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 • 228 episodes
Talking Scared
Latest Episodes
[From the Vault] Zakiya Dalila Harris & The Fear of Not Being Black Enough
A chance to revisit one of my favourite books and favourite ever conversations this week. Zakiya Dalila Harris’s The Other Black Girl came out in early 2021, and for once I was ahead of the curve! Right from the star...
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[From the Vault] Laura Purcell & The Art of Darkness
I’m feeling Gothic this week. Must be the weather. In lieu of a new episode, I searched the vault and found this cracker from January 2021, in which Laura Purcell — doyenne of the contemporary British Gothic — talked me...
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[From the Vault] Gemma Amor & The Start of a Horrific Friendship AKA The Mental Health in Horror Episode
This From the Vault episode is not quite so dusty. Gemma and I recorded this in 2022, but it’s more pertinent than ever. One because Gemma’s great uncanny novella The Folly is being reissued this week, and two, because the world is a m...
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An outstanding episode. I am now subscribed to the podcast.
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