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Oct 4, 2022

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Prepare yourselves. This week's guest will be none other than

@SGJ72

. He's back on Talking Scared for the sequel... talking slashers, final girls, heroes and outsiders. Mark your calendars #HorrorCommunity – Tuesday, 7pm GMT, 2pm ET –

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Everyone ready for the drama World Cup Final tonight. AKA Happy Valley?

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There’s an otherworldly light tonight.

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I’m in an Airbnb with 8 friends. We’re all in sweatpants, drinking beer and I do not miss my twenties in the slightest.

KILLER MEDIUMS

@KMediums

🧵 Alright creeps and ghouls. I know I'm awful at marketing. But our MONDAY episode deserves to be treated right, so apologies in advance for the floodgates of posts headed your way. MONDAY we talk the SCIENCE OF HORROR FANS. This episode is so special because...

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My favourite horror books and movies tend to be the ones that don’t scare me. I’m more interested in being enthralled, intrigued and moved. Scared is the least of it. Anyone agree/disagree?

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I’m presumably about to have a sexual awakening with a 70 year old.

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LAST ONE AT THE PARTY is 2-years old today. It’s still one of the best books I’ve read in years, and

@Beth_Clift

is one of my favourite ever guests. If you missed the episode first time around - here it is! buzzsprout.com/1322413/805944

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The weekend is long and hard. Take this for company. The latest episode with

- discussing THE DRIFT, pandemics, and personal loss, science and violence, failed novels and the pleasure of going for full-bloodied horror! talkingscared.buzzsprout.com/1322413/121362

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Staying in an old house in Wales for the weekend. Finishing up

@ComptonWrites

oh-so creepy THE SPITE HOUSE. Thankfully Ted is with me … and he’s not growling at the corners of rooms.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror)

Can’t wait for this.

@TananariveDue

mentioned this when I spoke to her two years ago. Soon, it’ll be out!

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@SadieHartmann

Replying to @TananariveDue @pandipressbooks and 9 others

My pleasure

looking forward to The Reformatory!

Esquire

@esquire

The 'Dead Space' Remake Doubles Down on the Gross-Out Horror Takeover

Think 'The Last of Us' is gnarly? Try monsters constructed from the remnants of human corpses—in space!

@talkscaredpod

writes:

esquire.com

Think 'The Last of Us' is gnarly? Try monsters constructed from the remnants of human corpses—in space!

Daniel Barnett

@dbhfiction

Feb 2

There’s a lot happening, but right now all I think I really want to say is that THE DELUGE is changing how I look at the world, likely forever. It is a beautiful heartbreaking terrifying lovely monster of a book. Essential reading in the direst sense.

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Keith Walters

@GoodFor1Fare

Feb 2

Another day and another ⁦

⁩ recommendation purchase made 😳👍 ⁦

@theandydavidson

⁩ #TheHollowKind

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Standplaats Krakow PLS RT PINNED!

Feb 2

The deep lore of

@StephenKing

’s Dark Tower series and it’s many connections to his wider fiction. I reckon I could do a solid 4 hours without interruption.

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@Standplaats_KRK

Jan 31

What subject would make you do this?

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Feb 1

Y’know who would be a dream guest for me?

@Markgatiss

. If ever he wanted to come talk ghost stories with me I’d be too delighted to function. (Plus, I grew up in the village that inspired League£

Jan 31

NEW EPISODE! Britain's chiller-queen,

, joins me to talk about THE DRIFT and her turn towards full-bodied horror nastiness. There is talk of pandemics and personal loss, but also ... rage zombies to keep it light. Enjoy! buzzsprout.com/1322413/121362

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Feb 1

Love a bit of the ol’ weird West. Saddle up.

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Nightfire Books

@TorNightfire

Feb 1

Saddle up, it’s going to be a bloody ride

We’re starting February by flaunting the cover for RED RABBIT by @alexgrecian

Artist: @JeremyWilsonArt Designer: @CFoltzer This folk horror epic is out 10.19.23, just in time for our favorite season

tornightfire.com/announcing-red

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Dread Central Is Accepting Pitches For Black History Month

Dread Central

@DreadCentral

Jan 3

Dread Central is getting ready to celebrate Black History Month and will be accepting pitches from Black writers all month long. Learn more and submit your pitch here:

dreadcentral.com

Dread Central is getting ready to celebrate Black History Month and will be accepting pitches from Black writers all month long.

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NEW EPISODE! Britain's chiller-queen,

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Shadows at the Door

@ShadowsatDoor

😈

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Lot of

@PhilipFracassi

love on my thread right now.

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The Pale Orc

@ThePaleOrc2

Replying to @TalkScaredPod

A Child Alone with Strangers... Outstanding horror novel, with so many different elements to it. First book read of 2023, and will take some beating. Thanks to your excellent Podcast!

This week you can hear the latest episode with

- talking apocalypse, mysteries, science, loss and her step into full-blown horror in THE DRIFT. – Tuesday, 7pm GMT / 2pm ET –

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THE KINGCAST

@Kingcast19

This week on THE KINGCAST, best-selling horror author

@paulGtremblay

(THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD, which inspired this week's KNOCK AT THE CABIN) returns to discuss a different end-of-the-world tale! Avail everywhere this Wednesday via the

@FANGORIA

Podcast Network.

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My conversation with Mariana Enriquez was unbelievably great (on her part!) 90 minutes of Patagonian folklore, Alan Moore, Aleister Crowley, black magic, intolerable cruelty and sheer annoyance at the idea that horror needs to be 'justified!' I'm so excited for you to hear it.

Hey all, what is the single best book you have bought/read as a result of listening to the show? Let's have some authorial appreciation.

Hey,

@TinaBakerBooks

- you’ve arrived. And I know you love a Ted photobomb.

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Today I will be interviewing Mariana Enriquez. 2023 has started very well. Who's read OUR SHARE OF NIGHT?

Philip Fracassi

@PhilipFracassi

Forgive my self-indulgence, but saw this on my phone and had a moment. Seeing these covers is a sum of 4-5 years of hard work, and totally worth it. I hope the stories bring a little joy (and a dash of terror) to readers. Thank you for helping this dream of mine become reality.

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The Wankshank Redemption

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No Context Brits

@NoContextBrits

Ruin a film by replacing a word in the title with ‘wank’.

Hot baths and haunted houses!

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Johnny Compton

Spent a long training run listening to almost all of THE WITCH FARM. A wonderful, eerie retelling of my favourite real-life haunting.

@danny_robins

I would LOVE to talk to you about it. I stopped to take photos of some obviously haunted houses that I passed.

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Sunday morning in my lap

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The Fabelmans is wonderful. It’s like joy trapped in celluloid. I won’t be taking dissent at this time.

If this incessant tick in my eye doesn't stop soon i'm going to go fucking Biblical and pluck it out.

How the hell is everyone's weekend going? Check out the latest episode with

@grady_hendrix

- talking HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE - which has been released to massive success. We cover hand-puppets, horror movies, and how ghosts ruin your mortgage. buzzsprout.com/1322413/120957

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Throwback to the time I stumbled across a tiny private graveyard in the middle of the New Hampshire woods.

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She Wore Black Podcast

@SheWoreBlackPod

Jan 27

Let me know if you have a listener question for Laurell K. Hamilton! I have 2 listener questions already and have room for one more. I'll pick one at random. I interview her 2 hours

She Wore Black Podcast

@SheWoreBlackPod

Jan 27

To illustrate "there's room for everybody" in horror podcasting,