Uncanny Women

In this episode, author and medieval literature scholar Taylor Grothe joins host KJ Brantley to discuss Hollow and Lethal Kiss , two horror novels exploring identity, belonging, and the danger of hiding who you really are. From a forest community offering a vulnerable teenager acceptance to a university steeped in misogyny, deadly secrets, and monstrous desire, Taylor’s stories ask what it costs t...

In this episode, author Bitter Karella joins host KJ Brantley to discuss Moonflow and Quaint Folk , two wildly different horror novels connected by queer identity, repression, cults, and the fear of revealing who you really are. From a psychedelic journey through a terrifying forest to the rot beneath an idyllic English community, Bitter’s fiction asks what happens when belonging comes at the cost...

In this episode, author and literary translator Tiffany Tsao joins host KJ Brantley to discuss her latest novel, But Won’t I Miss Me , a chilling blend of body horror and speculative fiction. In its world, becoming a mother means being consumed and replaced by a stronger version of yourself. But what happens when that transformation doesn’t go as expected? Tiffany and KJ explore the physical and p...

Award-winning dark fiction author Rachel Horak Dempsey talks with host KJ Brantley about her debut novella, PNOKO , a terrifying techno-horror retelling of Pinocchio in which the puppet is a machine-human hybrid and some strings were never meant to be cut. Rachel discusses transforming the familiar fairy tale into a story about artificial intelligence, toxic masculinity, intergenerational trauma,...

Award-winning author, artist, and editor G.G. Silverman sits down with host KJ Brantley to talk about her feminist horror collection, The Blood Year Daughter , out now from Creature Publishing. Rooted in dark fairy tales and folklore, the collection explores female autonomy, desire, survival, motherhood, sacrifice, and the ways women are expected to give pieces of themselves to the people around t...

Emerging Colorado Horror Author, Marissa Yarrow, sits down with host, KJ Brantley for a casual conversation in the ballroom at location for 2027's SoCo Women in Horror Fest, The Mining Exchange Hotel. The discuss Marissa's upcoming traditionally published horror debut where influencers receive an exclusive invite to an island festival that quickly goes from once-in-lifetime experience to a fight f...

In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast , KJ Brantley sits down with Angela Sylvaine, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Frost Bite , Cold Snap , The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls , and Chopping Spree —and a self-proclaimed “cheerful goth.” Angela shares how she found her way to horror after beginning her writing career in her thirties and gradually learned to trust the voice and instincts...

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...