60 – Caitlin Starling and Emotional Torture Porn

Send us a text Hello kids. Wanna see a magic trick?  Rather than pulling a rabbit from a hat, I offer you Caitlin Starling, author of The Luminous Dead and her new Gothic chiller, The Death of Jane Lawrence.  Caitlin’s novel takes a familiar Gothic set-up and kicks it around until it is only recognisable from the colour of its blood. Dilapidated house – check. Deceitful husband – check. Magical rites, mysterious walls and ghosts that feed on shame – yeah that’s new! We talk all about magical rites and occult practices, but before things get too esoteric and in-the-weeds, we also discuss Hannibal the TV show, whether there is life after death, and how best to incorporate neurodivergence into a dark gothic fantasy.  You’ll come out of this one, entertained, entranced AND with a whole new reading and viewing list. Enjoy The Death of Jane Lawrence was published on October 5th by St Martin’s Press. Unexplained podcast episode featuring Aleister Crowley: http://www.unexplainedpodcast.com/episodes/2016/6/18/episode-10-the-spaces-that-linger  Books discussed on this episode include: Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Brontë Wuthering Heights (1847), by Emily Brontë Under the Pendulum Sun (2017), by Jeanette Ng Vita Nostra (2007), by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko Support the show on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TalkingScaredPod Come talk books on Twitter @talkscaredpod, on Instagram, or email direct to talkingscaredpod@gmail.com. Download Novellic on Google Play or Apple Store. Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices