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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.
‘Salem’s Lot is FIFTY years old this month. Hellfire, how did that happen? We’re gonna celebrate the bloodsucking and small town shenanigans for all they are worth!!
But some of you know that the Lot sits just to one side of the Path of the Beam – so this is also a key zig in our endless zagging towards The Dark Tower. You may just not know why yet? And neither does Chris, so no one tell him.
So in this two-fer episode we honour a true horror classic of 20th century
literature, and we inch one step closer to the nexus of all things. Efficient!
Enjoy.
Other books mentioned:
“Jerusalem’s Lot” and “One For the Road,” both in Night Shift (1978), by Stephen King
Shitshow (2025), by Chris Panatier
The Rats (1974), by James Herbert
Dracula (1898), by Bram Stoker
The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Harvest Home (1973), by Thomas Tryon
As mentioned – here is my Vulture list of the Best Horror Books of 2025 (so far).
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Talking Scared
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.
