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Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction

Dusk to Dawn: Reading Horror and Weird Fiction

By: Dan and Amber
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Summary

Welcome to Dusk to Dawn, Reading Horror and Weird Fiction! We post every two weeks discussing novels and short stories from old to new, the literary and the pulp. We look at tropes, themes, and plot points of our current read, and mention what we’ve been reading in between episodes. If it scares us or makes us squirm, we’re on it.

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Episodes
  • Piñata
    May 5 2026

    Discussing Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

    A little girl takes a piñata from the ancient ruins of a church in Mexico. It is a very bad idea and when she takes it back home to new York with her family, things begin to spiral out of control. As a possession takes hold, grasshoppers jump scare the Sanchez family and swarms of butterflies smash like hail against the windows. Will they be consumed by their vengeful ancestors, or is there hope to put things to rest and live peacefully again?

    Next Up:
    The Starving Saints – Caitlin Starling
    Little Heaven – Nick Cutter
    Knock Knock, Open Wide – Neil Sharpson

    Books Mentioned in this Episode:
    One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This – Omar El Akkad
    Those Across the River – Christopher Buehlman
    They Called Us Enemy – George Takei
    Girl in the Creek – Wendy N. Wagner

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • American Psycho
    Apr 28 2026

    Discussing American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

    Patrick Bateman is the ideal man. He’s rich, he’s attractive, and he can afford to eat at luxury restaurants for every single meal. He has impeccable taste in menswear and a refined ear for music. Unfortunately, he is also a psychopath, and his friends suck.

    Next Up:
    Piñata – Leopoldo Gout
    The Starving Saints – Caitlin Starling
    Little Heaven – Nick Cutter

    Books Mentioned in this Episode:
    White, Less than Zero, Lunar Park
    – Bret Easton Ellis
    Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
    Night of the Living Trekkies – Kevin David Anderson, Sam Stall
    Phantom of the Opera – Gaston Leroux
    Uncanny: The Origins of Fear, Uzumaki, Shiver, Venus in the Blind Spot – Junji Ito


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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Psycho
    Apr 14 2026

    Discussing Psycho by Robert Bloch

    Mary Crane is on the run after stealing $40,000 in cash from her employer. Driving late into the night in the pouring rain, she decides to stop for the night at the Bates Motel, run by middle-aged bachelor Norman Bates who lives with his mother in their house behind the motel. Or does he?

    Next Up:
    American Psycho – Bret Easton Ellis
    Piñata – Leopoldo Gout
    The Starving Saints – Caitlin Starling

    Books Mentioned in this Episode:
    Mysteries of the Worm
    – Robert Bloch
    Titus Andronicus – William Shakespeare
    Realm of the Incas – Victor Wolfgang von Hagen
    Matrix – Lauren Groff


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    1 hr and 24 mins
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