Organ Trafficking Horror and More with Lee Upton

Lee Upton has a large and diverse body of work--her first novel, Tabitha, Get Up, is a current semi-finalist for the 2026 Thurber Prize in American Humor. She’s also written the novels Wrongful, The Withers (forthcoming in June 2026), and Tabitha, Stay Up (forthcoming in September 2026). Her poetry has appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry, Agni, and many other magazines. Her awards include the Pushcart Prize, the SaturnaliaBooks Prize, and the BOA Short Fiction Award.Join us as we discuss how to welcome failure, epidemic horror, mining poetry and short stories for novel ideas, and even--gasp--organ trafficking.Connect with Lee: https://www.leeupton.comConnect with Viggy: https://viggyhampton.comPurchase A Veritable Household Pet along with Viggy’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B082DC79CG/allbooks?ingress=0&lp_context_query=viggy+parr+hampton&visitId=de1e27e5-1287-480a-b6e5-8e57fcd3f214&ref_=ap_rdr&ccs_id=d71bd3f1-0606-455c-b57f-3eb3635a30d1Sound effects courtesy of Pixabay and AppleKeep up with Horror Humor Hunger:- Instagram: @horrorhumorhungerpodcast- Viggy's Instagram: @viggyparrhampton- Twitter: @HHHPodwithViggy- Sign up for Viggy's monthly newsletter at www.viggyhampton.com