Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

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)
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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
 

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 

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
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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
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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
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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
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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

“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!
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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

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
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