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154 - Hal Schrieve

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This week we’re talking with Young Adult author and children’s librarian Hal to talk about hir new book, vampires, monstrosity, the Old Internet, and the publishing landscape. Pre-order Fawn’s Blood here: https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4753-fawn-s-blood halschrieve.com Media mentioned https://www.tumblr.com/librarycards https://www.tumblr.com/gatheringbones Books/Literature Small changes over long periods of time https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/small-changes-long-periods-time/ Failure to Comply https://www.featherproof.com/catalog/failure-to-comply-sarah-cavar Dead Collections https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678855/dead-collections-by-isaac-fellman/ Carmilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla Thirst https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712422/thirst-by-marina-yuszczuk-translated-by-heather-cleary/ Peeps, Scott Westerfeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps_(novel) Little F (formerly Little Faggot) https://www.feministpress.org/books-overflow/litte-f Mortal Companion, Patrick Califia https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/620928.Mortal_Companion The Fist of the Spider Woman https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/F/Fist-of-the-Spider-Woman Mermaid in Chelsea Creek https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mermaid-in-chelsea-creek Cold, Mariko Tamaki https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250831569/cold/ Read at Your Own Risk https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250323354/readatyourownrisk/ It Better Be Worth the Trip – First gay YA novel (1969) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ll_Get_There._It_Better_Be_Worth_the_Trip The Outsiders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(novel) Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(Anderson_novel) Looking for Alaska, John Green https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_for_Alaska Books by Raina Telgemeier Books by Svetlana Chmakova Books by Tiffany Jackson Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales https://www.nathanhaleauthor.com/ We Are Palestinian https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Are-Palestinian/Reem-Kassis/9781623717254 These Olive Trees https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/703283/these-olive-trees-by-aya-ghanameh/ Hilwa’s Gifts https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/774226/hilwas-gifts-by-safa-suleiman-illustrated-by-anait-semirdzhyan/ Movies Hackers (1995) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/ Dracula’s Daughter (1936) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027545/ Nosferatu (2024) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5040012/ Daughters of Darkness (1971) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067690 From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116367/ Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874 Blade (1998) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120611/ I Am Legend Disney Channel’s Zombies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_(2018_film) Transcript: https://pastecode.io/s/wruy3we6 Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/zzEpV9QEAG

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