This week on the show, Matthew's joined by Candice Bailey and Gavin Lees, editors of the new magazine Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States! We talk about founding the magazine, their personal interest in folk horror, and of course, the folk horror film by which all others are measured, 1973's The Wicker Man!

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Two great guests in one jam-packed episode! This week, Matthew's joined by authors Kailee Pedersen and Briana N. Cox to talk about their new books! We dig into Kailee's upcoming novel The Minimalist, Briana's new book Indigent, and then we dive deep into the emotional, haunting perfect of I Saw The TV Glow!

- Pick up Briana's book Indigent!

- Pre-order Kailee's second novel The Minimalist!

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Max Booth is back! The author of We Need to Do Something, The Last Haunt and more joins us this week to talk about her work, her new Patreon, and much more, and we dig into one of the all-time great '80s horror films, The Hitcher!

- Check out Max's Patreon!

- Head over to Ghoulish Books and buy stuff!

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Eric LaRocca returns! This week on the show, we're talking to Eric about his wonderful new novel Wretch, and digging deep into Priya Sharma's phenomenal "Fabulous Beasts." If you love body horror, transgressive family stories, and more, you won't want to miss this one!

- Wretch arrives March 24 from Saga Press.

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It's Episode 66! Just 600 more to go until we hit horror's favorite number! This week, Matthew welcomes celebrated author Annie Neugebauer to talk about her amazing new collection, You Have to Let Them Bleed, and we dig deep into the many tales of misunderstood horror master Edgar Allan Poe. We cover everything from "The Raven" to "The Fall of the House of Usher" to "The Black Cat" in this one, so Poe-heads strap in!

- You Have to Let Them Bleed arrives March 17 from Bad Hand Books.

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Johnny Compton returns! The author of The Spite House and Devils Kill Devils joins the pod for the second time to talk about his new novel, Dead First! We get into writing horror noir, Johnny's favorite crime writers, and much more, all in the middle of a terrific discussion on Saki's chilling short story "The Penance."

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This week, we're joined by Alex Woodroe, author and editor-in-chief of Tenebrous Press! We chat about her new book, The Night Ship, how she views "New Weird Horror" at this stage in her career, and much more. And of course, we dive into the dark fantastic of Return to Oz!

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We're back! For our first regular episode of 2026, we're talking to two of my favorite horror filmmakers, John Adams and Toby Poser of Adams Family Films! We dig into the making of their new film Mother of Flies, discuss the process of writing and directing as a family, and much more, and then we dive deep into 1976's The Omen and its sequels!

- Mother of Flies hits Shudder January 23!

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