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.
Talking Scared
155 – Stephen King & Writing From the Nerve Endings
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Neil McRobert
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Episode 155
Our guest this week is Stephen King.
That’s it. That’s the intro.
Stephen King. The architect of modern horror and the creative north star of my life, and many of yours. He’s on the show, talking about his new book, Holly and why the central character just won’t let him go. We cover his attitude to academia, horror and hope, how his worldview sits with a fractured reality, and we even hear some exciting, exclusive details about some upcoming books.
I lack the words to convey my delight.
Enjoy
Other books mentioned in this episode include:
- The Boy on the Bridge (2017), by M.R. Carey
- DMV (2023), by Bentley Little
- Mary: An Awakening of Terror (2022), by Nat Cassidy
- The Clackity (2022), by Lora Senf
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), by Agatha Christie
- “Beyond the Wall of Sleep,” (1919), by H.P. Lovecraft
- The Passenger (2023), by Cormac McCarthy
- Light Perpetual (2021), by Francis Spufford
- The Deluge (2023), by Stephen Markley
Holly is published on September 5th by Hodder and Scribner
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