Stories Chthonica: a podcast on fictional horror Episode 20 Episode 20 · 102 min · Chthonica: a podcast on fictional horror
Chthonica #14: Nathan Ballingrud on CATHEDRAL OF THE DROWNED and Michael Wehunt on THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT! Published Oct 10, 2025 by Greg Greene Horror
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1. Chthonica episode #1: Interview with Laird Barron on the worlds, metaphysics, influences, and - yes - dogs in his horror fiction - told, candle out 2. Chthonica episode #2: Kelly Link for Beginners: John Langan talks "Stone Animals" and "Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link - told, candle out 3. Chthonica episode 3: Ellen Datlow talks new Shirley Jackson-inspired anthology WHEN THINGS GET DARK - told, candle out 4. Chthonica #7: Horror from page to screen with Laird Barron, Alan Baxter and filmmaker Philip Gelatt - told, candle out 5. Chthonica episode #4: Paul Tremblay tells his horigin story! - told, candle out 6. Chthonica #5: John F. D. Taff on his new horror anthology DARK STARS - told, candle out 7. Chthonica #6: Ellen Datlow & John Langan on the new monsters anthology SCREAMS FROM THE DARK! - told, candle out 8. CHTHONICA #8: The literary lineage of Stephen Graham Jones - told, candle out 9. Chthonica #9: The Transgressive & the Sublime - Kelly Link on Horror - told, candle out 10. IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! with Laird Barron & Brian Evenson - told, candle out 11. Laird Barron on THE IMAGO SEQUENCE AND OTHER STORIES - told, candle out 12. Laird Barron & Philip Gelatt on OCCULTATION and the film THEY REMAIN - told, candle out 13. Laird Barron & John Langan on THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT AWAITS US ALL and THE CRONING - told, candle out 14. Laird Barron on SWIFT TO CHASE - told, candle out 15. Laird Barron, Trevor Henderson, and Doug Murano on NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT - told, candle out 16. CHTHONICA #10: Stephen Graham Jones on monsters, ghosts & turning twelve - told, candle out 17. CHTHONICA #11: Lost in the Dark with John Langan - told, candle out 18. Chthonica #12: Alma Katsu's FIEND! - told, candle out 19. Chthonica #13: Philip Fracassi on THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE! - told, candle out 20. Chthonica #14: Nathan Ballingrud on CATHEDRAL OF THE DROWNED and Michael Wehunt on THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT! - being told, candle burning 21. Chthonica #15: Stephen Graham Jones on All the Beautiful Sinners, States of Grace, and Earthdivers - still to tell, candle lit 22. Chthonica #16: Brian Evenson, Gemma Files, and Prof. Brandon R. Grafius on Horror and Religion! - still to tell, candle lit 23. Chthonica #17: Author Michael David Wilson on his dark comedy DADDY'S BOY - still to tell, candle lit 24. Chthonica #18: Great Adaptations with Philip Fracassi and Josh Malerman! - still to tell, candle lit Story 20 of 24. 19 told, 4 still waiting.
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About this episode Greg Greene and Edward Meehan host horror authors Nathan Ballingrud and Michael Wehunt on their new books! Ballingrud's CATHEDRAL OF THE DROWNED drops October 21, 2025 from Tor Nightmare, and Wehunt's THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT was released by St Martin's Press on September 30, 2025. Both are magnificent! Join us for a fun (and sometimes sobering) conversation on defying literary categorization, social media, the paranormal, and horror as a genre of transcendence! Video version on Youtube .
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