The Summer People by Shirley Jackson
"She was not quite sure what made her so nervous." Leave the city behind and join Aurelien at the lake house for Shirley Jackson's 1948 paranoia-inducing short story, "The Summer People". It's a sto...
17 Juli 202024min
Come Closer by Sara Gran
"The sound that wasn't footsteps came closer." Do you hear that strange tapping? Better investigate before book club this week for "Come Closer" by Sara Gran (2003). It's a strange, dark, twisty hor...
11 Juli 202039min
Let's Call It A Doomsday by Katie Henry
"I'm the picture of normalcy. June Cleaver with freeze-dried casseroles. Betty Crocker in a gas mask." Grab your emergency supplies and join Aurelien at book club for YA contemporary weird novel "Le...
3 Juli 202017min
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
"He had not known that he lived in so wild a region." This week, book club goes back to the '90s - the 1890s! With Ambrose Bierce's classic dark story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". Set during...
27 Juni 202019min
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
"Days ago, we gave a man to the sea, but here she is, dancing." Hide the knives and bring the bleach for book club! This week, Aurelien read "My Sister, the Serial Killer" by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Se...
19 Juni 202016min
The Ones Who Stay and Fight/The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"This is a city where numberless aspirations can be fulfilled." This week, Aurelien discusses Ursula K. LeGuin's 1973 short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and NK Jemisin's 2018 response,...
12 Juni 202025min
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
When the world you know is out of reach, nothing is more welcome than a measurable reminder that it still exists. Explore distant planets, and moral quandaries, this week in book club for "To Be Tau...
30 Maj 202026min
I Am Not Your Final Girl by Claire C. Holland - with Brucker!
"I am the woman who goes back into the house because I can't stand waiting on the lawn." Dana. Selena. Sara. Thomasin. Clarice. Join Aurelien and special guest, Brucker (from Film On the Rocks), to...
22 Maj 20201h 9min
