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August 6, 2025 21 mins

Horror doesn’t have to be horrifying. It can be romantic, historical, and even a little raunchy! If you’re into that sorta thing.

From haunted haciendas to demon possessed heroines, Seattle author Isabel Cañas is serving up Gothic horror with a twist. The genre bending author tells us a thing or two about how even scaredy cat readers can tap into the horror genre, plus we find out what keeps her up at night.


And… if you need some help filling that book shaped void, here’s Isabel and Katie’s Recommended If You Liked (RIYL): Isabel's genre bending Horror/Romance/Historical Fiction

  • Sinners
  • Strange The Dreamer.
  • The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
  • A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma
  • Island Witch by Amanda Jayatissa
  • Dracula Daily

Event recommendations from this week’s episode: 

  • Isabel Cañas in Conversation on her upcoming book “The Possession of Alba Díaz”  with Sadie "Mother Horror” Hartmann on August 19th. Listen to Isabel's playlist for her latest book here.
  • Writers with Drinks Town Hall Seattle on Thursday, August 14 at 7:30 pm PDT
  • KUOW August Book Club: Lynda V. Mapes’ book The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests discussion on August 27th 

 

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