The Stephen King Boo! Club

This week we're doing a reading of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 Satanic classic, Young Goodman Brown! Y.G.B. is as American a short story as they come - which means there is some racism, sexism, and gen...

9 Sep 202038min

It has been a hot minute since we got to read a short story collection! This episode we are discussing the first block of stories in Everything's Eventual, written by Stephen King throughout the 1990s...

2 Sep 202054min

If we're talking horror police procedural a la Black House, we've GOT to talk about the original cannibal psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter! We'll be tackling both the iconic movie, The Silence of the Lam...

26 Aug 202027min

Turn in your badge and your gun, because this week we're looking at the SUPREMELY weird dark fantasy police procedural, Black House! Co-written by Stephen King and Peter Straub and published in 2001, ...

19 Aug 20201h 8min

Join us for a true Science Fiction double feature this week as we look at the horror masterpiece, Ridley Scott's Alien (1979)! Also, Lawrence Kasdan's Dreamcatcher or whatever (2003). Rest in peace to...

12 Aug 202027min

We hope you like aliens, conspiracies, and incomprehensible writing, because this week we're tackling Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, published in 2001! Stephen gets into war. Phoenix talks representatio...

5 Aug 202053min

Welcome back to our On Writing extravaganza! Today we're chatting with Jennifer Anne Gordon, author of the Gothic Horror novel, "Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent"! Join us for Maine talk, King trope...

29 Jul 202054min

Not to be dramatic, but this is easily our most ambitious episode yet! It's time for our On Writing extravaganza, featuring a full biography, a sea shanty, and short story workshop (and some very cool...

22 Jul 20201h 17min