Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

Gwendolyn Kiste is on the pod to talk about her latest short story collection and fairy tale horror. 

Movies: 

The Ugly Stepsister

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

The Lure

The Company of Wolves

La Belle et la Bete

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Books Mentioned: 

The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (Goon Squad #2)

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry

Wendy Darling by AC Wise

Hooked by AC Wise

Chlorine by Jade Song

Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters

House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A Craig

Small Favors by Erin A Craig

The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #1)

White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link

It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo 

Chilling Obsession - Eye of the Devil Movie

Final Girl Song - Which Witch by Florence and the Machine

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What happens when a small decision turns into a dangerous web of lies? Wealthy girl Carter is going to find out. This was a very interesting entry into the fear street series

“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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