Sley House Presents

Jenny Kiefer returns to the show to talk about her latest novel, Crafting for Sinners, available October 7, 2025 from Quirk Books. With Trevor, she talks about her thoughts on religious cults and the catharsis of horror, and more.

You can find more from Jenny Kiefer at jennykiefer.carrd.co, and you can get Crafting for Sinners now from your favorite book retailer or at your local library.

Christa Carmen is back for the third time to talk about her latest book How to Fake a Haunting. With Trevor, she talks about the book's take on the haunted house, about gaslighting the villain for a change, and about the power of serial killer confidence.

You can find more Christa Carmen at www.christacarmen.com and you can get her new book from Thomas & Mercer on October 7 at your favorite book retailer or through your loca...

Philip Fracassi, author of The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre, returns to the show to talk about his latest book with Trevor. He also dives into some contemplation about the kinds of stories he likes to write, about the trials of the market, and about what makes for an exciting story using or transgressing against popular tropes.

You can find more Philip Fracassi at pfracassi.com, and you can find his latest book The Au...

Yume Kitasei sits down to share about her latest novel, Saltcrop, available September 30, 2025 from Flatiron Books. With Trevor, she talks about near-future science fiction, the importance of looking at the near future to understand the now, sisterhood and identity, and helps him properly turn the show into a Millennial podcast.

You can find Yume Kitasei online at www.yumekitasei.com, and you can get Saltcrop and her other nove...

Author Michael Wehunt comes on to talk about his debut novel, The October Film Haunt (out September 30, 2025 from St. Martin's Press). With Trevor, he dives into his complicated relationship with fandom, his disdain for online spaces turned into propaganda, and how art and community can be sometimes wonderful and sometimes terrifying.

You can find more from Michael Wehunt at michaelwehunt.com, and you can get the book at your fa...

Lindsay King-Miller, author of This Is My Body (now available from Quirk Books), comes on to talk with Trevor about the book, religious trauma, the struggle to be enough for one's self and one's family, about conviction and values, and a whole lot more.

You can find more about Lindsay King-Miller at www.lindsaykingmiller.com and you can get the book at your favorite book retailer or your local library!

Ally Russell, author of It Came from the Trees, is back to talk about her newest book, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave. She breaks down the book's origins in New England cemeteries, and talks with host Trevor about the book's big themes, including how horror helps address the worst scenarios in our heads and can contribute to making sense and community out of difficult situations.

You can find more from Ally Russell at allyruss...

Alma Katsu, award-winning and best-selling writer, is back to talk about her latest novel Fiend. She and Trevor break into the book's big ideas, spoil parts of it to dive into how it frames evil and complicity, talk about the book as metaphor for power, and talk all about the book's central monsters (who maybe aren't who you expect).

You can find Alma Katsu online at almakatsubooks.com, and you can get Fiend at your local librar...

Keith Rosson, author of Fever House and The Devil By Name, joins with Trevor to talk about his latest novel, Coffin Moon. Together, they talk about vampirism, horror noir, and the emotional complexity of the novel.

You can find Keith Rosson online at www.keithrosson.com, and you can get Coffin Moon from your favorite book retailer or your local library on September 9, 2025.

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Brian McAuley, slasher writer extraordinaire (and film professor), returns to talk about his latest book Breathe In, Bleed Out, now available from Poisoned Pen Press. Alongside Trevor, he breaks down the book's ideas about wellness culture, cultural appropriation, and more, plus reflects on the place and purpose of the slasher in our literary diets.

You can find more Brian McAuley at www.brianmcwriter.com and get your copy of Br...

Award-winning author Chuck Tingle comes on to talk about his new novel Lucky Day, available now from Tor Nightfire. With Trevor, he talks about love being real, about gratitude and its effect on living love, about the probabilities of anything happening and how we think about meaninglessness and meaningfulness in our lives, plus more.

You can find more Chuck at chucktingle.com, and you can get Lucky Day today from your favorite ...

Trevor is joined by author Isabel Cañas to talk about her new novel The Possession of Alba Díaz, available on August 19 from Berkley. Cañas dives deep into the conception of the novel, its historical backdrop, and how her books deal with issues over women's independence and control over their bodies, as well as more about why she writes.

You can find more from Isabel Cañas over at isabelcanas.com, and you can get The Possession...

Jackson Ford joins in to talk about his new fantasy novel The Bone Raiders, now available from Orbit Books. Alongside Trevor, he talks about his process for writing fantasy as a relative latecomer to the genre, the challenges of writing authentically to your voice and also of worldbuilding, and more.

You can find more Jackson Ford at jacksonfordauthor.com, and you can get The Bone Raiders today from your local library or your fa...

This week on the show, we welcome Daphne Fama, the author of House of Monstrous Women, her debut novel from Berkley. Alongside Trevor, Daphne explores metabolizing feelings through art, how her book handles generational expectations and conflict, the bearing of the history of the Philippines on her novel, issues of colonialism and self-determination, and the idea of monstrous women itself.

You can find more of Daphne Fama at dap...

Trevor is joined by author Lio Min to talk about their new novel The L.O.V.E. Club, available August 5, 2025 from Flatiron Books. Together, they dive into the novel-length metaphor of the book, talk about what it means for fiction to be properly representative of the core of another medium, about narrative-making and agency and choice in life and in fiction, and a whole lot more in video games and the novel.

You can find Lio Min...

Award-winning and best-selling author Daniel Kraus is back to talk about his new novel Angel Down, out July 29, 2025 from Atria books. Alongside Trevor, he talks about the book's craft, its big and terrifying ideas, and about what it means to live for joy in a world of challenge and loss.

You can find Daniel Kraus at danielkraus.com and get all of his novels from your favorite book retailer or your local library.

Trevor is joined by award-winning author Cassandra Khaw to talk about their new book The Library at Hellebore, now available from Tor Nightfire. Together, they talk about the book's rage at institutions, about how it presents a bleak critique of the world and its many hungers, but also reflect on the importance of hope and how rageful art can still contribute to making the world better, one ripple at a time.

You can find Cassand...

Welcome to the show Seth Haddon, the author of Volatile Memory, out July 22 from Tordotcom, a book all about rage and empathy. Seth talks with Trevor about what prompted him to write the novella, about the poison of capitalism, about the limits of empathy, and goes wide and deep with Trevor about their most valiant hopes and their most frustrated setbacks.

You can find more Seth Haddon online @sethhaddon, and you can get Volatil...

Wendy N. Wagner is here to talk about her latest book Girl in the Creek, available from Tor Nightfire on July 15, 2025. We talk about nature and horror, mycological fiction, the forest as memento mori, and a whole lot more.

You can find more Wendy N. Wagner online at winniewoohoo.com or online @wendy.n.wagner. Find Girl in the Creek at your favorite book retailer or local library in July!