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 Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.© 2024 Talking Scared Arte Ciencias Sociales Historia y Crítica Literaria
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  • 243 – S.A. Cosby & The Gospel of the Dispossessed

    243 – S.A. Cosby & The Gospel of the Dispossessed
    Jun 24 2025
    Time to talk righteous violence! S.A. Cosby is a writer on a meteoric rise. After the insane success of Razorblade Tears, and the Gothic horrors of All the Sinners Bleed, he’s back with a fresh crime epic of titanic brutality. King of Ashes is the tale of a family under threat from criminal forces, and the shocking depths they will go to in their fight back. It’s a challenging book, full of unexpected character arcs, Shakespearean intrigue, and a candid exploration of kink. It’s also bloody, very damn bloody. The crematorium at the story’s centre gets well fed!! We talk about all of that, as well as the strange commonalities of our small town lives, and the influence of violent men. Enjoy! Other books mentioned: All The Sinners Bleed (2023), by S.A. Cosby Razorblade Tears (2021), by S.A. Cosby Blacktop Wasteland (2020), by S.A. Cosby A Thousand Acres (1991), by Jane Smiley “The Dog Park,” (1983), by Dennis Etchinson Darkness, Take My Hand (1996), by Dennis Lehane Gone, Baby, Gone (1998) by Dennis Lehane Jar of Hearts (2018), by Jennifer Hillier Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • 242 – Caroline Fraser & Masculinity Most Toxic

    242 – Caroline Fraser & Masculinity Most Toxic
    Jun 17 2025
    Sometimes monsters are real! This week’s episode is a foray into non-fiction, but no less scary for it. I’m talking to Pulitzer-winning Caroline Fraser about Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers This is no grotesque revelling in death and sadism,however. Murderland examines the extreme violence that plagued her native Pacific Northwest in the late 20th century – and posits a link with the environmental damage of heavy industry in the region. It’s a compelling argument, and a horribly fascinating book. I slip the jokes in where I can (mostly at BTK’s expense), but this one is a chiller! Enjoy! Other books mentioned: Praire Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder (2017), by Caroline Fraser God's Perfect Child: Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church (1999), by Caroline Fraser The Balkan Trilogy (1960), by Olivia Manning Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 10 m
  • 241 – V.E. Schwab & Women Just Taste Better

    241 – V.E. Schwab & Women Just Taste Better
    Jun 10 2025
    Vampirism is time travel. It’s also tragedy and freedom and Queerness, and sex and death. We talk about all of these thing with V.E. Schwab, when we sink our teeth into her new epic novel, Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil. It’s the story of three women who lead complicated, violent, sensual lives across the centuries. The interconnect. They love. They kill. It wasn’t the book I was expecting…and I loved it. I think you’ll love this conversation too. Enjoy! Other books mentioned: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (2020), by V.E. Schwab Vicious (2013), by V.E. Schwab Carmilla (1872), by Sheridan Le Fanu The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (2025), by Stephen Graham Jones The Vampire Lestat (1985), by Anne Rice The Time Traveller’s Wife (2003), by Audrey Niffenegger King of Ashes (2025), by S.A. Cosby Razorblade Tears (2021), by S.A. Cosby Support Talking Scared on Patreon Check out the Talking Scared Merch line – at VoidMerch Come talk books on Bluesky @talkscaredpod.bsky.social on Instagram/Threads, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h y 20 m
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An excellent podcast interviewing horror writers, plus some horror book reviews. Neil McRobert does a stellar job of both selecting authors to interview and interviewing them. I've gotten so many excellent book recommendations from this podcast, often by authors I'd never even heard of before.

Neil is great at sticking to the point. If you're sick of bloated podcasts with hosts going on and on about stuff that has nothing to do with the subject matter, Talking Scared will be a real treat for you.

If you want to sample it, I particularly enjoyed episode 168 (Tananarive Due & Locked in with the Monsters, on her book set in a haunted juvenile reformatory in the 1950s), 147 (Mike Flanagan & Lighting Up the Darkness, mostly on his Stephen King adaptations), 127 (Grady Hendrix and the Radical Puppet Collective, in which he reveals that he actually belonged to one), 54 (Stephen Graham Jones & Dancing with the Slasher, about My Heart is a Chainsaw), and 40 (Zakiya Dalila Harris & the Fear of not being Black Enough, about her book best read totally unspoiled, The Other Black Girl.)

The best horror podcast I've found

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Loved the suggested titles! Neil, Janelle and Emily expertly go through key horror books and authors in 2022 and beyond. So many great books, so little time!

Great overview of 2022!

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I found "Talking Scared" podcast wholly by accident, but wow, what a find! In each installment host Neil McRobert has an author on as a guest and they discuss their latest work. I was late to the show, and have started working my way backwards as well as listening to each new episode that drops. McRobert has opened my eyes to some authors that I had not previously read as well as their recommendations, many of which are added to my ever-growing TBR list!

McRobert has had authors on such as Stephen King, Josh Malerman, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Chuck Palahniuk, Tananarive Due, and many, many more authors. He hosts others as well such as Mike Flanagan.

If you're a fan of horror fiction or even just being scared I think you'll enjoy listening to McRobert ask fascinating questions of some of the current great writers of horror fiction.

Great Horror Podcast

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