Living Dead in Austin

Sookie enlists her roommate to solve her Tanya problem permanently (but not that  permanently). She also encounters the new King of Louisiana and ingratiates herself in her typical style. Then her pledge to answer for Jason's marital fidelity leads her to a very dark place.   We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY...

The brewing werewolf war comes to a head, and Sookie's right in the middle of it. Then the brewing vampire war comes to a head, and Sookie's right in the middle of it. Sookie also has to come to terms with Quinn, who won't drag Sookie into a war. Probably. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support thi...

Everybody is hanging around Sookie. Bill's hanging around, Tanya's hanging around, no less than two mysterious strangers are hanging around her. The one person who she wants around is Quinn, and he's missing. Perhaps one of these brewing shadow wars will take her mind off of her annoyance. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licens...

The vampire trial is disrupted, but not by Sookie this time. It occasions another mystery for Sookie to solve, which she launches into with her customary verve. Then, a major catastrophe ties all the threads together in a knot... of death. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support this podcast on Patr...

Sookie arrives at the vampire hotel for the vampire summit. She meets many people and things, including some interdimensional warriors (surprisingly not her problem), and Quinn's sister (definitely her problem). She also faces perhaps her most difficult challenge yet: keeping quiet during a legal proceeding. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by...

Sam tells Sookie not to go the vampire summit. Amelia tells Sookie not to go. Sookie's literal fairy godmother tells her not to go. Sookie goes. It's like a beer going to Oktoberfest. We are Alice Sullivan ( bluebonnetcafe ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sookie's second date with Quinn starts well but goes off the rails when a pack of werewolves drags them into the swamp. Later, Sookie attends the Queen of Louisiana's soiree and learns that bloodbaths aren't just a fun vampire party game. We are Alice Sullivan ( bluebonnetcafe ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support th...

Sookie's date with Quinn takes a violent turn as some young werewolves make the mistake of their lives and attack them. After dealing with that and with the now-suspicious New Orleans police, Sookie returns to clean out her late cousin's apartment. Which takes a violent turn as a young vampire makes the mistake of his life and attacks her. We are Alice Sullivan ( bluebonnetcafe ), Micah Sparkman,...

Sookie spends some time getting her life in order before embarking on a new adventure: dating a tiger. Well, sometimes he's a tiger, and sometimes he's just a tigerish man. Also just about everybody else is trying to involve her in some plot involving the Queen of Louisiana, but Sookie's in no rush. We are Alice Sullivan ( bluebonnetcafe ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHAS...

After Sookie gets some personal attention from the Bon Temps sniper, she takes a brief hospital vacation before plunging back into the supernatural soup. She and Eric sort out Tara's toxic relationship the bloody way, then Sookie is a partial observer at a were-election. We are Alice Sullivan ( bluebonnetcafe ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licens...

Sookie's visit to the were-funeral is dripping with politics and is a downer. Then somebody tries to burn down her house with her in it, which is a double downer. If smooching her boss might make her feel better she's willing to try it. We are Alice Sullivan ( bluebonnetcafe ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support this...

While Sookie helps Jason adapt to his new pantherish lifestyle, a series of shootings throw Bon Temps' supernatural community into turmoil. Is it too dangerous for Sookie to get caught up in it? Yes. Does Sookie get caught up in it? Indeed she does. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support this podca...

The struggle between the evil witches of Shreveport and the (somewhat) less evil vampires and werewolves comes to a bloody conclusion, and Sookie has a front-row seat. Then Sookie finally discovers what happened to Jason. It turns out when he said his new fling was a tiger in the sack, he wasn't far off. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jaso...

Sookie isn't able to make progress in her search for Jason, but memory-free Eric is there to console her. With his penis. Then the Shreveport werewolves (also our favorite rugby team) try to finish the evil witches and they choose Sookie's neighborhood for the showdown. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 ....

With Bill out of town, Sookie makes a New Year's resolution to stay out of trouble. She's able to keep it all the way until the early morning of New Year's Day, when she comes across trouble running down the road. She pulls over and gives it a ride, of course. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support...

Having successfully infiltrated the King of Mississippi's estate (by letting a sharp stake infiltrate her chest), Sookie executes another dangerous plan to rescue Bill. Then she makes her way home, and there are thugs waiting to attack her everywhere she goes. Unfortunately her relationship with her deadly boyfriend and his boss are getting strained. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff...

Sookie and Alcide's night of clubbing has tired them out, so they relax by hiding a dead body that they found in Alcide's apartment. This refreshes them enough for another visit to Club Dead. Sookie manages to get a lead on Bill and an entry into the King of Mississippi's estate by the tactic of intercepting a stake meant for another. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_la...

On the splits with Bill, Sookie gets a mission to clean up after Bill's mission to Jackson, Mississippi. It involves a musclebound werewolf (is there any other kind?) and some genuine American vampire royalty. We are Alice Sullivan, Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Support us on Patreon ! Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sookie has to go to a sex party to get to the bottom of Lafayette's murder. She takes Eric with her, who is a top-notch sex party companion. The party starts out dull but is livened up by a surprise guest: madness. We are Alice Sullivan ( @alicemsullivan ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sookie gets trapped in a church dungeon and a series of very unpleasant things happen. She escapes with the help of a brand new vampire and shifters of various persuasions. She's only been in Dallas two days and she's already visited three underworlds. We are Alice Sullivan ( @alicemsullivan ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0...

Sookie and Bill fly in to Dallas. A creepy priest tries to kidnap her, but they take that as part of the DFW experience. Soon Sookie is busy reading minds for the Dallas vampires and preparing for an ill-considered stealth mission to the local anti-vampire clubhouse. We are Alice Sullivan ( @alicemsullivan ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed...

We're back with Southern Vampire Mystery number 2! Sookie's vampire boyfriend asks her to chip in at work and read some minds for his vampire boss. On the way, she encounters a witchy predator with a pet pig who turns out to be not very nice. We are Alice Sullivan ( @alicemsullivan ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Suppo...

Sookie investigates a theft for Eric Northman, which leads to her being covered in blood. The investigation of the Bon Temps murders threatens to land on Jason, but the murderer confronts Sookie herself. Which leads to her being covered in blood. We are Alice Sullivan ( @alicemsullivan ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ S...

Sookie's new sorta-dead sorta-boyfriend takes her to meet his sorta-boss at the Vampire club Fangtasia. Then, when tragedy strikes Sookie's family, Bill administers the Vampiric remedy for grief: vigorous sex. We are Alice Sullivan ( @alicemsullivan ), Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake ( @jeff_lake ). Music: CHASIN' IT by Jason Shaw , licensed under CC-BY 3.0 . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to Bon Temps! We're starting our read-through of the Southern Vampire Mysteries. In this episode, we meet Sookie Stackhouse, a very insightful waitress who befriends Bill, a surprisingly chill vampire. Things are going swimmingly until people start turning up murdered. Hopefully the killer isn't Bill, or his decidedly un-chill vampire friends. We are Alice Sullivan ( @alicemsullivan ), Mic...