Bad Books for Bad People
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Bad Books for Bad People
Every month (or so), Tenebrous Kate and Jack Guignol cover the weirdest, kinkiest, and most outrageous fiction we can unearth. The books discussed range from classics of gothic literature to startling works of new weird, from romantic potboilers to horror epics, from cult favorites to obscure pulp t...
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Episode 87: Three Hearts and Three Lions - Scary Rubbery Trolls
Poul Anderson’s 1961 novel Three Hearts and Three Lions is one of the cornerstone influences on Dungeons and Dragons: a medieval-inflected romp throug...
Episode 86: The Unworthy - Is it Nunsploitation?
Agustina Bazterrica’s 2023 novel The Unworthy explores the relationship of its unnamed narrator with the repressive post-apocalyptic cult in which she...
Episode 85: Smoke City - Everybody’s Got Their Own Apocalypse
Keith Rosson’s 2019 novel Smoke City is a supernatural character study that somehow makes the road trip adventure shared by a loose-cannon pop artist,...
Episode 84: The Cherry Pit and The Bargain
It’s time for Jack and Kate to explore their vintage paperback piles and trade tales from the yellowed pages of the past. Jack wades through the swelt...
Episode 83: Rogue Moon - Sweaty Sci-Fi
Algis Budrys’s 1960 novel Rogue Moon is a masterpiece of Sweaty Sci-Fi, a freshly-patented subgenre that will be revealed during the course of this ep...
Episode 82: Best of 2024
It's March, which can only mean one thing! We're really late with this episode.
Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year...
Episode 81: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? - Wait'll We Tell You
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? is a 2021 graphic novel that pairs historical true crime author Harold Schechter and Eric Powell, writer and illust...
Episode 80: Hoodtown - Heels, Homicide, and Horny Times
Christa Faust’s 2004 novel Hoodtown takes the reader to an alternate universe Los Angeles, where crime drama is brewing in an underground culture popu...
Episode 79: The Shadow on the Glass - Lovecraftiana Meets Victoriana (and Gets Cheeky)
Outside of your hosts’ beloved Warhammer 40k novels, can tie-in game fiction be good? Jack and Kate aim to find out by discussing The Shadow on the Gl...
Episode 78: Sudden Death - The Most Dangerous Game Is Tennis
Sex. Sacrilege. Murder. Tennis. This podcast is all about three out of those four things. Sudden Death, a 1978 novel by Peter Brennan (creator of TV s...
Episode 77: The Old House of Fear - Gothic Thrills for the Conservative Mind
Russell Kirk is best known for his influential work of post-war political philosophy, The Conservative Mind. But his best-selling work–by far–was a 19...
Episode 76: Joyland - Murder, Manhood and MILFery
Stephen King’s 2013 novel Joyland is the author’s second effort for publisher Hard Case Crime. Jack and Kate are ready to track the clues in this stor...
Episode 75: Live Girls - Vampire Hookers vs. Ping Pong balls
Ray Garton’s 1986 horror novel Live Girls may have the perfect bad book pitch: vampire hookers in seedy vintage Times Square. Jack and Kate travel bac...
Episode 74: Nightmare House and Airport 77
Once again, Jack and Kate trade reviews of books from their archives. This time around, Jack explores the terrifying mystery and romance of Rae Foley’...
Episode 73: Best of 2023
Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2023 and make some recommendations in the world of books and beyond. The rule...
Episode 72: Spawn - Welcome to 90s Hell
Todd McFarlane’s Spawn is one of the great comics success stories of the 1990s, and yet… our hosts remain in semi-complete ignorance of this undead su...
Episode 71: Vampira and Elvira - The Real Women Behind the Halloween Queens
In a special, super-extended, spooky season episode, your hosts read a double feature of horror hostess biographies! Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and P...
Episode 70: Priests of the Abomination and Still Dead, Book of the Dead 2
In this episode, your hosts dig deep into their collection of vintage paperbacks and share their thoughts on dusty, lurid tales from decades past. Kat...
Episode 69: The Dead Run - an Exploitation Movie in Book Form
Adam Mansbach brings on the two-fisted action in his 2013 novel The Dead Run, with the results capturing the exhilarating vibe of a vintage exploitati...
Episode 68: Edogawa Ranpo - The Grandaddy of Ero Guro
Edogawa Ranpo pioneered the Japanese-language mystery story, taking inspiration from his pseudo-namesake Edgar Allan Poe and ultimately developing his...
Episode 67: The Open Curtain - Mormonsploitation?
Brian Evenson’s 2006 novel The Open Curtain tracks the budding relationship between two Mormon teens… through the lens of mental illness, alienation,...
Episode 66: Live and Let Die - James Bond Hurts His Pinky
Ian Fleming’s 1954 novel Live and Let Die places household-name super-spy James Bond on the trail of Harlem kingpin (and likely Soviet spy) Mr. Big. J...
Episode 65: The Raven's Table - Vikings + Smut + Gore
In this month’s episode, Jack and Kate set their literary dragon boat to sea with The Raven’s Table, author Christine Morgan’s 2017 collection of Viki...
Episode 64: American Gothic - Robert Bloch Takes On HH Holmes
Robert Bloch is one of the best-known names in American horror fiction: a protege of HP Lovecraft and the author Psycho, which would be famously adapt...
Episode 63: Pharos the Egyptian - Mummies, Himbos, and Gratuitous Violins
Guy Boothby’s 1899 novel Pharos the Egyptian is a gothic horror tale that finds a hapless British artist crossing paths with a sinister elderly man wh...
Episode 62: Best of 2022
Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2022 and make some recommendations in the world of books and beyond. The rule...
Episode 61: Three Act Tragedy - Murder, Cozy Grandma Style
Agatha Christie’s clever and charming mystery novels have been loved by generations of readers, spawning PBS Mystery icons like Hercule Poirot and Mis...
Episode 60: Ghost Story - Nothing to Sneeze At
Peter Straub’s 1979 novel Ghost Story is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of American horror writing, boasting Stephen King as one of the...
Episode 59: Between Two Fires - Medieval Times Were Bad, Actually
It’s no secret that 14th Century Europe was not a very fun place to be. Christopher Buehlman’s 2012 novel Between Two Fires leans all the way into the...
Episode 58: Wolfen - Werewolf? They're wolf!
Whitley Strieber may be best known for documenting his harrowing encounters with extraterrestrials, but before Communion, he wrote modern takes on cla...
Episode 57: Flash for Freedom! - A lovable rogue?
George McDonald Fraser’s long-running Flashman series follows the adventures of Sir Harry Paget Flashman, a self-confessed scoundrel, as he navigates...
Valley of Plenty 7: The Lady in the Lake
Welcome to the Valley of Plenty! In these green and gentle pastures, Jack explains the plots of stories from the Witcher series to Kate, who feels lik...
Episode 56: Manhunt - Having a Ball(s) After the Apocalypse
Gretchen Felker-Martin’s debut novel Manhunt drops the reader into a post-apocalyptic future where a hideous disease has turned men into cannibal rapi...
Episode 55: The Keep - Creep versus Creeps in WWII
F. Paul Wilson’s 1981 novel The Keep has one of the great pulp story setups: Nazis versus vampires … but it turns into something a little different....
Episode 54: On Stranger Tides - Let's Get Piratical
Tim Powers’ 1987 novel On Stranger Tides weaves a swashbuckling adventure combining buccaneers, voodoo, and romance set in the golden age of piracy. B...
Valley of Plenty 6: The Tower of the Swallow
Welcome to the Valley of Plenty! In these green and gentle pastures, Jack explains the plots of stories from the Witcher series to Kate, who feels lik...
Episode 53: The India Fan - Victorian Romance with all the Fixins
Jack and Kate venture into the world of romance novels with Victoria Holt's 1988 novel The India Fan. When the daughter of a reverend in the English c...
Valley of Plenty 5: The One with Vampires
Welcome to the Valley of Plenty! In these green and gentle pastures, Jack explains the plots of stories from the Witcher series to Kate, who feels lik...
Episode 52: Best of 2021
Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2021 and make some recommendations in the world of books and beyond. The rule...
Valley of Plenty 4: Legal Advice for Witchers
Welcome to the Valley of Plenty! In these green and gentle pastures, Jack explains the plots of stories from the Witcher series to Kate, who feels lik...