From ominous rest stops to 1855, the year of our lord and savior Natalie Heller Mills, and glow sticks (for some reason), we’re taking you through our favorite reads of Q2. New fears were unlocked, new maps were explored, and we still want you to read His Face is the Sun.

Dire Bound - Sable Sorensen
The Midnight Kingdom - Tara Sim
Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke
She Knows all the Names - Michelle Jabès Corpora
The Girl with a Thousand Faces - Sunyi Dean
I Know a Place - Nat Cassidy
Japanese Gothic - Kylie Lee Baker

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Today we’re discussing all things Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer. How far would you go to be the perfect mother? Current husband or forest demon, who provides better? We’re discussing these topics and more. So, grab a fistful of raw meat and get ready to be disturbed.

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Today we’re talking about publishing trends. Topics include: motherhood, but make it horror; women in male dominated fields (murder); weird girl lit; and more. Would you train your sentient blob friend to be your perfect man? Will we always be competing in trials for the love of a shadow daddy? Join us today as we discuss trends for 2026 and, maybe, what we hope 2027 will bring!

Marion - Leah Rowan
Honey- Imani Thompson
But Won’t I Miss Me - Tiffany Tsao
The Open Era - Edward Schmit
Dominion - Jean Kwok
The Shrowded Queen - Ashley Tropea
Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay
Milk Teeth - Caitlin Starling
For Human Use - Sarah Pierse
She waits Where the Shadows Gather - Michelle Tang
Our Cut of Salt - Deena Helm
Trad Wife - Sarah Langan
Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burk
Hunger - Jin-Young Choi
Blob: A Love Story - Maggie Su
I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men - Rae Wilde

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Join us today as we discuss some of our favorite stories from Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. We’re learning to not neglect red flags or babies. Buckle up because these tales are not for the faint of heart.

Shout out to Erica Robyn Reads for her great break down of the stories.
https://www.ericarobynreads.com/never-whistle-at-night/

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Today we’re talking about short story collections and anthologies. Horror, dark academia, crime, we have collections for everyone. Are you also having trouble making time to read? Why not try a few short stories? Learn about alien hand syndrome! Make some prank phone calls! Exhume your professors secrets!

The End of the World As We Know it - Christopher Golden and Brian Keene

Christmas and Other Horrors - Ellen Datlow

From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi - Elizabeth Schaefer

Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles - Ellen Datlow

Be Gay, Do Crime: Sixteen Stories of Queer Chaos - Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley

Howl: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women-in-Horror - Lindy Ryan and Stephanie Wytovich

Out There Screaming - Jordan Peele

The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers

Midnight Somewhere - Johnny Compton

In These Hallowed Halls - edited by Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane

White Trash & Recycled Nightmares - Rebecca Rowland

Salt Slow - Julia Armfield

Day & Night - Ellen Datlow

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Today we’re revisiting one of our all time favorite reads: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty. Join us as we ramble through our favorite moments and talk about our favorite characters (all of them). Would you visit Daevabad if you had the chance?

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Today we’re covering our quarter one favorite reads. How would you describe your Q1 reading? If your year has started slow, listen to us blather about our favorite fantasy and horror books to get some recs to kick off a perfect Q2.

Weavingshaw - Heba Al-Wasity
The Red Winter - Cameron Sullivan
Japanese Gothic - Kylie Lee Baker
The Poet Empress - Shen Tao
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephen Graham Jones
Cleopatra - Saara El-Arifi
Molka - Monika Kim
The Storm - Rachel Hawkins
The Ever King - L. J. Andrews
This Wretched Valley - Jenny Kiefer
His Face is the Sun - Michelle Jabès Corpora

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Today’s spoiler chat is all about Scythe by Neal Shusterman. How quickly does society forget how to say words? How mad would you be if you were left mortal in an immortal world? We’re covering it all.

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