Uncanny Women

In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth , Teenage Girls Can Be Demons , No Gods for Drowning , This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want , and She Isn’t Herself Tonight, among many more. Hailey discusses her two upcoming releases, including the cursed-film horror of This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want and...

In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly , American Rapture , and Headlights . CJ reflects on the acclaim that followed the release of Maeve Fly and what it's been like navigating the expectations that come with a breakout debut. Together, they discuss how religion and grief have each shaped her work, the emotional power of body horror, and...

In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast , KJ Brantley sits down with V.S. Lawrence, prolific indie horror author of 80s Ghosts , With Friends Like These , and the upcoming Just Us Here . Together, they discuss women's friendships in horror, growing up as '90s kids, religious upbringing and religious horror, cults, nostalgia, and the ways our childhood and life experiences shape the stories they t...

In the debut episode of Uncanny Women Podcast , KJ Brantley sits down with author Sara van Os to discuss horror, wilderness survival, queer identity, and the strange confidence that comes from watching far too much Naked and Afraid . Together, they dive into van Os’s debut novel Decomposition Book , writing deeply flawed characters, survival narratives, and women in horror fiction. The conversatio...

In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with Shirley Jackson and Stoker Award-nominated author, editor, and scholar R.J. Joseph to discuss horror through the lens of history, identity, monstrosity, and the Black lived experience. Together, they explore Joseph’s acclaimed collection Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted, her upcoming collection My Monsters Ain't Like Your...