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EPISODE · Sep 16, 2025 · 33 MIN

Feral and Hysterical: In conversation with Mother Horror

from Feminist Book Club: The Podcast · host www.feministbookclub.com

The 'ber months are here, so that means we're reading horror. You know we read horror all year round, but we brought in the expert - Mother Horror herself! Tune in to hear Mhairie chat about horror books, women in horror, becoming an accidental author, and good old fashioned vibes reading.   Books mentioned: Feral and Hysterical Mother Horror's Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women- Sadie Hartmann  Ghost Story- Peter Straub 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered- Sadie Hartmann Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil- V. E. Schwab This House is Haunted- John Boyne The Doll Factory- Elizabeth Macneal (Audio) The Red Knot- Monique Asher (Audio) Born a Crime- Trevor Noah (Audiobook is an Audible exclusive so we won't link it, screw you Amazon!) The Bewitching- Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Audio) The Buffalo Hunter Hunter- Stephen Graham Jones (Audio) The Salvage- Anbara Salam  The Hounding- Xenobe Purvis Resources mentioned: Nightworms The StorygraphNoveList Plus (Through your library, search: novelist library) FBC's Vampires of El Norte discussion  Other authors mentioned: Anne Rice Stephen King John Sandford Patricia Cornwell Agatha ChristieGrady Hendrix Isabel Cañas Alexis Henderson   Support and follow our guest and host! Follow Mhairie: Instagram // Bluesky Mother Horror: Instagram // Nightworms     Check out our online community here!    This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.   Original music by Amarissa Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, BlueSky, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

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