This week Kelly and Katai read WHAT HOLLY HEARD by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a school gossip who gets killed for something totally unrelated to her gossiping. They talk hating your friends, sentimental hammers, wild hamsters, eclipses a

William March's The Bad Seed

9 days ago 59m 35s

This week Kelly and Katai read THE BAD SEED by William March, the touching story of a homicidal sociopath who happens to be a nine-year-old girl with Heidi braids. They talk distant narrators, creepy girls, Christine taking forever to decide sh

Annette Curtis Klause's The Silver Kiss

16 days ago 1h 27m

This week Kelly and Katai read THE SILVER KISS by Annette Curtis Klause, the actually touching story of a girl who falls in love with a beautiful vampire boy while losing her mom to cancer. They talk loving the book, Simon's dorky first person

Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High Super Thriller: On the Run (w/ Ryan Mogge)

23 days ago 1h 35m

This week Kelly and Katai are joined by Sweet Valley High Correspondent and America's Sweetheart, Ryan Mogge, to talk SWEET VALLEY HIGH #110: DEATH THREAT by Kate William. They talk A+ side plots, Jessica being a waste of Wakefield DNA, lack of

Lois Duncan's Don't Look Behind You (w/ Patrick Ehlers)

1 month ago 1h 44m

This week Kelly and Katai are joined by Teen Creeps Lo Dunc Correspondent and the handsomest Lo Dunc boy, Patrick Ehlers (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sourcebook, Nintendo Cartridge Society) to discuss maybe the all-time worst entry in the Lo D

L.J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries #1: The Awakening

Mar 13th, 2024 1h 10m

This week Kelly and Katai read THE VAMPIRE DIARIES #1: THE AWAKENING by L.J. Smith, the story of two vampire brothers and the human girl who definitely only loves one of them. They talk missing Night World, Katherine's psychotic thruple or die

Rosemary Wells's When No One Was Looking

Mar 6th, 2024 1h 24m

This week Kelly and Katai read surprise gem WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING by Rosemary Wells, the story of a rising teen tennis star who questions everything when a rival drowns. They talk being happy with your hobby, toxic sports parents, classism, e

Mary Downing Hahn's Wait Till Helen Comes

Feb 28th, 2024 57m 32s

This week Kelly and Katai read the middle grade classic WAIT TILL HELEN COMES by Mary Downing Hahn. They talk hating Heather even now, Dave being the absolute fucking worst, feeling for Helen, classic covers, and did they mention Dave fucking s

Christopher Pike's Sati

Feb 21st, 2024 1h 9m

This week Kelly and Katai read SATI by Christopher Pike, the story of a blonde white woman who claims to be God and makes really good shortbread cookies. They talk meditation, the Love Has Won cult, God's terrible bedside manner, loving a small

My Bloody Valentine (w/ Oscar Montoya)

Feb 14th, 2024 1h 35m

Happy Valentine’s Day! This week Kelly and Katai welcome back Teen Creeps Film Correspondent/ray of light Oscar Montoya (Minx, Eurovangelists) to discuss 1981’s “My Bloody Valentine.” They talk loving Hollis, the travesty of 3D, juicy jeaned me

Beatrice Sparks's Almost Lost: The True Story of An Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets (w/ Nick Wiger)

Feb 7th, 2024 1h 28m

Kelly and Katai welcome back Teen Creeps All-Star Nick Wiger (Doughboys, Get Played) to talk about “Almost Lost: The True Story of An Anonymous Teenager's Life on the Streets,” another supposed Beatrice Sparks PhD “true story” that has them at

Diane Hoh's Nightmare Hall: Book of Horrors

Jan 31st, 2024 59m 5s

This week Kelly and Katai read "Nightmare Hall: Book of Horrors" by Diane Hoh, the story of a girl who gets a job with her favorite author and homicidal son. They talk hating your friends, Reed being basic af, getting attacked by birds, loving

Susan Price's The Bearwood Witch

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 15m

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Bearwood Witch" by Susan Price, the story of a girl, a witch, and the born again dweeb trying to save them both. They talk prideful witches, delightfully gross scenes, identity, and whether or not the univers

R.L. Stine's Hit and Run

Jan 17th, 2024 1h 13m

This week Kelly and Katai read "Hit and Run" by R.L. Stine, the story of a boy who takes a corpse prank just a smidge too far. They talk hating your friends, hating your crush, hating Winks, our number one busiest corpse, pity versus empathy, s

Mary Downing Hahn's Look for Me by Moonlight

Jan 10th, 2024 1h 14m

This week Kelly and Katai read "Look for Me By Moonlight" by Mary Downing Hahn and ask the question, "Who's worse, the vampire or the divorced dad?" They talk abuse analogs, hating Jeff, old losers, relationship regrets, and more!SUBSCRIBE TO

R.F. Kruang's Yellowface

Jan 3rd, 2024 1h 47m

This week Kelly and Katai read "Yellowface" by R.F. Kuang, the story of a white woman who steals her dead Asian friend's unpublished manuscript and is somehow surprised when she gets canceled. They talk online dread, the generational trauma of

Jo Gibson's Slay Bells

Dec 20th, 2023 1h 6m

This week Kelly and Katai read "Slay Bells" by Jo Gibson, the story of a bunch of drips in a mall getting killed by an evil Drip Santa. They talk the need for gentle bullying, being obsessed with your drip grandparents, hat on a hat killer moti

Ling Ling Huang's Natural Beauty

Dec 13th, 2023 58m 10s

This week Kelly and Katai read "Natural Beauty" by Ling Ling Huang, the story of a piano prodigy who gets tricked into working at evil Goop. They talk slight sci-fi, second generation experiences, poor Helen, sad grandma dreams, the biology of

Ann M. Martin's Missing Since Monday

Dec 6th, 2023 1h 23m

This week Kelly and Katai read "Missing Since Monday" by Ann M. Martin, the story of a girl whose mom kidnaps her sister. Oops! They talk Folgers Christmas siblings-level sexual tension, highly productive teens, hating Brad, slashed up bodies,

R.L. Stine's Broken Date

Nov 29th, 2023 51m 53s

This week Kelly and Katai read "Broken Date" by R.L. Stine, the touching story of a girl who almost gets killed by a jewel thief because she won't just wear her fucking glasses. They talk incredible left field climaxes, coming untethered from r

Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Silver Nitrate

Nov 22nd, 2023 1h 8m

This week Kelly and Katai read "Silver Nitrate" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the story of a director, actor, and sound editor who restart a Nazi occultist's film spell in 1990s Mexico City. They talk repetitive narrative, nonsense root race theory,

R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War

Nov 15th, 2023 2h

This week Kelly and Katai venture back into fantasy with “The Poppy War” by R.F. Kuang, the first book in Kuang’s historical fantasy trilogy based on the second Sino-Japanese War of the early 20th century. They talk trauma trauma trauma, the Ra

Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew Case Files: Pure Poison

Nov 8th, 2023 57m 14s

This week Kelly and Katai read Carolyn Keene's "The Nancy Drew Case Files #29: Pure Poison," the touching story of a probably corrupt, but definitely inept senator who needs a teenager to stop freedom of the press on her behalf. They talk Nancy

Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley University: The Roommate (w/ Ryan Mogge)

Nov 2nd, 2023 1h 35m

Note: there were some audio issues that caused us to lose some of Ryan's audio in the first three minutes, and for that we sincerely apologize! But the rest of the ep is normal Mogge goodness! We promise!This week Kelly and Katai are joined on

R.L. Stine's The Babysitter IV

Oct 25th, 2023 58m 32s

This week Kelly and Katai read "The Babysitter IV" by R.L. Stine, the fourth and final installment in Jenny Jeffers' babysitting nightmare. They talk maybe giving up the profession, Jenny's ongoing obsession with white-blond haired boys, lying