Uncanny Women

KJ Brantley
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Uncanny Women is a horror podcast featuring honest, year-round conversations with women and gender-diverse authors and filmmakers shaping the genre today. Hosted by horror writer and SoCo Women in Horror Festival founder KJ Brantley, each episode explores an author's lived experiences behind the work and how personal, cultural, and emotional truths take shape through horror. Thoughtful and intimate these conversations center the voices that continue to redefine what horror can be. Subscribe, Like, & Follow for all of the latest women in horror! Follow Uncanny Women: Instagram: @uncannywomenpodcast Follow SoCo Women in Horror for announcements and annual event info: Instagram: @womeninhorrorfestivalco TikTok: @socowomeninhorrorfest Follow Host & Horror Author, KJ Brantley: Instagram, Threads, TikTok: @authorkjbrantley

Episodes

  1. May 30

    EP. 3 | V.S. Lawrence — Female Friendships, Religious Horror, and '90s Nostalgia

    In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with V.S. Lawrence, prolific indie horror author of 80s Ghosts, With Friends Like These, and the upcoming Just Us Here. Together, they discuss women's friendships in horror, growing up as '90s kids, religious upbringing and religious horror, cults, nostalgia, and the ways our childhood and life experiences shape the stories they tell. V.S. also shares how her own experiences with isolation and illness influenced her recurring themes of friendship and found family. They also talk about indie publishing, horror community, book festivals, gothic horror, and the books and women in horror authors they think more readers should discover. Books by V.S. Lawrence Mentioned80s Ghosts https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9798223965145With Friends Like These https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9798224335930Just Us Here (coming July, 2026) https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9798233648779Books & Authors Recommended in This EpisodeThe Auctioneer by Joan Sampson https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781948405706Trifles by Susan Glaspell https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781420970067When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9780063035041Work by A.C. Hessenauer, including the upcoming Going to the SixWork by Candace NolaWork by Red Lagoe Please see the Uncanny Women Podcast affiliate store at Bookshop.org for full list of books featured with each episode: https://bookshop.org/lists/books-featured-on-uncanny-women-podcast Connect with V.S. LawrenceWebsite: V.S. Lawrence: https://vslawrence.com/Instagram: @vslawrence.author

    31 min

  2. May 17

    EP. 1 | Sara van Os — Survival Skills, Opera Drag, and Why Women Are Better

    In the debut episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with author Sara van Os to discuss horror, wilderness survival, queer identity, and the strange confidence that comes from watching far too much Naked and Afraid. Together, they dive into van Os’s debut novel Decomposition Book, writing deeply flawed characters, survival narratives, and women in horror fiction. The conversation also explores: writing protagonists with OCDopera and performancegender presentationSara’s writing processwriting women with agencywhy Sara believes she would absolutely survive Naked and Afraid If you enjoy dark humor, survival horror, and conversations about women writing horror on their own terms, this episode is for you. Books and Authors Mentioned in This EpisodeFollow Sara van OsInstagram: @saramcclarinet https://www.instagram.com/saramcclarinet/ By Sara van OsDecomposition Book Purchase Here: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781335001894 Books Mentioned in the ConversationInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer Purchase Here: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9780385486804 Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin Purchase Here: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781638932826 The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Purchase Here: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781250145451 Follow Uncanny Women Podcast Instagram: @uncannywomenpodcast https://www.instagram.com/uncannywomenpodcast Follow Host, KJ Brantley Instagram: @authorkjbrantley https://www.instagram.com/authorkjbrantley Threads: @authorkjbrantley https://www.threads.com/@authorkjbrantley TikTok: @authorkjbrantley https://www.tiktok.com/@authorkjbrantley Follow the SoCo Women in Horror Festival Instagram: @womeninhorrorfestivalco https://www.instagram.com/womeninhorrorfestivalco TikTok: @socowomeninhorrorfest https://www.tiktok.com/@soco.women.in.horror

    35 min

  3. May 15

    EP. 2 | R.J. Joseph — Literary Splatterpunk and Being the Monster

    In this episode of Uncanny Women Podcast, KJ Brantley sits down with Shirley Jackson and Stoker Award-nominated author, editor, and scholar R.J. Joseph to discuss horror through the lens of history, identity, monstrosity, and the Black lived experience. Together, they explore Joseph’s acclaimed collection Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted, her upcoming collection My Monsters Ain't Like Yours, the idea of literary splatterpunk, Blackademic scholarship, motherhood in horror, and the lasting influence of Beloved on horror literature and storytelling. The conversation also dives into: horror as historical reckoningthe monstrous feminineBlack womanhood in horrorthe intersections of academia and genre fictionhow horror reflects real-world trauma and violencewhy monstrosity can be a powerful literary lens Books, Stories, and Authors Mentioned in This EpisodeFollow R.J. JosephWebsite: https://www.rjjosephwrites.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rjjosephwrites/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@rjjosephwrites By R.J. JosephHell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted Paperback: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781990082184 Hardcover: https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781990082191 My Monsters Ain't Like Yours https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781967911448 “Screams from the Bayou” https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781970383027 Other Books MentionedProgeny by Kenya Moss-Dyme https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9798330337644 Beloved by Toni Morrison https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9780525659273 The Dead Spot https://bookshop.org/a/111724/9781958598276

    41 min
  • 3 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

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About

Uncanny Women is a horror podcast featuring honest, year-round conversations with women and gender-diverse authors and filmmakers shaping the genre today. Hosted by horror writer and SoCo Women in Horror Festival founder KJ Brantley, each episode explores an author's lived experiences behind the work and how personal, cultural, and emotional truths take shape through horror. Thoughtful and intimate these conversations center the voices that continue to redefine what horror can be. Subscribe, Like, & Follow for all of the latest women in horror! Follow Uncanny Women: Instagram: @uncannywomenpodcast Follow SoCo Women in Horror for announcements and annual event info: Instagram: @womeninhorrorfestivalco TikTok: @socowomeninhorrorfest Follow Host & Horror Author, KJ Brantley: Instagram, Threads, TikTok: @authorkjbrantley

Information

  • Creator
    KJ Brantley
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 KJ Brantley
  • Show Website
    Uncanny Women

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