The Monster She Wrote Podcast

Oct 29 2024 100 ep. 51 mins 94
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Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, authors of MONSTER, SHE WROTE (Quirk Books), discuss women in the horror genre.

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Halloween Special: Agatha All Along

Oct 29 2024 44 mins  
For Toil and Trouble, our book, we did a deep dive into research of the witch. And since the witch is a mainstay of this time of year, we thought it would be fun to do a little bit of a different episode today. We watched the first two episodes of Disney Plus’s Agatha All Along. NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out sm

Christa Carmen's The Daughters of Block Island

Oct 15 2024 54 mins  
In this episode, we are discussing Christa Carmen’s meta Gothic novel The Daughters of Block Island with special guest Crystal O’Leary-Davidson. Crystal O’Leary-Davidson, writing as C. O. Davidson has published fiction in PseudoPod, Cemetery Gates, and in anthologies, most recently Hard to Find: An Anthology of New Southern Gothic. Her story, “The Mark,” in Vastarien, was

The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

Oct 01 2024 44 mins  
About The Unmothers: After the death of her husband, journalist Marshall is sent to the small town of Raeford to investigate a clearly ridiculous rumor—that a horse has given birth to a human baby. As she's pulled deeper into the town and its guarded people, she realizes Raeford may be harboring more dark secrets than she expected. NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find al

Interview with Leslie J. Anderson

Sep 17 2024 42 mins  
Leslie J. Anderson has spent much of her life riding, training, and caring for horses. Her collection of poetry, An Inheritance of Stone, was nominated for an Elgin Award. She has a master’s in creative writing from Ohio University and lives in Ohio with her family. The Unmothers is her debut novel. NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop

Joyce Carol Oates's "The Long-Legged Girl"

Sep 03 2024 62 mins  
Joyce Carol Oates’s story “The Long-Legged Girl” (collected in Night-Gaunts) is part horror story, part cozy mystery…after all, the plot of the story revolves around a teapot. That tea contains poison, of course, but the sentiment is there nonetheless. Our story begins as a frustrated housewife hosts her professor-husband’s young, gorgeous, and yes, long-legged student at

Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory

Aug 20 2024 46 mins  
Join Mel and Lisa as we discuss Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory. When 12-year-old Robert Stephens is sent to Gracetown School For Boys, a reformatory, he finds himself in a nightmare. Like many children in Gracetown, Florida, he has a special ability to see ghosts, a “talent” which the warden exploits, charging Robbie with the task of getting rid of the “haints” of the b

Lora Senf's The Clackity

Aug 06 2024 46 mins  
Join Lisa and Mel as they discuss Lora Senf’s The Clackity. Young Evie lives with her aunt in Blight Harbor–a seemingly quiet small town where everyone knows each other and looks out for each other. There’s just one small problem: it is the seventh most haunted town in America. Nearly everywhere you go, there are ghosts. Most are friendly. Still, there are some places everyon

Announcing Our Bookshop.Org Shop!

Jul 23 2024 2 mins  
We have a bookshop.org shop set up. Now you can shop for all of your favorite horror books by women. You’ll find Lisa's books, Mel’s books, and the books you hear about on this podcast. Plus, bookshop helps small bookstores. Find all of our favorite books at Bookshop.org shop now!

Gwendolyn Kiste's "Your Mother's Love is an Apocalypse

Jul 23 2024 40 mins  
Mothers come in all shapes and sizes. Some are good, caring, and loving. And some are a bit more complicated. Sometimes it feels like a mother can be out to absolutely destroy your world–the mother at the heart of Gwendolyn Kiste’s story “Your Mother’s Love is an Apocalypse” (from the Mother Knows Best anthology) is of the latter ilk. Kiste explores the difficult mother-d

Rachel Harrison's Black Sheep

Jul 09 2024 55 mins  
SPOILERS ABOUND! This novel contains a TWIST you don’t want to ruin, so listen at your own risk. Vesper Wright left home at eighteen to escape her family, who has been entrenched in a religious cult community for decades, and she hasn’t looked back. That is, until she gets a wedding invitation for her childhood best friend’s marriage to her high school love. She doesn’t kn