The Scares That Shaped Us

It's Rachel Harrison week on The Scares That Shaped Us! The author behind novels like The Return , Cackle , Such Sharp Teeth , and Black Sheep joins the show to discuss her latest novel, So Thirsty , working through different horror subgenres, and balancing planning with spontaneity when working on a book. After chatting about Rachel's current work, we pivot to a discussion of Steven Spiel...

Hello, Horror Fans! And we're back! It's Episode 2 and we've got a good one for you! Our guest this week is Daniel Kraus, celebrated author of books like Rotters , Scowler , The Living Dead , and the amazing Whalefall .  For Daniel's formative horror story, we're digging into "The Invaders," a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone starring Agnes Moorehead as a poor woman wh...

Hello, horror fans! It's Launch Day! Episode 1, featuring Clay McLeod Chapman, is now available to listeners. We talk about Clay's chosen formative horror story, Session 9 , ambiguity in horror, the terror of well-produced audio, and which horror author could best pull off a James Brown-style performance. Plus, how many times can Clay write a story about another writer and get away with it...