There is everything from true crime to strange disappearances, ghosts and demons, monsters and UFOs, as well as some more unique oddities, like a woman killed by the ‘little folk’ and a computer that may have communicated through time. Our guest this week is Richard Maclean Smith, host and producer of Unexplained Podcast, the best show out there on the creepy, mysterious and mystifying events that people like me spend hours reading about on Wikipedia. This is a show about scary stories and writing horror… but that doesn’t mean everything has to be on the page. BissingerĪnd now for something a little different. We talk about the fervid popularity of coming-of-age horror right now, we plumb the dark, seamy underbelly of rural Oregon, we compare notes on the small towns of our childhoods, and I have the temerity to ask Wendy the best way to get published in Nightmare.īooks discussed in this episode include: The Shadow Year (2008), by Jeffrey FordIT, by Stephen King (1986)Boy’s Life, by Robert McCammon (1991)Summer of Night, by Dan Simmons (1991)Harvest Home (1973), by Thomas TryonFriday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream (1990), by H.G. We talk about both books and how Wendy has transposed both the classic British Gothic and the traditional New England small-town horror story to a Pacific Northwest setting. Wagner is the editor-in-chief of the prestigious Nightmare Magazine, and the author of epic coming-of-age horror The Deer Kings, as well as the ‘Sawmill Gothic’, The Secret Skin. Think kids on bikes, running wild, fights and first loves, demonic deer gods … wait … what? And not our current plague-summer – but the halcyon days of 1989. I know it’s the middle of winter but this week the book in question is taking us back to summer.
Luisteren Nogmaals beluisteren Doorgaan Wordt afgespeeld.Or email direct to Novellic on Google Play or Apple Store. You can buy one of the remaining copies here.Ĭome talk books on Twitter on Instagram, and TikTok Ghoul n’ the Cape is published in a limited run in December by Earthling Press. Win!īooks discussed in this episode include:Yours Cruelly, Elvira (2021), by Cassandra PetersonPearl (2021), by Josh Malerman (previously published as The Day of the Pig)Visions of Kody (1972), by Jack Kerouac and Brice MatthieussentThe Talisman (1984), by Peter Straub and Stephen King And we talk about how horror, of all things, can help us achieve that. But again, and again we come back to the crucial, pivotal role of awe and wonder in our lives. The Great American Novel™ and the quest narrative amongst much more. Therefore, it gives us plenty to talk about. This is not your average horror paperback. It takes in politics, violence, spectacle, horror, friendship, a nation-eating star and a man made entirely of blood. So far! It’s the truly epic tale of two men fleeing a unique evil across the entire landmass of the United States. Ghoul n’ the Cape is Josh’s magnum opus, so far. This time, more than ever, he brings joy, wonder, inspiration and a 700 page book that will work your triceps as well as your mind and soul. Josh Malerman is back for his second bout of Talking Scared, only 6 months after he was last here. The award for Best First Novel was first presented in 1981.If you are feeling depressed, what with OMICRON emerging like the worst villain in some direct-to-streaming video game adaptation, then do I have the tonic for you. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. Winners of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, awarded by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Literary award by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus
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