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Host Clay McLeod Chapman moderates a maxi-panel focussing on the fresh terrain found in gothic and folk horror, featuring authors Amy Jane Stewart (HEX HOUSE), Jen Julian (THE WINTER FOLK), Jennifer Givhan (THE SLEEPING SISTERS), C.N. Vair (THE DEVIL KNOWS HER NAME), and Deena Helm (OUR CUT OF SALT).

Host Clay McLeod Chapman dines with Eric LaRocca (WRETCH) and Luke Dumas (NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD) for a four course meal of grief, obsession, cannibalism and ghosts.

Host Clay McLeod Chapman chats with authors Lindy Ryan (DOLLFACE), V. Castro (MARIA THE WANTED), Saratoga Schaefer (TRAD WIFE) and Chris Panatier (DAYTIDE) about the ins and outs of the publishing industry, finding your fellow horror people, and the need for a horror author dating app.

Host Clay McLeod Chapman digs down deep with authors Bethany C. Morrow (THE BODY) and Gemma Amor (ITCH!) into the terrors of 2026 and how horror just might save us all. Authors: Gemma Amor & Bethany C. Morrow

Kissing cousins crime and horror fiction snuggle up for our final Fearmongers of 2025, as author S.A. Cosby spins a few true spooky yarns with host Clay McLeod Chapman

Host and amatuer realtor Clay McLeod Chapman gets to the heart of what makes a haunted house if there are no ghosts, alongside guests Marcus Kliewer (WE USED TO LIVE HERE) and Christina Henry (THE PLACE WHERE THEY BURIED YOUR HEART). Come explore the terrifying dimensions of these horrifying homes!

Hear from the luminaries of horror at this year's StoryFest, as host Clay McLeod Chapman chats up Ellen Datlow, Brian Evenson, Rachel Harrison, Cassandra Khaw, Lorien Lawrence, Hailey Piper, Dan Poblocki and Caldwell Turnbull.

Host Clay McLeod Chapman chats with Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) and Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY'S GOSPEL) about blending horror with all kinds of other genres... and which bookshelf to find them on.

Host Clay McLeod Chapman gets freaky with two of the freakiest novels coming out this year: Sarah Gailey's SPREAD ME and Andrew Joseph White's YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN.   Authors: Sarah Gailey (SPREAD ME) and Andrew Joseph White (YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN)

Lights! Camera! Sporror! Cursed films! Amazing horror novels! Host Clay McLeod Chapman chats with Gretchen Felker-Martin (Black Flame) and Wendy N. Wagner (Girl in the Creek) about their haunting new novels.

Host Clay McLeod Chapman and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus (Whalefall) dive deep into the trenches of his new novel ANGEL DOWN, a World War I epic of biblical proportions.

Time to sweat with gothic shockers Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedesen and Ten Sleep by Nicholas Belardes. Bonus: We get Kailee to sing opera live on air.

Let's talk about love and heartbreak amongst killer plants and shapeshifting fathers with Nat Cassidy (WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME) and Sarah Maria Griffin (EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE).

Host Clay McLeod Chapman plumbs the depths of depravity with two of the darkest novels for 2025: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker and rekt by Alex Gonzalez.  Deep fakes, AI, COVID, racism, crime scene cleaners and the dark web are all covered. Trigger warnings galore in this gory and grotesque episode!