Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

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  Trad Wife Horror with Sarah Langan 06.10.2026 1時間 4分

  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   Consider joining our Patreon community!  
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  PATREON PEEK: The New Boy (#20) with Kristen Anderson 25.09.2026 8分

  What if the new boy at school was being accused of your best friend's MURDER??  Kristen and I discuss the dated references and fashion in this snippet of The House at the End of Fear Street.  Listen to the full episode on Patreon
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  Radio Horror with Jocelyn Codner 15.09.2026 1時間 18分

  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 Become part of our Patreon community!
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  Aquatic Horror with Brandon Baker 01.09.2026 58分

  Summer isn't over yet, so I was joined by Brandon Baker (@baker_reads) to talk about aquatic horror! We're talking about what could be lurking in the water, and how sometimes that's none of our business.  Movies Mentioned:  Lake Placid Deep Blue Sea 47 Meters Down 47 Meters Down Uncaged Sea Fever Underwater Jaws The Lighthouse Pirhana Frankenfish Sharknado Ghost Ship Sphere The Creature From the Black Lagoon Books Mentioned:  Reliquary by Hannah Whitten Invasive Species by Ellery Adams Dark Water: Stories by Koji Suzuki (translated by Glynne Walley) The Deep by Nick Cutter Whalefall by Daniel Kraus The Low, Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower From Below by Darcy Coates Chlorine by Jade Song Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant The Devil and the Deep edited by Ellen Datlow Chilling Obsession:  Junk bugs S(p)lasher Flicks by Cullen Wade Final Girl Song:  Posing for Cars by Japanese Breakfast
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  PATREON PEEK: Sunburn (#19) with Marguerite Turley 28.08.2026 6分

  We are so back! It's Fear Street Friday and as summer is winding down what a perfect time to get away from Shadyside and spend some time in a beach town with some camp friends. What could possibly go wrong? Bookseller extraordinaire Marguerite and I break down this ridiculously unhinged entry.  Warning - not in this clip, but this book does include a pretty gnarly animal death   Full episode available at Patreon
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  Horrormance with Clay McLeod Chapman 11.08.2026 1時間 12分

  I was joined by Bram-Stoker Award winning author and returning guest, Clay McLeod Chapman to talk about his latest novel Devil Inside and Horrormance.  Movies Mentioned:  Lisa Frankenstein Warm Bodies The Mummy Heart Eyes Bones and All Your Monster Obsession Possession (1981) Books Mentioned:  Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman Jenny Will Eat You Now by Gillian Daniels Spread Me by Sarah Gailley A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wisell Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper Headlights by CJ Leede Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies by Emma Cole Join our Patreon Community Final Girl Song: You Should Not Be Doing That by Amyl and the Sniffers Chilling Obsession: 
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  Caregiver Horror with George Dunn 28.07.2026 50分

  Have we always been the caretakers? I am joined by reviewer George Dunn (@georgesreads) to talk about horror stories that are centered around the giving or receiving care either professionally or for a loved one.  Movies:  Relic The Taking of Deborah Logan Insidious  The Perfection The Haunting Would You Rather? Saint Maud The Skeleton Key I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Misery Books:  A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer Frost Bite by Angela Sylvaine The Vessel by Adam Nevill The Only One Left by Riley Sager Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum The Shining by Stephen King Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy Nestlings by Nat Cassidy The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon We Spread by Iain Reid Chilling Obsession: The Ervil LaBaron Cult Final Girl Playlist:  Join our Patreon Community!  
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  More Most-Anticipated New Releases 2026 14.07.2026 1時間 12分

  The 2026 Books in the Freezer Reading Challenge Get your tickets for Rachel Harrison's Kiss Slay Replay event at BottleRocket courtesy of White Whale Books (9/10) Patreon fun  Books Mentioned:  Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager Scary Movie Night by Miranda Smith Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die by Mallory Arnold The Flayed Man by Chloe Lautner Meat Bees by Dane Erbach The Quiet Resurrection of Sister Evelida Livingston by Nick Wallin Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon Reliquary by Hannah Whitten The Calamities by Chuck Wendig The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen Lights! Camera! Frendo! by Adam Cesare  The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims Blacktail by Scott Hawkins Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison Pictures of You by Josh Malerman This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want by Hailey Piper Mazywood by Tananarive Due Worry Box by Christopher Panatier Trad Wife by Sarah Langan Nightjars by Michael Wehunt The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Honeycutt It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller Quaint Folk by Bitter Carella Bruja's Nest by Brenda LaTorre What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlotte-Bonne Amityville Awakens by Robert Ottone This B Just Won't Die by Tanya Pell Solace House by William MacLean Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones What A Nightmare by Rebekah Faubion Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun There Used to Be People Here by Kennedy Cole  
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  Crime Horror with CJ Leede 30.06.2026 54分

  CJ Leede is in the house and we are solving crimes! Not really, but we are talking about her latest novel Headlights and blend of horror and crime, weird (and romantic!) sex scenes, the importance of pop culture in stories, the romance of Americana, her upcoming work and more! We also talk about books that balance the tightrope of crime and horror, some with possibly vampires and some with definitely vampires Movies/Shows Mentioned:  True Detective (Season 1) Seven Hannibal Longlegs Red Dragon Zodiac Books Mentioned:  Headlights by CJ Leede The Gathering by CJ Tudor The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris All These Bodies by Kendare Blank The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Hydra (Six Stories #2) by Matt Weselowski The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Mothersucker by Kim Boyhun (translated by Archana Madhavan) The Outsider by Stephen King All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4) by Tana French Chilling Obsessions: Hacks and Wuthering Heights Final Girl Song: Wolf Like Me 
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  Mad Men Readalikes with Anna Dupre 02.06.2026 1時間 48分

  I basically forced Anna from Anna Rose Reads to watch Mad Men, so we decided to record an episode to get all of our thoughts out and decide what books to recommend for each character.  Books Mentioned:  Gerald's Game by Stephen King Small Town Horror with Ronald Malfi The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Trad Wife by Saratoga Schafer The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson Duma Key by Stephen King The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White All's Well by Mona Awad Greedy by Callie Kazumi The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls by Angela Sylvaine The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Misery by Stephen King Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 11/22/63 by Stephen King Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley Chilling Obsessions:  Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (Netflix) Challengers Final Girl Playlist Support the podcast on Patreon
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  Dracula Retellings with Anette 19.05.2026 1時間 3分

  I bid you welcome, listener Anette is on the podcast today to discuss books that were inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula Movies/Shows:  Renfield The Last Voyage of the Demeter Dracula 20000 Dracula Untold Nosferatu Penny Dreadful Books:  A Route of Ice and Salt by Jose Luis Zarate Lucy Undying by Kiersten White Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste "Abraham's Boys" by Joe Hill "The 8 People Who Murdered Me" by Gwendolyn Kiste Brenda and Effie Mysteries The Fox & the Devil Chilling Obsession - Eye of the Devil Movie Final Girl Song - Which Witch by Florence and the Machine Join our Patreon community 
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  Texas Horror with Grace Reynolds 05.05.2026 1時間 14分

  Howdy y'all. We're heading down to the honkytonk with author Grace Reynolds to talk about her slasher novella Neon Moon and Texas Horror Movies:  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation X Pearl The Town That Dreaded Sundown House of 1000 Corpses 3 From Hell Books:  Neon Moon by Grace Reynolds In the Valley of the Sun by Andy Davidson Spite House by Johnny Compton Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan Rising Sun Over the Devil's Nest by Sirius Goddess of Filth by V Castro Stargazers by LP Hernandez The Haunting of Alejandra by V Castro When the Devil by Emma E Murray The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias Sh!tshow by Chris Panatier Chilling Obsession: The rise of Trad Wife Horror Check out the Final Girl Playlist Support the podcast on Patreon to access the newsletter, The Cold Front and the bonus series, The House at the End of Fear Street and get early, ad-free access to episodes.
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  Fairy Tale Horror with Gwendolyn Kiste 21.04.2026 45分

  Gwendolyn Kiste is on the pod to talk about her latest short story collection and fairy tale horror.  Movies:  The Ugly Stepsister Valerie and Her Week of Wonders The Lure The Company of Wolves La Belle et la Bete The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Books Mentioned:  The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (Goon Squad #2) The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry Wendy Darling by AC Wise Hooked by AC Wise Chlorine by Jade Song Sing Me Your Scars by Damien Angelica Walters House of Salt and Sorrow by Erin A Craig Small Favors by Erin A Craig The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel by Alyssa Palombo Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Wayward Children #1) White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo  Chilling Obsession - Eye of the Devil Movie Final Girl Song - Which Witch by Florence and the Machine Join our Patreon community   
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  PATREON PEEK: The Cheater (#18) with Brandon Baker @bakerreads 17.04.2026 4分

  Listen to the full episode here. What happens when a small decision turns into a dangerous web of lies? Wealthy girl Carter is going to find out. This was a very interesting entry into the fear street series
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  FROM THE VAULT: Hotel Horror with Jocelyn Codner 07.04.2026 1時間 20分

  “You can check out anytime you’d like, but you can never leeeeaaaave” Originally aired 5/17/22 What’s so scary about hotels? Is it the being away from home? Is it the idea that you don’t know who’s there with you? Is it the idea that someone could be watching you? Books Mentioned: The Return by Rachel Harrison Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren The Nightly Disease by Max Booth III The Summer Job by Adam Cesare The Last by Hanna Jameson The Grand Hotel by Scott Kenemore Security by Gina Wohlsdorf Deadfall Hotel by Steve Rasnic Tem Creepers by David Morrell The Resort by Bentley Little Psycho (trilogy) by Robert Bloch When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers Tender is the Flesh by Agustine Bazterrica Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Final Girl Song Jocelyn picked “666” by Anvil for her third final girl song. Really getting into those kids with bikes vibes. Check it out here! How to support Books in the Freezer We are on Patreon! Check us out! There’s a lot of fun going on in the Patreon community. At the Final Girl level you can get episodes early and find out about topics and guests beforehand. Axe-Wielding Maniacs get to be part of a Voxer group chat and join in Netflix movie nights. Malevolent Spirits get everything that’s been mentioned and bonus episodes! Do you use Amazon? Use the podcast link when you make any purchases, for an easy way to support the podcast! The links for this episode are using the podcast affiliate link. Are you a fan of audiobooks? Libro FM is a great way to listen to audiobooks and support your local bookstore! You can use code FREEZERBOOK at checkout and you can get TWO audiobooks for the price of one ($14.99)! It’s a great deal and a great way to be a part of supporting local businesses
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  PATREON PEEK: The Best Friend (#17) with Rae Wilde 03.04.2026 7分

  Full episode available here. Happy Fear Street Friday! Author Rae Wilde is here to talk to me about this very Single White Female story that somehow ends up being the DARKEST entry in this franchise. Holy gaslighting and psychological warfare
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  Time Horror with Rachel Harrison 24.03.2026 1時間 14分

  Are time loops stressful? Rachel and I discuss how anxious people consume time loop media and talk about her upcoming novel, Kiss Slay Replay. We talk about horror movies and books that play with the idea of time or time travel. So let’s dive in and make sure not to mess up this timeline. Movies Mentioned: Happy Death Day Palm Springs Donnie Darko Totally Killer Time Cut The Butterfly Effect Sliding Doors Books Mentioned: Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Kindred by Octavia Butler Slade House by David Mitchell 11/22/63 by Stephen King The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut My Death by Lisa Tuttle The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste Chilling Obsession: Four Weddings on HBO Max & This is Propaganda Check out the Final Girl Playlist Support the podcast on Patreon to access the newsletter, The Cold Front and the bonus series, The House at the End of Fear Street and get early, ad-free access to episodes.
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  Summer Scares with Jennifer McMahon and Konrad Stump 10.03.2026 52分

  It's time to talk about Summer Scares again and I'm so thrilled to be joined by author Jennifer McMahon and Konrad Stump to talk about this year's books and how to get involved.  Summer Scares Guide Books Mentioned:  A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock  Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C Van Alst Maeve Fly by CJ Leede What We Harvest by Ann Fraistat Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng Our Shadows Have Claws edited by Yamile Saied Mendez & Amparo Ortiz Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell This Appearing House by Ally Malinenko Join our Patreon community to listen to get access to ad-free and early episodes and access to the House at the End of Fear Street bonus series. 
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  PATREON PEEK: First Date (#16) with Chelley 06.03.2026 6分

  Full episode available on Patreon This is a snippet of an episode from our bonus series: The House at the End of Fear Street, all about the Fear Street franchise.  In the car, I just can't wait to pick you up on our very first date! Chelley is on the podcast and we are talking about First Date!    
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  Twin Peaks Read-Alikes with Angela Sylvaine 24.02.2026 49分

  Happy Twin Peaks Day! Angela Sylvaine and I are talking about what you should read to scratch that very specific Twin Peaks itch.  Remember Dale Cooper said, "every day, once a day, give yourself a present," so I think you should treat yourself to a book.... Books Mentioned:  Cold Snap by Angela Sylvaine  The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer by Jennifer Lynch Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost  Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll  House of Beth by Kerry Cullen Pretty Little Dead Girls by Mercedes Yardley Pines by Blake Crouch (Wayward Pines #1) Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor  American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennet Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies by E.M. Roy The Dead and the Dark by Courtney GOuld Jackal by Erin E. Adams I'm Thinking of Things by Iain Reid Rouge by Mona Awad All's Well by Mona Awad Bunny by Mona Awad Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs Uzumaki by Junji Ito My Death by Lisa Tuttle Twin Cheeks: Agent Boober Gets Me Off by Chuck Tingle Lenore: The Cute Little Dead Girl    Check out the Final Girl Playlist Support the podcast on Patreon to access the newsletter, The Cold Front and the bonus series, The House at the End of Fear Street and get early, ad-free access to episodes.