Looking for a weekly podcast that's as fun as it is informative? Look no further than the Dark & Stormy Book Club Podcast! Our hosts, Ann Dark, Tracey Stormy, Kathy Night, and Misty Night, are passionate about books and love nothing more than sharing their thoughts on the latest literary releases. Tune in each week to hear our in-depth book reviews, fascinating author interviews, and predictions on what books are going to be the next big thing. With the Dark & Stormy Book Club Podcast, you'l ...
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For writers and readers who like it dark. We talk about our horror and other dark-themed books. In-depth literary analysis of dark fiction. Conversations with authors, editors, and other industry professionals. Hosted by Lisa Quigley and Mackenzie Kiera. We have interviewed Paul Tremblay, Ellen Datlow, Josh Malerman, Grady Hendrix, and more. New episode every other Monday. Subscribe, listen, and leave us a review.
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One dark and stormy night, a stranger arrives in West Sussex at a village inn. He is heavily clad in an overcoat and his face is wrapped in bandages. He takes a room at the inn, but refuses to socialize with anyone. He stays cooped up in his room all day and night, working with strange chemicals and apparatus. Suddenly, strange events begin to happen in the village. Mysterious burglaries and fires break out, culminating in a destructive rampage across the peaceful countryside. The stranger i ...
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A weekly dive into the seriously silly world of Sonic the Hedgehog. Indie game developer Nick Splendorr and author Caleb Zane Huett study everyone's favorite blue guy to learn about games, stories, and maybe even ourselves. There's also a lot of goofing.
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We need to step away for about a month our beloved Ann Dark needs to take some time to heal. She can't wait to return to the podcast. Please join her family and freinds in wishing her well. We will be posting further updates on here or our facebook page. Thank you for your continue support and understanding.…
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Recommendations For Your TBR Show Notes On today's episode, we feature six books that we recommend for our listener's TBR. These are books that have been sent to us for review. There is no way we can read every book but we want to make sure they are highlighted in some way. Ann reported on Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry (Berkeley 11/23). T…
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1-24 WWAR New Beginnings Show Notes For our first WWAR for 2024, we discussed three books that feature new beginnings for the protagonist or storyl Misty reported on her book “Poison Ivy” by Misty Simon. This is the first book she had published in 2004. It has been re-released two more times since then and has just been again re-released. She says …
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Edwin Hill Show Notes Today we talk with Edwin Hill about his book Who To Believe. It will release today from Kensington Books. Monreith, Massachusetts, was once a small community of whalers and farmers. These days it’s a well-to-do town filled with commuters drawn to its rugged coastline and country roads. A peaceful, predictable place— until popu…
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Top Five Rundown Show notes On today's episode we review our top 5 books we read over the past year.\ 5 Ann – The Last Orphan by Greg Hurwitz Tracey – The Devil's Chew Toy by Rob Osler 4 Ann - Last Known Port by Sue Anger Tracey - Bone Rattler by Elliot Pattison 3 Ann – The Hunter by Jennifer Herera Tracey – The Camp by Nancy Bush 2 Ann – Malibu Bu…
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David Simmons Interview - Ghosts of East Baltimore
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David Simmons Ghosts of E#ast Baltimore Show Notes On the first official episode of 2024, we talked with David Simmons about his book “Ghosts of East Baltimore.: David was delightful. Worm, fresh out of jail, tries to make a little money to get back on his feet, and make it back to the halfway house before his 9 pm curfew. But what should be a simp…
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St Nicholas -Short Story by Bruce Robert Coffin
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In the last of our Holiday Break short stories We read a story that Bruce Robert Coffin sent to us. It is a perfect story to end this season of giving and caring. Please enjoy!! Tune in next week for our regularly scheduled episodes.By Dark and Stormy Book Club
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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The Noir before Christmas written and read by Ang PompanoBy Dark and Stormy Book Club
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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12 - Chapters XXVII, XXVIII, and Epilogue.
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy H. G. Wells
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The second in our Holiday Vacation series, Disappear is written and performed by the author, Sue Angejr. It tells the story of a sister's love and loss over the holidays.By Dark and Stormy Book Club
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Dark and Stormy is off enjoying the season. Please enjoy a few weeks of Holiday stories brought to you by some of our favorite authors. We will return in January with more original episodes.By Dark and Stormy Book Club
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Ann reported on The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon (Anchor 2015) West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter. Now, in present day, nineteen-year…
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Jersey Ghouls Show notes Today we talked with Marissa and Jacki, two women we met at Fright Reads They host the Jersey Ghouls podcast which features horror movies with a feminist twist. We Are in the process of planning a collaboration with them. They primarily feature movies in the horror genre and we will do a book versus movie episode of Dark an…
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Rapid Reads Show Notes For our first Rapid Reads episode we gave short reviews of six different books: Militia House by John Milas “This is a beautiful horror story told masterfully and elegantly. It is a brilliant, different kind of war novel, one that reveals the insidious ways the violences of war can tear people apart from the inside out. “ Mid…
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Lee Goldberg Malibu Burning Show Notes Today we talked with our old friend Lee Goldberg about his bool Malibu Burning. It is the first in his new seriues featuring arson investigators Walter Sharpe and Andrew Walker. It is published by Thomas & Mercer and was released on September 1 of this year. Hell comes to Southern California every October. It …
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WWAR October Show Notes On today's episode, we selected mysteries that were set in Colonial America. Misty reported on “A Shaker Murder” by Eleanor Kuhns. It is #6 in her Will Rees mystery series. Fresh from facing allegations of witchcraft and murder, travelling weaver Will Rees, his heavily pregnant wife Lydia and six adopted children take refuge…
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Dark Ride by Lou Berney 9/23/23 William Morrow This week we visited with an old friend, Lou Berney, about his new book “Dark Ride.: From Lou Berney, the acclaimed, multi award-winning author of November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone, comes a Dark Ride Sometimes the person you least expect is just the hero you need Twenty-one-year-old Hardy “Ha…
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Today we visited wi6h Vanessa Riley about her bnook Murder at Drury Lane. Portraying the true diversity of the Regency-era and the hidden intrigue of England’s abolitionist movement, this vibrant, inclusive new historical mystery from acclaimed author Vanessa Riley features an engaging heroine with an independent streak, a notorious past, and a dec…
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‘Do you believe Will took his own life?’ The question echoed off the white tiles in the hospital’s cold, cavernous morgue, and I studied my husband in peaceful repose. I leaned down and put my forehead against his. Silent tears ran down my cheeks. They felt hot, and he felt so cold. It was five days since his death, and my grief felt heavy, like a …
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Desmond P Ryan Interview and Fright Reads recap
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Desmond P. Ryan and Fright Reads Recap Show Notes On this episode we talked with old friend Desmond Ryan. His Mary Margaret O'Shea mystery series has finally been published. Mary Margaret and The Case of The Lapsed Parishoner (Level Best Books 8.28.23) When Mary-Margaret O'Shea, a woman of a certain age with mildly Machiavellian tendencies, discove…
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WWAR October 2023 Show Notes Today is WWAR for October and our theme is Horror or Spooky reads. Tracey reported on Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey. Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark. “Come home.” Vera’s mother called and…
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On today's episode, we spoke with two more of the authors who will be featured at Fright Reads. Melissa C. Annen is an author who writes a series called the Agent Raines series. There are currently two books in the series and she is working on the third. She is planning to release a stand alone book at Fright Reads titled “The Familiar Stranger.” M…
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Fright Reads Spotlight Joyce Elaine and Roasalie Spielman
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Joyce Elaube ?Rosalie Spielman Today we talk with two of the authors for Fright Reads Book Conference which will be help September 30 and October 1 in Millersville, Maryland Joyce Elaine is a hard working kind of gal who loves to get out and see new things and have little adventures during her down time. She also loves to write. She has enjoyed wri…
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On today's episode, we visit with Harry Carpenter, an author and the Founder and Producter of the Fright Reads Book Festival. This will be the third year for the event and it has grown over the past three years. Harry goes into the guest celebrities and authors he has lined up. The event is to be held in Millersville Maryland on September 30 and Oc…
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On today's episode, we selected libraries and librarians for our WWAR subject for this month. Misty reported on the book “Librarians and Larceny” (Book One in the Rebel Librarian Crime Fighter Mystery series by Cyndy Cypress LARCENY! KIDNAPPING! MURDER! OH MY! In the cozy college town of Kootenai Hills, Montana, a beloved librarian goes missing … r…
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Teresa Peschel "Agatha Christie She Watched"
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Agatha Christie, She Watched: One Woman's Plot to Watch 201 Christie Adaptations Without Murdering the Director, Screenwriter, Cast, or Her Husband by Teresa Peschel Care to match wits with Hercule Poirot? Share tea and gossip with Miss Marple? Chase spies with Tommy and Tuppence? “Agatha Christie, She Watched” will introduce you to must-see movies…
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The Camp by Nancy Bush Kensington Books 6/27/23 There are always stories told around the fire at summer camp—tall tales about gruesome murders and unhinged killers, concocted to scare new arrivals and lend an extra jolt of excitement to those hormone- charged nights. At Camp Luft-Shawk, nicknamed Camp Love Shack, there are stories about a creeping …
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John Glatt -Tangled Vines Vines Power, Privilege and the Murdaugh Family Murders
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On this episode, we talk with bestselling true crime author John Glatt about his book “Tangled Vines Power, Privilege and the Murdaugh Family Murders.” The author did a masterful job reconstructing the rise of the prestigious Murdaugh family and the shocking double murder that led to the downfall of its patriarch, Alex Murdaugh. Among the lush, tre…
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WWAR August 2023 Show Notes In our first episode together since vacation, we have 4 books that involve heat. Misty reviewed When She Gets Hot by Miriam Allenson. Tootsie Goldberg was never one to rock the boat. Witnessing tragedy after a seemingly harmless protest taught the Jersey native to keep her mouth shut, even when she's fuming. But when her…
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WWAR August 2023 Show Notes In our first episode together since vacation, we have 4 books that involve heat. Misty reviewed When She Gets Hot by Miriam Allenson. Tootsie Goldberg was never one to rock the boat. Witnessing tragedy after a seemingly harmless protest taught the Jersey native to keep her mouth shut, even when she's fuming. But when her…
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Spy School - Can a normal kid become a secret agent? Ben Ripley may only be in middle school, but he’s already pegged his dream job: C.I.A. or bust. So he’s thrilled when he’s recruited to the C.I.A.’s top secret Academy of Espionage. Only, it turns out, Ben hasn’t been brought in because the C.I.A. expects him to succeed. Instead, he’s been brough…
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Vacation Episode 3: Misty Simon Reads "All That Glitters"
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The third vacation episode for the summer holiday features Misty Simon reading the first chapter of the book "All That Glitters Isn't Old" by her namesake Gabby Allan published by Kensington Publishing, which releases 7/25. Whit is up to her ears in this one with Goldy wanting a friend from the past cleared of a murder Whit isn't certain he didn't …
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Vacation Short Stories Charles Dickens The Trial for Murder
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We interrupt your bright summer to bring you another ghost story by Mr. Charles Dickens, “The Trial for Murder.” It is, perhaps, the best known of his ghost stories, second only to “A Christmas Carol,” which, by the way, had far too many happy events and helpful supernatural beings to please our own taste for the macabre and un-wonderful. Here we h…
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This episode is the first of our Vacation Short Stories. It is read by Ann Dark and the short story is "Sand Bar" by Ang Pompano. This story was first published in "Stone Cold: The Best New England Crime Stories"By Dark and Stormy Book Club
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Leslie Karst Show Notes On this episode, we take a small break from mysteries and talk with an old friend, Leslie Karst, about her book “Justice is Served: A Tale of Scallops, The Law, and Cooking For RBG” When Leslie Karst learned that her offer to cook dinner for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her renowned tax law professor husband…
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Elle Marr Show Notes On this episode, we visit with Elle Marr to talk about her book “The Family Bones,” Thomas & Mercer. What makes a psychopath? A young woman delves into her family’s shadowy legacy in a terrifying novel by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of Strangers We Know. Psychology student Olivia Eriksen’s family is notorious among …
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Tove Alsterdal Show Notes On today's episode, we visit Sweden and talk to the author Tove Alsterdal about her book “You Will Never Be Found” which was published by Harper. In the small mining town of Malmberget, north of the Arctic Circle, residents and their houses are being relocated. As the mine that built the town slowly swallows it street by s…
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Welcome to Season Two of Ladies of the Fright! The podcast wants to evolve as we have. We aren't exactly sure what comes next but we wanted to start putting out conversations again. The Interlude episodes are our return to the podcast and with this first Interlude episode, we share where we've been, what has shifted, and what to expect moving forwa…
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