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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In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with Shirley Jackson and Stoker Award-nominated author, editor, and scholar R.J. Joseph to discuss horror through the lens of history, identity, monstrosity, and the Black lived experience.

Together, they explore Joseph’s acclaimed collection Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted, her upcoming collection My Monsters Ain't Like Yours, the idea of literary splatterpunk, Blackademic scholarship, motherhood in horror, and the lasting influence of Beloved on horror literature and storytelling.

The conversation also dives into:

• horror as historical reckoning
• the monstrous feminine
• Black womanhood in horror
• the intersections of academia and genre fiction
• how horror reflects real-world trauma and violence
• why monstrosity can be a powerful literary lens
  

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Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted
Paperback: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781990082184
Hardcover: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781990082191

My Monsters Ain't Like Yours
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781967911448

“Screams from the Bayou”
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781970383027

Progeny by Kenya Moss-Dyme
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9798330337644

Beloved by Toni Morrison
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9780525659273

The Dead Spot
https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781958598276