LOTF 76: Tropisode #8 | Forests with Katherine Silva

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Show Notes

For our eighth tropisode, we're talking FORESTS with debut author Katherine Silva.

Katherine Silva is a Maine author of dark fiction, a connoisseur of coffee, and victim of cat shenanigans. She is a two-time Maine Literary Award finalist for speculative fiction and a member of the Horror Writers of Maine, The Horror Writers Association, and New England Horror Writers Association. Katherine is also a founder of Strange Wilds Press, Dark Taiga Creative Writing Consultations, and The Kat at Night Blog. Her latest book, The Wild Dark, is now available wherever books are sold.

AND as you all know, Lisa Quigley is a horror author and pagan witch. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside’s low-residency MFA program in Palm Desert. Her work has appeared in such places as Unnerving Magazine, Journal of Alta California, and Automata Review. She is the co-host of the award-winning horror fiction podcast Ladies of the Fright. Hell’s Bells (2020) and Camp Neverland (2021) from Unnerving are her novellas. The Forest is her debut novel. Lisa lives in New Jersey with one handsome devil and two wild monsters. Find her at www.lisaquigley.net.

Forest Group Reads

The Forest by Lisa Quigley

The Wild Dark by Katherine Silva

Forest Book and Film Mentions

  • The Wizard of Oz (film and book)

  • The Forest by Lisa Quigley

  • The Wild Dark by Katherine Silva

  • The Ritual by Adam Neville

  • The Night Will Find Us by Matthew Leions

  • Pines by Blake Crouch

  • The Blair Witch Project 

  • The Fiends and the Furrows folk horror anthology

  • Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

  • Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton

  • The Neverending Story

  • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

  • Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  • The Bear in the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

  • The Changeling by Victor LaValle

Find Katherine: Website

LOTF 75: A New Era of Horror with Joe Monti, Editorial Director at Saga Press

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A Note on the Term “BIPOC”

In this episode, Joe uses the term “BIPOC” and at the top of the show, I read a quote from Rachel Ricketts’ powerful book Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy, in which she beautifully clarifies the term, why it’s used, and the nuance of experience it contains (in her book, Rachel modifies the term to BI&PoC, to help us remember what the phrase is intended to represent: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.) I hope this clarification supports our listeners who maybe weren’t previously aware, and I highly recommend Rachel Ricketts’ book (and her work!) to anyone interested in dismantling the internalized, harmful system of white supremacy from within themselves first.

Show Notes

Well, this episode was a TREAT to record, and Joe Monti is a delight to talk to. He is the award-nominated editorial director of Saga Press, working with bestselling and esteemed authors Charlaine Harris, Stephen Graham Jones, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Ken Liu, to name a few. He fell in love with the literature of fantasy and science fiction at an early age and never let go.

This is the first time we’ve ever had a book (novel) editor on the show, and not only was it awesome to hear about Joe’s journey to Saga, it was also really cool to hear how he approached editing one of the horror world most beloved horror books of 2020: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Joe also talks about what he looks for when selecting books for his list—aka how he just KNOWS when a book is for him. Joe also declares he has a knack for predicting book trends, so it was really fun to hear his predictions for the future of horror! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.

Find Joe: Website | Twitter

LOTF 74: Fright Girl Summer with V. Castro and Sonora Taylor

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Show Notes

In this episode, we have a great conversation with the powerhouse women duo behind Fright Girl Summer, a safe and welcoming place for marginalized genders and voices. It was a pleasure to speak with V. Castro and Sonora Taylor about the importance of amplifying diverse voices in horror and beyond. We also discuss why horror is an excellent genre for exploring themes of identity and sex, as well as dismantling harmful systems and stereotypes from the inside out. And so much more! Enjoy.

Find V: Website | Twitter | Instagram

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