S4 Ep. 2: We're in a Scary Movie, and It's Called 2020: emily m. danforth and Laura van den Berg Discuss Literary Horror and Our Upcoming Election - a podcast by fiction/non/fiction

In this week’s episode of Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan talk to novelist emily m. danforth and short story writer Laura van den Berg. danforth discusses her newly released sapphic-gothic horror comedy Plain Bad Heroines and how she reclaims negative and othering portrayals of lesbian vampires and queer monsters in the novel. Then, van den Berg shares her acclaimed new story collection I Hold a Wolf by the Ears and talks about how the pandemic and the Trump presidency has inspired her fiction. To hear the full episode, subscribe to the Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. And check out video excerpts from our interviews at LitHub’s Virtual Book Channel and Fiction/Non/Fiction’s YouTube Channel.
This episode was produced by Andrea Tudhope, Emily Standlee and Mary Henn. Selected readings:
emily m. danforthPlain Bad Heroines

The Miseducation Of Cameron Post 
Laura van den BergI Hold a Wolf by the Ears

The Isle of YouthWhat the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us

Find MeThe Third Hotel


Others:The Story of Mary MacLane by Mary MacLane

Rebecca by Dame Daphne du MaurierSurvivor Song by Paul Tremblay

Stephen KingThe Elementals by Michael McDowell

Paperbacks from Hell by Grady HendrixTelevision:

Get Out, filmLovecraft Country (HBO) 


Carmilla, the Lesbian Vampire, filmThe Ring, film

Beetlejuice, filmThe Others, film


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