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Episodes: 172
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Weirdo book worms unite! We want to share our love of Genre Fiction with you. Fans of Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy & more can stop on by as we chat about what we’ve been reading! New reviews every other week.
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174 | Horror | Root Rot by Saskia Nislow
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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173 | Hello Again! The Reintroduction of Sandra and Scott
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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172 | Horror | “A Gathering of Weapons” by Tracy Cross – With Interview!
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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171 | Horror | “We Used To Live Here” by Marcus Kliewer
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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170 | Horror | “Question Not My Salt” by Amanda M. Blake
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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169 | Horror | “Incidents Around The House” by Josh Malerman
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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168 | Vampires | “The Vampire Lestat” by Anne Rice
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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167 | Historical Fantasy | “The Familiar” by Leigh Bardugo
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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166 | Sci-Fi | “This Is How You Lose The Time War” by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
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May 09, 2024 |
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165 | Fantasy Horror | “The Bad Ones” by Melissa Albert
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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164 | Speculative Fiction | “Chain Gang All-Stars” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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163 | Horror | “Bad Cree” by Jessica Johns
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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162 | Sci-Fi | “Lost in Time” by A.G. Riddle
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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161 | Best of 2023
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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160 | Horror | “Winterset Hollow” by Jonathan Edward Durham
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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158 | Horror | “Hidden Pictures” by Jason Rekulak
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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157 | Horror | “Mister Magic” by Kiersten White
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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156 | Fantasy | “Kings of the Wyld” by Nicholas Eames
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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155 | Thriller | “What Lies in the Woods” by Kate Alice Marshall
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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154 | Sci-Fi | “You Sexy Thing” by Cat Rambo
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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153 | Horror | “She is a Haunting” by Trang Thanh Tran
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May 25, 2023 |
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152 | Fantasy | “Silver in the Bone” by Alexandra Bracken – With Interview!
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May 04, 2023 |
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151 | Sci-Fi | “Please Report Your Bug Here” by Josh Riedel
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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149 | Horror | “How to Sell a Haunted House” by Grady Hendrix
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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148 | Fantasy | “The Stolen Heir” by Holly Black
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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147 | Special | Book Reports
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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146 | Horror | “Rootwork” by Tracy Cross – With Interview!
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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145 | Fantasy | “Legends and Lattes” by Travis Baldree
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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144 | Best of 2022
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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143 | Fantasy | “Fairy Tale” by Stephen King
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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142 | Horror | “The Watchers” by A.M. Shine
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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141 | Fantasy | “Come Tumbling Down” and “Across the Green Grass Fields” by Seanan McGuire
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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140 | Horror | “Sundial” by Catriona Ward
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Minisode | Horror | “#thighgap” by Chandler Morrison
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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138 | Horror | "Man, F**k This House" by Brian Asman
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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137 | Sci-Fi | “The Paradox Hotel” by Rob Hart
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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136 | Historical Fantasy | “Dark Earth” by Rebecca Stott
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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135 | Horror | “Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology”
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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134 | Sci-Fi | “Upgrade” by Blake Crouch
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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133 | Horror | “Hide” by Kiersten White
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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132 | Dark Fantasy | “River of Shadows” by Karina Hall
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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131 | Sci-Fi | “Rabbits” by Terry Miles
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May 31, 2022 |
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130 | Horror | “Just Like Mother” by Anne Heltzel – With Interview!
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May 17, 2022 |
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129 | Fantasy | “Capture the Crown” & “Tear Down the Throne” by Jennifer Estep – with Interview!
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May 03, 2022 |
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128 | Fantasy | “Atlas Six” by Olivie Blake
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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127 | Horror | “Tender is the Flesh” by Agustina Bazterrica
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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126 | Sci-Fi | “The Kaiju Preservation Society” by John Scalzi
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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125 | Horror | “White Smoke” by Tiffany D. Jackson
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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124 | Fantasy | “The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina” by Zoraida Córdova
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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123 | Horror | “Such a Pretty Smile” by Kristi DeMeester
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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122 | Sci-Fi Horror | “Dead Silence” by S. A. Barnes – With Interview!
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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121 | Best of 2021
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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120 | Fantasy | “House of Hollow” by Krystal Sutherland
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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119 | Horror | “The Last House on Needless Street” by Catriona Ward
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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118 | Fantasy | “Senlin Ascends” by Josiah Bancroft
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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117 | Fantasy | “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by T.J. Klune
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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116 | Horror | “Nothing But Blackened Teeth” by Cassandra Khaw
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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115 | Horror | “Kill Creek” by Scott Thomas
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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114 | Fantasy | Wayward Children Series 3 & 4 by Seanan McGuire
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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113 | Fantasy | “The Broken Earth” Trilogy by NK Jemisin
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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112 | Horror | “The Navajo Nightmare” by David Sodergren and Steve Stred
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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111 | Suspense | “Razorblade Tears” by S. A. Cosby
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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110 | Fantasy | “The Fifth Season” by N. K. Jemisin
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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109 | Horror | “The Final Girl Support Group” by Grady Hendrix – With Interview!
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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108 | Fantasy | Folk of Air: The End
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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107 | Short Stories | “Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction”
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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106 | A Beverage and a Book
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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105 | Horror | “Goblin” by Josh Malerman – With Interview!
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May 19, 2021 |
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104 | Sci-Fi | “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir – With Interview!
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May 04, 2021 |
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103 | Fantasy | “Spirit Warriors” by Chris C Howard
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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102 | Horror | C.V. Hunt’s “Horrorama”
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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101 | Mystery | “The Lamplighters” by Emma Stonex – With Interview!
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Episode 100!
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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99 | Fantasy | “Monkey King: Journey to the West” by Wu Cheng’en
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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98 | Horror | “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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97 | Sci-Fi | “A Closed and Common Orbit” by Becky Chambers
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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96 | Thriller | “If I Disappear” by Eliza Jane Brazier – With Interview!
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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95 | Psychological Thriller | “The Push” by Ashley Audrain
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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94 | Genre Junkies Best of 2020
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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93 | Fantasy | “House of Salt and Sorrows” by Erin A. Craig
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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92 | Fantasy | “Circe” by Madeline Miller
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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91 | A Fireside Chat
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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90 | Horror | “Clown in a Cornfield” by Adam Cesare
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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89 | Horror | “The Only Good Indians” by Stephen Graham Jones
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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88 | Horror | “Maggie’s Grave” by David Sodergren
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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87 | Horror | “Shadowy Natures” Anthology and Interview With the Editor, Rebecca Rowland!
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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86 | True Crime | “Hole in the Woods” by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush – with Interview!
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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85 | YA | “The Insomniacs” by Marit Weisenberg – With Interview!
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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84 | Horror Fantasy | “The Year of the Witching” by Alexis Henderson – With Interview!
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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83 | Supernatural | “Sucker Punch” by Laurell K. Hamilton – With Interview!
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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82 | Horror | “Dead Girl Blues” by David Sodergren – With Interview!
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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81 | Horror | “Home Before Dark” by Riley Sager – With Interview!
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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80 | Suspense | “Seven Lies” by Elizabeth Kay
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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79 | Fantasy | The Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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78 | Horror | “Eden” by Tim Lebbon
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May 26, 2020 |
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77 | Sci-Fi | “The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet” by Becky Chambers
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May 12, 2020 |
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76 | Fantasy | “The Fantastical Exploits of Gwendolyn Gray” by B.A. Williamson – With Interview!
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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75 | Fantasy | “The Night Country” by Melissa Albert – A Hazelwood Novel
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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74 | Horror | “The Return” by Rachel Harrison – With Interview!
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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73 | Social Isolation, Bookworm Edition
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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72 | Sci-Fi | “The Gone World” by Tom Sweterlitsch
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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71 | Horror/Fantasy | “The Babysitters Coven” by Kate Williams – with The Spooky Slumber Party
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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70 | Horror | “Strange Girls: Women in Horror Anthology” Stories Selected by Azzurra Nox
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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69 | Sci-Fi | “Sleeping Giants” by Sylvain Neuvel
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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68 | Contemporary | “Sourdough” by Robin Sloan
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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67 | Favorites of 2019
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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66 | Fantasy | “Feeding the Wolf” by Jennifer Leigh with Interview!
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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65 | Horror | “Walk The Darkness Down” by John Boden & Favorite Movies About Cults with Jimmy Cajoleas!
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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64 | Fantasy | “The Darkest Part of the Forest” by Holly Black
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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63 | Horror | The Joe Hill Appreciation Episode
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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62 | Horror | “Unbury Carol” by Josh Malerman
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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61 | Horror | “Minor Prophets” by Jimmy Cajoleas with Interview!
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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60 | Horror | “Betty Bites Back” Short Story Collection By Various Authors
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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59 | Sci-Fi | “A Song For a New Day” by Sarah Pinsker with Interview!
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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58 | Fantasy | “Five Dark Fates” by Kendare Blake with Interview!
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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57 | Fantasy | “Sea Witch Rising” by Sarah Henning
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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56 | Fantasy | “Gods of Jade and Shadow” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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55 | Sci-Fi & Horror | “The Seclusion” by Jacqui Castle & “The Bedwetter” by Lee Allen Howard
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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54 | Horror/Thriller | “Lock Every Door” by Riley Sager with Interview!
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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53 | Sci-Fi | “Recursion” by Blake Crouch
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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52 | Sci-Fi | “Wildcard” by Marie Lu
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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51 | Horror | “Night Shoot” by David Sodergren with Interview!
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May 21, 2019 |
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50 | Scott’s Birthday Episode!
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May 07, 2019 |
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49 | Horror | “Brother” by Ania Ahlborn
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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48 | Horror | “Creatures of Want and Ruin” by Molly Tanzer
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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47 | Fantasy | The Folk of Air Series – “The Cruel Prince”, “The Lost Sisters”, and “The Wicked King” by Holly Black
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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46 | Sci-Fi | “The Tesla Legacy” by K. K. Perez with Interview!
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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45 | Sci-Fi/Satire | “Severance” by Ling Ma
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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44 | Horror | “Little Heaven” by Nick Cutter
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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43 | Sci-Fi | “Resistant” by Rachael Sparks with Interview!
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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42 | Fantasy | “Deepest Blue” by Mindy Tarquini with Interview!
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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41 | Favorites of 2018
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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40 | Horror | “Hark! The Herald Angels Scream” by Blumhouse Books
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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39 | Fantasy | “Select” and “Select Few” by Marit Weisenberg with Interview!
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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38 | Sci-Fi | “The Altered Wake” by Megan Morgan
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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37 | Horror | “The Forgotten Island” by David Sodergren
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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36 | Horror | “Campfire” by Shawn Sarles
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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35 | Horror | “Haunted” by Chuck Palahniuk
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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34 | Horror | “The Hunger” by Alma Katsu & More!
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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33 | Horror/Fantasy | “The Good Demon” by Jimmy Cajoleas
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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32 | Fantasy | “Two Dark Reigns” by Kendare Blake
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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31 | Horror | “The Cabin at the End of the World” by Paul Tremblay
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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30 | Interview with Kendare Blake
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Aug 28, 2018 |
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29 | Fantasy | “Sea Witch” by Sarah Henning – With Interview!
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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28 | Horror | “Bad Man” by Dathan Auerbach
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Aug 03, 2018 |
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27 | Fantasy | “Children of Blood and Bone” by Tomi Adeyemi
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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26 | Sci-Fi | Better Late Than Never Sci-Fi Double Header
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Jul 07, 2018 |
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25 | Horror | “Hex” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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24 | Fantasy | “Furyborn” by Claire Legrand
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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23 | Interview with B.A. Williamson, Author of “The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray”
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May 31, 2018 |
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22 | Fantasy | “The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray” by B.A. Williamson
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May 24, 2018 |
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21 | Sci-Fi | “Annihilation” & The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer
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May 11, 2018 |
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20 | Horror | “Birdbox” by Josh Malerman
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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19 | Sci-Fi | “Head On” by John Scalzi
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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18 | Horror | “House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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17 | Fantasy | “The Hazel Wood” by Melissa Albert
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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Sci-Fi | "The Collapsing Empire" by John Scalzi
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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15 | Horror | “The Troop” by Nick Cutter
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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14 | Fantasy | Series: “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas | Part 2
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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13 | Fantasy | Series: “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas | Part 1
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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12 | Fantasy/Sci-Fi | “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle
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Jan 19, 2018 |
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11 | Sci-Fi | “Warcross” by Marie Lu
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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10 | Horror | “Mask Beneath Her Face” by Rafael Chandler
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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09 | Sci-Fi | “Artemis” by Andy Weir
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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08 | Fantasy | “Three Dark Crowns” & “One Dark Throne” by Kendare Blake
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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07 | Fantasy | “The Book of Dust Vol. 1: La Belle Sauvage” by Philip Pullman
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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06 | Halloween | Short Stories and Halloween Favorites
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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05 | Horror | “The Fisherman” by John Langan
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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04 | Horror | “The Grip of It” by Jac Jemc
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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03 | Sci-Fi | “Dark Matter” by Blake Crouch
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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02 | Star Wars | “Thrawn” by Timothy Zahn
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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01 | Horror | “The China Pandemic” by A. R. Shaw
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Aug 24, 2017 |