Talking Scared Podcast
1) 269 – Catriona Ward & The Art of the Epic Name Drop
Clap your hands twice if you believe in Catriona Ward! Cat is back on the show this week, to talk Nowhere Burning – a horror novel informed by everything from Peter Pan (it has its own Tinkerbell)...Show More
2) 268 – Brennan LaFaro & The Darkness on the Edge of Town
When is a zombie not a zombie? I don’t have a punchline to that joke. But something…something … revenant! Brennan LaFaro’s The Denizens is about a small southern town with a very unusual relat...Show More
3) 267 – Wuthering Heights, with Agatha Andrews (from She Wore Black)
This Valentine’s week, come for a walk up on t’moors with me and Agatha Andrews. I’ve invited Agatha, my friend and sister-in-Gothic, host of She Wore Black podcast, for a conversation about Wuth...Show More
4) – Mama Came Callin, with Ezra Claytan Daniels & Camilla Sucre
A bit of chaos on the show for the weekend. We start with one guest and end with two. And there’s a dude with an alligator’s head running amok! Mama Came Callin’ is the slasher/cryptid/mystery/noi...Show More
5) 266 – Justin C. Key & Don’t Scroll Before Bed
We’re tiptoeing towards the sci-fi end of things this week, with Justin C. Key and The Hospital at the End of the World. This is a techn-othriller about AI run amok in the medical establishment, a...Show More
6) Let Us Palaver #7 – The Talisman Debrief
After our loose, freeform chat about the high strangeness of The Talisman, Nat stuck around to Palaver a little more behind Chris’ innocent back. In this spoiler-filled 35 minutes (do not listen i...Show More
7) The Dark Tower Deep Dive #7 – The Talisman
We’re on the road again with our Dark Tower journey, running through adjacent worlds, lighting out for the Territories. Our latest side-quest takes us to The Talisman, the 1984 epic dark fantasy, ...Show More
8) 265 – Yah Yah Schofield & Pretty Words for Ugly Things
We're Southbound for monster-loving this week on Talking Scared. Georgia writer, Yah Yah Schofield comes to discuss her Southern Gothic debut, On Sundays She Picked Flowers – a story of monsters, sp...Show More
9) Episode 264 – Courtney Summers & Dead Is Not Better
Imagine you’re back in high school – but worse! The shuffling idiots actually want to EAT you! That’s the premise of Courtney Summers’ This is Not a Test, her 2012 zombie novel of teen despair amo...Show More
10) 263 – Kristi DeMeester & The Purity of Anger
The year may have started with more real-world horrors from old white dudes, but here on Talking Scared they get their comeuppance – in the form of Kristi DeMeester’s Dark Sisters. Kristi returns ...Show More