Horror in the Margins

We talk to Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Laurel Hightower about her latest release, Every Woman Knows This: A Horror Collection, released by Death Knell Press. Laurel provides bourbon pairings for four of the stories from her collection, and we discuss the perils of motherhood, people who ask us to smile, generational trauma, body dysmorphia, and the feminine urge to come back from the dead because the house is filthy. Purchase Every Woman Knows This through Death Knell Press -...

We discuss Daina Reid's Run, Rabbit, Run, which premiered at 2023 Sundance Film Festival. We talk about the complexity of motherhood, the innate viciousness of little girls, and our love of ghost stories. Also, the dad jokes and puns are out of control in this episode. You have been warned! Run, Rabbit, Run has been picked up by Netflix and will available to stream later this year. Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay Podcast outro - Music by ComaStudio from Pixabay Twitter...

We talk to Eric Raglin, author of the short story collections Nightmare Yearnings and Extinction Hymns and the creator of Cursed Morsels Press, about keeping horror weird, the immaculate Midwestern vibes in his work, anti-capitalist fiction, and what's next for Cursed Morsels. Eric also treats us to a reading of Heirlooms, a story from Extinction Hymns. Purchase Extinction Hymns on Amazon, barnesandnoble.com, or through the Brigids Gate Press website Visit Eric's author website -...

We discuss Nikyatu Jusu's Nanny and along the way, the false promise of the American dream, the ways in which white feminism often excludes women of color, power dynamics, and African folklore as presented in the film. Nanny is available to stream on Amazon Prime. The song we reference toward the end of the podcast during a pivotal scene in the film is Fully Lost, Fully Found by YATTA. Go listen - it's beautiful! Podcast intro - Music by The_Mountain from Pixabay Podcast outro - Music by...