In the debut episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with author Sara van Os to discuss horror, wilderness survival, queer identity, and the strange confidence that comes from watching far too much Naked and Afraid.

Together, they dive into van Os’s debut novel Decomposition Book, writing deeply flawed characters, survival narratives, and women in horror fiction.

The conversation also explores:

• writing protagonists with OCD
• opera and performance
• gender presentation
• Sara’s writing process
• writing women with agency
• why Sara believes she would absolutely survive Naked and Afraid

If you enjoy dark humor, survival horror, and conversations about women writing horror on their own terms, this episode is for you.

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Decomposition Book
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
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Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin
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The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

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