Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction
Welcome to Dusk to Dawn, Reading Horror and Weird Fiction! We post every two weeks discussing novels and short stories from old to new, the literary and the pulp. We look at tropes, themes, and plot points of our current read, and mention what we’ve been reading in between episodes. If it scares us or makes us squirm, we’re on it.
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Episodes
37 episodes
Little Heaven
Discussing Little Heaven by Nick CutterThree Mercenaries walk into the desert and find God in Little Heaven, a religious settlement in the New Mexico backwoods near a towering black rock which is a huge red ...
The Starving Saints
Discussing The Starving Saints by Caitlin StarlingThe castle of Aymar is under siege and with only 15 days of provisions left, the inhabitants will soon starve. It appears that all is lost until the four sai...
Piñata
Discussing Piñata by Leopoldo GoutA little girl takes a piñata from the ancient ruins of a church in Mexico. It is a very bad idea and when she takes it back home to new York with her family, things begin to...
American Psycho
Discussing American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisPatrick Bateman is the ideal man. He’s rich, he’s attractive, and he can afford to eat at luxury restaurants for every single meal. He ha...
Psycho
Discussing Psycho by Robert BlochMary Crane is on the run after stealing $40,000 in cash from her employer. Driving late into the night in the pouring rain, she decides to stop for the night at the Bates Mot...
Victorian Psycho
Discussing Victorian Psycho by Virginia FeitoWinifred Notty becomes the new governess for the Pounds family at the prestigious Ensor House in Victorian England. She is crazy and things go poorly for the fami...
The Watchers
Discussing The Watchers by A.M. ShineA group of strangers get stranded in a heavily wooded area in the west of Ireland. Things in the night watch them through the glass. Next Up:Vi...
You Weren't Meant to Be Human
Discussing You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph WhiteFestering masses of worms and flies have taken root in dark corners across Appalachia. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, th...
The Ballad of Black Tom
Discussing The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleNew York bluesman Charles Thomas Tester gets caught up in the arcane while hustling wealthy white people to help support his father. But when he delivers ...
A Natural History of Hell
Discussing A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey FordExorcism is in vogue. A witch with a 300-pound smoking pig sells an ointment that makes people feel just right. A man rides in a rocket ship and lives to ...
The Devil By Name (Month of Rosson Pt. 2)
Discussing The Devil By Name by Keith RossonIt's 5 years later. Things have gotten much worse.Next Up:A Natural History of Hell – Jeffrey FordThe Ballad of Black Tom
Fever House (Month of Rosson Pt. 1)
Discussing Fever House by Keith RossonA dismembered hand makes people go super crazy and it’s really bad if someone dies around it.Next Up:The Devil By Name – Keith Rosson
Krampus: The Yule Lord
Discussing Krampus: The Yule Lord by Gerald BromMean old Krampus escapes centuries of imprisonment and returns to bring Yuletide cheer and birch tree whacks to the children of the modern world. Also he hate...
Candy Cain Kills
Discussing Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuleyBad parents treat their daughters poorly resulting in the creation of a Christmas killer in this cozy cabin slasher.Next Up:Krampus: The Yu...
North American Lake Monsters
Discussing North American Lake Monsters by Nathan BallingrudThis debut short story collection features nine tales of down and out ex-cons, single parents, unemployed laborers, and other desperate characters...
Frankenstein
Discussing Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyAn asshole scientist channels his energy into bringing the dead back to life which he abhors the moment the experiment succeeds. People suffer and die and Victor feels...
Bonus Episode: Yeehaw Junction
Discussing Yeehaw Junction by Kayli ScholzWhen a family of thieves and runaways joins the search for a missing girl in rural Florida, they’re drawn into a chemical conspiracy that extends far beyond their w...
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre
Discussing The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip FracassiOld people are dropping like flies at the Autumn Springs Retirement Home and nobody seems to care until one Rose DuBois smells foul p...
Maeve Fly
Discussing Maeve Fly by CJ LeedeBy day, Maeve Fly works at the happiest place on earth as every child’s favorite ice princess. By night, she haunts dive bars in the Sunset Strip with a drink in one hand and...
Lucky Day
Discussing Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle8 million people were killed in the now infamous Low Probability Event. Fish fell from the sky, manholes exploded, animals ran amok, and everything else impossible and im...
Author Interview: Jessica Lacy (Tastes like Candy)
Meet Jessica Lacy, the author of Tastes Like Candy! Join us in this bonus interview where we discuss all things horror, the author's writing journey, and more.Find Us:
Tastes Like Candy
Discussing Tastes Like Candy by Jessica LacyThe incoming seniors at Pritchett High go on a scavenger hunt at the Poison Apple Halloween Carnival. Things go poorly for the girls in this gory, bubblegum slash...
The Reformatory
Discussing The Reformatory by Tananarive Due12-year-old Robert Stephens Jr. gets sentenced to six months' time at the Gracetown School for Boys, a haunted reform school in the Jim Crow South run by a sadist...