021), by Hailey PiperIn That Endlessness, Our End (2021), by Gemma FilesComing SoonImmortelle, by Catherine McCarthy - July The Book Of Accidents, by Chuck Wendig – JulyCome With Me, by Ronald Malfi - JulyRevelator, by Daryl Gregory – AugustThe Glassy Burning Floor of Hell, by Brian Evenson – AugustChasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar - AugustMy Heart is a Chainsaw, by Stephen Graham Jones – AugustCackle, by Rachel Harrison – OctoberReprieve, by James Han Mattson – OctoberNothing but Blackened Teeth, by Cassandra Khaw - OctoberSomething More Than Night, by Kim Newman - November Assorted OthersThe Library at Mount Char (2015), by Scott HawkinsThe Last House on Needless Street (2021), by Catriona WardRawblood (2015), by Catriona WardA Head Full of Ghosts (2015), by Paul TremblayThe Twisted Ones (2019), by T. KingfisherStarving Ghosts in Every Thread (2020), by Eric LaRoccaThe Family Plot (2016), by Cherie PriestBoy's Life (1991), by Robert McCammonSupport the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPodCome talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com.Thanks to Adrian Flounders for graphic design.

If you're anything like us, today's double feature is going to make you wanna wear a leather jacket. Candace and Ariel are joined - for the second time - by author, blogger, and Twitter-famous person Jessica Guess to talk about 2019 Satanic horror comedies Satanic Panic, and We Summon the Darkness. These movies have a ton in common: murderous cults, rock n roll, great hair, 80's aesthetics, if not necessarily actual 80's settings. We'll tackle some important issues in this one, such as compulsory heterosexuality, characterizing virgins, the difference between Baphomet and Satan himself, realistic atmosphere for a midwestern road trip, and whether it's a good idea to go on the lam with someone who just tried to freaking murder you. If you don't trust us to tell you about this stuff, trust Jessica. She got a retweet from Stephen King. Jessica Guess is a writer and English teacher who hails from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She earned her Creative Writing MFA from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2018 and is the founder of the website Black Girl's Guide to Horror where she examines horror movies in terms of quality and intersectionality. Her creative work has been featured in Luna Station Quarterly and Tor Nightfire. Her debut novella, Cirque Berserk, is available for purchase on Amazon. Her short story, “The Nightmare Man,” appears in Shiver: A Cold Weather Horror Anthology. A proud part of the Morbidly Beautiful Podcast Network. Our drive for intersectionality aligns well with the Morbidly Beautiful ethos. We love that MB is a nonprofit that gives back to the horror community, and are thrilled to be a part of the network! Show now also streaming on morbidlybeautiful.com! Movies Discussed: Satanic Panic (2019), We Summon the Darkness (2019) Links: IG- instagram.com/nyfgpod Twitter- twitter.com/nyfgpod FB- facebook.com/nyfgpodcast/ Pod merch- https://society6.com/nyfgpod I am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland- https://www.amazon.com/Am-Not-Your-Final-Girl/dp/0692966633 Bandcamp- arieldyer.bandcamp.com Show art by Brian Demarest: instagram.com/evilflynn

Brian talks to Kelly O'Connor Lonesome and Theresa Delucci about their plans for Tor's new Nightfire horror fiction line, what it's like to follow in the steps of Ellen Datlow and Jeanne Cavalos, and much more. Plus, Dungeonmaster 77.1 offers some tips on how to talk to your kids about the coronavirus.