Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction

Discussing G-Fest, Chicago Bookstores, Summer Reading Summerween... Midsommar update... call it what you want, we miss you! Next Up: Season 2 begins September 2! Stay tuned to dusk.to.dawn.podcast for the reading list. Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Penguin Book of Demons The Penguin Book of the Undead The Penguin Book of Witches Last Evenings on Earth – Roberto Bolaño Occultation and Other...

Discussing Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica The meat processing industry... with humans! Next Up: Summer break! See you again in September (and maybe once or twice over the summer). Stay tuned for the Season 2 reading list! Books Mentioned in this Episode: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird, Matar a la niña, The Unworthy – Agustina Bazterrica Nestlings, Mary: An Awakening of Terror – Nat Ca...

Discussing The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson Nobody likes anyone else on Pepper Street. Poor Caroline. Next Up: Tender Is the Flesh – Agustina Bazterrica Books Mentioned in this Episode: We Have Always Lived in the Castle, The Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery – Shirley Jackson Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life – Ruth Franklin The Diving Pool – Yoko Ogawa Morality, The Bazaar of...

Discussing The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones A group of friends from the Blackfeet Nation – Ricky, Lewis, Cass, and Gabe – trespasses into the elder section of the reservation hunting grounds to pursue a herd of elk. The resulting hunt has dire consequences that haunt them for the rest of their lives. Next Up (in order) : The Road Through the Wall – Shirley Jackson Tender Is the Flesh...

Discussing A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck A Mormon man goes to library hell. Next Up (in order) : The Only Good Indians – Stephen Graham Jones The Road Through the Wall – Shirley Jackson Tender Is the Flesh – Agustina Bazterrica Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Library of Babel, Ficciones – Jorge Luis Borges Finnegan's Wake – James Joyce Song for the Unraveling of the World – Bria...

Discussing Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu A lonely 19 year old girl makes friends with a vampire at her castle in the woods of Austria. Things get steamy between them in a delicious serving of gothic tropes. Next Up: The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones or maybe A Short Stay In Hell - Steven L. Peck Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Castle of Otranto – Horace Walpole Vathek - William Beck...

Discussing Where I End by Sophie White A young woman goes loopy caring for her invalid mother on a craggy island off the west coast of Ireland. Next Up: Carmilla - Sheridan Le Fanu Books Mentioned in this Episode: Corpsing – Sophie White We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson My Darling Dreadful Thing – Johanna van Veen Dust & Grim – Chuck Wendig Edward II – Christopher Marlowe E...

Discussing  The Fisherman by John Langan Two widowers strike up a friendship fishing. Things get fishy. Next Up: Where I End - Sophie White Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Book of Job – Old Testament Maeve Fly - CJ Leede At Dark, I Become Loathsome - Eric LaRocca Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty - Dan Jones Dark Tales - Shirley Jackson Cannibalism: A...

Discussing Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne A self-absorbed Twitch streamer accidentally causes her little sister's death and is now being haunted by a mimic summoned through a horror video game. Next Up: The Fisherman - John Langan Books Mentioned in this Episode: Only the Good Indians – Stephen Graham Jones The Mean Ones - Tatiana Schlote-Bonne Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - ...

Discussing Punk Rock Ghost Story by David Agranoff A punk band goes on tour in a haunted van. Things end badly. Check out the Playlist on Spotify: Punk Rock Ghost Story   Next Up: Such Lovely Skin - Tatiana Schlote-Bonne Books Mentioned in this Episode: We Sold Our Souls – Grady Hendrix The Last Night to Kill Nazis, Boot Boys of the Wolf Reich, Goddamn Killing Machines, The Vegan Revolution... wit...

Discussing The Shining by Stephen King A desperate, alcoholic writer moves his family to the Overlook Hotel to work as the winter caretaker but instead of finishing his play he loses his mind. Come and take your medicine! Next Up: Punk Rock Ghost Story - David Agranoff Books Mentioned in this Episode: Carrie; Salem's Lot; The Stand – Stephen King The Black Guy Dies First – Robin R. Means Cole...

Discussing Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson More short stories! Very odd, eerie, weird horror. Varies between realistic and sci fi settings. Next Up: The Shining - Stephen King Episode Trigger Warnings: Body horror Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) fr...

Discussing We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix Everything comes crashing down on Kris Pulaski's heavy metal dreams of making it big in her band, Dürt Würk, and now she's working a dead-end hotel job where lodgers pee on the floor. Her best friend screwed everything up, signed a contract with demons, and taunts her with his successful nu metal band. Check out the Playlist on Spotify: We So...

Discussing Revenge by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder Weird stuff happens to city people in this book of short stories with connected characters, eerie situations, and somebody who wears a bag over their heart! Next Up: We Sold Our Souls - Grady Hendrix Books Mentioned in this Episode: I Was a Teenage Slasher – Stephen Graham Jones Good Night, Sleep Tight ; A Collapse of Horses ; Last Day...