School is back in session. Professor Langan is here!

No-one gives good literary conversation like John Langan – and this week he returns to Talking Scared to discuss the watery influences, metafictional experimentation, and snake-legged women in his new collection: Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions.

It’s my favourite collection of John’s so far, and as ever, he merely used it for a jumping-off point into a cosy fireside conversation about all the books and stories that he keeps in his Alexandrian Library of a head!

It’s the most accessible college course you’ll ever take.

Enjoy!

Other books mentioned:

• The Fisherman (2017), by John Langan
• Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies (2022), by John Langan
• Survivor Song (2020), by Paul Tremblay
• Fever House (2023), by Keith Rosson
• King Sorrow (2025), by Joe Hill
• Great Expectations (1861), by Charles Dickens
• Dombey and Son (1848), by Charles Dickens
• Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Bronte
• Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature (2025), edited by Becky Spratford
• “Lamia” (1820), by John Keats
• She Said Destroy (2017), by Nadia Bulkin
• Issues With Authority (2025), by Nadia Bulkin
• A Game in Yellow (2025), by Hailey Piper

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