On today's show we welcome in Mallory O'Meara, author and cohost of the wonderful Reading Glasses podcast on the Maximum Fun network! Mallory is, in our opinion, THE person to go to when you're looking for horror book recommendations. So now that October has arrived we HAD to bring her on. Our chat is all about the horror books she loves, both truly terrifying and others that are less so. We offer recommendations for everyone, regardless of your fright level.
 
ALSO: Mallory has written a book called The Lady from the Black Lagoon that comes out March 5th and you can recommend it to your library or preorder it right now. It tells the true story of Milicent Patrick, the only woman in history to create one of Hollywood's classic movie monsters and we can't wait to read it.
 
After you check out this episode be sure to subscribe to Reading Glasses as well. It's a phenomenal, weekly chat about everything in the book world between Mallory and her co-host Brea Grant. They are a Thursday release friend so you can enjoy both our shows together where they belong.
 
Mallory's horror book recommendations!
 
Definitely Scary:
A Head full of ghosts by Paul Tremblay
The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
 
Short story collections
Ghost Summer by Tananarive Due
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
 
Just a little Spooky
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
 
The book that made Mallory fall in love with horror
Creepshow graphic novel by Stephen King
 
Other books discussed
We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
The Deadhouse by Dawn Kurtagich
And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich
 
Mallory's All Hollow's Read book
This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us by Edgar Cantero
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