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Welcome to Season Two of Ladies of the Fright!
The podcast wants to evolve as we have. We aren't exactly sure what comes next but we wanted to start putting out conversations again. The Interlude episodes are our return to the podcast and with this first Interlude episode, we share where we've been, what has shifted, and what to expect moving forward.
To support the show join us on Patreon.
To check out Mackenzie's editing services, visit her website here.
To see what Lisa's been up to with tarot and creativity, check out her site here or sign up for her Substack Portals & Prisms.
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What a fantastic time! We absolutely loved this conversation with Tracy Cross, all about her exciting new debut book Rootwork from Dark Hart Books (helped by Sadie Hartmann aka Mother Horror!)
We learned all about Tracy's experience as a writer, why this book means so much to her, and a preview of the Conjure series.
Find Tracy
Website | Twitter
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We had a great time chatting with Konrad Stump about Summer Scares 2022.
In our conversation we discuss all the books from this season, why they are special—and what goes into choosing them—as well as why diversity in horror is so important.
Check out past Summer Scares episodes below!
LOTF 32
LOTF 34
LOTF 36
LOTF 46
LOTF 56
LOTF 57
LOTF 58
LOTF 72
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We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! One really amazing thing the Patreon does is allow us to pay authors for original fiction published on our website! We're going to lots more of that and your support means everything to us.
Listen. We're often behind on our Patreon updates BUT--we've got 3+ years of content up there for you to enjoy (LOTS of it exclusive!)
We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (like a special video from author Gwendolyn Kiste!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Show Notes
This episode was recorded at the end of 2021 as is our annual tradition, but these times have gotten to us and we are very behind at updating the feed. Regardled, we are delighted to welcome Bob Pastorella back to the show to discuss The Night House! This December movie chat is officially an annual LOTF podcast tradition (ahem yes we know it's June.)
Listen. Bob Pastorella is a genius. Seriously. He is so smart. Our discussion of this film wouldn’t be nearly as intelligent without his insightful perception—and his thorough understanding of the genre. We had such a great time talking to Bob about this film to wrap up our 2021 lineup (which you now get to enjoy in mid-2022, lmao.)
Find Bob: Website | Twitter
Purchase They’re Watching!
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Okay, so it wasn’t really a “girls night out”—but it really did feel like one! In truth, Hailey Piper and Jessica Guess joined Mackenzie Kiera and me on Zoom (I was in my pajamas—I can’t speak for the other ladies!) but this is one of the most fun conversations we’ve ever had on the show. It was a great time, filled with lots of laughs—and some deep reflections.
We talked about some of our favorite reads from 2021—and we also wet pretty deep on the connections between the romance and horror genres. It’s a fantastic conversation that got me really thinking for long after, and I think you’ll really enjoy it.
We last spoke to Hailey Piper in episode 54, and Jessica Guess in episode 60. If you want more of their personal and individual stories, feel free to check those conversations out!
Also, thank you so much for your patience in waiting for new episodes. It’s been a really rough year for me so far, with several illnesses (including cover) and physical set backs. We had to take an unintended hiatus but please know: we are planning a ton more exciting content for our 2022 season!
Books Mentioned
Red X
Root Magic by Eden Royce
Sometimes We’re Cruel
The Loving Dead by Amelia Beamer
The Writhing Skies by Betty Rocksteady
Someone to Share my Nightmares With Sonora Taylor
Night Bitch Rachel Yoder
We Are Wolves anthology
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Spoiler Alert (book)
The Forest by Lisa Quigley
Immortals After Dark series - Kiss of the Demon King
When Things Get Dark - Edited by Ellen Datlow
Movies Mentioned
Evil Dead Remake
Lake Mungo
Susperia Remake
Malignant
Candyman (remake)
I Know What You Did Last Summer show
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We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors; and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Show Notes
As ever, it is a pleasure to host Ellen Datlow on our show. This time, she’s back to discuss two brand new anthologies: When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson and Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror. In what is, at this point, our annual catch-up call with Ellen, we talk about a lot more than that. She shares a bit about current NYC life amidst a pandemic, the horror movie that scarred her for life, and so much more.
Other Ellen Datlow Favorites
Edited By
The Devil and the Deep
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles
Find Ellen: Website | Twitter
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This episode is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! When we hit our goal of 30 patrons, we’ll begin paying authors $25 for short story reprints! We’ve got tons of exclusive content for patrons at every tier. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright and join our community today!
Show Notes
For our eighth tropisode, we're talking FORESTS with debut author Katherine Silva.
Katherine Silva is a Maine author of dark fiction, a connoisseur of coffee, and victim of cat shenanigans. She is a two-time Maine Literary Award finalist for speculative fiction and a member of the Horror Writers of Maine, The Horror Writers Association, and New England Horror Writers Association. Katherine is also a founder of Strange Wilds Press, Dark Taiga Creative Writing Consultations, and The Kat at Night Blog. Her latest book, The Wild Dark, is now available wherever books are sold.
AND as you all know, Lisa Quigley is a horror author and pagan witch. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside’s low-residency MFA program in Palm Desert. Her work has appeared in such places as Unnerving Magazine, Journal of Alta California, and Automata Review. She is the co-host of the award-winning horror fiction podcast Ladies of the Fright. Hell’s Bells (2020) and Camp Neverland (2021) from Unnerving are her novellas. The Forest is her debut novel. Lisa lives in New Jersey with one handsome devil and two wild monsters. Find her at www.lisaquigley.net.
Forest Group Reads
The Forest by Lisa Quigley
The Wild Dark by Katherine Silva
Forest Book and Film Mentions
The Wizard of Oz (film and book)
The Forest by Lisa Quigley
The Wild Dark by Katherine Silva
The Ritual by Adam Neville
The Night Will Find Us by Matthew Leions
Pines by Blake Crouch
The Blair Witch Project
The Fiends and the Furrows folk horror anthology
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton
The Neverending Story
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The Bear in the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
Find Katherine: Website
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This episode is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! We are only FIVE patrons to go to hit our goal of 30 patrons—at which time we’ll begin paying authors $25 for short story reprints! We’ve got tons of exclusive content for patrons at every tier. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright and join our community today!
A Note on the Term “BIPOC”
In this episode, Joe uses the term “BIPOC” and at the top of the show, I read a quote from Rachel Ricketts’ powerful book Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy, in which she beautifully clarifies the term, why it’s used, and the nuance of experience it contains (in her book, Rachel modifies the term to BI&PoC, to help us remember what the phrase is intended to represent: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.) I hope this clarification supports our listeners who maybe weren’t previously aware, and I highly recommend Rachel Ricketts’ book (and her work!) to anyone interested in dismantling the internalized, harmful system of white supremacy from within themselves first.
Show Notes
Well, this episode was a TREAT to record, and Joe Monti is a delight to talk to. He is the award-nominated editorial director of Saga Press, working with bestselling and esteemed authors Charlaine Harris, Stephen Graham Jones, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Ken Liu, to name a few. He fell in love with the literature of fantasy and science fiction at an early age and never let go.
This is the first time we’ve ever had a book (novel) editor on the show, and not only was it awesome to hear about Joe’s journey to Saga, it was also really cool to hear how he approached editing one of the horror world most beloved horror books of 2020: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Joe also talks about what he looks for when selecting books for his list—aka how he just KNOWS when a book is for him. Joe also declares he has a knack for predicting book trends, so it was really fun to hear his predictions for the future of horror! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.
Find Joe: Website | Twitter
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This episode is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! We are only THREE patrons to go to hit our goal of 30 patrons—at which time we’ll begin paying authors $25 for short story reprints! We’ve got tons of exclusive content for patrons at every tier. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright and join our community today!
Show Notes
In this episode, we have a great conversation with the powerhouse women duo behind Fright Girl Summer, a safe and welcoming place for marginalized genders and voices. It was a pleasure to speak with V. Castro and Sonora Taylor about the importance of amplifying diverse voices in horror and beyond. We also discuss why horror is an excellent genre for exploring themes of identity and sex, as well as dismantling harmful systems and stereotypes from the inside out. And so much more! Enjoy.
Find V: Website | Twitter | Instagram
Find Sonora: Website | Twitter | Instagram
Buy V’s books:
Hairspray and Switchblades
Goddess of Filth
Queen of the Cicadas
Buy Sonora’s books:
Seeing Things
Little Paranoias: Stories
Without Condition
The One That Got Away: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 2
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This episode is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! We are only THREE patrons to go to hit our goal of 30 patrons—at which time we’ll begin paying authors $25 for short story reprints! We’ve got tons of exclusive content for patrons at every tier. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright and join our community today!
Show Notes
For our seventh tropisode, we're talking PORTALS with Zoraida Córdova.
Zoraida Córdova is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen novels and short stories, including the Brooklyn Brujas series, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: A Crash of Fate, and The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina. In addition to writing novels, she serves on the Board of We Need Diverse Books, and is the co-editor of the bestselling anthologyVampires Never Get Old, as well as the cohost of the writing podcast, Deadline City. She writes romance novels as Zoey Castile. Zoraida was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and calls New York City home. When she’s not working, she’s roaming the world in search of magical stories. For more information, visit her at zoraidacordova.com.
When we read Zoraida’s novel Labyrinth Lost—which features an incredible portal—we knew she would be an excellent choice for this topic. We’re so glad we had the opportunity to reconnect with her and talk all things portals in fiction!
Portals Group “Read”
Pan’s Labyrinth film
Portals Book and Film Mentions
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
Warriors of Virtue
Peter Pan by James Matthew Berry
Midsommar
Pirates of the Caribbean
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Shades of Magic by VE Schwab
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
A Blade So Black by LL McKinney
Sucker Punch
Find Zoraida: Website | Twitter | Instagram
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We are delight to return as the official podcast for 2021 Summer Scares! This episode is our first installment of a series covering the 2021 Summer Scares library summer reading program. The Horror Writers’ Association has partnered with Book Riot and Library Journal to curate the Summer Scares reading list, which includes three books each in the Adult, YA, and Middle Grade categories.
In 2019, we chatted with the liaisons from each category in LOTF 32, LOTF 34, and LOTF 36. In 2020, we had roundtable-style panel conversations with the authors from each category. You can find these here : LOTF 56, LOTF 57, and LOTF 58.
And this year, we're shaking things up yet again!
This first episode is extra special, because we begin with a conversation with author Silvia Moreno Garcia, this year's Summer Scares author spokesperson. She is the bestselling author of the novels Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, Certain Dark Things, and Untamed Shore, among others. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulhu's Daughters). Gods of Jade and Shadow was the 2020 American Library Association Reading List winner in the Fantasy category, appeared on many year's best lists, and won the 2020 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Silvia is also the publisher of Innsmouth Free Press, a columnist for The Washington Post, and a book reviewer for NPR. You can follow her on Twitter at @silviamg.
In the first half of the episode, we talk to Silvia about her writing and reading history, her previous experience with libraries, her passion projects with her small press Innsmouth Free Press, and her involvement with Summer Scares 2021.
Find Silvia: Twitter | Website | Innsmouth Free Press
In the second half of the show, Mackenzie and Lisa discuss the three adult books for Summer Scares 2021.
The adult picks for the 2021 Summer Scares program are:
The Hunger by Alma Katsu (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018)
The Cipher by Kathe Koja (originally published 1991 by Dell but reissued Meerkat Press, 2020)
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, Translator Jonathan Wright (Penguin Books, 2018)
To discover more regarding the Summer Scares program (including excellent resources!), check out the Summer Scares information website. And for an in-depth resource, here is the Summer Scares Programming Guide.
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This episode of Ladies of the Fright is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! Help us reach our goal of 30 patrons so we can pay authors $25 per short story reprint. Only THREE patrons to go! We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (this month we’ve got a special video from author Jessica Leonard!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Also, if you haven't already done so, please head over to iTunes and leave us a five star review! It is a free way to support the show and it helps boost our visibility and thus, the visibility of all our wonderful guests.
And, we would love it if you'd check out our merch shop, where you'll find all kinds of cool goodies like mugs, t-shirts, notebooks, masks, and more!
Show Notes
In this episode, we have a great conversation with horror author Gabino Iglesias! We discuss his writing themes and obsessions, his experience with conceptualizing and editing (in real time!) the Halldark Anthology, and what it takes to wear so many different literary hats.
Our selection for literary discussion this month is the novel The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. We've been dying to talk about this book, and now that it has won a Ray Bradbury award (!!!) we knew it was finally time! There are spoilers throughout our conversation so listen with caution if you haven't read the book. (And also if you haven't read it, UNFUCK THAT!—I say this with love.)
Find Gabino: Twitter | Instagram
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This episode of Ladies of the Fright is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! Help us reach our goal of 30 patrons so we can pay authors $25 per short story reprint. Only three patrons to go! We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (this month we’ve got a special video from author Jessica Guess!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Also, if you haven't already done so, please head over to iTunes and leave us a five star review! It is a free way to support the show and it helps boost our visibility and thus, the visibility of all our wonderful guests.
And, we would love it if you'd check out our merch shop, where you'll find all kinds of cool goodies like mugs, t-shirts, notebooks, masks, and more!
Show Notes
In this episode, we have a great conversation with horror author Gwendolyn Kiste! We discuss the great work she's done with her blog and the importance of leveraging privilege to continually work toward equity in publishing. We talk about her writing but we also reminisce about the old days of recording favorite shows on VHS!
Our selection for literary discussion this month is the short story The Lady of the House of Love by Angela Carter. We absolutely love this decadent gothic tale. Listen along to discover what this story and the film The Love Witch have in common.
Find Gwendolyn: Twitter | Website
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This episode of Ladies of the Fright is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! Help us reach our goal of 30 patrons so we can pay authors $25 per short story reprint. We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (this month we’ve got a special video from author Jessica Guess!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Also, if you haven't already done so, please head over to iTunes and leave us a five star review! It is a free way to support the show and it helps boost our visibility and thus, the visibility of all our wonderful guests.
Show Notes
In this episode, we have a great conversation with crime author Kerry K. Cox, whose new novel Money Bear: A Nick Tanner Crime Thriller is out now! We talk about his path from marketing to writing novels, as well as his life long interest in animal rescue and forest rangers. We also discuss the differences and intersections between crime and horror fiction.
Our book pick for discussion this month is My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Is it horror? Is it crime? Do characters need to be likable? Tune in to find out.
Find Kerry: Website
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This episode of Ladies of the Fright is brought to you by the Ladies of the Fright Patreon! We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (this month we’ve got a special video from author Hailey Piper!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Show Notes
New year, new look, new music!
We had such a great time celebrating three years with our live podcast webinar, co-hosted by the talented Kathryn E. McGee, horror author and moderator of the Thing in the Labyrinth horror book club via The Last Bookstore as well as the Skeleton Hour webinar series via the Horror Writers Association. We discussed the early days of the show and shared our vision for the podcast’s evolution in 2021.
We were delighted to welcome several surprise pop-in guests—authors who’ve been particularly supportive of us and the show over the years. Special thanks again the following authors for sharing their time and generously giving away a book!
Paul Tremblay: Website | Twitter
Alma Katsu: Website | Twitter
Stephen Graham Jones: Website | Twitter
Tod Goldberg: Website | Twitter
We were also delighted to be joined by Heather Scheeler, the incredible writer, artist, creator, and friend who designed our wonderful new podcast logo! We had so much fun collaborating (by which we mean, word-vomiting all our ideas in Heather’s general direction and her somehow using all that to create the gloriousness that is our new look!) with her on our podcast rebrand. Make sure you check out her art Instagram as well as The Mountain Practice—a really exciting project she will be kickstarting later this summer!
And finally, an ENORMOUS thanks to all of you: our listeners. When we started this show we thought one or two people might listen. Three years and two awards later, you’ve proven us very wrong. Thank you from the very depths of our heart. Here’s to many more years to come!
Stay dark & stormy.
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We on a bit of hiatus for January as we prepare for our three year podcast anniversary and our 2021 podcast line up. We’re reformatting the show for the new year and can't wait to share more on that soon! In the meantime, we’re releasing the last of our interviews recorded in 2020.
We also want to point you to our blog space, where we've been posting a lot more written author interviews as well as some reprinted short fiction. For the moment, we are open to fiction reprint submissions, and in particular, we want to raise stories back from the dead. We want stories that were originally published in now-defunct venues.
Currently we aren’t able to pay authors but we want that to change. Therefore, we are hosting a Patreon challenge! When we hit 30 patrons, we pledge pay $25 per reprint. We want to keep increasing what we pay so we foresee another Patreon challenge in our future. Baby steps!
With that said, we've been making some changes to our podcast tiers. We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (this month we’ve got a special video from author Hailey Piper!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
One final bit of housekeeping: We are hosting a live three year anniversary special event on Sunday, January 31, at 10:30pm Eastern. We'll be joined by special guest co-host Kathryn E. McGee, horror author and host of the Skeleton Hour webinar series and The Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Bookclub.
We'll reflect on the past three years, share our vision for the podcast's future, answer questions, and party. New logo reveal + surprise pop in guests + giveaways! Come celebrate three years with us.
Live event on Zoom - register today.
Show Notes
Eddie Generous is the owner of Unnerving, which publishes the popular Unnerving Magazine as well as numerous novellas and short stories collections. Eddie has fallen off three different roofs and been lit on fire on multiple occasions. He grew up on a farm and later slept with his shoes under his pillows in homeless shelters. He dropped out of high school to afford rent on a room at a crummy boarding house, but eventually graduated from a mediocre college. He is the author of several small press books, has 2.8 rescue cats (one needed a leg amputation), is a podcast host, and lives on the Pacific Coast of Canada.
We recorded this interview with Eddie in the middle of 2020, and since then he has announced that the Rewind or Die novella series will continue into 2021! Eddie also has three books coming out this year: Behemoth Risen (Severed Press), The Walking Son (Seventh Terrace), and Hetty (Omnium Gatherum Media).
Find Eddie: Twitter | Author Website | Unnerving Website
Recent Books by Eddie Generous:
Rawr
Trouble at Camp Still Waters
Radio Run
Rewind or Die #15: Tales from the Meat Wagon
Dead is Dead But Not Always
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We on a bit of hiatus for January as we prepare for our three year podcast anniversary and our 2021 podcast line up. We’re reformatting the show for the new year and can't wait to share more on that soon! In the meantime, we’re releasing the last of our interviews recorded in 2020.
We also want to point you to our blog space, where we've been posting a lot more written author interviews as well as some reprinted short fiction. For the moment, we are open to fiction reprint submissions, and in particular, we want to raise stories back from the dead. We want stories that were originally published in now-defunct venues.
Currently we aren’t able to pay authors but we want that to change. Therefore, we are hosting a Patreon challenge! When we hit 30 patrons, we pledge pay $25 per reprint. We want to keep increasing what we pay so we foresee another Patreon challenge in our future. Baby steps!
With that said, we've been making some changes to our podcast tiers. We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (this month we’ve got a special video from author Gwendolyn Kiste!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
One final bit of housekeeping: We are hosting a live three year anniversary special event on Sunday, January 31, at 10:30pm Eastern. We'll be joined by special guest co-host Kathryn E. McGee, horror author and host of the Skeleton Hour webinar series and The Thing in the Labyrinth Horror Bookclub.
We'll reflect on the past three years, share our vision for the podcast's future, answer questions, and party. New logo reveal + surprise pop in guests + giveaways! Come celebrate three years with us. Live event on Zoom - register today.
Show Notes
We are thrilled to bring you this conversation with author, editor, teacher, and overall horror advocate Richard Thomas. Richard spent twenty years in advertising before coming back to writing. Since then he’s been an author, editor, teacher, and publisher. He’s the award-winning author of three novels, three short story collections, two novellas, and over 150 short stories. In addition to teaching at Storyville, he’s also taught at the University of Iowa, LitReactor.com, and Story Studio Chicago.
We really loved this conversation with Richard. If you have any new year’s resolutions to dedicate more time to writing, we can’t think of any better way to commit than to sign up for a class with Richard over at Storyville! There are still spots in his Contemporary Dark Fiction classes. He even has one set for summer, May-Aug on London/UK/GMT time which he’s never done before. It’s 50% sold so check it out if you’re into it. And he also has one running in September. Head on over to storyvilleonline.com for more info!
Find Richard: Twitter | Website | Storyville
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We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons Eli Ryder and Kerry Cox at the Satanic Panic level, and Bjorn Svartalfson, Jocelyn Codner, Nina Nahvi, Jason M., S. Velos at the Demon Possession level.
We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors (this month we’ve got a special video from author Gwendolyn Kiste!); and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Show Notes
In this final episode of 2020, we are delighted to welcome Bob Pastorella back to the show to discuss The Beach House! This December movie chat is officially an annual LOTF podcast tradition. Sadly, 2020 did not see a new Ari Aster film. So we asked Bob what his favorite horror films were this year, and then we did a poll on our twitter. Our listeners asked for The Beach House, and we listened.
Listen. Bob Pastorella is a genius. Seriously. He is so smart. Our discussion of this film wouldn’t be nearly as intelligent without his insightful perception—and his thorough understanding of the genre. We had such a great time talking to Bob about this film to wrap up our 2020 lineup.
Find Bob: Website | Twitter
Purchase They’re Watching!
Well, folks, somehow, we made it: this is the end of 2020. And what a year it has been, for all of us. No matter how this year was for you personally, we can’t imagine there’s a single one of you who isn’t happy to see this year out the door. A new year isn’t some magical reset button—all of the issues unearthed in 2020 (both within and without our control) are still coming with us into 2021. And still, a new year brings a collective feeling of a “fresh start”, so we plan to take it one day at a time and make the most of what we’re given.
We’re planning a really fun, live three-year anniversary episode event that we’ll be announcing details about very soon! And we’ve got a lot of exciting things planned for the show in the New Year. We can’t wait to share more. Until then, we’ll see you in 2021. May it be a better year for us all. Stay dark and stormy!
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We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons Eli Ryder and Kerry Cox at the Satanic Panic level, and Bjorn Svartalfson, Jocelyn Codner, Nina Nahvi, Jason M., S. Velos at the Demon Possession level.
We offer cool rewards at every tier, including early, ad-free episodes; bonus written, audio, and video content from special guest authors; and the Patrons-Only podcast LOTF After Dark. Head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright for all the gory details!
Show Notes
As ever, it is a pleasure to host Ellen Datlow on our show. This time, she’s back to discuss her anthology Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles. As is usual of our conversations with Ellen, we talk about a lot more than that. We discuss how she was coping with the pandemic in New York City (we recorded this episode in the middle of the summer) as well as her complicated relationship with horror movies vs. horror fiction.
Other Ellen Datlow favorites
Edited By
The Devil and the Deep
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories
Find Ellen: Website | Twitter
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This year for our annual Halloween Special, we thought we’d bring you a conversation about our own spookiest experiences. Lisa and Mackenzie discuss their own views on the supernatural—does it exist? Are ghosts real? Lisa tells the story of an unexplainable experience she had while camping with her friends in the Anza Borrego desert in California. Mackenzie shares her creepy haunted house story, as well as her chilling discovery inside the house’s window seat.
In addition to sharing these inexplicable real-life experiences, we also have an exclusive message from two very special guests. Who could it be? Listen to find out! But here is a clue: their awesome new novel is OUT NOW! Purchase They’re Watching here.
We continue to be grateful for your support. On horror’s holiest holiday, please stay dark and stormy, but also healthy and safe! Happy Halloween from the Ladies of the Fright.
- Näytä enemmän
