We have three horror shows left. But we are not sure Jennifer McMahon fits within the genre so neatly. If you are dipping your toe into the genre...start with the Children on the Hill, her latest. It's suspenseful, compelling, chilling and the ghoulish gore is at a bare minimum. We talk to her about why she keeps coming back to what scares her. We then talk to horror academic (yes, you heard us) Michael Arnzen, an accomplished writer in his own right.

Books mentioned in this week's podcast:

• Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
• Promise Not to Tell by Jennifer McMahon
• The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
• Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon
• The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
• The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon
• The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
• Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon
• The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon
• Dismantled by Jennifer McMahon
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Amityville Horror by Jay Anson
• Jaws by Peter Benchley
• Grave Markings by Michael A. Arnzen
• Play Dead by Michael A. Arnzen
• Dying (With No Apologies to Martha Stewart) by Michael A. Arnzen
• Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction by Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller

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