The Friendly City Books Podcast

Hot Possum Horror - The Horror Meter

Episode Summary

Rachel and Emily unveil the official Friendly City Books Hot Possum Horror Meter™

Episode Notes

Introducing Rachel's official Hot Possum Horror Meter!

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Level 1 - A little scary but mostly fun and occasionally maybe even funny

• Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• Don't Move by James S. Murray and Darren Wheremouth (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• The Employees by Olga Ravn (bookshop.org)
• My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• Misery by Stephen King (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• The Gunslinger (Dark Tower #1) by Stephen King (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)

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Level 2 - Definitely creepy... but still fun!

• Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• The Salt Grows Heavy by Cass Khaw (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• Sundial by Catriona Ward (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• The Shining by Stephen King (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)

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Level 3 - Genuinely scary, but you can put the book down and take a break

• Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cass Khaw (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke (bookshop.org)
• The Tent by Kealan Patrick Burke (bookshop.org)
• How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates (bookshop.org)

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Level 4 - Nightmare fuel, you cannot escape this book

• In the Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill (libro.fm)
• It by Stephen King (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)

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Level 5 - This book will ruin your life

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (bookshop.org)
• Pet Sematary (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)
• Slade House by David Mitchell (bookshop.org) (libro.fm)

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Rachel and Emily's buddy read -

She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran (bookshop.org)

Is it a level 1? Maybe a level 2?? Stay tuned!

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Host: Rachel Derise

Cohost: Emily Liner

Music: Rear Projection by Hartle Road

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