{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Galaxies and Goddesses: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bookcast","title":"Spooky Season: What Makes a Monster","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/de73453c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1624,"description":"What actually makes a book horror? In this spooky season episode, Andrea and Elizabeth explore where horror, fantasy, science fiction, and literary fiction start to blur together. They discuss unsettling books without traditional monsters, monsters that aren't necessarily scary, and the horror of human behavior and systemic injustice. Along the way, they discover that horror can take many forms, and perhaps the genre is harder to define than they thought.\n\n00:47 Recent Reads\n07:08 What Even Is Horror?\n11:34 When Fantasy Starts to Feel Like Horror\n14:39 When People Become Monsters\n18:00 So, Do We Actually Like Horror?\n23:58 Widening the Definition of Horror\n\nBooks Mentioned\n\nThe Vegetarian by Han Kang\nThe Housemaid by Freida McFadden\nDracula by Bram Stoker\nFrankenstein by Mary Shelley\nNine Goblins by T. Kingfisher\nIt by Stephen King\nThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones\nThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones\nKatabasis by R.F. Kuang\nStarling House by Alix E. Harrow\nNinth House by Leigh Bardugo\nThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead\nThe Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon\nThe Eyes Are the Best Part by Monica Kim\nBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab\nDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris\nDungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman\nEmpire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff\nInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice\n\nConnect with us on IG: @galaxiesandgoddesses\nBookshop.org affiliate storefront:\nhttps://bookshop.org/shop/galaxiesandgoddesses","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bnX4vU-OLjNeTuZiDcsuCA3k6RYXisfD4BX5ojImheg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMzA3/M2IzN2M3MzMwNjc5/OTY0OTFhMGM0Yzdk/N2Y4Ni5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}