Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

“You can check out anytime you’d like, but you can never leeeeaaaave”

Originally aired 5/17/22

What’s so scary about hotels? Is it the being away from home? Is it the idea that you don’t know who’s there with you? Is it the idea that someone could be watching you?

Books Mentioned:

The Return by Rachel Harrison

Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren

The Nightly Disease by Max Booth III

The Summer Job by Adam Cesare

The Last by Hanna Jameson

The Grand Hotel by Scott Kenemore

Security by Gina Wohlsdorf

Deadfall Hotel by Steve Rasnic Tem

Creepers by David Morrell

The Resort by Bentley Little

Psycho (trilogy) by Robert Bloch

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

Tender is the Flesh by Agustine Bazterrica

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Final Girl Song
Jocelyn picked “666” by Anvil for her third final girl song. Really getting into those kids with bikes vibes. Check it out here!

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Happy Fear Street Friday! Author Rae Wilde is here to talk to me about this very Single White Female story that somehow ends up being the DARKEST entry in this franchise. Holy gaslighting and psychological warfare

Are time loops stressful? Rachel and I discuss how anxious people consume time loop media and talk about her upcoming novel, Kiss Slay Replay. We talk about horror movies and books that play with the idea of time or time travel. So let’s dive in and make sure not to mess up this timeline.

Movies Mentioned:

Happy Death Day

Palm Springs

Donnie Darko

Totally Killer

Time Cut

The Butterfly Effect

Sliding Doors

Books Mentioned:

Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Slade House by David Mitchell

11/22/63 by Stephen King

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

My Death by Lisa Tuttle

The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste

Chilling Obsession: Four Weddings on HBO Max & This is Propaganda

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It's time to talk about Summer Scares again and I'm so thrilled to be joined by author Jennifer McMahon and Konrad Stump to talk about this year's books and how to get involved. 

Summer Scares Guide

Books Mentioned: 

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock 

Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C Van Alst

Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng

Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Mendez & Amparo Ortiz

Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen

It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell

This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko

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This is a snippet of an episode from our bonus series: The House at the End of Fear Street, all about the Fear Street franchise. 

In the car, I just can't wait to pick you up on our very first date! Chelley is on the podcast and we are talking about First Date!