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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 We are delighted to bring you this special conversation with author Alma Katsu about her most recent historical horror novel, The Deep (2020). One of Ms. Katsu’s many specialties is writing novels that combine historical fiction with supernatural and horror elements. The Hunger (2018), a reimagining of the story of the Donner Party, was named one of NPR’s 100 favorite horror stories, was on numerous Best Books of the Year lists, and continues to be honored as a new classic in horror.

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 We are delighted to bring you this special conversation with Daniel Kraus. This is our second time bringing him onto the show, so if you’d like to get a peek into his early writing life, discover how writing without the intent to publish helped him cultivate joy in his craft, explore his trademark style of using gorgeous language to describe the grotesque, and learn about his collaborations with Guillermo del Toro, you can hear all that and more in LOTF 42 when you’ve finished this

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’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier (and we’re getting to revamp the whole thing!). If you’d like to check it out, head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright. Show Notes We are delighted to bring you this conversation with Jessica Guess, 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 Mused Bella Online Literary Review. Her debut novella, Cirque Berserk, is available for purchase on Amazon. In this episode, we spoke w

This episode of Ladies of the Fright is brought to you by Boneyard Soup Magazine. Boneyard Soup is a horror and dark fantasy magazine, specializing in the Weird, the Morbid, and the Macabre. It publishes original short stories and features terrifying artwork. Boneyard Soup’s mission is to represent the horror genre’s diversity by curating many kinds of ghoulish and horrifying stories and by supporting new and talented writers. Boneyard Soup is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund its first year of issues and to connect with new readers. Backers who pledge at least $12 will receive a year’s subscription. This Kickstarter runs until September 23rd. Follow this link to support Boneyard Soup Magazine. We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor, Eli Ryder, and Kerry Cox at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahvi, Bjorn Svartalfson, Jocelyn Codner, and S. Velos at the Demon Possession level. We’r

We are so excited to return as the official podcast for 2020 Summer Scares! This episode is our second installment of a series covering the 2020 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. Last year we chatted with the liaisons from each category in LOTF 32, LOTF 34, and LOTF 36. This year we decided to do something a little different! We are thrilled to bring you this round-table style conversation with each of the authors from the young adult category: Zoraida Cordóva, Amy Lukavics, and Cherie Priest. The young adult picks for the 2020 Summer Scares program are: Labyrinth Lost by Zoradia Cordóva (Sourcebooks Fire 2017) Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics (Harlequinn Teen 2015) The Agony House by Cherie Priest, illustrated by Tara O’Connor (Scholastic 2018) Show Notes: Find Zoraida: Twitter Find Amy: Tw

We are so excited to return as the official podcast for 2020 Summer Scares! This episode is our first installment of a series covering the 2020 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. Last year we chatted with the liaisons from each category in LOTF 32, LOTF 34, and LOTF 36. This year we decided to do something a little different! We are thrilled to bring you this round-table style conversation with each of the authors from the adult category: Nadia Bulkin, Victor LaValle, and Andy Davidson. The adult picks for the 2020 Summer Scares program are: In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson (Skyhorse, 2017)   The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (Tor.Com, 2016)   She Said Destroy: Stories by Nadia Bulkin (Word Horde, 2017)   Show Notes: Find Nadia: Twitter Find Victor:  Find Andy: To discov

We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor, Eli Ryder, and Kerry Cox at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahvi, Bjorn Svartalfson, Jocelyn Codner, and S. Velos at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, and if you’d like to check it out, head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright. Show Notes We are delighted to bring you this conversation with Michael David Wilson. This is our second time bringing MDW onto the show, so if you’d like to get more of a peek into his early writing life (we’re talking ALL the deets on “James and the Chocolate Tree”), his religious upbringing, and founding This Is Horror, then head back to LOTF 22 where we get into all that. In this episode, we launch right into the present timeline with a discussion on technology in parenting, social media privacy breaches as the new home invasion, possessed children's toys and so much more.

We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor, Eli Ryder, and Kerry Cox at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahvi, Bjorn Svartalfson, Jocelyn Codner, and S. Velos at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, and if you’d like to check it out, head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright. Show Notes We are delighted to bring you this conversation with Hailey Piper. In this episode, we talk about everything from reading horror from a young age to the dangers of nostalgia. We loved getting up close & personal with this emerging horror author who's been blowing up the scene—in the best way possible. Please note: we spoil her novella The Possession of Natalie Glasgow from 46:00 to 58:00. Hailey Piper is the author of horror novellas The Possession of Natalie Glasgow and Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, and her short fiction appears in publications such as Daily Sci

We want to remind you that we have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor, Eli Ryder, and Kerry Cox at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahvi, Bjorn Svartalfson, Jocelyn Codner, and S. Velos at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, and if you’d like to check it out, head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright. Show Notes We are so excited to bring to you our conversation with Brian Keene. As our listeners will be well aware, Brian writes novels, comic books, stories, journalism, and other words for money. He is the author of over fifty books, mostly in the horror, crime, and fantasy genres. His 2003 novel, The Rising, is credited (along with Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic and Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later film) with inspiring pop culture’s recurrent interest in zombies. He has written for Marvel, DC, and several other media properties. In addition to several other impressive ca

Welcome to Ladies of the Fright, a podcast for writers and readers who like it dark. We engage in literary discourse that is honest, smart, and irreverent.    I’m one of your hosts, Lisa Quigley.   Mackenzie: And I’m your other host, Mackenzie Kiera.   Before we get into today’s episode, we want to remind you that we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahvi, Bjorn Svartalfson, and Jocelyn Codner, and S. Velos at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, and if you’d like to check it out, head on over to patreon.com/ladiesofthefright Show Notes Welcome to episode 52, our first episode of 2020 AND our special two year anniversary episode! Thank you for your patience with the release of this episode. Lisa's been battling a pretty severe head cold for almost a month and it's really slowed her down. Your patience and loyalty are much

In what is becoming an annual Ladies of the Fright tradition, we discuss our second MOVIE, Midsommar to close out the year. And as a special treat, we brought Bob Pastorella back on the show as a guest host! While this is our final recorded episode of 2018, we are releasing it in early January to make up for the fact that we'll be taking a podcast break this month. Bob Pastorella is the author of the weird crime novella, Mojo Rising, and the zombie western short story, ‘To Watch Is Madness’. Bob is featured in Warmed & Bound: A Velvet Anthology, The Booked. Anthology, In Search of a City: Los Angeles in 1000 Words, and Borderlands 6. His fiction has been published widely both online and in print, and he is a former columnist for ManArchy Magazine and Revolt Daily. Bob lives in Southeast Texas, and is currently working on several projects. Show Notes: Which Midsommar character would Bob want to go on a road trip with? Listen to find out! This Is Horror podcast Patreon | Join the community for as little

Hey folks! Don't forget we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, Nina Nahli, Viðarrbjörn Svartalfson, and S. Velos at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to every single patron. And when we hit our first 20 patrons (currently at 18!), we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway!  Updates We will be taking January 2020 off from podcasting! Never fear—we will be back in February with lots of great new stuff planned for the year to come. After two years on non-stop podcasting, we wanted to give ourselves a month to replenish. Show Notes In episode 50 (HELLO, major podcasting milestone!) we are talking with Max Booth III. He is the o-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Perpetual Motion Machine and the managing Editor of Dark Moon Digest. He's also the co-hos

Hey folks! Don't forget we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahli and Viðarrbjörn Svartalfson at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to every single patron. And when we hit our first 20 patrons, we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway!  Show Notes For our fifth tropisode, we're talking WITCHES with Angela Slatter. She is the author of the supernatural crime novels Vigil (2016), Corpselight (2017) and Restoration(2018) (from Jo Fletcher Books), as well as eight short story collections, including The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales, Sourdough and Other Stories, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, and A Feast of Sorrows: Stories. Vigil was nominated for the Dublin Literary Award in 2018. She has recently signed a two-book d

Hey folks! Don't forget we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahli and Viðarrbjörn Svartalfson at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to every single patron. And when we hit our first 20 patrons, we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway!  Show Notes Toni Miller one of the admins over at Ladies of Horror Fiction. Toni hosts the Ladies of Horror Fiction podcast, manages their guest posts, and oversees community outreach and communications for the LOHF team. We had so much fun speaking with Toni about her early morbid curiosities, her experiences with dead bodies in college, and her passion for promoting women in horror. Find Toni: Blog | Twitter | Instagram

Hey folks! Don't forget we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahli and Viðarrbjörn Svartalfson at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to every single patron. And when we hit our first 20 patrons, we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway!  Show Notes It's been a while since we had a good old fashioned craft episode, and what better Halloween story than We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson? We loved having Paul Tremblay to join us to talk about this masterpiece. We talked about why Paul has been so inspired by Jackson in his own work, what makes this story so special--and we also dissected our views on the new film adaptation. Please note: major movie spoilers from about 44:30 to about 57:00, for those who haven't seen

Hey folks! Don't forget we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahli and Viðarrbjörn Svartalfson at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to every single patron.And when we hit our first 20 patrons, we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway!  Show Notes Becky Spratford is the "Library World's Horror Maven" who specializing in reader's advisory to help match books with readers through the public library. Konrad Stump is the Local History Associate with the Springfield-Greene Library in Springfield, Missouri. It was so fun to reconnect with Becky to hear how Summer Scares 2019 went overall. And Konrad gave us some specific ways the initiative was celebrated in his own library. We also dived a bit deeper into Konrad's experience programming

This episode of Ladies of the Fright is brought to you by Inkshares. This October experienceViolet, the second novel of Stoker-nominated Kill Creek author Scott Thomas. Violet follows Kris Barlow, who after the death of her husband returns to a long-abandoned lake house.  She soon finds that the town of Pacington, Kansas is not as it seems, and that a presence has been awaiting her return. Bird Box author Josh Malerman calls it a "master class in immersion." Jason Heller of National Public Radio calls it "indelible" and says that the "sheer, skin-crawling fright is masterful."  Available in bookstores nationwide and Amazon. Before we get into today’s episode, we want to remind you that we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahvi, Bjorn Svartalfson, and Jocelyn Codner at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most excitin

This episode of Ladies of the Fright is brought to you by Inkshares. This October experience Violet, the second novel of Stoker-nominated Kill Creek author Scott Thomas. Violet follows Kris Barlow, who after the death of her husband returns to a long-abandoned lake house.  She soon finds that the town of Pacington, Kansas is not as it seems, and that a presence has been awaiting her return.  Bird Box author Josh Malerman calls it a "master class in immersion." Jason Heller of National Public Radio calls it "indelible" and says that the "sheer, skin-crawling fright is masterful."  Available in bookstores nationwide and Amazon. Before we get into today’s episode, we want to remind you that we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahvi, Bjorn Svartalfson, and Jocelyn Codner at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exci

Hey folks! Don't forget we now have a Patreon! We would like to give a special shoutout to our higher tier patrons SM Fedor and Eli Ryder at the Satanic Panic level, and Kenesha, Nathan Blixt, and Nina Nahli and Viðarrbjörn Svartalfson at the Demon Possession level. We’re offering cool rewards we’re offering at every tier, the most exciting of which is our Patrons-only podcast, LOTF After Dark which is accessible to every single patron.And when we hit our first 20 patrons, we’ll be doing a patrons-only giveaway!  Show Notes Alright, onto episode 43. We had a blast chatting with Ellen Datlow about how she doesn't believe in ghosts (but has had one maybe unexplainable experience?) and the process of putting the anthology together. We talked about some of the individual stories (no spoilers!), sleep paralysis, and more. Find Ellen: Website | Twitter