Spooky & Strange

• The work of Charles Addams: https://charlesaddams.com/
• Psycho, the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156427.Psycho

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"The starsong is louder now, swelling in a way that says something's coming."

Pop into the endless library for a sweet treat: "Starsong" (2018) by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Published in the excellent witchy collection Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women and Witchcraft, edited by the fabulous Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe, it's a story of growing up and finding your magic. (And flirting with cute girls on Instagram!)

Read more from Tehlor Kay Mejia: https://www.tehlorkaymejia.com/books

Buy the collection: http://jessicaspotswood.com/books/toil-trouble/

Special music shout out to Leonell Cassio's "A Magical Journey Through Space"

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"It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice."

Aurelien took a short trip to "The Island of Doctor Moreau" (1896) by H.G. Wells. It's an unfortunately readable classic about brutality, ego, torture, and humanity.

To paraphrase Hobbes: it was nasty, brutal, and not short enough.

Add "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?" by Frans de Waal to your tbr: https://wwnorton.com/books/Are-We-Smart-Enough-to-Know-How-Smart-Animals-Are/

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“One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

Join Aurelien for a short reading break to talk about some hotly anticipated horror tv shows and movies coming this fall. (Yes, even in alternate dimensions like endless libraries, though release dates will vary.)

• Watch the trailer for Wednesday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di310WS8zLk
• Watch the trailer for Vampire Academy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_xrllOGu0
• Watch the trailer for Interview with the Vampire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P0loX83H6A
• Watch the Cabinet of Curiosities First Look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYotKcx8rw8
• Watch the trailer for Wedding Season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSUBbIpfc0o
• Watch the trailer for The Resort: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DmeT1GLQn8
• Watch the trailer for Raven's Hollow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgU0epVYA4

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"The news calls it a curse, but deep down, it's a mystery."

Meet Aurelien in the skies tonight to talk about THE TURNING by Hailey Piper. Spoilers ahead for this surprisingly optimistic story of transformation and change.

• Read more from Hailey Piper: https://haileypiper.com/
• Read more stories from OTHER TERRORS: AN INCLUSIVE ANTHOLOGY (2022): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60527041-other-terrors

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Interesting word of the episode: pterosaur

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