Layne’s celebrating spooky season early with feminist horror author Gwendolyn Kiste! Tune in for their chat about Gwendolyn’s feminist as hell Dracula meets Jane Eyre mashup Reluctant Immortals, why women are so good at controlling our murderous urges, and what makes horror the ideal genre for rule-breaking, rage-fueled fiction.

Reluctant Immortals is out now, as are Gwendolyn’s previous books Boneset & Feathers, The Rust Maidens, Pretty Marys All in a Row, and And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe.

Also mentioned in the episode:

• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• Shirley Jackson, author of The Haunting of Hill House
• Angela Carter, author of The Bloody Chamber
• The Babadook
• Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked by Christa Carmen
• To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger
• Yellowjackets



Find out more about Gwendolyn on her website, Instagram, or Twitter.

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