Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

The 2026 Books in the Freezer Reading Challenge

Get your tickets for Rachel Harrison's Kiss Slay Replay event at BottleRocket courtesy of White Whale Books (9/10)

Patreon fun 

• Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle
• The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley
• The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager
• Scary Movie Night by Miranda Smith
• Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die by Mallory Arnold
• The Flayed Man by Chloe Lautner
• Me...

CJ Leede is in the house and we are solving crimes! Not really, but we are talking about her latest novel Headlights and blend of horror and crime, weird (and romantic!) sex scenes, the importance of pop culture in stories, the romance of Americana, her upcoming work and more! We also talk about books that balance the tightrope of crime and horror, some with possibly vampires and some with definitely vampires

Movies/Shows Mentioned...

I basically forced Anna from Anna Rose Reads to watch Mad Men, so we decided to record an episode to get all of our thoughts out and decide what books to recommend for each character. 

Books Mentioned: 

• Gerald's Game by Stephen King
• Small Town Horror with Ronald Malfi
• The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
• Trad Wife by Saratoga Schafer
• The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Ma...

I bid you welcome, listener

Anette is on the podcast today to discuss books that were inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula

Movies/Shows: 

• Renfield
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter
• Dracula 20000
• Dracula Untold
• Nosferatu
• Penny Dreadful

Books: 

• A Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zarate
• Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
• Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson
• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
• Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn K...

Howdy y'all. We're heading down to the honkytonk with author Grace Reynolds to talk about her slasher novella Neon Moon and Texas Horror

Movies: 

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation
• X
• Pearl
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown
• House of 1000 Corpses
• 3 From Hell

Books: 

• Neon Moon by Grace Reynolds
• In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson
• Spite...

Gwendolyn Kiste is on the pod to talk about her latest short story collection and fairy tale horror. 

Movies: 

• The Ugly Stepsister
• Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
• The Lure
• The Company of Wolves
• La Belle et la Bete
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Books Mentioned: 

• The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste
• The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (Goon Squad #2)
• The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
• Los...

“You can check out anytime you’d like, but you can never leeeeaaaave”

Originally aired 5/17/22

What’s so scary about hotels? Is it the being away from home? Is it the idea that you don’t know who’s there with you? Is it the idea that someone could be watching you?

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Are time loops stressful? Rachel and I discuss how anxious people consume time loop media and talk about her upcoming novel, Kiss Slay Replay. We talk about horror movies and books that play with the idea of time or time travel. So let’s dive in and make sure not to mess up this timeline.

• Happy Death Day
• Palm Springs
• Donnie Darko
• Totally Killer
• Time Cu...

It's time to talk about Summer Scares again and I'm so thrilled to be joined by author Jennifer McMahon and Konrad Stump to talk about this year's books and how to get involved. 

Summer Scares Guide

Books Mentioned: 

• A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock 
• Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C Van Alst
• Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
• What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat
• Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
...

Happy Twin Peaks Day! Angela Sylvaine and I are talking about what you should read to scratch that very specific Twin Peaks itch. 

Remember Dale Cooper said, "every day, once a day, give yourself a present," so I think you should treat yourself to a book....

Cold Snap by Angela Sylvaine 

The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch

Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost 

Rebecca by Da...

We are heading to the bayou and letting the good times roll with Anna Dupre this week, as we are talking about horror set in Louisiana. 

Books Mentioned: 

• The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
• Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
• Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
• This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
• North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
• Of Flesh and Blood: The Untold Story of the Cajun Cannibal by NL Lavin &...

What nightmares are hiding behind manicured lawns and white picket fences? Stoker-Award Winning author and Queen Weenie herself, Emily C. Hughes is here to help me talk about what makes suburban horror so scary. I rant about The Stepford Wives and more.

• Blue Velvet
• Stepford Wives
• The Burbs
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Safe
• Donnie Darko
• Edward Scissorhands
• Virgin ...

Courtney Summers is back on the podcast to talk about the re-animation and adaptation of her 2012 young adult novel, This is Not a Test.

Books Mentioned:

• This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
• Ring by Koji Suzuki
• “The Birds” by Daphne DuMaurier (From After Midnight)
• Under the Skin by Michel Faber
• Who Goes There by John W. Campbell
• I Know What You Did Last Summer&n...

So this is the new year

Welcome to 2026 listeners, it's looking like we are in for another great year of horror full of fresh voices and terrors.

It's the perfect time to join the Books in the Freezer Reading Challenge. 

Books Mentioned: 

• This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
• Pig Wife by Abbey Luck
• A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
• I Will Kill Your I...