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
29 episodes
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:06:47
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:04:24
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
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:09:46
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
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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51:35
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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45:08
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:08:07
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:20:18
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:25:59
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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45:02
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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59:24
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:13:09
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:12:36
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:
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:02:32
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:09:02
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:10:25
Summerween Update!
Discussing G-Fest, Chicago Bookstores, Summer ReadingSummerween... Midsommar update... call it what you want, we miss you! Next Up:Season 2 begins September 2! Stay tuned to
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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47:37
Tender Is the Flesh
Discussing Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina BazterricaThe meat processing industry... with humans!Next Up:Summer break! See you again in September (and maybe once or twice over the summer)...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:21:21
The Road Through the Wall
Discussing The Road Through the Wall by Shirley JacksonNobody likes anyone else on Pepper Street. Poor Caroline.Next Up:Tender Is the Flesh – Agustina BazterricaBooks Men...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:23:31
The Only Good Indians
Discussing The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesA group of friends from the Blackfeet Nation – Ricky, Lewis, Cass, and Gabe – trespasses into the elder section of the reservation hunting grounds to p...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:16:47
A Short Stay in Hell
Discussing A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. PeckA Mormon man goes to library hell.Next Up (in order):The Only Good Indians – Stephen Graham JonesThe Road Through th...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:19:19
Carmilla
Discussing Carmilla by Sheridan Le FanuA lonely 19 year old girl makes friends with a vampire at her castle in the woods of Austria. Things get steamy between them in a delicious serving of gothic tropes.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:33:17
Where I End
Discussing Where I End by Sophie WhiteA young woman goes loopy caring for her invalid mother on a craggy island off the west coast of Ireland.Next Up:Carmilla - Sheridan Le Fanu
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:03:03
The Fisherman
Discussing The Fisherman by John LanganTwo widowers strike up a friendship fishing. Things get fishy.Next Up:Where I End - Sophie WhiteBooks Mentioned in this Episod...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:22:06