Teen Creeps

This week Kelly and Katai read A SHORT STAY IN HELL by Steven L. Peck, the story of a perfectly nice guy who ends up in hell, which is an endless series of mostly nonsense books... aka this podcast... jkjkjkjk. They talk this book feeling like the companion to The Divine Farce, moving musings on love and loss, hell being other white people, allegory and metaphor for the search for meaning in life...

Kelly and Katai talk Stephen King's THE BODY, the novella that was adapted into the seminal classic, Stand By Me. They talk the sadness of growing up, how you can never really go home, and nostalgia for a childhood you've never had. Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more. Disco...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE DIVINE FARCE by Michael S.A. Graziano, the story of a man trapped in either heaven or hell, hard to say. They talk loving the book, icky but sweet, human connection, loving Brother Brian Blue, biscuits biscuits biscuits, the complications of help, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PAT...

Kelly and Katai talk Brom's SLEWFOOT: The story of a puritan woman befriending a goat demon, horrible witch hunts, and revenge! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more. Discord Instagram MERCH! TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST. *All creepy opinions expressed are those of th...

Kelly and Katai cover Kealan Patrick Burke's SOUR CANDY, a story about a man who witnesses a child having a meltdown in a supermarket, and next thing ya know he's bound to a baby eldritch being??? A fun, genuinely scary horror novella! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more. Di...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim, the story of a girl whose dad leaves so obviously she gets addicted to eating human male blue eyes. They talk one note characterization, great family stuff, yucky yucky eye stuff, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps...

This week Kelly and Katai read HEAVEN by Mieko Kawakami, a philosophical tale of bullying, bullies, and the bullied. They talk what didn't work for them (most of it), what did (very little), the hero of the book (the stepmom), examine some Goodreads reviews, and meet the love of their lives, Jenna. Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE HAAR by David Sodergren, a cozy body horror?? They talk loving Muriel, hating almost everyone else, wanting Avalon to come to America, poor Arthur, the need to be a curious person who has thoughts, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & m...

**ATTN: SPOILERS IMMEDIATELY AND THROUGHOUT*** ***CONTENT WARNING: CHILD ABUSE*** This week Kelly and Katai read THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward, a beautiful and surprising story of imprisonment that takes the idea of a kidnapped girl and turns it on its head and adds a cat. They talk loving the characters, twists on twists, snakes on snakes, hating Mommy, the LORD, and more! Su...

This week Kelly and Katai read TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler, a beautiful and sad sci-fi novella about humanity, poaching, and mammoths. They talk more Goodreads dunderheads, seeing every perspective, getting so much story in so little time, how humanity is cooked, and more. Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad f...

This week Kelly and Katai read MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET by Emily Ruth Verona, a clever take on the Teen Creeps slasher genre that had them cheering. They talk loving the book, hating Gabby of Goodreads, beautiful inner turmoil, a textbook example of surprising but inevitable, what they’ve been watching/playing, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! IN...

This week Kelly and Katai read The Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney, an outstanding take on Greek historical myth set around the beginning of the Trojan War. They talk loving Anaxandra, hating Paris and Helen, whether quicksilver is mercury, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps,...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE OLD WILLIS PLACE by Mary Downing Hahn, a beautiful story of tragic ghost children and the nice dum dum who thinks they’re just in a cult. They talk forgiveness, feeling like Miss Willis has at least 60 more years of penance, feeling for Diana and Georgie, being whatever about Lissa, and more. Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarte...

This week Kelly and Katai read THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister, a moving story of family and bogs. They talk great prose, beautifully realized characters, the failings of modern American online therapizing, family trauma, magical realism, and bogs bogs bogs. Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bon...

This week Kelly and Katai read the 2014 FEAR STREET reboot entry PARTY GAMES by R.L. Stine, the story of a dum dum who gets a crush on a Fear boy and misses every red flag during his birthday death games. They talk psycho boys, poorly designed murder games, going to bed smelling of burger, missed villain opportunities, unimpressive party spreads, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic rom...

Sicknesses and work/shooting schedules and life had us unable to record this week, so here's an Outside Genre episode from our Patreon! Kelly and Katai talk THE GIRLS by Emma Cline, a beautiful rumination on girlhood, acquiescence, AND VIOLENT NORCAL CULTS! Thank you so much to listener Jenna Jardin for the book suggestion! The irresistible pull of someone with power, the desire to be desired, and...

This week Kelly and Katai dived into ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME, the first entry in Lurlene McDaniels' Angels Trilogy--and they will not be returning! They talk exoticizing and eroticizing the Amish, some Belle Gibson ass cancer messaging, confusing angel messaging, how they'd have talked shit on Leah as her fellow patients, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kicks...

This week Kelly and Katai read DON'T STAY UP LATE (A FEAR STREET NOVEL) by R.L. Stine, the story of a girl whose dad dies and then she almost gets gaslit to death. They talk the return of the angel faced white blonde haired boy charge, moms who need to get different jobs, absolutely bonkers monster child conspiracies, nary an endgame to be found, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic rom...

This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read GHOST CAT by Beverly Butler. They talk death by coddling, hating Todd, loving Annabel, hating Todd, mixing wisdom with fury, hating Todd, and also hating Todd! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more. Discord Instagram MERCH! TEEN CR...

This week on the podcast Kelly read FEAR STREET NIGHTS: MOONLIGHT SECRETS, MIDNIGHT GAMES, and DARKEST DAWN by R.L. Stine and Lindsay read Moonlight Secrets. They talk misguided naming paradigms, evil crows, loser bartenders, extreme lip violence, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE! SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bon...

This week Kelly and Katai finally finish Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles with the books THE WOUNDED TREE and THE GATHERED GLORY. They talk Cara's continuing nonsense even as a unicorn, satisfying payoffs, sad deaths, fun twists, earned endings, and then get into what they're watching on TV, hot hot hot tooth extractions, and which celebrities they instinctively know to be their soulmates. Suppo...

This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai continued their travels on the Unicorn Chronicle highway with SECRET OF THE DELVERS and THE INVASION OF LUSTER by Bruce Coville. They update each other on what the fuck is up with Dimblethumb (OR NOT!!), briefly check in on characters keeping them emotionally distant from the story, bad bitch Felicity, the actually impactful story of the Centaur Chiron, Bel...

This week Kelly and Katai returned to Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles series with SONG OF THE WANDERER and ENTER THE WHISPERER. They talk boring protagonist syndrome, MacGuffins as far as the eye can see, annoying creatures, cool lore vs boring story, and hit on both the best and dumbest solution to the problem of continuing the series for the podcast. Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic roma...

This week Kelly and Katai read A PROUD TASTE FOR SCARLET AND MINIVER by E.L. Konigsburg, the fictionalized story of Eleanor of Aquitaine's life as she waits for her second husband, Henry II, in heaven. They talk whether it's real, cringe heaven fanfic, the best form of government, everybody hates John, bad cult of personality teachers, and more! And announcement: WE'RE NOW AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST....

This week Kelly and Katai read WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix, the story of a group of unwed teenage girls who are sent to a maternity home in Florida in 1970 and the ways they attempt to take control over their own lives and pregnancies (witchcraft, etc). They cry, despair over the plight of these characters and the real girls who went through this, get angry, cry, fawn over Grady...