Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast

A horror book recommendation show where I, Stephanie, and a guest pick a niche topic and recommend three horror books with scariness ratings on our temperature scale and the scariest books go right in the freezer. We’re talking books, movies and final girl songs

Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by Stephanie Gagnon, with 200 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Stephanie Gagnon hosts Books in the Freezer - A Horror Fiction Podcast, a arts show with 200 episodes published.

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  Episode #272

  Horrormance with Clay McLeod Chapman

  Aug 10, 20261h 12m

  I was joined by Bram-Stoker Award winning author and returning guest, Clay McLeod Chapman to talk about his latest novel Devil Inside and Horrormance. Movies Mentioned: Lisa Frankenstein Warm Bodies The Mummy Heart Eyes Bones and All Your Monster Obsession Possession (1981) Books Mentioned: Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman Jenny Will Eat You Now by Gillian Daniels Spread Me by Sarah Gailley A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wisell Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper Headlights by CJ Leede Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies by Emma Cole Join our Patreon Community Final Girl Song: You Should Not Be Doing That by Amyl and the Sniffers Chilling Obsession:

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  Episode #271

  Caregiver Horror with George Dunn

  Jul 27, 202650 min

  Have we always been the caretakers? I am joined by reviewer George Dunn (@georgesreads) to talk about horror stories that are centered around the giving or receiving care either professionally or for a loved one. Movies: Relic The Taking of Deborah Logan Insidious The Perfection The Haunting Would You Rather? Saint Maud The Skeleton Key I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Misery Books: A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer Frost Bite by Angela Sylvaine The Vessel by Adam Nevill The Only One Left by Riley Sager Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum The Shining by Stephen King Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy Nestlings by Nat Cassidy The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon We Spread by Iain Reid Chilling Obsession: The Ervil LaBaron Cult Final Girl Playlist: Join our Patreon Community !

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  Episode #270

  More Most-Anticipated New Releases 2026

  Jul 13, 20261h 13m

  The 2026 Books in the Freezer Reading Challenge Get your tickets for Rachel Harrison's Kiss Slay Replay event at BottleRocket courtesy of White Whale Books (9/10) Patreon fun Books Mentioned: Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager Scary Movie Night by Miranda Smith Cross My Heart, I Hope You Die by Mallory Arnold The Flayed Man by Chloe Lautner Meat Bees by Dane Erbach The Quiet Resurrection of Sister Evelida Livingston by Nick Wallin Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman Stay Buried by Jennifer McMahon Reliquary by Hannah Whitten The Calamities by Chuck Wendig The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty The Minimalist by Kailee Pedersen These Walls Remember by Del Sandeen Lights! Camera! Frendo! by Adam Cesare The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims Blacktail by Scott Hawkins Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison Pictures of You by Josh Malerman This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want by Hailey Piper Mazywood by Tananarive Due Worry Box by Christopher Panatier Trad Wife by Sarah Langan Nightjars by Michael Wehunt The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Honeycutt It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller Quaint Folk by Bitter Carella Bruja's Nest by Brenda LaTorre What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlotte-Bonne Amityville Awakens by Robert Ottone This B Just Won't Die by Tanya Pell Solace House by William MacLean Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones What A Nightmare by Rebekah Faubion Public Access Afterworld by Jane Schoenbrun There Used to Be People Here by Kennedy Cole

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  Episode #269

  Crime Horror with CJ Leede

  Jun 29, 202654 min

  CJ Leede is in the house and we are solving crimes! Not really, but we are talking about her latest novel Headlights and blend of horror and crime, weird (and romantic!) sex scenes, the importance of pop culture in stories, the romance of Americana, her upcoming work and more! We also talk about books that balance the tightrope of crime and horror, some with possibly vampires and some with definitely vampires Movies/Shows Mentioned: True Detective (Season 1) Seven Hannibal Longlegs Red Dragon Zodiac Books Mentioned: Headlights by CJ Leede The Gathering by CJ Tudor The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris All These Bodies by Kendare Blank The Grownup by Gillian Flynn Hydra (Six Stories #2) by Matt Weselowski The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins Mothersucker by Kim Boyhun (translated by Archana Madhavan) The Outsider by Stephen King All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4) by Tana French Chilling Obsessions: Hacks and Wuthering Heights Final Girl Song: Wolf Like Me

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  Episode #268

  Mad Men Readalikes with Anna Dupre

  Jun 1, 20261h 48mS0

  <p>I basically forced Anna from Anna Rose Reads to watch Mad Men, so we decided to record an episode to get all of our thoughts out and decide what books to recommend for each character. </p> <p><br> Books Mentioned: </p> Gerald's Game by Stephen King Small Town Horror with Ronald Malfi The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin Trad Wife by Saratoga Schafer The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson Duma Key by Stephen King The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White All's Well by...

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