Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! I’m thrilled to share with you that Kait and I interviewed Amie McNee, author of We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something on Dark Side of the Word.
If you’ve followed the podcast for awhile, you’ve heard me and Kait (especially Kait) casually reference “Amie” while talking about our creative pursuits. As if Amie were just the mutual friend we’ve known forever and not an...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the classic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
Kait and I decided to read more “classic” spooky stories, and The Haunting of Hill House was a great one to start with. It was fun to read a novel that has inspired countless horror authors and books, and that continues to be adapted into...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the horror novel Listen to Your Sister by Neena Viel.
I started off loving Listen to Your Sister. Author Viel has a hilarious and relatable sense of humor, and I was sure I was in for a real treat with this book. It didn’t take long, though, before I started getting confused by what was happening…and then bored....
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the Appalachian folk horror novel The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister.
Fresh on the heels of reading The Bog Wife, Kait and I are considering re-naming our podcast “Is This Horror?” Just kidding. Mostly. But, The Bog Wife is another in a long line of reads that didn't live up to what we were hoping for from a...
Hello, my wonderful Tartlets! I don’t know about you, but I am ALL about the springtime vibes right now. My tulip border flourished this year (see photos below), my roses, irises, and peonies are growing steadily, and I’m working my Merlin Bird ID app overtime since my yard is full of birdsong from morning to night. I know I said I would do a quarterly newsletter, but I’m really bad at math, you guys. So, this is moving to a thrice-yearly...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! I’m thrilled to share with you that Kait and I interviewed award-winning author Cynthia Pelayo on Dark Side of the Word.
You may remember Cynthia from my book review of her novel, Forgotten Sisters, on the blog last year. This time, Kait and I read her newest release, Vanishing Daughters, a haunting and contemporary interpretation of Sleeping Beauty that blends together supernatural elements, elements of...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the slasher horror novel I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones.
I admired so much about I Was A Teenage Slasher. The story concept is brilliant, the humor is sharp and witty, the book’s unique setting of a rural West Texas town is practically its own character, and I love how the author tied everything...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the novel Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix.
You know that Kait and I get excited whenever a new Grady Hendrix novel comes out, and Witchcraft for Wayward Girls did not disappoint! Well, mostly. While we don’t really feel that this book is horror, it sure was a damn good read. Here are the main...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! I’m thrilled to share with you that Kait and I interviewed author Allison Scott on Dark Side of the Word. You may remember Allison from when I posted a book review about her astrology guide, Decoding the Stars, on the blog. Both my and Kait's writing life were impacted by what we discovered about ourselves in Decoding the Stars, and we were so excited when Allison agreed to join us on the podcast for a little...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the space horror novel Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes.
No one’s more surprised than I about loving a space horror book. Ghost Station has opened up a whole new genre for me, and I am here for it. It’s just too bad this book had the exact opposite effect on Kait.
Join us as we discuss character development,...
