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"Alanna gritted her teeth and thrust her chin forward stubbornly. She would see this through." It's midwinter in the endless library, and Aurelien has only the very best books to shine a light in the gloom. "Alanna" (1983) by Tamora Pierce i
A wealthy CEO faces a criminal investigation amid tragedy, trauma, and a supernatural threat. The Usher family learns an informant lurks among them. The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) has entered the Flanaverse. Based on various Edgar Alla
"Her head starts to turn, and I gasp --" Trick or treat, spooky friends! Aurelien and Dustin (from The Rewatch Recap) wrote a spooky little PG-rated story together. Keep an eye on your windows and stay alert as you settle into "The Woman in t
"All the future looked gloomy and threatening, and the gaunt wolf hovered at the door of the Lynnes' humble home." Gather round, spooks and strangers! For this special spooky season October Friday the 13th, Aurelien reads aloud chapter 1 of "
"It was on Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve, that superstition ran riot..." Trick or treat! Aurelien explores the spooky archives of Project Gutenberg and comes back with 1880s non-fiction takes on Scottish Halloween traditions. How is bobbin
"Mary was a misfit. She didn't want to be beautiful. And she wasted time doing mad things - like eating and sleeping." Aurelien reads another original Twilight Zone source story. This time, let's go back to 1952 (or is it 2022??) with The Be
“Don't join the book burners. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book...” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower Aurelien digs out from under a pile of library sale books and catalogs her unread gems. Tune in for hot takes on old books!
Spooky salutations, listeners and readers! It's time for a "what I was reading when I wasn't here" mid-2023 check-in. Slither into the shade and have a listen, then make your plan of (reading) attack. **** Black Bloom by Felix I.D. Dimaro Aft
"Here are the confessions of a vampire." Let's read INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (1976) by Anne Rice together, spooky friends! Tune in to hear Aurelien's running commentary on her first time reading Chapter 1/paperback book pages 1-34. Reada
Could you slip through a hole in reality? Aurelien interviews horror author Hailey Piper, author of QUEEN OF TEETH, THE WORM AND HIS KINGS, NO GODS FOR DROWNING and more. It's a far-ranging conversation about so many ways we experience horror.
We’re off the map of weirdness by this point. How to describe this bizarre, mysterious, fantastical but also grounded, fun with very real consequences at stake, easy to read with heavy themes, 90s book? Go through the janitor's closet and mee
"Welcome to Aloisville, rainiest town in the rainiest state. Population: we don’t recall." Don your rain gear and don't forget your umbrella for NOTHING BUT THE RAIN (2023) by Naomi Salman, a short tale of a drowning town and the people left
"Sometimes I feel dead," I told her, "and I hate everybody." Let's get lethargic, and philosophical, with MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION (2018) by Otessa Moshfegh. A rare pick from the world of literary fiction, this book feels like eating
Why are some of us so attracted to being totally repulsed? Aurelien and horror writer Ruth Anna Evans explore this question in a discussion of body horror and short fiction; the inherent horror of bodies; and why we poke at our bruises. Pl
"There's only one reality." Take a stroll down a dark alley in Midtown to hear a modern horror cautionary tale, THE POSTMORTAL by Drew Magary (2011). Read it at your own risk, this dark dark tale of humanity and vanity, and consider your an
"The news calls it a curse, but deep down, it's a mystery." Meet Aurelien in the skies tonight to talk about THE TURNING by Hailey Piper. Spoilers ahead for this surprisingly optimistic story of transformation and change. Read more from H
It’s time for another flash fiction roundup! Join Aurelien for a quick tour of the latest strange, spectacular, scary, sweet, surprising short fiction she's loved lately. No spoilers! "Horror Story" by Carmen Maria Machado: http://www.nigh
"All alone, holding a hundred naked eyes in her hands." Feel that autumn chill in the air? You may be ready for coziness inside, but prepare to be unsettled about home and hearth with "The Hungry House" by Robert Bloch (1951). Spoilers
"... I saw the tiny naked woman cross the living room in full war cry." Aurelien gets weird with short "Tiny Women" (2018) by Solange Rodriguez Pappe, translated by James D. Jenkins. It's part of The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories,
“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Join Aurelien for a short reading break to talk about some hotly anticipated hor
Hey spooky friends! Did you know there was a TV show based on the movie "Scream"? Aurelien and Dustin are going back to 2015 and watching season 1 of the MTV original series SCREAM! Did you watch it? Trick question - no matter your answer, ju
Whether you finished reading "Galax-Arena" or you're just here for a good story, proceed with caution: there's spoilers ahead! Aurelien spills this story's secrets, and screams alongside the characters, through the rest of this wild, YA mind
"What does the future matter, if until the past is told I’m living in limbo, neither alive nor dead?" Keep your instincts sharp and jump into cross-genre YA weird "Galax-Arena"(1992) by Gillian Rubinstein. Don't get stuck on the sci-fi-y titl
“A shudder, a plunge, a second of darkness, and I'm back in the in-between.” Aurelien is back to talk about "Tunnel of Bones" (2019) by Victoria Schwab, a positively paranormal tale of Parisian peregrination. The second book in the City of Gh
"The starsong is louder now, swelling in a way that says something's coming." Pop into the endless library for a sweet treat: "Starsong" (2018) by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Published in the excellent witchy collection Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Wome
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