Send us a textHalloween has finally arrived. I’m marking it in grim, macabre style. For this Off Book Samhain Special,... more

Send us a textThings are heating up as we approach Halloween. I’m joined by a good friend of Talking Scared... more

Send us a textAs we gear up for Halloween, we get all gussied up in Gothic. Del Sandeen joins me... more

Send us a textThings get disinhibited on Talking Scared this week, when CJ Leede joins us for a conversation about... more

Send us a textHold hands, we need to stick together. This week’s episode plunges us into the impossible and endless... more

Send us a textI started Off Book so that I could speak to some of the brightest dark stars in... more

Send us a textRelease your inner child! …I mean through reading, not by letting it burst out of your... more

Send us a textMore devilish fun on Talking Scared this week when an old friend returns to talk about god,... more

Send us a textKeith Rosson is our first guest to be personally recommended by Stephen King! And the praise... more

Send us a textLaird Barron is on the podcast. This feels like cause for celebration. Not only is Laird... more

Send us a textAre you a Weenie? Don’t be offended. I am. Weenies are the curious-but-nervous. Those of us... more

Send us a textAnna Bogutskaya is one of the UK’s most prominent film critics, with a penchant for horror. She... more

Send us a textSend in the clowns. Tell them not to forget their crossbows and chainsaws. This week our guest... more

Send us a textLiterary or genre fiction? Dumb question. This week’s guest showcases just how dumb! With her debut collection... more

Send us a textThis week’s guest on Talking Scared: Off Book scares children. I mean… that’s not his main job... more

Send us a textFinally, Gabino Iglesias is on the show. I tried, and failed, to get him for his... more

Send us a textRemember those books you read in the summer when you were young? Kids fighting evil in their... more

Send us a textWhy is Adam Nevill so scary? I don’t know. Do you? He’s a nice guy –... more

Send us a textPart One was epic. Part Two is just as good. In that way, it’s much better than... more

Send us a textWhat’s your favourite Stephen King story? Everyone has one. Hot off the back of the recent interview... more

Send us a textStephen King is back! What other intro do you need? Okay, fine. He talks to me about... more

Send us a text200 episodes! Madness. Who knew there could be so much to say about horror? I knew.... more

Send us a textMy unpaid cohost returns. Josh Malerman ladies and gentlemen. Josh has been on the show many times... more

Send us a textIn the second Off Book episode we get out of our armchairs and go on a real... more

Send us a textPaul Tremblay returns to Talking Scared on a long orbit, like that fabled Planet X that’s going... more

Send us a textElle Nash’s Deliver Me ruined my week. In the best possible way. This book, about a woman... more

Send us a textTodd Keisling can write the hell out of a short story. So well, in fact, that they... more

Send us a textSomething new for me this week. A bold venture into uncharted territory. The graphic novel!! As... more

Send us a textBelieve it or not, there is more to life than just books. Very little, granted… but there... more

Send us a textWe return to Australia for the second time in a month, to find that (once again), home... more

Send us a textA charming man approaches. With dark secrets to tell you. Yeah, that L.P. Hernandez. Author of the... more

Send us a textOpinions are like assholes, they say. Everybody has one. The subtext of that, is that you shouldn’t... more

Send us a textAh the madhouse. The loony bin. The ASYLUM!! A classic horror location. One of my favourites, but... more

Send us a textWe all love a good spooky house. And most of us enjoy a terrifying home-invasion ordeal (or... more

Send us a textI bite off a lot this week, in a five-way conversation with editors and contributors to the... more

Send us a textI’m in literary hero territory again … at least this time it’s sunny! My guest is Scarlett... more

Send us a textCarrie White turns 50 years old today! April 5th, 1974 – the day King’s debut came out,... more

Send us a textAlas, we come to the end! Stephen Graham Jones’s The Angel of Indian Lake brings the most... more

Send us a textChi-Town!! We’re heading to the midwestern metropolis this week, for a conversation with Cina Pelayo – all... more

Send us a textNever mind the floor is lava. This week the ground has teeth. Joshua Hull is our guest,... more

Send us a textTime to get liminal and haunted. Gwendolyn Kiste comes back to Talking Scared for another high-concept... more

Send us a textSometimes you meet someone who just gets you. Like Tim Lebbon. A man who writes riotously good... more

Send us a textBack from a too-short break, but ready to delve into the greatest haunted house of them all!... more

Send us a textYes I put sex in the title to make you download it. Did it work? It shouldn’t... more

Send us a textAre you hungry? If so we have a chewy, salty, deeply flavoured feast for you this... more

Send us a textThe first new book coverage of 2024 – and it starts us off on suitably horrific footing.... more

Send us a textTo kick off a new year of Talking Scared, I’ve gone and hooked us a big guest,... more

Send us a textAnother year done. We squeaked through without another plague or a nuclear apocalypse (don’t tempt fate Neil!!)... more

Send us a textDickens said that Christmas Eve was a time for ghost stories, and who am I to argue?... more

Send us a textAnd so we come to the end of another year in horror. Time to look back at... more