Sley House Presents

Welcome to the show Seth Haddon, the author of Volatile Memory, out July 22 from Tordotcom, a book all about rage and empathy. Seth talks with Trevor about what prompted him to write the novella, about the poison of capitalism, about the limits of empathy, and goes wide and deep with Trevor about their most valiant hopes and their most frustrated setbacks.

You can find more Seth Haddon online @sethhaddon, and you can get Volatil...

Wendy N. Wagner is here to talk about her latest book Girl in the Creek, available from Tor Nightfire on July 15, 2025. We talk about nature and horror, mycological fiction, the forest as memento mori, and a whole lot more.

You can find more Wendy N. Wagner online at winniewoohoo.com or online @wendy.n.wagner. Find Girl in the Creek at your favorite book retailer or local library in July!

In this lost episode of the show, Trevor and Katelyn sit down to talk with author CJ Leede about her book American Rapture. Together, they explore religious trauma, how purity culture and religious teachings contribute to struggles with body image and sexuality, and more.

You can find more about CJ Leede by following her @ceejthemoment on most social media platforms, and you can find American Rapture on bookshelves at your local...

Join in on this lost episode of the podcast, where Trevor interviews author Nathan Ballingrud about his book Crypt of the Moon Spider! Together, they talk about writing with authenticity, about building a voice in fiction that is reflective not of trends but of ideas, about the book's roots in pulp, and a whole lot more.

You can find Nathan Ballingrud at his website nathanballingrud.com, and you can buy or borrow Crypt of the Mo...

We welcome Dennis Mahoney, author of Our Winter Monster, to talk about the craft of characters. We talk about how he thinks of character, how he thinks about conflict, story, and plot, and why he writes to break archetypes in his fiction while still remaining authentic to the human messiness of art.

You can find Dennis Mahoney online at www.equinoxsociety.com, and you can find Our Winter Monster at your local library or favorite...

Hana Lee, author of the Magebike Courier duology, joins Trevor to talk about the two novels, Road to Ruin and Flight of the Fallen. Together, they talk about her worldbuilding, inspiration from Mad Max: Fury Road, and why fiction is useful in addressing real-world conflicts, plus a whole lot more.

You can find Hana Lee online on most social media platforms, and you can get the Magebike Courier duology at your local library or yo...

In this interview, Trevor sits down with author Patrick Barb to talk about his novella Night of the Witch-Hunter, available now from Shortwave. They talk about the politics of horror, about writing characters with empathy, and about witches and witch hunters, plus a whole lot more.

You can find Patrick Barb online at patrickbarb.com and you can find Night of the Witch-Hunter with exclusive swag from Shortwave Publishing at short...

This week, Trevor visits with New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling author Sarah Pinborough to talk about her latest novel, We Live Here Now, available now from Flatiron Books. Together, they talk about her book's Gothic roots, about why she writes psychological thrillers and their importance to women readership, and about her philosophies of human psychological nature, plus a whole lot more pertaining to the book.

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Trevor visits with author Matt Serafini about his new book Feeders, available May 20 from Gallery Books. They talk candidly about their feelings on social media, about how the book presents horror, about transgressive literature and its ability to speak to real human issues, plus a whole lot more.

You can find Matt Serafini at mattserafini.com and get Feeders from your local library or your favorite book retailer on May 20, 2025...

Trevor is joined by author Emily Tesh to talk about her new book, The Incandescent. Listen in as they discuss the book, the origins of dark academia, how The Incandescent plays with familiar expectations, and how the book reflects on the craft, labor, and importance of teaching.

You can find Emily Tesh at emilytesh.net and The Incandescent at your local library or book retailer on May 13 from Tor.

Gothic author extraordinaire Paulette Kennedy is back to talk about her latest book, The Artist of Blackberry Grange. Alongside Trevor, she talks about caretaking and dignity in aging, about history and the need for a dialogue with it, about how art shapes us and how we need to think about shaping art in the coming age, and a whole lot more.

You can follow Paulette Kennedy at paulettekennedy.com and get The Artist of Blackberry ...

Trevor sits down with author and artist Collin Armstrong to discuss his debut novel Polybius, available April 29 from Gallery Books. Together, they talk about the origins of the novel in urban legend, about the nature of art and our aspirations for it, about the way we think about and confide in media as information, and more.

You can find Collin Armstrong at collinarmstrong.com and get Polybius today from your favorite local bo...

Nat Cassidy is back, this time to talk about his novel When the Wolf Comes Home, published in April 2025 by Tor Nightfire. Alongside Trevor, he talks about chase novels and shapeshifting, about acting, masks, and improvisational meaning-making, about how we live by saying "yes, and" to life, and a whole lot more about the changing nature of fear and our reactions to it.

You can find Nat Cassidy at his website natcassidy.com, an...

In this episode, Trevor speaks with Ai Jiang, the award-winning author of novellas I Am AI and Linghun about her new novella A Palace Near the Wind. They converse about alternative futures, about the importance of science fantasy as a genre in addressing human problems, about the novella's concerns about the conflict between ecological preservation and industrial progress, and a whole lot more.

You can follow along with Ai Jiang...

Join in with S.A. Barnes as she explores all of the good, the weird, and the weirder in her latest book, Cold Eternity. Together with Trevor, she explores how the book frames a contemporary moment in life, power, and politics, as well as dives into all of the weird and wonderful elements fleshing out the novel's sci-fi horror worldbuilding.

You can support S.A. Barnes by following her at staceykade.com and by reading Cold Eterni...

Trevor is joined by Stoker Award-winning author Christa Carmen to talk about Beneath the Poet's House, her recently released second novel. Together, they talk about the book, about the legacy of Sarah Helen Whitman and Edgar Allen Poe, how the book acts in conversation with established history and its residual hauntings, and a whole lot more.

You can find Christa Carmen at christacarmen.com and you can get Beneath the Poet's Hou...

In this episode of the show, Trevor sits once again with author KC Jones, this time to talk about his new novel White Line Fever. They dive into what makes the book's terrifying road trip so fun, talk about the book's origins and its road to getting published, about the road trip as metaphor for life's journeys, confronting change and fear, and heaping praise on what is one of Trevor's favorite books to date this year.

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Trevor is joined again by best-selling author Erika T. Wurth to talk about her new novel, The Haunting of Room 904, now available from Flatiron Books. Together, they talk about the book and its ideas regarding history, about indigenous futurism as a creative impulse, about the importance of craft and how craft is addressed within various fictions, and a whole lot more.

You can support Erika by requesting The Haunting of Room 904...