Horror in the Margins

We discuss Huesera: The Bone Woman directed by Michelle Garza Cervera. We talk about Mexican folklore, the horrors of domesticity and pregnancy, the concept of rewilding, and a whole lotta spiders, b…

We talk to poet, author, and sex worker Stephanie Parent about her novel, The Briars. We discuss what the media gets wrong about sex work, contemporary Gothic storytelling, the thin line between plea…

We talk to independent filmmaker Greg Pritikin about his latest feature, The Mistress, which debuted in select theaters this week. We discuss Greg's Queen Anne Victorian home in Angelino Heights, whi…

On this very special episode, Nikki interviews Horror in the Margins' very own Co-Host Tiffany Michelle Brown about her new feminist horror collection, How Lovely To Be a Woman: Stories and Poems.  W…

We discuss the genre-defying Polish film The Lure directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska, based loosely on the Hans Christian Anderson fairytale The Little Mermaid. We talk about man-eating sirens, the ten…

We talk to Bram Stoker Award-nominated author J.A.W. McCarthy about her rock and roll succubi novella Sleep Alone. We discuss the best live shows we've ever been to and what made them memorable, our …

Happy Pride, Pod People!  During June, we're spotlighting works that explore gender and sensuality and represent the queer experience. 

Pride is a time to celebrate but also a time to recognize the LG…

We discuss Piggy directed by Carlota Pereda, based on her 2019 short film of the same name. We talk about the ways in which Piggy subverts the classic revenge narrative through a rich and nuanced com…

We talk to Nebula Award-nominated author Ai Jiang about her latest release, Linghun, now available through Dark Matter Press. We discuss the myriad ways in which grief can haunt us, the capitalistic …

We discuss Tigers Are Not Afraid directed by Issa López. We talk about magical realism, fairytales, the price of magic, and the powerful lens of horror filmmaking to explore harrowing reality of gang…

We talk to Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Laurel Hightower about her latest release, Every Woman Knows This: A Horror Collection, released by Death Knell Press. Laurel provides bourbon pairings f…

We discuss Daina Reid's Run, Rabbit, Run, which premiered at 2023 Sundance Film Festival. We talk about the complexity of motherhood, the innate viciousness of little girls, and our love of ghost sto…

We talk to Eric Raglin, author of the short story collections Nightmare Yearnings and Extinction Hymns and the creator of Cursed Morsels Press, about keeping horror weird, the immaculate Midwestern v…

We discuss Nikyatu Jusu's Nanny and along the way, the false promise of the American dream, the ways in which white feminism often excludes women of color, power dynamics, and African folklore as pre…