Talking Scared Podcast
@talkscaredpod.bsky.social
A podcast of conversations with the biggest names in horror writing. Find out where your favourite scary stories came from.
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You can reach me at talkingscaredpod@gmail.com
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You can reach me at talkingscaredpod@gmail.com
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Lots of people asking for the schedule for the DARK TOWER Deep Dive series.
Here's what i've got planned for 2025 (approx dates)
March 25th – Drawing of the Three
June 6th – The Waste Lands
August 12th – The Stand
October 14th - 'Salem's Lot
Christmas – Wizard & Glass
Read accordingly 'slingers
Here's what i've got planned for 2025 (approx dates)
March 25th – Drawing of the Three
June 6th – The Waste Lands
August 12th – The Stand
October 14th - 'Salem's Lot
Christmas – Wizard & Glass
Read accordingly 'slingers
For a small book set in the north of England, GOOD BOY has made a good few lists this year.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
New at @bloody-disgusting.com, my list of the best horror books of 2025, featuring @sgj.bsky.social, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @scumbelievable.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @ericlarocca.bsky.social , @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, and MORE!
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The Best Horror Books of 2025!
*Keep up with our ongoing end of the year coverage here* This was a great year for horror in all forms, but if you like your horror on the page, it was an especially exhilarating 2025. Many of the bes...
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December 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
For a small book set in the north of England, GOOD BOY has made a good few lists this year.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
This one makes me happier than most, cos @awalrusdarkly.bsky.social knows his horror onions.
We made it to Hambry, and here our hearts lie broken.
The Dark Tower Deep Dive reaches WIZARD & GLASS. And though we hear a whole different side to @chrispanatier - be warned, middle-aged nostalgia for adolescent love inevitably comes with dick jokes.
Enjoy with our thanks. Merry Christmas all.
The Dark Tower Deep Dive reaches WIZARD & GLASS. And though we hear a whole different side to @chrispanatier - be warned, middle-aged nostalgia for adolescent love inevitably comes with dick jokes.
Enjoy with our thanks. Merry Christmas all.
December 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We made it to Hambry, and here our hearts lie broken.
The Dark Tower Deep Dive reaches WIZARD & GLASS. And though we hear a whole different side to @chrispanatier - be warned, middle-aged nostalgia for adolescent love inevitably comes with dick jokes.
Enjoy with our thanks. Merry Christmas all.
The Dark Tower Deep Dive reaches WIZARD & GLASS. And though we hear a whole different side to @chrispanatier - be warned, middle-aged nostalgia for adolescent love inevitably comes with dick jokes.
Enjoy with our thanks. Merry Christmas all.
We had a ridiculously good time recording the Wizard & Glass Deep Dive.
Last time I was this excited to release an episode, it was King himself.
Last time I was this excited to release an episode, it was King himself.
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We had a ridiculously good time recording the Wizard & Glass Deep Dive.
Last time I was this excited to release an episode, it was King himself.
Last time I was this excited to release an episode, it was King himself.
I have 200 pages of Wizard & Glass to finish for tomorrow’s deep dive.
To paraphrase the Beastie Boys…
NO SLEEP TILL EYEBOLT CANYON
To paraphrase the Beastie Boys…
NO SLEEP TILL EYEBOLT CANYON
December 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I have 200 pages of Wizard & Glass to finish for tomorrow’s deep dive.
To paraphrase the Beastie Boys…
NO SLEEP TILL EYEBOLT CANYON
To paraphrase the Beastie Boys…
NO SLEEP TILL EYEBOLT CANYON
Following my episode with Andy and Barbara Muschietti, Patrons can now listen to my in-depth review of WELCOME TO DERRY.
Subscribe - enjoy - support the show
(and float!)
Subscribe - enjoy - support the show
(and float!)
WTF Did I Just Watch – Welcome to Derry | Talking Scared
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December 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Following my episode with Andy and Barbara Muschietti, Patrons can now listen to my in-depth review of WELCOME TO DERRY.
Subscribe - enjoy - support the show
(and float!)
Subscribe - enjoy - support the show
(and float!)
The epic beauty of Wizard & Glass. It makes me tingle.
December 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The epic beauty of Wizard & Glass. It makes me tingle.
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@talkscaredpod.bsky.social’s 2025 wrap-up chat with @emilyhughes.bsky.social , @annarosereads.bsky.social & @georgesreads.bsky.social provides good insight into the year's best & most provocative horror books AND films! It’s great fun!Subscribe to the Talking Scared Patreon for ad-free eps.
It’s that time of year again!
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@talkscaredpod.bsky.social’s 2025 wrap-up chat with @emilyhughes.bsky.social , @annarosereads.bsky.social & @georgesreads.bsky.social provides good insight into the year's best & most provocative horror books AND films! It’s great fun!Subscribe to the Talking Scared Patreon for ad-free eps.
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So glad I read GOOD BOY by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social before the end of the year. What a beautiful, haunted little tale. Great, great read.
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Brandon Doughty's review of Good Boy
5/5: There is such love in the sparse words that Neil uses throughout this short, but wonderfully haunted and beautiful novella. Strunk and White would adore Neil. I read Good Boy with jealously at hi...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So glad I read GOOD BOY by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social before the end of the year. What a beautiful, haunted little tale. Great, great read.
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www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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As a years long fan of the pod I absolutely levitated when I heard my debut THE RED SACRAMENT shouted out by @emilyhughes.bsky.social on @talkscaredpod.bsky.social. Being very mentally normal about it, I promise
It’s that time of year again!
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
December 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
As a years long fan of the pod I absolutely levitated when I heard my debut THE RED SACRAMENT shouted out by @emilyhughes.bsky.social on @talkscaredpod.bsky.social. Being very mentally normal about it, I promise
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I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025!
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm back at The Lineup with my biggest list yet: the Best Horror Books of 2025!
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
So many fantastic horror books this year! 🖤☠️😱
the-line-up.com/best-horror-...
It’s that time of year again!
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s that time of year again!
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
For this year's State of the Horror Nation, I’m joined by @emilyhughes.bsky.social, @annarosereads.bsky.social and @georgesreads.bsky.social for a deep appraisal of 2025 in horror writing (and some film)
SO MANY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!
All podcast places - enjoy.
Guardiana of the Galaxy 3.
I will never forgive James Gunn. Ever.
I will never forgive James Gunn. Ever.
Never mind movies you’ve watched multiple times, name a movie you’ve watched once and would never watch again.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Guardiana of the Galaxy 3.
I will never forgive James Gunn. Ever.
I will never forgive James Gunn. Ever.
This is so cool.
Sadly I can't see it myself cos my wifi hub thinks The Lineup is an adult site and blocks it.
Imagine the phone call to the provider:
Me – "no really... turn the block off... it's cos my book made this list..."
Provider – "Yes. Of course it is sir..."
Sadly I can't see it myself cos my wifi hub thinks The Lineup is an adult site and blocks it.
Imagine the phone call to the provider:
Me – "no really... turn the block off... it's cos my book made this list..."
Provider – "Yes. Of course it is sir..."
Tickled to see Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social included in The Lineup's list of Best Horror Books of 2025! 🎉 🐕
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is so cool.
Sadly I can't see it myself cos my wifi hub thinks The Lineup is an adult site and blocks it.
Imagine the phone call to the provider:
Me – "no really... turn the block off... it's cos my book made this list..."
Provider – "Yes. Of course it is sir..."
Sadly I can't see it myself cos my wifi hub thinks The Lineup is an adult site and blocks it.
Imagine the phone call to the provider:
Me – "no really... turn the block off... it's cos my book made this list..."
Provider – "Yes. Of course it is sir..."
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Tickled to see Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social included in The Lineup's list of Best Horror Books of 2025! 🎉 🐕
December 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Tickled to see Good Boy by @talkscaredpod.bsky.social included in The Lineup's list of Best Horror Books of 2025! 🎉 🐕
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I've followed Neil's podcast for years and really like him as a person, so I was nervous to read Good Boy, worried I wouldn't enjoy it. But boy was I wrong! I was sobbing by the end. I am proud of you @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, what an incredible debut.
#booksky 💙📚📖
#booksky 💙📚📖
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I've followed Neil's podcast for years and really like him as a person, so I was nervous to read Good Boy, worried I wouldn't enjoy it. But boy was I wrong! I was sobbing by the end. I am proud of you @talkscaredpod.bsky.social, what an incredible debut.
#booksky 💙📚📖
#booksky 💙📚📖
We are so back this week!
Talking Scared returns on Tuesday with the STATE OF THE HORROR NATION review.
The panel is @emilyhughes.bsky.social, george_reads and @annarosereads.bsky.social - covering all their highlights of 2025 horror.
At nearly 3 hours, it should get you closer to Christmas.
Talking Scared returns on Tuesday with the STATE OF THE HORROR NATION review.
The panel is @emilyhughes.bsky.social, george_reads and @annarosereads.bsky.social - covering all their highlights of 2025 horror.
At nearly 3 hours, it should get you closer to Christmas.
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We are so back this week!
Talking Scared returns on Tuesday with the STATE OF THE HORROR NATION review.
The panel is @emilyhughes.bsky.social, george_reads and @annarosereads.bsky.social - covering all their highlights of 2025 horror.
At nearly 3 hours, it should get you closer to Christmas.
Talking Scared returns on Tuesday with the STATE OF THE HORROR NATION review.
The panel is @emilyhughes.bsky.social, george_reads and @annarosereads.bsky.social - covering all their highlights of 2025 horror.
At nearly 3 hours, it should get you closer to Christmas.
You'd think Pantone would be better than this at reading a room...
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
You'd think Pantone would be better than this at reading a room...
My writing companion is on time and ready to work.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My writing companion is on time and ready to work.
Yes, I just interviewed Andy & Barbara Muschietti all about WELCOME TO DERRY.
It will air after the season finale in December.
I’ve seen the whole season now and trust me… it doesn’t let us down!
It will air after the season finale in December.
I’ve seen the whole season now and trust me… it doesn’t let us down!
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November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yes, I just interviewed Andy & Barbara Muschietti all about WELCOME TO DERRY.
It will air after the season finale in December.
I’ve seen the whole season now and trust me… it doesn’t let us down!
It will air after the season finale in December.
I’ve seen the whole season now and trust me… it doesn’t let us down!
To the vaults with @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social - who gave me his time and expertise in Weird fiction back in 2021.
We talked about his work as a whole, but specifically his eco-crisis pre-apocalyptic novel HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER.
And we caught real murder live on audio!!
All podcast platforms.
We talked about his work as a whole, but specifically his eco-crisis pre-apocalyptic novel HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER.
And we caught real murder live on audio!!
All podcast platforms.
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
To the vaults with @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social - who gave me his time and expertise in Weird fiction back in 2021.
We talked about his work as a whole, but specifically his eco-crisis pre-apocalyptic novel HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER.
And we caught real murder live on audio!!
All podcast platforms.
We talked about his work as a whole, but specifically his eco-crisis pre-apocalyptic novel HUMMINGBIRD SALAMANDER.
And we caught real murder live on audio!!
All podcast platforms.
The latest Hushed Tones is out for Patreon listeners.
My honest review of the books I read in September - includes my long, impassioned intro the work of Joe Abercrombie, and my thoughts on a novel that has polarised my discord community.
Subscribe – enjoy – support
My honest review of the books I read in September - includes my long, impassioned intro the work of Joe Abercrombie, and my thoughts on a novel that has polarised my discord community.
Subscribe – enjoy – support
Hushed Tones 23 – September | Talking Scared
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November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The latest Hushed Tones is out for Patreon listeners.
My honest review of the books I read in September - includes my long, impassioned intro the work of Joe Abercrombie, and my thoughts on a novel that has polarised my discord community.
Subscribe – enjoy – support
My honest review of the books I read in September - includes my long, impassioned intro the work of Joe Abercrombie, and my thoughts on a novel that has polarised my discord community.
Subscribe – enjoy – support
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Awesome bookmail @talkscaredpod.bsky.social Can't wait to read.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Awesome bookmail @talkscaredpod.bsky.social Can't wait to read.
It's horrible and wet outside, so i'm staying in with old friends.
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's horrible and wet outside, so i'm staying in with old friends.
Top 5 Film Genres:
Finish The Puzzle And Die!
Never Mind "What Is It?" Just Eat It
Henge-porn
These Ghosts Are NOT A Trauma-Metaphor
If You Go To That Cabin The Trees Will Try To Fuck You!
Finish The Puzzle And Die!
Never Mind "What Is It?" Just Eat It
Henge-porn
These Ghosts Are NOT A Trauma-Metaphor
If You Go To That Cabin The Trees Will Try To Fuck You!
Top 5 Film Genres
Fuckup Arrogant Male Saved By Smarter Woman, Again
This Guy Isn't The Hero, It's That Guy Over There!
It's All Meat Really, Why Aren't You Horny?
Really Good At Our Jobs, Then Shit Goes Wrong
Why Oh Why Did You Bring A Catholic Priest To Exorcise A Pre-Christian Entity?
Fuckup Arrogant Male Saved By Smarter Woman, Again
This Guy Isn't The Hero, It's That Guy Over There!
It's All Meat Really, Why Aren't You Horny?
Really Good At Our Jobs, Then Shit Goes Wrong
Why Oh Why Did You Bring A Catholic Priest To Exorcise A Pre-Christian Entity?
Top 5 Film Genres:
Fuckups Buckle Down In The Third Act To Save “The Community Center”
DOOMED HEROES
Spoopy Castle Dweller
Joseph Campbell Jamboree
Wizard Shit
Fuckups Buckle Down In The Third Act To Save “The Community Center”
DOOMED HEROES
Spoopy Castle Dweller
Joseph Campbell Jamboree
Wizard Shit
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Top 5 Film Genres:
Finish The Puzzle And Die!
Never Mind "What Is It?" Just Eat It
Henge-porn
These Ghosts Are NOT A Trauma-Metaphor
If You Go To That Cabin The Trees Will Try To Fuck You!
Finish The Puzzle And Die!
Never Mind "What Is It?" Just Eat It
Henge-porn
These Ghosts Are NOT A Trauma-Metaphor
If You Go To That Cabin The Trees Will Try To Fuck You!