Pages of Terror: Horror Reads for the 2024 Spooky Season

On this episode, we've got spooky stories for your nerves! Get ready for Halloween with these horror thrills! From classic slashers to supernatural creeps, Joe, Claire and Kristin have a recommendation for you!

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Claire’s Titles:  

• We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer 
• The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker 
• Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson 
• Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona 
• The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister 
• Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen  
• Shout out to Graphic Novels: Loving, Ohio by Matthew Erman, The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn, Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

Kristin’s Titles: 

• Pay the Piper by George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus 
• Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman 
• So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison 
• Never Whistle at Night Edited by Shane Hawk 
• The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey 
• This Cursed House by Del Sandeen 
• Just a quick shout out: The Fisherman by John Langan; The Haunted Forest Tour by Jeff Strand and James A. Moore 

Joe’s Titles: 

• Universal Harvester by John Darnielle 
• The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell 
• Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram 
• Influencer by Adam Cesare 
• Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi
• The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
• Just a quick shout out: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
• Listen to: Joe's interview with Paul Tremblay and Joe’s interview with Chuck Tingle
• And on Kanopy, just have to mention that Rosemary’s Baby is streaming (along with so many others in the Kanopy Fright Fest) 

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