Episodes

Ann Ward has just graduated college and is ready to work! Unfortuately, she is the class of 2009 – and the economy is in the tank. With an eviction on the horizon and her televangelist father looking to hook her back into his flock, Ann stumbles into a yoga studio, complete with crystal healing sessions, that may be a cult.

Comics creator amd filmmaker Patrick Horvath dropped by to discuss BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES and its sequel RITE OF SPRING, graphic novels breathtaking and hair-raising in equal measure that follow a serial killer in a small Vermont town in the 1980s and 1990s.

Philippa Perry presents SHRINK SOLVES MURDER, a mystery that blurs the boundaries between cozy and disquieting, following Patricia Phillips, a 62-year-old psychotherapist who investigates the suspicious death of her 3:00 PM client.

Morgan brings us a (modernish) moody folk horror about an artist in self exile, an island locked in time by the church that controls it, and a series of murders that might or might not be connected to demonic forces.

Lucy Ashe returns to the show to discuss THE MODEL PATIENT, a taut psychological exploration of obsession, betrayal and the dangerous relationship between a patient and therapist in 1960s London.

Natalie Moss brings us deep into the bush of a South African Safari and even deeper into a maze of family secrets. THE NIGHT HUNTER is a fast paced psychological thriller about two sisters who must navigate their friends through the wild life preserve that had once been their backyard, all while mourning their enigmatic mother who has left them her life secrets in death.

What if time travel was as easy as a train ride to another state? Jessica M. Goldstein asks just this in RETRO, a fun and thought provoking novel about an out of work actress named Ash who gets a job as a travel agent for a time travel vacation company.

Kathy Anderson shares VAMOOSE, a collection of fast-paced short stories celebrating queer women who take center stage as the stars of their own lives.

Eberle delivers a fun read in IF BOOKS COULD KILL, a book about Roxie, a Rom Com reader who wants nothing more than to be a protagonist in her favorite author’s next book. And she gets her wish! But it isn’t exactly what she’d expected.

Nina Chayka discusses her gorgeous and thoughtful collection SEAGULLS, a stellar debut weaving a tale of survival through the interconnected stories of those affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Emma Mills spills the beans on her juicy adult mystery debut RACHEL WEST AND THE FALLEN STARLET, which follows a gossip rag copyeditor as she tries to solve the murder of a former child star turned tabloid favorite.

Seth Voorhees joins us to talk about how his career and his home in the Black Hills of South Dakota has shaped him as a writer of dark fiction. He also clears up any rumors of relation to an iconic horror figure with the same last name (no real relation).

A twisty tale of a 1960’s housewife whose talent for photography is both a blessing and a curse, when her past trauma comes back to haunt her in the background of her beloved photographs.

Playing in the sandbox of old literary characters, author Arvind Ethan David brings back mystery the solving duo of Bunny and Raffles – reimagined in a way that flips the script on the Holmesean mystery challenging the colonialism that exists in the orginal texts. Serious themes aside, THE GREAT GAME is a blast to read.

Jared Sarnie shares the debut graphic novel THE MACHINE IS BROKEN, which is available for pre-order here! Content note for mental health topics.

Katherine sat down with USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne to talk about the brand new cozy sci-fi romance series and its first entry, MOSS’D IN SPACE.

The search for a notorious vigilante exposes the secrets among three generations of women, from contemporary L.A. to gritty 1970s New York. Jenn chatted with Molly Fader about the magnificent LADY X!

Comedian, actor, screenwriter, and now-novelist Kirk Fox dropped by to talk about PALMDALE, a funny and and moving work of “dirtbag noir” which follows a competing father-and-daughter private detective duo caught in a messy, absurd, and thrilling case in the high desert outside of Los Angeles.

Jenn talked to Carlisle Richardson about his fascinating career in the Foreign Service of St. Kitts and Nevis, including as Ambassador to the United Nations, and his debut crime thriller THE SOFT UNDERBELLY, which follows investigators in a fictional Caribbean state as they untangle a web of murder, corruption, and weapons trafficking.

With a unique sense of humor and sensitivity, debut author Meryl Branch-McTiernan brings us the story of Layla, an aspiring film maker who finds her career derailed, and her social life on pause during the first six months of COVID-19.

Katherine chatted with Devon Daniels about STAR-CROSSED SUMMER. When a Hollywood starlet is unexpectedly reunited with the costar who broke her heart, their chemistry has her questioning what’s reel and what’s real in this heartfelt summer romance about first loves and second chances.

Kerri Maher shares SUMMER OF LOVE, a moving novel about the transformative power of storytelling in which three women make life-changing decisions set in motion by the 1967 Summer of Love in San Francisco.

Syosset Library happily welcomes back Chuck Tingle to discuss FABULOUS BODIES, the latest in his line of fresh horror titles. This time, Tingle introduces us to Poppy. Influencer by day, grave robber by night, and single mom 24/7, who learns the hard way to never meet your idols, be they dead or alive.

It’s a beastly world out there for Ellie, a 46 year old woman trying to balance her professional career, with motherhood and certain changes that are affecting her body – some of which include lycanthropy.