Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

I was joined by author Tracy Cross to talk about her short story collection Sinner Man Hand and Other Folk Horrors out from Dark INK, and Ancestral Horror. We are talking generational trauma and some Hoodoo representation in horror. We have an absolute blast, and you will too. 

 

Movies Mentioned: 

Sinners

Beloved

Eve's Bayou

Skeleton Key

The Last Exorcism

Serpent and the Rainbow

Books Mentioned: 

Sinner Man Hand and Other Folk Horrors by Tracy Cross

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen

Root Magic by Eden Royce

Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark

On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Schofield

The Good House by Tananarive Due

Chilling Obsession: Case File and Invisible Choir

Final Girl Song: Waiting Room by Fugazi

 

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This episode originally aired March of 2024, but I think spooky season is always a great time to talk about the effect of RL Stine's Goosebumps series and Brian is always a delight. 

Shownotes:  https://booksinthefreezer.com/2024/03/05/episode-170-goosebumps-readalikes-with-brian-mcauley/

I was joined by author Sarah Langan to talk about her latest horror novel Trad Wife and horror books that are bringing the Trad Wife vibes. 

Books Mentioned: 

Trad Wife by Sarah Langan

The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy

Accumulation by Aimee Pokwatka

The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barret

Out There by Kate Folk

Lady of the House by Grace Reynolds

House of Beth by Kerry Cullen

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne Valente

 

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Kristen and I discuss the dated references and fashion in this snippet of The House at the End of Fear Street. 

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We're talking terror in the airwaves. Jocelyn is back on the pod to talk about radio horror this week. What is your favorite radio horror story? 

Movies: 

Pontypool

Lords of Salem

Vast of Night

The Fog

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Play Misty For Me

Joyride

Southbound

Books: 

Rules of the Road by CB Jones

Kill Radio by Lauren Bolger

A Lonely Broadcast: Book One by Kel Byron

Ghost Radio by Leopoldo Gout

Christine by Stephen King

The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

Southern Gods by John Hornor Jacobs

Desert Radio by Pamela M. Durgin

Chilling Obsession: 

Hellebore magazine

The Drama (2026)

Final Girl Song: Come to Daddy by Aphex Twin

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