Talking Scared
Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.
Podcasting since 2020 • 214 episodes
Talking Scared
Latest Episodes
211 – Laird Barron & Cosmic Background Radiation
Laird Barron is on the podcast. This feels like cause for celebration. Not only is Laird Barron a phenomenal writer. Not only is it wonderful that he’s back to writing and talking about writing. Not only am I lucky to b...
September 09, 2024
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Episode 211
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1:11:28
210 – Emily Hughes & The Lover’s Guide to Better Horror
Are you a Weenie? Don’t be offended. I am. Weenies are the curious-but-nervous. Those of us who love horror, but who never feel safe from its power to ruin our sleep (and a week of our life). If that’s you, or if you kn...
September 03, 2024
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Episode 210
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1:07:25
209 – Anna Bogutskaya & A Deep Fear of Things Sincere
Anna Bogutskaya is one of the UK’s most prominent film critics, with a penchant for horror. She knows her scary onions. And in her new book, Feeding the Monster, she asks an important question (well, important to the likes of you and m...
August 27, 2024
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Episode 209
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1:25:33
208 – Adam Cesare & Making Scary Clowns Great Again
Send in the clowns. Tell them not to forget their crossbows and chainsaws. This week our guest is Adam Cesare, who’s Clown in a Cornfield trilogy reaches a climax (I won’t say end) in Book 3: The Church of Frendo...
August 20, 2024
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Episode 208
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1:15:11
207 – Lena Valencia & What Can Lurk Where There Are No Shadows?
Literary or genre fiction? Dumb question. This week’s guest showcases just how dumb! With her debut collection of stories, Mystery Lights showing that horror is literary and literary is horror. These tales o...
August 13, 2024
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Episode 207
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59:49