EPISODE 171 – The New Gothics Panel

EPISODE 171– The New Gothics Panel

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The panelists diagnose the elements of Gothic fiction, discuss what’s gothic about the Pacific North West, the South West, Texas, and The Hudson Valley, consider decentering trauma, and recommend their favorite Gothic artworks.  

-Panelists-

Joshua Millican (Teleportasm, Dope Foot)

Clay Vermulm (Rain Shadows, Crevasse)

Scotty Milder (Dead Billy, Horror from the High Desert podcast)

Mo Moshaty (Night Tide Magazine, Nix Horror Collective)

Johnny Compton (Dead First, The Spite House)

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Recommendations

Clay:

Favorite Classic Novels: 

  • Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) 
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) 
  • Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson) 
  • Dracula (Stoker)
  • Masque of the Red Death (Poe) 
  • Rebecca (Daphne du Maurier) 
  • Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) 

Favorite Contemporary Novels: 

  • House of Leaves
  • Pour one for the Devil (Theodore Van Alst) 
  • Mapping the Interior (Graham Jones) 
  • Diavola (Jennifer Thorne) 
  • Liminal Zone (Jung Ito) 
  • The Deep (Katsu) 
  • Presence (Steven Soderbergh) 
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Alvin Schwartz w/Gammel illustrations) 
  • LingHun (Ai Jiang) 

Favorite Films: 

  • Nosferatu (Eggers) 
  • Attachment (Gabriel Bier Gislason) 
  • The Pretty Think that Lives in the House (Osgood Perkins) 
  • Haunting of Hill House (Mike Flanagan)  
  • Woman in Black (James Watkins- written by Susan Hill and Jane Goldman) 
  • The Others (Alejandro Amenabar) 
  • The Orphanage (Del Toro) 

PNW Gothic is more in line with Isolation horror/gothic tales, with more modern/still present historical evils such as:  

  • The Wind (Emma Tammi and Teresa Sutherland)
  • The Witch (Eggers) 
  • The Wasteland (David Casademunt) 
  • His House (Remi Weekes) 

Mo:

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

The Haunting of Hill House and/or We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Good House by Tananarive Due

The Mysteries of Udolpho – Ann Radcliffe

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

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EPISODE 170 – GHOSTS OF THE ESSEX with Jonathan Gensler

EPISODE 170 – GHOSTS OF THE ESSEX with Jonathan Gensler

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We chat with Jonathan Gensler about sea shanties, immersive theater, growing up in a haunted house and his musical GHOSTS OF THE ESSEX!

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End Song: excerpt from ‘Good-Bye, Fare Ye Well’ by The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

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EPISODE 168 – Middle Grade Horror Panel

EPISODE 168 – Middle Grade Horror Panel

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The panelists discuss the expectations of different age brackets, pushing boundaries, soft censorship, the Know-Betters, and the politics of house spiders.

-Panelists-

Kathleen Palm (The Nowhere series)

Ally Russell (Down Came the Spiders, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, It Came From the Trees)

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EPISODE 166 – EMINENCE FRONT with Rebecca Rowland

EPISODE 166 – EMINENCE FRONT with Rebecca Rowland

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We chat with Rebecca Rowland about New England Horror, small town settings, killer storms, canceled Halloweens and her new book EMINENCE FRONT!

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EPISODE 164 – Adapting Horror Panel

EPISODE 164 – Adapting Horror Panel

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The panelists discuss horror and sci-fi movie novelizations, tie-ins, the perks and challenges of working in established universes, and how to break in to the industry.

-Moderators-

Jeff C. Carter (WE BLEED ORANGE AND BLACK podcast)

Paxton Holley (I READ MOVIES podcast, CULT FILM CLUB podcast)

-Panelists-

Tim Waggoner (adaptations of Halloween Kills, Terrifier, Pearl, Supernatural)

V. Castro (adaptations and tie-ins of Aliens: Vasquez, Rebel Moon)

Josh Millican (adaptations of Chopping Mall, Circus of the Dead)

Tim Lebbon (adaptations and tie-ins of Cabin in the Woods, Aliens, Predator, Star Wars, 30 Days of Night)

(This panel was originally part of the programming for Stoker Con 2025)

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2025 Holiday Special

2025 Holiday Special

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Scarrrry Christmas! ‘Tis original stories to horrify your holidays…

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HAND OVER THE REINS by Ryan Gerossie

A STALE AND SHRIVELED HAND by Jeff C. Carter

HAUNTED by Chad Fifer*

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*On loan from the Strange Studies of Strange Stories podcast, with generous participation from Heather Klinke.

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EPISODE 162 – UNSHOD, CACKLING, AND NAKED with Tamika Thompson

EPISODE 162 – UNSHOD, CACKLING, AND NAKED with Tamika Thompson

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We chat with Tamika Thompson about writing for the ear, the importance of suspense, Detroit and her collection UNSHOD, CACKLING, AND NAKED!

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EPISODE 161 – MIDNIGHT SOMEWHERE with Johnny Compton

EPISODE 161 – MIDNIGHT SOMEWHERE with Johnny Compton

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We chat with Johnny Compton about manifesting Horror, finding your voice, reinterpreting Ghost Stories and his new collection MIDNIGHT SOMEWHERE!

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EPISODE 160 – LONG WINTER NIGHTS with Chelsea Sutton

EPISODE 160 – LONG WINTER NIGHTS with Chelsea Sutton

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We chat with Chelsea Sutton about Holiday Horror, Flash Fiction, Horror theater, the state of podcasting in 2025 and share the first episode of her new multimedia series LONG WINTER NIGHTS!

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EPISODE 157– THE LONG LOW WHISTLE with Laurel Hightower

EPISODE 157– THE LONG LOW WHISTLE with Laurel Hightower

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We chat with Laurel Hightower about crafting novellas, emotional writing, sharing epiphanies and her new book THE LONG LOW WHISTLE!

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