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EPISODE · Oct 30, 2024 · 25 MIN

Erica McKeen: Using horror and surrealism to explore grief, care and love in new novel Cicada Summer

from Bookends with Mattea Roach

When a trio of characters living in a lakeside cabin in the summer of 2020 begin reading a book of horror stories, the details start to bleed into real life. This is the premise of Erica McKeen's latest novel. Erica talks to Mattea Roach about why she uses horror to explore the mundane and complex aspects of everyday life.

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