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Anna Rose Reads
Horror
Grief
Punk Goes Horror
Small Town Horror
The Haunting Of Hill House
The Lost Girls Of Hollow Lake
Texas
Dead First
Shiny Happy People
Broken Dolls
Galloway's Gospel
Eminence Front
Good Boy
8114
The October Film Haunt
Breathe In, Bleed Out
Coffin Moon
The Third Rule Of Time Travel
Sacrificial Animals
The Haunting Of Room 904

Hey there! You may know me from Bookstagram, Twitter/X, or from the reviews I write for Capes and Tights' horror section. Here you can find my author interviews, a step in sharing my love of all things horror. I'm hoping to use this platform to not only talk about everything horror but also reviewing, reading, and everything in between! annarosereadsreviews.substack.com

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Author of speculative fiction and Make Me Better
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Alan Lastufka
Founder of Shortwave Publishing, author
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Caroline Bicks
Stephen E. King Chair at the University of Maine; author of Monsters in the Archives
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Monika Kim
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Anna Rose
Host of the podcast; leads interviews and guides conversations with horror authors and creators.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 33 ratings
  • GREAT interviews of great authors

    Anna Rose Reads has joined the Mount Rushmore of horror book podcasts with Books in the Freezer, Talking Scared, and She Wore Black as the go to places to find new horror books to read and insight into the ones I love through great discussions with the authors. Anna is a born interviewer and her passion for the books and craft shine through in every episode!

    Apple Podcasts
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    The Haunted Bookstagram
    United Statesa year ago
  • Great Podcast!

    This is a fun podcast that gives genuine insight into horror and the creative process. Great stuff!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ritter Fan
    United Statesa year ago

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Listener-friendly interviews that pull out craft details and author intent
Strong on-topic discussions with deep dives into horror subgenres
Guests are well-chosen; conversations feel intimate and insightful
Production feels consistent with a clear focus on the craft and publishing side

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Amiee Pokwatka on Accumulation
Q: How did you envision visualizing the repetitive, escalating tension in Ten's world?
The author talks about using mundane domestic tasks and architectural details as motifs to build creeping dread, and how careful iteration allowed readers to feel the same confusion as Ten.
Amiee Pokwatka on Accumulation
Q: How did the concept of the doll and the house as seeds for Accumulation come about?
Aimee explains moving into a New York house in 2019, discovering a mysterious doll, and how the doll's presence, alongside sharing memories about the house, seeded the novel's premise.
Amiee Pokwatka on Accumulation
Q: But why don't you briefly introduce yourself for my listeners, and we'll get started talking about the book?
Aimee introduces herself as a speculative fiction writer whose work blends genres, detailing her path from earlier novels to Accumulation and how her own home inspired the haunted-house story.
Luke Dumas on Nothing Tastes As Good
Q: Can you summarize what Nothing Tastes as Good is about in your own words?
It's a body horror thriller about Emmett Truesdale, a 28-year-old in Southern California who, after trying to lose weight, starts a new drug that accelerates weight loss with terrifying side effects, leading to disappearances and a growing fear that the drug is turning him into a monster.
Luke Dumas on Nothing Tastes As Good
Q: If you wanna go ahead and briefly just introduce yourself, if people are not as familiar with you as I am, I would love to let you open up the floor.
Luke introduces himself as a thriller/horror author with a background in nonprofit philanthropy, highlighting his books The Paleontologist and A History of Fear, and notes Nothing Tastes as Good as his upcoming release. He mentions his education and the fact that his work has been optioned for film/TV.

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