Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction

We did it! A summer update. Season 3 starts September 1st. We discuss summer reading, travel, meeting Frankenstein, and what to expect in Season 3. Join us as we post a new episode every two weeks!

Next Up:
The Season 3 feast begins with a month of cannibalism starting September 1.

The Lamb – Lucy Rose
Off Season – Jack Ketchum
Titus Andronicus – William Shakespeare

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Shiver...

Discussing A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

When tweenager Margerie Berrett starts puking up black bile, crawling up the walls, and leaving scary messages for her little sister Meredith, her parents rake in wads of cash by inviting a TV crew into their home to film all the crazy shit happening inside. But is Merry’s older sister actually possessed, or is she just nuts?

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Summer break! See you for Season 3 in Sep...

Discussing Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson

There’s a black goat in a box on the TV. Misbehave and it will come out and eat you! Or will it? Join us as we discuss this awesome Irish horror book in celebration of Bloomsday.

Next Up:
A Head Full of Ghosts – Paul Tremblay
Summer break!

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Ulysses – The Man of the Hour: James JoyceWhen the Sparrow Falls – Neil Shar...

Discussing Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

Three Mercenaries walk into the desert and find God in Little Heaven, a religious settlement in the New Mexico backwoods near a towering black rock which is a huge red flag that everyone ignores, guided by their admired Amus Flesher, the nefarious pastor inspired by Jim Jones of the Peoples temple cult, who is, big surprise, in cahoots with something sinister.

Next Up:
Knock Knock, Open Wide...

Discussing The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

The castle of Aymar is under siege and with only 15 days of provisions left, the inhabitants will soon starve. It appears that all is lost until the four saints arrive: The Constant Lady, The Warding Saint, The Loving Saint, and The Absolving Saint, bearing a cornucopia of food. But at what cost? 

Next Up:
Little Heaven – Nick Cutter
Knock Knock, Open Wide – Ne...

Discussing Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

A little girl takes a piñata from the ancient ruins of a church in Mexico. It is a very bad idea and when she takes it back home to new York with her family, things begin to spiral out of control. As a possession takes hold, grasshoppers jump scare the Sanchez family and swarms of butterflies smash like hail against the windows. Will they be consumed by their vengeful ancestors, or is there hope to...

Discussing AmericanPsycho by Bret Easton Ellis

Patrick Bateman is the ideal man. He’s rich, he’s attractive, and he can afford to eat at luxury restaurants for every single meal. He has impeccable taste in menswear and a refined ear for music. Unfortunately, he is also a psychopath, and his friends suck.

Next Up:
Piñata – Leopoldo Gout
The Starving Saints – Caitlin Starling
Little Heaven – Nick ...

Discussing Psycho by Robert Bloch

Mary Crane is on the run after stealing $40,000 in cash from her employer. Driving late into the night in the pouring rain, she decides to stop for the night at the Bates Motel, run by middle-aged bachelor Norman Bates who lives with his mother in their house behind the motel. Or does he?

Next Up:
American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis
Piñata – Leopoldo Gout
The Starving Saints &nda...

Discussing Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Winifred Notty becomes the new governess for the Pounds family at the prestigious Ensor House in Victorian England. She is crazy and things go poorly for the family.

Next Up:
Pyscho – Robert Bloch
American Pyscho – Bret Easton Ellis
Piñata – Leopoldo Gout

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out o...

Discussing The Watchers by A.M. Shine

A group of strangers get stranded in a heavily wooded area in the west of Ireland. Things in the night watch them through the glass. 

Next Up:
Victorian Psycho – Virginia Feito
Pyscho – Robert Bloch
American Pyscho – Bret Easton Ellis

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Where I End – Sophie White
Starling House – Alix E. Harrow
Rosemary’s Bab...

Discussing You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

Festering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, these hives offer a few struggling humans salvation. 

Crane is grateful for it. Among his hive’s followers, he has found a chance to transition, to never speak again, to live a life that won’t destroy him. H...

Discussing The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

New York bluesman Charles Thomas Tester gets caught up in the arcane while hustling wealthy white people to help support his father. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tommy Tester opens a door to a deeper realm of magic and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.

Next Up:
You Weren't Meant to Be Human – A...

Discussing A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey Ford

Exorcism is in vogue. A witch with a 300-pound smoking pig sells an ointment that makes people feel just right. A man rides in a rocket ship and lives to write about it and other stories in this baker's dozen of weird tales mixing humor, satire, and horror in a genre-bending delight!

Next Up:
The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
You Weren't Meant to ...

Discussing The Devil By Name by Keith Rosson

It's 5 years later. Things have gotten much worse.

Next Up:
A Natural History of Hell – Jeffrey Ford
The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle
You Weren't Meant to Be Human – Andrew Joseph White

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
The Stand – Stephen King
Yeehaw Junction – Kayli Scholz
The Fisherman – John Langan
The Book ...

Discussing Fever House by Keith Rosson

A dismembered hand makes people go super crazy and it’s really bad if someone dies around it.

Next Up:
The Devil By Name – Keith Rosson
A Natural History of Hell – Jeffrey Ford
The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
We Sold Our Souls – Grady Hendrix
Thorn City – Pamela Statz

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Discussing Krampus: The Yule Lord by Gerald Brom

Mean old Krampus escapes centuries of imprisonment and returns to bring Yuletide cheer and birch tree whacks to the children of the modern world. Also he hates Santa Claus. Ho ho ho!

Next Up:
Fever House – Keith Rosson
The Devil By Name – Keith Rosson
A Natural History of Hell – Jeffrey Ford

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Nibelungenlied

Discussing Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley

Bad parents treat their daughters poorly resulting in the creation of a Christmas killer in this cozy cabin slasher.

Next Up:
Krampus: The Yule Lord – Gerald Brom
Fever House – Keith Rosson
The Devil By Name – Keith Rosson

Books Mentioned in this Episode:
Candy Cain Kills Again; Breathe In, Bleed Out – Brian McAuley
11/22/63 – Ste...

Discussing North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud

This debut short story collection features nine tales of down and out ex-cons, single parents, unemployed laborers, and other desperate characters living on the margins of society, encountering horrors both human and supernatural.

Next Up:
Candy Cain Kills – Brian McAuley
Krampus: The Yule Lord – Gerald Brom
Fever House – Keith Ros...

Discussing Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

An asshole scientist channels his energy into bringing the dead back to life which he abhors the moment the experiment succeeds. People suffer and die and Victor feels little to no remorse over the whole thing. Meanwhile, the creature just wants to do people’s chores in exchange for not being hated on sight.

Next Up:
North American Lake Monsters – Nathan Ballingru...