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🎙 Nayatara Roy – The Magnificent Ruins In this episode of Read Between the Lines, Molly Southgate sits down with debut author Nayantara Roy to discuss her sweeping and powerful new novel, The Magnificent Ruins. 📖 About the Book – The Magnificent Ruins It is the summer of 2015, and Lila De is on the verge of a breakthrough in her career at a prestigious New York publishing house. But when she gets a call from her mother in India, informing her that she’s inherited her family’s sprawling estate, she must confront the legacy of an extended family that she thought she left behind sixteen years ago. Returning to Kolkata reunites Lila with her mother after a decade of estrangement, and then there are her grandmother, aunts, uncles, and cousins, all of whom still live in the house, all of whom resent her sudden inheritance. To make matters more complicated, her first boyfriend seeks her out when she arrives, and her star author—and occasional lover—is suddenly determined to make things serious. As Lila tries to come to terms with both past and present, long-suppressed secrets from her family emerge, culminating in an act of shocking violence, and she must finally reckon with her inherited custom of keeping everything under the surface. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase The Magnificent Ruins at Bookshop.org: bookshop.org/a/10588/9781643755847 ✍️ About Nayatara Roy Nayantara Roy was born in Kolkata and lives in Los Angeles. The Magnificent Ruins is her debut novel. In 2018, Roy won the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Prize for her short story, “8C.” Her plays have been performed in India and the UK. She is also a television executive at STARZ/Lionsgate, where she acquires and develops original scripted television series. _______________________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com 📲 Hashtags (10) #TheMagnificentRuins #NayantaraRoy #ReadBetweenTheLines #RBTLPodcast #MollySouthgate #DebutNovel #FamilySecrets #LiteraryFiction #BooksAndPodcasts #ReadersOfInstagram

🎙 Sadie Hoagland – Circle of Animals In this episode of Read Between the Lines, Molly Southgate sits down with acclaimed author Sadie Hoagland to discuss her haunting and beautifully crafted new novel, Circle of Animals. 📖 About the Book – Circle of Animals When her hippie mother Edi goes missing the same week Sky Richard is assaulted at work--Sky wants to run away from everything. Instead, Sky goes looking for her mother and finds an estranged grandmother, the cult she was born in, and an unlikely ally. But the most important thing she discovers in her mother's past is the strength she needs to face her own life. Circle of Animals tells the story of a woman, Sky, grappling with a sexual assault in her workplace and the disappearance of her troubled "hippie" mother the same week. As she searches for and uncovers her mother's story, she also discovers the larger story of the historically situated and gendered bodies of her mother and estranged grandmother. Drawing on ancient myth (the title refers to the zodiac), California counterculture of the last century, and current conversations about sexual violence, this novel asks us to think about how the inability to communicate violence done unto the body is not just a symptom but also a means through which violence spreads collaterally between women as silence and estrangement. As Sky looks for her mother, she must also find her own voice and courage to claim her agency. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase Circle of Animals at Bookshop.org: bookshop.org/a/10588/9781636281582 ✍️ About Sadie Hoagland Sadie Hoagland is the author of Circle of Animals, A Novel (Red Hen Press August 2024), Strange Children (2021; Red Hen Press) and American Grief in Four Stages (2019; West Virginia University Press), which earned a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Her work has been featured in Salon, Electric Literature, Mid-American Review, Foreword Reviews, Necessary Fiction, Largehearted Boy, Alice Blue Review, The Black Herald, Mikrokosmos Journal, South Dakota Review, Sakura Review, Grist, Oyez Review, Passages North, Five Points, The Fabulist, The South Carolina Review, Writer’s Digest, Women Writers, Women’s Books, and elsewhere. She has a PhD in Fiction from the University of Utah and is the recipient of several fellowships. Her work has earned extensive recognition, including four Pushcart Prize nominations from 2015-2018. She currently teaches at the University of Utah. 🌐 Connect with Sadie Hoagland Website: sadiehoagland.com Instagram: sadiehoagland Facebook:SadieHoagland _______________________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com 📲 15 Hashtags #CircleOfAnimals #SadieHoagland #ReadBetweenTheLines #RBTLPodcast #MollySouthgate #BookPodcast #AuthorInterview #LiteraryFiction #ContemporaryFiction #BooksThatMatter #WomenWriters #NovelistsOfInstagram #BooksAndPodcasts #ModernFiction #ReadersOfInstagram 📝 15 Keywords Circle of Animals Sadie Hoagland Literary fiction Contemporary fiction Author interview Book podcast Fiction podcast Women authors Modern novelist Haunting novel Character-driven fiction Award-winning author Book discussion Behind the book Storytelling

🎙 Lisa C. Taylor – The Shape of What Remains In this episode of Read Between the Lines, Molly Southgate sits down with award-winning author Lisa C. Taylor to discuss her powerful and heart-wrenching new novel, The Shape of What Remains. 📖 About the Book – The Shape of What Remains What did six-year-old Serena Calvano see that caused her to run into the road on a clear November morning while waiting for the school bus with her mother? Teresa Calvano has spent a decade consumed with guilt over her daughter’s tragic death, wishing it had been her husband, Luke, who was there that day. As her grief stretches into years, Teresa turns to books, therapy, and even Janis Joplin in a desperate search for healing. But can there ever be a cure for grief—or a way to find peace when what you long for most is another day with the one you’ve lost? 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase The Shape of What Remains at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781965059203 ✍️ About Lisa C. Taylor Lisa C. Taylor’s debut novel The Shape of What Remains was released February 18, 2025. She is also the author of the short story collections Impossibly Small Spaces (Arlen House/Syracuse University Press, 2018) and Growing a New Tail, along with several poetry collections including Interrogation of Morning, Necessary Silence, and The Other Side of Longing (with Irish poet Geraldine Mills). Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared in international journals, anthologies, and magazines, earning Pushcart Prize and Best-of-the-Net nominations. Lisa is the winner of the Hugo House New Works Fiction Award and has served as a two-time mentor in the AWP Writer-to-Writer program. She also teaches, facilitates workshops nationwide, and co-directs the Mesa Verde Writers Conference and Literary Festival in Colorado. 🌐 Connect with Lisa C. Taylor Website: lisactaylor.com Instagram: @lisactaylorauthor Facebook: facebook.com/LisaCTaylorWriter 🔑 Keywords: Lisa C. Taylor, The Shape of What Remains, grief in fiction, literary fiction 2025, new novels 2025, books about loss, women authors, contemporary fiction, American novelists, Read Between the Lines podcast, Molly Southgate interviews 📲 Hashtags: #ReadBetweenTheLines #LisaCTaylor #TheShapeOfWhatRemains #GriefAndHealing #LiteraryFiction #NewBooks2025 #WomenWriters #ContemporaryFiction #MollySouthgate #BookPodcast #AuthorInterview _______________________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com

Chuck Tingle on Bury Your Gays and Writing to Prove Love is Real In this episode of Read Between the Lines, Molly Southgate sits down with USA Today bestselling author Chuck Tingle to talk about his bold, thrilling, and deeply heartfelt latest novel, Bury Your Gays. Known for blending horror, romance, and satire with a fiercely human core, Chuck discusses the inspiration behind Bury Your Gays—a dark Hollywood tale that pits creativity and love against systemic erasure, corporate algorithms, and literal monsters. We dive into the meaning behind the story, the importance of representation in media, and Chuck’s mission to prove that love is real even in the face of the void. If you’re a fan of speculative fiction, queer storytelling, or just want to hear from one of the most unique voices in literature today, this conversation is not to be missed. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase Bury Your Gays at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781250874658 About Bury Your Gays Misha knows chasing success in Hollywood can be hell. After years of struggling, he’s finally Oscar-nominated, and studio executives know just the thing to push him further: kill off the gay characters in his hit series—“for the algorithm.” When Misha refuses, he paints a target on his back. Soon, monsters from his horror-movie past stalk him and his friends through the hills of Los Angeles. To survive, Misha must face his past and risk everything before Hollywood—and the horrors themselves—bury him for good. About Chuck Tingle CHUCK TINGLE is the USA Today bestselling author of Camp Damascus. A mysterious force of energy behind sunglasses and a pink mask, Chuck has become an icon of boundary-breaking fiction, spanning romance, horror, and fantasy. Born in Home of Truth, Utah, he now splits time between Billings, Montana, and Los Angeles, California. Through all of his work, Chuck writes to prove one thing above all else: love is real, and it is the most powerful tool we have against the endless cosmic void. 📚 Connect with Chuck Tingle 🌐 Website: https://www.chucktingle.com 🐦 Twitter/X: @ChuckTingle 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealchucktingle 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chucktinglebooks 🔑 Keywords: Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays, queer horror fiction, LGBTQ+ representation in books, Hollywood horror stories, satire and horror, speculative fiction, queer storytelling, love is real, Camp Damascus, Molly Southgate podcast, Read Between the Lines author interviews, horror novels 2025, LGBTQ+ books 2025 #️⃣ Hashtags: #ChuckTingle #BuryYourGays #QueerHorror #SpeculativeFiction #ReadBetweenTheLinesPodcast #MollySouthgate #AuthorInterview #LGBTQBooks #QueerStorytelling #LoveIsReal #BookPodcast #HorrorFiction #RepresentationMatters #BookDiscussion #ReadersLife _______________________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com

Racing the Shadows – CH Hooks on Can’t Shake the Dust In this compelling episode of Read Between the Lines, host Molly Southgate sits down with acclaimed author C.H. Hooks to talk about his powerful new novel, Can’t Shake the Dust. The story follows “Little” Bill Lemon III as he struggles to outrun a family legacy filled with hardship, violence, and resilience. From the gritty cages of The Monkey Palace—his grandfather’s rough-and-tumble bar—to the questionable ventures of his parents, Little finds his escape on the dirt track every Saturday night. In a car that barely runs, he races not just for victory, but for redemption in the backroads of the South. Hooks masterfully captures the weight of legacy, poverty, and perseverance in a world where there’s never enough—money, opportunity, or even soap to wash away the Georgia red dirt. With its heart-pounding scenes and unflinching truths, Can’t Shake the Dust is a southern tale you won’t forget. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase Can't Shake the Dust at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781646034994 About C.H. Hooks C.H. Hooks is the author of the novel Alligator Zoo-Park Magic (2019). His work has appeared in Los Angeles Review, American Short Fiction, Four Way Review, The Tampa Review, and The Bitter Southerner. He has been a Tennessee Williams Scholar and contributor at the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and attended the DISQUIET: Dzanc Books International Literary Program in Lisbon. When he’s not writing, he can often be found on the waters around St. Augustine, Florida, where he teaches at Flagler College. 📚 Connect with C.H. Hooks 🌐 Website: https://www.chhooks.com 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ch_hooks 🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ch_hooks 📖 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17556827.C_H_Hooks 🔑 Keywords: Can’t Shake the Dust, CH Hooks, Southern fiction, dirt track racing novel, Georgia red dirt, family legacy in literature, rural American stories, literary fiction author interview, Read Between the Lines podcast, Molly Southgate, coming-of-age novel, resilience in fiction, backroads Southern culture, racing redemption stories, southern grit in literature #️⃣ Hashtags: #CantShakeTheDust #CHHooks #SouthernFiction #BookPodcast #AuthorInterview #ReadBetweenTheLinesPodcast #MollySouthgate #LiteraryFiction #SouthernGrit #DirtTrackRacing #NewBookRelease #RuralFiction #FamilyLegacy #StorytellingPodcast #ReadersLife 🎧 Tune in to celebrate mistakes, embrace the awkward, and discover how storytelling can turn even the messiest moments into something meaningful.

In this episode of Read Between the Lines, Molly Southgate sits down with award-winning author Bob Johnson to discuss his gripping new short story collection, The Continental Divide. These fourteen stories shine a light on a side of the Midwest few dare to explore—where violence simmers beneath the surface, and moral choices are rarely black and white. From a country woman forced into a Sophie’s Choice for her family’s survival, to a small-town marshal hunting his own son for murder, and a former football star confronting his role in a brutal locker room ritual, Johnson captures the haunting complexities of human nature along the St. Lawrence Divide in northern Indiana. About Bob Johnson Bob Johnson is an award-winning short story writer and graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His work has been published by The Common, Philadelphia Stories, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Barcelona Review, and more. His story The Continental Divide was named Short Story of the Year in The Hudson Review. He lives in South Bend, Indiana. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase The Continental Divide at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781960329646 Keywords: Bob Johnson, The Continental Divide, short story collection, Midwestern literature, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, dark fiction, literary fiction, rural America stories, morality and violence, St. Lawrence Divide, award-winning author, American short stories, Midwest noir, contemporary fiction, author interview. Hashtags: #ReadBetweenTheLinesPodcast #BobJohnsonAuthor #TheContinentalDivide #MidwestFiction #ShortStoryCollection #LiteraryFiction #DarkFiction #MidwestNoir #AmericanAuthors #AuthorInterview #IowaWritersWorkshop #BookDiscussion #NewBooks2025 #FictionPodcast #ContemporaryFiction 🎧 Tune in to celebrate mistakes, embrace the awkward, and discover how storytelling can turn even the messiest moments into something meaningful.

Alice Kaltman on Alice’s Big Book of Mistakes Guest: Alice Kaltman Host: Molly Southgate Episode Title: Laughing at Life’s Stumbles: Alice Kaltman on Mistakes, Growth, and Writing Honestly 📝 Episode Summary: In this heartfelt and hilarious episode of Read Between the Lines, host Molly Southgate chats with celebrated author Alice Kaltman about her newest release, Alice’s Big Book of Mistakes — a graphic memoir that celebrates the beauty of imperfection and the power of reflection. From childhood gaffes to adult missteps, Alice brings humor and insight to every page. Whether you’re a reader, writer, or lifelong learner, this conversation is an empowering reminder that messing up is part of what makes us human. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase Alice’s Big Book of Mistakes and all of Alice's books at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9798989394036 or on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/4m5tJ8K 👤 About Alice Kaltman: Alice Kaltman is the author of the story collections Staggerwing and Almost Deadly Almost Good, and the novels The Tantalizing Tale of Grace Minnaugh, Wavehouse, and Dawg Towne. Her short fiction has been recognized by Best American Short Stories, Best Small Fictions, and the Pushcart Prize. Alice also writes nationally published articles on mental health and parenting. She splits her time between Brooklyn and Montauk, NY, where she lives with her husband, sculptor Daniel Wiener, and their beloved Ollie the Wonder Dog. 🔗 Follow Alice Kaltman: 🌐 Website: www.alicekaltman.com 📸 Instagram: @alicekaltman 🐦 X (Twitter): @AliceKaltman 👍 Facebook: facebook.com/AliceKaltmanAuthor 🔑 Keywords: Alice Kaltman, Alice’s Big Book of Mistakes, graphic memoir, humor memoir, nonfiction writing, learning from mistakes, mental health, parenting essays, Brooklyn author, Montauk writer, book podcast, creative process, writing about real life, embracing imperfections 📢 Hashtags: #ReadBetweenTheLines #AlicesBigBookOfMistakes #AliceKaltman #GraphicMemoir #WritingLife #BookLoversPodcast #HumorAndHeart #ParentingAndWriting #MistakesMakeUs #WritersOnWriting 🎧 Tune in to celebrate mistakes, embrace the awkward, and discover how storytelling can turn even the messiest moments into something meaningful.

📝 Episode Summary: In this gripping episode of Read Between the Lines, host Molly Southgate talks with Victoria Helen Stone, bestselling author of Jane Doe, about her newest psychological thriller, Bald-Faced Liar. Stone introduces listeners to Elizabeth May, a traveling nurse who has spent her life changing identities to escape a dark and traumatic past. Now hiding in Santa Cruz, Elizabeth’s carefully constructed world starts to crumble when someone recognizes her — and begins stalking her with ruthless precision. As secrets unravel, trust vanishes, and danger looms, Bald-Faced Liar delivers tension, betrayal, and unexpected twists. Victoria and Molly discuss: The emotional depth and complexity of Elizabeth’s character Themes of identity, trauma, and trust in suspense fiction The challenges of writing characters who live double lives Why Bald-Faced Liar resonates with fans of Jane Doe Victoria’s love for thrillers, mountains, and murder mysteries If you're a fan of psychological suspense, unreliable narrators, and twisty page-turners, don’t miss this conversation with one of today’s most compelling voices in genre fiction. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase Bald-Faced Liar and all of Victoria's books at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781662514616 👤 About Victoria Helen Stone: Victoria Helen Stone, author of Jane Doe and The Hook, is known for writing emotionally layered thrillers filled with dark intrigue and psychological suspense. She has also written over two dozen novels as Victoria Dahl, a USA Today bestselling author, and is a recipient of the American Library Association Reading List award for best genre fiction. Her international bestsellers have been published in over 17 languages and read around the world. Victoria currently lives in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, where she hikes in summer and hibernates with crime documentaries and dessert in winter. 📚 About Bald-Faced Liar: Living a lie becomes a matter of life and death when Elizabeth May, a traveling nurse with a dark past, discovers someone knows her real identity. A stalker begins dismantling her carefully crafted life, pushing Elizabeth into a world of paranoia and revelations. As danger closes in, Elizabeth must decide whether to flee again — or finally face the truth. 🔗 Connect with Victoria Helen Stone: 🌐 Website: www.VictoriaHelenStone.com 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/VictoriaHelenStone 📸 Instagram: @VictoriaHelenStone 🐦 X/Twitter: @VictoriaHStone 🔑 Keywords: Victoria Helen Stone, Bald-Faced Liar, Jane Doe, psychological suspense, thrillers 2025, women in fiction, identity thriller, stalker fiction, dark fiction, suspense novels, unreliable narrator, emotional suspense, book podcast, Read Between the Lines, trauma fiction, reinvention story, suspense author interview, genre fiction 📢 Hashtags: #ReadBetweenTheLines #VictoriaHelenStone #BaldFacedLiar #JaneDoeBook #PsychologicalThriller #WomenInFiction #BookLoversPodcast #SuspenseReads #TwistyThrillers #UnreliableNarrator

📝 Episode Summary: In this episode of Read Between the Lines, host Molly Southgate sits down with Bryan Gruley, award-winning author and former journalist, to talk about his latest suspense novel, Bitterfrost — set to release on April 1, 2025. Bitterfrost follows Jimmy Baker, a former minor-league hockey player turned Zamboni driver in his small Michigan hometown, who finds himself entangled in a gripping double-murder investigation. As past violence resurfaces, Baker must confront guilt, memory, and mystery in a town frozen in more ways than one. Bryan shares: The real-life inspiration behind Bitterfrost How hockey culture and crime fiction collide Writing deeply atmospheric Michigan noir His journey from journalism to bestselling author What fans of Starvation Lake and Bleak Harbor can expect next If you love literary thrillers, small-town secrets, and complex characters, this conversation is a must-listen. 🔗 Links & Resources Purchase Bitterfrost and all of Bryan's books at Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781448315406 👤 About Bryan Gruley: Bryan Gruley is the Amazon Charts bestselling and award-winning author of Bitterfrost, the Starvation Lake trilogy (Starvation Lake, The Hanging Tree, The Skeleton Box), and two novels set in the fictional Bleak Harbor (Bleak Harbor and Purgatory Bay). A journalist for over 40 years, Bryan shared in the Pulitzer Prize awarded to The Wall Street Journal for its coverage of the September 11 attacks. A graduate of Notre Dame, avid hockey player, and amateur musician, Bryan lives in northern Michigan with his wife, Pam. 🔗 Connect with Bryan Gruley: 🌐 bryangruley.com 📘 Facebook 🐦 X/Twitter 📷 Instagram 🔑 Keywords: Bryan Gruley, Bitterfrost, Starvation Lake, Bleak Harbor, Michigan fiction, murder mystery, hockey thriller, crime fiction, small-town mystery, journalist turned author, literary suspense, pulp noir, cold case, Zamboni mystery, thriller 2025, Amazon Charts author, Edgar finalist 📢 Hashtags: #ReadBetweenTheLines #BryanGruley #Bitterfrost #CrimeFiction #HockeyThriller #SmallTownMystery #MichiganNoir #LiterarySuspense #MurderMysteryBooks #PulitzerPrizeJournalist

📚 About CLUMSY BEAUTY: An enchantingly illustrated collection of poems designed to inspire and empower, Clumsy Beauty invites you to hear the "I love you" in every little moment. In an age of constant pressure to meet unattainable standards of beauty and perfection, Clumsy Beauty proclaims the joy of imperfection. Embrace your quirks, your stumbles, and your unique path. J. K. Kennedy’s poetry reveals vulnerability and showcases her personal voice, yet remains refreshingly resonant. With each turn of the page, you'll find inspiration, solace, and a renewed sense of self-acceptance. Whether you're seeking motivation during challenging times or simply looking for a reminder that you are enough just as you are, Clumsy Beauty is here to lift you up. The best part about a mistake is deciding if it will be an anchor or a sail 🔗 Links & Resources Clumsy Beauty: Poems for Hearing the 'I Love You' in Everything on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9798887621111 📖 About J.K. Kennedy J. K. Kennedy has been serving up bite-size poetry to a rapidly growing audience since October, 2022. An accidental creative writer and incessant (over)thinker, she enjoys her quiet life in the country with her husband and two dogs. Her love of words comes from her beloved grandmother, who introduced her to the interdimensional art of storytelling. She also makes hearty greeting cards to help people express their love and gratitude for each other. This is her first book. 🌐 Connect with J.K. Kennedy: 📸 Instagram: @jkkennedywrites 🌍 Website: jkkennedywrites.com 🔍 Episode Keywords: Clumsy Beauty J. K. Kennedy Poetry collection Illustrated poetry Inspirational poetry Self-love Imperfection Mental health Empowering writing Bite-sized poems Vulnerable storytelling Self-acceptance journey First-time author Women poets Healing through words 📢 Hashtags: #ClumsyBeauty #JKKennedyWrites #PoetryBook #PoetryCommunity #YouAreEnough #PoetryOfImperfection #EmpowermentThroughPoetry #MentalHealthPoetry #VulnerabilityInWords #SelfAcceptance #PoetryThatHeals #ModernPoet #BiteSizePoetry #PoetryIsNotDead #InspiringReads 🎧 Subscribe & Share Enjoying deep dives into today’s most imaginative authors? Subscribe to Read Between the Lines with Molly Southgate and share this episode with your fellow readers, writers, and lovers of mythic fantasy.

📚 About AT THE FOUNT OF CREATION: For four hundred years, the world’s remaining Orisha have fought to survive the rapaciousness of the soul-stealing Godkillers and the charismatic words of the singular, mysterious figure who leads them, known as the Teacher. Now they seek to kill the one person whose existence defies their very mandate. Now that Ashâke carries within herself the spirits of the surviving Orisha, she is on the hunt for allies who can help her defeat the encroaching army of Godkillers. But their influence is everywhere, and no one is immune—not even Ashâke. If she is to succeed, Ashâke will need to answer the question the Godkillers pose—are the Orisha even worth saving? 🔗 Links & Resources At the Fount of Creation on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781250908032 📖 About Tobi Ogundiran Tobi Ogundiran is the award-winning author of Jackal, Jackal, a collection of 18 dark and fantastical tales. He has also been nominated for the British Science Fiction Association, Nommo and Shirley Jackson awards. His short fiction has been featured on the hit podcast LeVar Burton Reads, but also appears in journals such as Lightspeed, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and in several Year's Best anthologies. Born and raised in Nigeria, he now lives and works in the US South. 🌐 Connect with Tobi Ogundiran: 📸 Instagram: @tobi_ogundiran 🐦 Twitter/X: @tobiogundiran 🌍 Website: https://www.tobiogundiran.com 🔍 Episode Keywords: Tobi Ogundiran, Jackal Jackal, At the Fount of Creation, African fantasy, Orisha mythology, Nigerian authors, Godkillers, dark fantasy, award-winning author, speculative fiction, LeVar Burton Reads, Lightspeed Magazine, Shirley Jackson Awards, Nommo Awards, British Science Fiction Association, fantasy podcast, epic fantasy, diverse fantasy, Read Between the Lines, Molly Southgate 📢 Hashtags: #TobiOgundiran #JackalJackal #AtTheFountOfCreation #AfricanFantasy #Orisha #DarkFantasy #SpeculativeFiction #BlackVoicesInFantasy #FantasyPodcast #MythologyInFiction #AwardWinningAuthor #LeVarBurtonReads #FantasyBooks #ReadBetweenTheLinesPodcast #MollySouthgate #BIPOCAuthors #EpicFantasy #NigerianAuthors 🎧 Subscribe & Share Enjoying deep dives into today’s most imaginative authors? Subscribe to Read Between the Lines with Molly Southgate and share this episode with your fellow readers, writers, and lovers of mythic fantasy.

📚 About Lamentations: The brilliant, darkly beautiful poems collected in LAMENTATIONS are a posthumous selection of early and late works by a poet too little known during his lifetime. Like Plath's ARIEL, it takes us deep into the inner world of a writer who, though battered by periodic depressions, displayed thrilling mastery as an artist. Through a chorus of voices--a gentle gay Orpheus recalling his blissful life and its nightmarish end; a college boy visiting friends by the sea; Lot fleeing from his burning city; an elderly man on a road trip to nowhere--Franklin guides us across a landscape of loss lit by flashes of ecstasy. The result is a book that feels at once agonizing and affirmative, revelatory and terrifyingly familiar. "Over and over in these astonishing poems, George Franklin turns the momentary into the eternal and the minute particulars of a dramatic individual experience, with all its specified ardors and intimacies, into the experience of a civilization and of our species. The transformations are stunning in their scope and scale. The eloquence and the depth of articulation are a source of constant joy." --Vijay Seshadri, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for poetry 🔗 Links & Resources Lamentations on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9798988242963 📖 About George Franklin George Franklin spent his youth studying (mostly Western) literature at Harvard, Brown, and Columbia, and his middle years studying (mostly Eastern) spiritual traditions in the United States and abroad. Throughout his life, he wrote constantly, primarily poetry, but deeply averse to self-promotion, published only intermittently. Although subject to bouts of severe depression, he had long periods of joyful engagement with the world around him and with a wide circle of friends and family. Gay but largely celibate for the sake of his spiritual practice, he never married. During his final years, suffering from multiple debilitating illnesses that consigned him to a nursing home, he rose daily before dawn to produce a series of astonishingly virtuosic books of poetry, memoir and literary criticism. He died at the age of 71, leaving behind a triumphant legacy in the form of his writing. _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: @readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com 📣 Hashtags #ReadBetweenTheLines #bookstagram #amreading #poetry #booknews #georgefranklin #MollySouthgate #WritersOfInstagram #BookPodcast #lamentations

📚 About HARDLY A GENTLEMAN: New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James returns to the Accidental Brides series with a romance about a forced marriage between a feisty heroine and a Scottish laird... neither of whom have plans to marry, let alone fall in love. Desperate after her Season comes to a spectacularly disastrous end, the Honorable Miss Clara Vetry jumps into a carriage hired to take a housekeeper to Scotland. The laird of Castle CaerLaven has no interest in a wife, especially a love match—but when Caelan sees his new housekeeper, he changes his mind. Marriage to a delectable bookworm strikes him as a perfect arrangement. To his surprise, Clara refuses his proposal once…and again…yet again. When her true identity is revealed, and they’re forced to marry, Caelan realizes he has a far more crucial challenge. He finally has Clara’s hand—but how will he ever win her heart? 🔗 Links & Resources Hardly a Gentleman on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9780063347465 📖 About Lindy Ryan Eloisa James is a New York Times bestselling author and professor of English literature who lives with her family in New York, but can sometimes be found in Paris or Italy. She is the mother of two and, in a particularly delicious irony for a romance writer, is married to a genuine Italian knight. For info about books, visit www.eloisajames.com and sign up for her Five Fabulous Things newsletter. Or ask a question on Facebook (where Eloisa spends entirely too much time): https://www.facebook.com/eloisajames _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: @readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com 📣 Hashtags #ReadBetweenTheLines #bookstagram #amreading #romance #romancebooks #booknews #romancenerd #blessyourheart #MollySouthgate #WritersOfInstagram #BookPodcast #NewRomanceAlert

📚 About Another Fine Mess For over a hundred years, the Evans women have kept the undead in their strange southeast Texas town from rising. But sometimes the dead rise too quick–and that’s what left Lenore Evans, and her granddaughter Luna, burying Luna’s mother, Grace, and Lenore’s mother, Ducey. Now the only two women left in the Evans family, Luna and Lenore are left rudderless in the wake of the most Godawful Mess to date. But when the full moon finds another victim, it’s clear their trouble is far from over. Now Lenore, Luna, and the new sheriff—their biggest ally—must dig deep down into family lore to uncover what threatens everything they love most. The body count ticks up, the most unexpected dead will rise–forcing Lenore and Luna to face the possibility that the undead aren’t the only monsters preying on their small town. 🔗 Links & Resources No Lie Lasts Forever on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781250324238 📖 About Lindy Ryan Lindy Ryan is an award-winning author, anthologist, and short-film director whose books and anthologies have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal. Several of her projects have been adapted for screen. Ryan is the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue. Declared a “champion for women’s voices in horror” by Shelf Awareness, Ryan was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree in 2020, and in 2022, was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators. ​Born and raised in Southeast Texas, Ryan currently resides on the East Coast.​​​ She is a professor at Rutgers University. _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: @readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGrouLearn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com 📣 Hashtags #ReadBetweenTheLines #bookstagram #amreading #horrornovels #horrorbooks #amreadycozy #cozymysterys #booknews #horrornerd #blessyourheart #MollySouthgate #WritersOfInstagram #BookPodcast #NewThrillerAlert

📚 About No Lie Lasts Forever When a reporter dies in a shockingly familiar way, the media rushes to announce the return of the PDQ Killer. The city of Denver reels, but no one more than Harry Kugel. After all, he is the PDQ Killer―or was fifteen years ago. And he didn’t do this. Still working to reform his ways, Harry won’t let some amateur murderer ride his twisted coattails and risk drawing the police back his way. To protect his legacy and quiet new life, he’ll have to expose the copycat. Without exposing himself. Disgraced TV journalist Flynn Martin holds the key. After a botched hostage situation, she’ll do anything to revive her dying career―even hunt down a monster who executed one of her own. Harry must convince Flynn to follow him into the heady world of a killer. But with the law closing in and a rival at large, he starts to feel the familiar pull of old urges… 🔗 Links & Resources No Lie Lasts Forever on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781662529597 No Lie Lasts Forever on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3YeFoIp 📖 About Mark Stevens The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens was raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts and has worked as a reporter, television news producer, and in public relations. He's the author of The Fireballer (2023, Lake Union). He's also the author of The Allison COil Mystery Series including Antler Dust, Buried by the Roan, Trapline, Lake of Fire, and The Melancholy Howl. Buried by the Roan, Trapline, and Lake of Fire were all finalists for the Colorado Book Award (2012, 2015 and 2016 respectively). Trapline won. In September of 2016, Stevens was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Writer of the Year. Stevens hosts a regular podcast for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and has served as president of the Rocky Mountain chapter for Mystery Writers of America. Stevens also writes book reviews; follow them at the blog link. _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. 📲 Stay Connected Follow Read Between the Lines for more interviews with the voices shaping today's literary landscape. Instagram: @readbetweenthelines_podcast Facebook: @ReadBetweentheLinesPod TikTok: @mollysouthgate Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGrouLearn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com 📣 Hashtags #ReadBetweenTheLines #NoLieLastsForever #MarkStevens #AuthorInterview #ThrillerBooks #MysteryReads #SuspenseFiction #BookLoversUnite #PodcastForReaders #MollySouthgate #WritersOfInstagram #BookPodcast #WritingTips #NewThrillerAlert

About Candlelight Bridge In 1910, twelve-year-old Candelaria Rivera and her family flee across the Chihuahuan Desert to America to escape the rising storm of the Mexican Revolution. Meanwhile, twenty-year-old Yan Chi Wong flees the Chinese Revolution and a shattering loss, also bound for America, where he's nicknamed Yankee. They meet in El Paso, Texas, where they fight to make a home in a world that does not want them, until a terrible desire threatens to destroy their lives. Candlelight Bridge is not a romance but a tale of grudging partners struggling to survive the American Dream. Purchase now from Bookshop.org https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781963245073 Purchase now from Amazon https://amzn.to/3EhJM2i About Cara Lopez Lee Cara Lopez Lee is the author of the historical novel, Candlelight Bridge (FlowerSong Press, May 2024) and the memoir, They Only Eat Their Husbands (Bower House Books). Her writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Rivet, and Manifest-Station. She was an award-winning TV journalist in Alaska. She’s a winner of The Moth StorySLAM and is featured in many storytelling shows, including Unheard L.A. and Risk. Lopez Lee and her husband live in Ventura, California. _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. Follow this show on Facebook @ReadBetweentheLinesPod Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGrouLearn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com

About The Fabled Earth Sometimes the truth is found in a folktale. An evening of revelry and storytelling goes horribly awry when temptations arise and passions flare. Those who survive are haunted by memories and regrets in this southern gothic tale told across dual timelines. 1932. Cumberland Island off the coast of Southern Georgia is a strange place to encounter the opulence of the Gilded Age, but the last vestiges of the famed philanthropic Carnegie family still take up brief seasonal residence in their grand mansions there. This year's party at Plum Orchard is a lively group: young men from some of America's finest families who come to experience the area's hunting beside a local guide, a beautiful debutante expecting to be engaged by the week's end, and a promising female artist who believes she has meaningful ties to her wealthy hosts. But when temptations arise and passions flare, an evening of revelry and storytelling goes horribly awry. Lives are both lost and ruined. 1959. Reclusive painter Cleo Woodbine has lived alone for decades on Kingdom Come, a tiny strip of land once occupied by the servants for the great houses on nearby Cumberland. When she is visited by the man who saved her life nearly thirty years earlier, a tempest is unleashed as the stories of the past gather and begin to regain their strength. Frances Flood is a folklorist come to Cumberland Island seeking the source of a legend--and also information about her mother, who was among the guests at a long-ago hunting party. Audrey Howell, briefly a newlywed and now newly widowed, is running a local inn. When she develops an eerie double exposure photograph, some believe she's raised a ghost--someone who hasn't been seen since that fateful night in 1932. Southern mythology and personal reckoning collide in this sweeping story inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island when a once-in-a-century storm threatens the natural landscape. Faced with a changing world, two timelines and the perspectives of three women intersect where a folktale meets the truth to reveal what Cumberland Island has hidden all along Purchase now from Bookshop.org https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781400234226 Purchase now from Amazon https://amzn.to/421w2AO About Kimberly Brock Kimberly Brock is the award-winning author of The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare and The River Witch. She is the founder of Tinderbox Writers Workshop and has served as a guest lecturer for many regional and national writing workshops including at the Pat Conroy Literary Center. She lives near Atlanta with her husband and three children. Visit her online at kimberlybrockbooks.com _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. Follow this show on Facebook @ReadBetweentheLinesPod Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGrouLearn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com

SUPPORT THE MOTHMAN IN LOVE KICKSTARTER TODAY! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/4horsemenpubs/mothman-in-love-triology-the-collectors-edition-0 ABOUT THE MOTHMAN IN LOVE TRILOGY 22-year-old Heather is suffering from an epic case of burnout. So, just like any other young influencer, she Heather imagines spending her #unplugged days traipsing through the woods and tending to her garden. However, her cottagecore fantasy is turned upside down when a wounded cryptid crashes into her roof—and her heart. With no help from her internet followers and the local monster-hunter growing suspicious, Heather’s quiet life in the wilderness has suddenly become a little more complicated. To make matters worse, she thinks she might be falling in love with the brooding winged man in her living room. ABOUT PAIGE LAVOIE Paige Lavoie is a Halloween-loving cinnamon roll who writes stories about misfits, monsters, and falling in love. Her affection for cozy autumn moments, charming protagonists, and all things cute and creepy is reflected in the worlds she creates. Originally from Michigan, Paige grew up in a haunted house in the suburbs, exploring historic cemeteries and filling her notebooks with ideas. In her teens, she began a long-running webcomic that turned into her first comic series Pumpkin Spiced. She's always been drawn to the "cutesy side of spooky" which you can see in her work on such titles as I'm In Love With Mothman and Our Own Little Underworld. When Paige isn’t writing, she can be found hunting for treasures at the local antique mall and sipping oat milk lattes under a lacey parasol as she hides from the sun in her home state of Florida. Social Media MAILING LIST LINK https://paigelavoie.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=ff06c0597ada8f7cd250aa3fd&id=4e7fb66096 _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. Follow this show on Facebook @ReadBetweentheLinesPod Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGroup Learn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com

ABOUT DOWNPOUR A sudden storm appears above an isolated farmhouse in rural Illinois, bringing with it a relentless and unnatural rain. A rain that eats away at everything it touches. A rain that turns people into monsters. Trapped inside his crumbling home, a father must do everything he can to keep his family from falling apart. But the rain calls to them, and not everyone wants to stay inside. Haunted by memories of loss, he must put aside his painful past and find a way to keep them all safe. But the rain shows no signs of stopping, and time is running out. From the award-winning author of Suburban Monsters comes a heartbreaking tale of survival and terror. ABOUT CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS Born and raised near the shores of Lake Michigan, Christopher Hawkins has been writing and telling stories for as long as he can remember. A dyed-in-the-wool geek, he is an avid collector of books, roleplaying games and curiosities. When he's not writing, he spends his time exploring old cemeteries, lurking in museums, and searching for a decent cup of tea. Christopher is an award-winning author and the former editor of the One Buck Horror anthology series. His works of short fiction have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Cosmic Horror Monthly, Fusion Fragment, Underland Arcana and The Big Book of New Short Horror. He is a member of the Chicago Writers Association and the Chicagoland chapter of the Horror Writers Association. An expatriate Hoosier, Christopher currently lives in a suburb of Chicago with his wife and two sons. _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. Follow this show on Facebook @ReadBetweentheLinesPod Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGrouLearn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com

ABOUT THE CASE OF THE BLEEDING WALL Dana Roberts, seasoned investigator of the supernormal, is called to Italy by an ex-lover to investigate a strange phenomenon—the mystery of a bleeding wall. She meets Jana Davis at a book signing event, and together they head to Italy in search of answers. Are they dealing with a haunted house? A demon perhaps? Or a vengeful specter from the other side? Dana has battled angry jinns, malevolent shadows, ancient travelers, and soul-sucking shapeshifters, but in The Case of the Bleeding Wall, she and her new sidekick, Jana, may face their most dangerous challenge yet. ABOUT JOE R LANSDALE Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor. A prose writer in a variety of genres, including Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense, he has also written comic books and screenplays.[1][2] Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television.[3] He is the winner of the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, the Edgar Award, and eleven Bram Stoker Awards. ABOUT KASEY LANSDALE Kasey Lansdale (born June 24, 1988) is an American country music singer-songwriter from Nacogdoches, Texas. Lansdale is also known for her work as an author, editor, actress, and producer, as well as host and founder of the East Texas Songwriter's Workshop. Her full-length debut album Restless[1] was released on August 20, 2013, on Blue Siren Records; it was co-produced by Mike Clute and Kasey Lansdale.[2] The Executive Producer is John Carter Cash.[3] _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast. Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group. Follow this show on Facebook @ReadBetweentheLinesPod Follow our parent network on Twitter at @SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at @SouthgateMediaGrouLearn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at www.southgatemediagroup.com. Check out our webpage at southgatemediagroup.com