Fictional Hangover

In this unedited New and Indie Spotlight episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire chat with author Benjamin Card about being good enough, how everything is The Village, his Edgar Wright influences and that his newest book comes out on 66(2)6. Get Two Saviors today!

In this super special LIVE episode of Fictional Hangover, we are celebrating our 400th episode!!!   Please enjoy this retrospective of 400+ episodes of Fictional Hangover with some of our SuperFans!

“A queen once crowned … is crowned forever.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about not being scholarly, being Legion Light, Mist vomiting corpses, and then the screaming starts in their discussion of Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake.

In this unedited New and Indie Spotlight episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire chat with Meghan Le Fay about found family with a dragon, just being a person living in the world, Viking hygiene inspiring a whole trilogy, and judging a book by its cover (and it's AMAZING!). Meghan's debut book, Wings of Life, comes out May 26.

“Just because I can't explain it doesn't mean there isn't an answer.”   In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about podcasting, ghost bothering and DIABETES!!!! (and then the screaming starts) in their discussion of The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh.

“Vampires were fairy tales and magic.”  In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about Escape from New York but with vampires, needing a liberal application of a tire iron, rooting for vampire vampire hunters, and enjoying distilled vampirism of their favorite reads in their discussion of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black.

“You cannot kill what is already dead.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about numbered lists trumping morality, not using a ground knife, throwing people into the sea, and gift wrapping murder because there's always time for a bow in their discussion of One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake.

In this unedited New and Indie Spotlight episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire chat with their favorite Jackson Ford about making the dead inside feel something, replacing Shakespeare on the curriculum, lizards getting hiccups, how imaginary friends have autonomy and an EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT 😈. Jackson's newest book, Sisters of the Lizard, comes out May 5.  

“This lifetime is yours to make what you will of it.”  In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about TBKIOS (Two Boys Kissing Inside Outside Space), pressing factory reset on upspeak, spending a long ass time in space, and telling a psychopathic robot's story in their discussion of The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer.

"You know what? We're not dead. That's tonight's win."   In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about the 1930s of it all, being a dirty bag, teeth, lipstick, and fucking windchimes, and how this book is the Saved by the Bell murder mystery episode in their discussion of Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson.

“You need to be reminded that sometimes it just sucks to suck.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how the interdimensional postal service is better than what we have in the real world, describing the most boring waiting room, shoving important stuff into the junk drawer, and waiting, waiting and still waiting for the stories they want in their discussion of Throug...

“The loser table has its perks.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how humanity is cursed and people can be garbage, not trusting the strange disembodied voices coming from the bathroom, and googooing the moomoo in their discussion of Witch For Hire by Ted Naifeh. 

“No one really wishes to be queen.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about eating seductive cheese, enjoying creative murder, wearing blood aesthetically, and always choosing the bear in their discussion of Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake, featuring the author for Would You Rather.

In this bonus episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda, Claire and author Kendare Blake talk about getting rotisserie chickens for their raptors, wearing updos with their black mambas, having a moment of silence then bitching then revenge, and always choosing the bear in their chat about Three Dark Crowns.

In this unedited New and Indie Spotlight episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire chat with Shawn Hainsworth about how Woodstake is an historically accurate vampire record, getting the munchies and the munchies are people, enjoying horror with an injection of humor all the while Bad Moon Rising is playing in the background. Woodstake comes out April 14, 2026.

“The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about poking mushrooms with a stick, encouraging the house to fall down because it's had enough of your shenanigans, unrepentantly loving grammar, and rewriting The Fall of the House of Usher Fictional Hangover-style in their discussion of What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher.

“The future is soup.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about having an irrational fear of toilets in the night, learning to swim if you grow gills, sloughing off your skin to join a goopy amalgamation, paying a tithe of fingernails and teeth, and being inspired by an octopus in their discussion of They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran.

“Sweet fancy midnight!”   In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how the Cullens should have had a donut lifestyle, that vampires really should not be messy eaters, and the science of vampire diets in their discussion of Dracula’s Brunch Club by Brian Gonsar and illustrated by Keenan Gaybba.

“I am not sad… I am angry.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about what chaos, a hotdog truck, bees and a friendly beekeeper can inspire, trying not to spoil what will come, and screaming butterflies … neat! in their discussion of The Young Queens by Kendare Blake.

“Did the rideshare do this to me? Send me back in MOTHERFUCKING TIME?” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how you’re a time traveler, and you’re a time traveler, and you’re time traveler, trying not to make Marty McFly cry, playing Zelda, and flashdancing at every opportunity in their discussion of Throwback by Maurene Goo.

“There are days when everything changes, and this was one of those days.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how you should not punch random dudes or put ass paper in a library book but you should write great grown-up characters in books and buy once in a lifetime carpet in their discussion of When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.

“... one thing I've learned is that you don't have to understand things for them to be.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about using sheet ghosts for an authentic haunted house look, being given the gift of cabin fever, how creepy children really are, and making ants kiss in their discussion of A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle.

“I do not want normal. I want greatness.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how boys will be boys (vomit), giving many, many pointed looks, developing new forms of torture, and working on their hate scale throughout the series in their discussion of The Oracle Queen by Kendare Blake.

 "I'm nobody's idea of a hero ... But at least I'm still in the game.” In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about potatoes - boil ‘em, mash ‘em, make ‘em into a light, living in the days of future past, slow clapping being rebellious behavior, and a PSA: having a milk moustache is dangerous in their discussion of Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins.

"Don't undervalue good instincts."   In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about not wearing a business suit to a basketball game, tightening your shoelaces, popping your collar and getting on with it, and using library resources to battle monsters in their discussion of Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.