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In a special spooky episode for Halloween, Annie, Fay, Helen, Martyn, and Tai discuss horror fiction. They chat about what makes a book a ‘horror’ rather than a thriller, which stories scared them the most, and which stories from childhood still give them chills.

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Content warnings:

Sexual references

Explicit language

Discussions of: death, disease & medical malpractice, grief & loss, nightmares, claustrophobia, torture, ghosts, zombies

Mentions of: murder, vampires, dismemberment, blood, physical violence, drugs & poison, food

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Directed and hosted by Helen Gould

Featuring Helen Gould, Annie Fitch, Fay Roberts, Martyn Pratt & Tai Lawson

Edited by Marisa Ewing & Jeffrey Nils Gardner

Produced by Lowri Ann Davies

Executive Producer: Alexander J. Newall and April Sumner

Music by Samuel D.F. Jones

Art by Anika Khan

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Dr Lou

This was a wonderful ride through my childhood book reading (especially the Owl Service and the Dark is Rising). Helen has reminded me of crawling through the West Mine in Alderley Edge in Cheshire which the Earldelving in Weirdstone is based on. I am tall and it was very tight!

elizabeth p.

this was so great! I was brought back to so many memories of books I loved. Have you all thought of compiling a list of the books discussed in this episode? there were a bunch i would love to check out

Wendy Reed

This was so enjoyable, and since the Feed series by Mira Grant was mentioned, I'd like to shout out Into the Drowning Deep by the same author. It's incredibly realistic killer mermaids and it's *amazing*. (I yell about it every chance I get because I loved it so much)

Elizabeth Pemberton

Oh, dear, that tunnel escape - I read it in my 40's, and I have to avoid ever thinking about it or I get stuck on that particular terror.

Kari Keeling

Yes, this would be quite useful for a lot of Enthusigasms!

sAZAndorable

Librarian knowing laughter at Helen's confession about library usage :D This is such a lovely and cosy episode somehow (once again)!

Cassidy

Lots of very good points, and everyone's childhood stories were adorable <3

Lark

I don't even read horror, and I loved this! Clearly we need a podcast just about children's books. This children's librarian would be happy to help.

ontologicallyunjust

I remember that tunnel bit so clearly from my childhood reading, and it still gives me the horrors, but I had no memory of which book it was from -- as soon as it was mentioned I went OH YEAH, IT'S THAT ONE ISN'T IT.