The Scares That Shaped Us

Caitlin Starling returns! The author of The Starving Saints and The Graceview Patient is back to talk about her new vampire novel, Milkteeth, and we get even more vampiric with a discussion of Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive!- Pre-order Milkteeth now! - Subscribe to Pop Heist for more of Matthew's writing!- Follow the show on BlueSky and Facebook!- Want to ask Matthew a question? Offer a recommendation? Something else? Email us: [email protected]

Madeline Blondeau joins the show this week! We talk about her excellent debut novel Penitents from Ghoulish Books, taking inspiration from New French Extremity films, writing multiple perspectives without breaking chapters, and much more. And of course, we dig into 1970s rape revenge classic I Spit On Your Grave! - Penitents is available now! - Subscribe to Pop Heist for more of Matthew's writing!- Follow the show on BlueSky and Facebook!- Want to ask Matthew a question? Offer a recommendation? Something else? Email us: [email protected]

Ito Romo, the writer behind the epic vampire novella Filth Eaters, joins the show this week! We talk about the ten-year process of writing the book, research, creating a fully realized world with a short page count, and more, all wrapped up in a discussion of Carlos Fuentes' haunting book Aura!- Filth Eaters is available now!- Subscribe to Pop Heist for more of Matthew's writing!- Follow the show on BlueSky and Facebook!- Want to ask Matthew a question? Offer a recommendation? Something else? Email us: [email protected]

Chloe Lauter, author of the fierce debut The Flayed Man, joins the show this week! We talk about the genesis of the book, her take on vampires, and much more, all while we discuss the Twilight Zone classic "Time Enough At Last!"- The Flayed Man is available now!- Check out Chloe's website!- Subscribe to Pop Heist for more of Matthew's writing!- Follow the show on BlueSky and Facebook!- Want to ask Matthew a question? Offer a recommendation? Something else? Email us: [email protected]

It's a Scares That Shaped Us first: A guest discussing the work of another guest! This week, Hailey Piper returns to the show to talk about her new novel, This Movie Doesn't End The Way We Want. We discuss cursed movies, cosmic horror, and we dive into a deep breakdown of Stephen Graham Jones' amazing story "Broken Record!"- Read "Broken Record" for free at Lightspeed Magazine!- Check out Hailey's website!- Subscribe to Pop Heist for more of Matthew's writing!- Follow the show on BlueSky and Facebook!- Want to ask Matthew a question? Offer a recommendation? Something else? Email us: [email protected]