Monsters in the Archives - My Year of Fear with Stephen King

On episode #164 author and King scholar Caroline Bicks discusses her latest book, Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King . We talk about what makes Stephen King so ubiquitously beloved across generations, how horror stories are a way to face our deepest fears and how King called upon Shakespeare for one of his most famous manuscripts. Plus we get a guest author recommendation from Emily Franklin author of Love & Other Monsters . (Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival by Maria Pinto. And we get one from Jennifer N. Brown, author of The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton. ( Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards) Notes: North Woods – Daniel Mason London Falling – Patrick Radden Keefe Why Be Happy When you Could Be Normal – Jeanette Winterson The League of Gentleman Witches by India Holton Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng Other Links: Enter The Optimists Book Giveaway Enter The Beheading Game Book Giveaway Come see me at the Beverly Hills Art Show! Support the show Get your Books Are My People merch here! I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!