The Monster She Wrote Podcast

Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, authors of MONSTER, SHE WROTE (Quirk Books), discuss women in the horror genre.

The Monster She Wrote Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Monster She Wrote Podcast, a arts show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #163

  Gwendolyn Kiste's In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts

  Sep 29, 202652 minS7

  Join Mel and Lisa as we discuss Gwendolyn Kiste's Great Gatsby reimagining In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts. In 1955, Daisy Buchanan is found dead in the mansion in West Egg that used to belong to the infamous and enigmatic Jay Gatsby. Attempting to grapple with her unhappy relationship with her lost mother, Daisy's daughter, Mel, visits the mansion and becomes entangled in ghosts of the past, leading her to uncover secrets kept by her parents and Gatsby. Now she wonders what responsibility, if any, she should have for those dangerous events that occurred when she was just a small child. Recommended in this episode: Sarah Langan's Trad Wife and Muñeca by Cynthia Gomez NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses. UP NEXT: Octavia Butler's Kindred Buy our books here , including Monster, She Wrote and our newest Toil and Trouble.

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  Episode #162

  An Interview with Gwendolyn Kiste

  Sep 15, 202639 minS7

  Today, we welcome Gwendolyn Kiste back to the podcast to discuss her new novella, In These Gilded Ghostly Hearts. Gwendolyn Kiste is the four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens, Reluctant Immortals, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own, Pretty Marys All in a Row, and The Haunting of Velkwood. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including Lit Hub, Nightmare, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, CrimeReads, Titan Books, The Lineup, and The Dark. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror Award for Novel of the Year as well as nominations for the Shirley Jackson, Premios Kelvin, Ignotus, Dragon, and Ohio Book Awards. Originally from Ohio, she now resides on an abandoned horse farm outside of Pittsburgh with her husband, their excitable calico cat, and not nearly enough ghosts. Find her online at gwendolynkiste.com Recommended in this episode: Cyanide Constellations by Sara Tantlinger , Cracks by Kristy Park Kulski and Liz Kerin's How to Disappear Completely NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses. UP NEXT: A discussion of In These Gilded Ghostly Hearts. Buy our books here , including Monster, She Wrote and our newest Toil and Trouble.

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  Episode #161

  Jennifer McMahon's Stay Buried

  Sep 1, 202648 minS7

  In Jennifer McMahon's newest novel Stay Buried , brother and sister Ashley and Malcolm inherit their grandmother's property in Boone's Ferry, Vermont. They know the property has its quirks–including a resident that they've now inherited too–but what they weren't expecting was a generational curse that has come back with full force. Recommended in this episode: Alma Katsu's Incarnate (out 9/22) and CJ Leede's Headlights NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses. Lisa's next book SOMETHING IN THE WATER had a cover reveal recently with Fangoria . It's available for preorder now. UP NEXT: We will be back in two weeks with a brand new episode, when we talk to Gwendolyn Kiste about her upcoming novella In These Gilded Ghostly Hearts . Buy our books here , including Monster, She Wrote and our newest Toil and Trouble.

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  Episode #160

  An Interview with Jennifer McMahon

  Aug 18, 202645 minS7

  Jennifer McMahon is the New York Times Bestselling author of thirteen novels including The Winter People and Stay Buried. She's written about ghosts, demons, serial killers, shape-shifting monsters, an evil fairy king, a terrifying swimming pool, and more. She lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with her partner, Drea. When not writing, she spends time growing tropical fruit, exploring the wilds of Florida and seeking out haunted places, real and imagined. Recommended in this episode: Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon, Why I Love Horror by Becky Siegel Spratford, Hear the Dead by Ann Dávila Cardinal and Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses. UP NEXT: Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon Buy our books here , including Monster, She Wrote and our newest Toil and Trouble.

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  Episode #159

  Linda Hamilton's The Fourth Wife

  Aug 4, 202656 minS7

  In Linda Hamilton's The Fourth Wife , Hazel Russon finds herself in an arranged marriage to Jacob Manwaring, a man who lives in the Utah wilderness in the crumbling Manwaring manor with his three other wives and their children. Hazel doesn't know what to expect of her new life, but she never expected a manor home full of mysterious sounds, specters of women, and a terrifying attic that holds too many secrets. For more from author Linda Hamilton, including her research into Mormon history, check out her Substack . Recommended in this episode: Neil McRobert's Good Boy and Pretty Evil by Rebekah and David Ian McKendry NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses. UP NEXT: An interview with author Jennifer McMahon! Buy our books here , including Monster, She Wrote and our newest Toil and Trouble.

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