Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction

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Welcome to Dusk to Dawn, Reading Horror and Weird Fiction! We post every two weeks discussing novels and short stories from old to new, the literary and the pulp. We look at tropes, themes, and plot points of our current read, and mention what we’ve been reading in between episodes. If it scares us or makes us squirm, we’re on it.There are plentiful spoilers, so read the episode’s book first if you want to avoid them. Tell your friends about us and enjoy the show! Support our show! Email us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast

  1. 4D AGO

    The Ballad of Black Tom

    Discussing The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle New York bluesman Charles Thomas Tester gets caught up in the arcane while hustling wealthy white people to help support his father. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tommy Tester opens a door to a deeper realm of magic and earns the attention of things best left sleeping. Next Up: You Weren't Meant to Be Human – Andrew Joseph White The Watchers – A.M. Shine Victorian Psycho – Virginia Feito Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Horror at Red Hook; Dagon; The Shadow Over Innsmouth; The Call of Cthulhu – H.P. Lovecraft Wolves of Winter – Dan Jones Old Wounds – Logan-Ashley Kisner The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon – Stephen King The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History – Elizabeth Kolbert Tao Te Ching – Lou Tzu, translated by Ursula K. Le Guin James – Percival Everett The Surprisingly Dreary Life of H.P Lovecraft Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    1h 7m

  2. FEB 3

    A Natural History of Hell

    Discussing A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey Ford Exorcism is in vogue. A witch with a 300-pound smoking pig sells an ointment that makes people feel just right. A man rides in a rocket ship and lives to write about it and other stories in this baker's dozen of weird tales mixing humor, satire, and horror in a genre-bending delight! Next Up: The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle You Weren't Meant to Be Human – Andrew Joseph White The Watchers – A.M. Shine Books Mentioned in this Episode: Disco Mama – Tiffany Meuret Yeehaw Junction – Kayli Scholz Revenge – Yōko Ogawa The Art of Fiction – John Gardner Life Finds A Way: What Evolution Teaches Us About Creativity – Andreas Wagner Essex Dogs – Dan Jones A Shocker on Shock Street – R.L. Stine Semicolon: The Past, Present, And Future of a Misunderstood Mark – Cecelia Watson Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    1h 4m

  3. JAN 20

    The Devil By Name (Month of Rosson Pt. 2)

    Discussing The Devil By Name by Keith Rosson It's 5 years later. Things have gotten much worse. Next Up: A Natural History of Hell – Jeffrey Ford The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle You Weren't Meant to Be Human – Andrew Joseph White Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Stand – Stephen King Yeehaw Junction – Kayli Scholz The Fisherman – John Langan The Book of the New Sun – Gene Wolfe Punk Land – Carlton Mellick III Breakfast of Champions – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King, Jr. Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    1h 10m

  4. JAN 6

    Fever House (Month of Rosson Pt. 1)

    Discussing Fever House by Keith Rosson A dismembered hand makes people go super crazy and it’s really bad if someone dies around it. Next Up: The Devil By Name – Keith Rosson A Natural History of Hell – Jeffrey Ford The Ballad of Black Tom – Victor LaValle Books Mentioned in this Episode: We Sold Our Souls – Grady Hendrix Thorn City – Pamela Statz Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    52 min

  5. 12/23/2025

    Krampus: The Yule Lord

    Discussing Krampus: The Yule Lord by Gerald Brom Mean old Krampus escapes centuries of imprisonment and returns to bring Yuletide cheer and birch tree whacks to the children of the modern world. Also he hates Santa Claus. Ho ho ho! Next Up: Fever House – Keith Rosson The Devil By Name – Keith Rosson A Natural History of Hell – Jeffrey Ford Books Mentioned in this Episode: Nibelungenlied The Saga of the Völsunga Edda (Prose & Poetic) – Snorri Sturluson Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery – Gerald Brom Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    45 min

  6. 12/09/2025

    Candy Cain Kills

    Discussing Candy Cain Kills by Brian McAuley Bad parents treat their daughters poorly resulting in the creation of a Christmas killer in this cozy cabin slasher. Next Up: Krampus: The Yule Lord – Gerald Brom Fever House – Keith Rosson The Devil By Name – Keith Rosson Books Mentioned in this Episode: Candy Cain Kills Again; Breathe In, Bleed Out – Brian McAuley 11/22/63 – Stephen King Crave: Extreme Space Horror – Crowley Barns Follow Me To Ground – Sue Rainsford The Barking Ghost – R.L. Stine Xenos (Warhammer 40k Eisenhorn Omnibus) – Dan Abnett Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    1h 8m

  7. 11/25/2025

    North American Lake Monsters

    Discussing North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud This debut short story collection features nine tales of down and out ex-cons, single parents, unemployed laborers, and other desperate characters living on the margins of society, encountering horrors both human and supernatural. Next Up: Candy Cain Kills – Brian McAuley Krampus: The Yule Lord – Gerald Brom Fever House – Keith Rosson Books Mentioned in this Episode: Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague – David K. Randall The King in Yellow – Robert W. Chambers Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History – Bill Schutt Saga of the Swamp Thing (Book 2) – Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben Jesus’ Son – Denis Johnson The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire – Edward Gibbon Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    1h 20m

  8. 11/11/2025

    Frankenstein

    Discussing Frankenstein by Mary Shelley An a*****e scientist channels his energy into bringing the dead back to life which he abhors the moment the experiment succeeds. People suffer and die and Victor feels little to no remorse over the whole thing. Meanwhile, the creature just wants to do people’s chores in exchange for not being hated on sight. Next Up: North American Lake Monsters – Nathan Ballingrud Candy Cain Kills – Brian McAuley Krampus: The Yule Lord – Gerald Brom Books Mentioned in this Episode: Story of the Eye – Georges Bataille John Dies at the End – Jason Pargin Mapping the Interior – Stephen Graham Jones Jaws – Peter Benchley Helter Skelter – Vincent Bugliosi The Lamb – Lucy Rose Saga of the Swamp Thing (Book 1) – Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben Find Us: Dusk to Dawn Linktree Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast Email Us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.com Support the show Thanks for listening! Tell your (disturbed) friends about us!

    1h 26m
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Welcome to Dusk to Dawn, Reading Horror and Weird Fiction! We post every two weeks discussing novels and short stories from old to new, the literary and the pulp. We look at tropes, themes, and plot points of our current read, and mention what we’ve been reading in between episodes. If it scares us or makes us squirm, we’re on it.There are plentiful spoilers, so read the episode’s book first if you want to avoid them. Tell your friends about us and enjoy the show! Support our show! Email us: dusktodawnpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram: dusk.to.dawn.podcast

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