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Everything we read, watched, and revelled in during Sick Sad Lit: Season 1
A masterlist of every disturbing, dazzling, and darkly funny title mentioned on the Sick Sad Lit podcast.
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Mariana Enriquez on The Ghosts of Buenos Aires, Horror, History & Rebellion
From Buenos Aires to folklore and rebellion—inside the gothic world of a literary horror icon.
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Ling Ling Huang on Speculative Fiction, Identity, and the Dark Side of Beauty
From Natural Beauty to Immaculate Conception, we talk about fiction, friendship, and the power of art to say the unspeakable.
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June 2025

Emma Van Straaten on Writing Mixed Race Identity, Female Rage, and Obsession in ‘This Immaculate Body’
A conversation about fiction rooted in truth, the complexities of motherhood, and finding rhythm in the writing process.
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Anna Dorn on Scent, Storytelling, and Writing Women Who Refuse to Behave
A conversation on Dorn’s latest novel, her writing process, queer literature, and how scent, identity, and power collide in fiction.
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Lucy Rose on Folklore, Feminism, and Feeding the Hunger in The Lamb
A Conversation on Unruly Women, Rural Horror, and Literary Risk
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Sarah Rose Etter on Magical Realism, Capitalism, and Writing Through Collapse
How dark fiction, emotional labor, and surreal storytelling help make sense of a broken world.
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May 2025

Gretchen Felker-Martin on Horror, Publishing, and Finding Power in the Grotesque
From Manhunt to Cuckoo, we explore the power of horror literature to challenge readers — and why the best fiction often comes from the margins.
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Chuck Tingle on Queer Horror, Absurdity, and the Power of Love
From satirical romance to horror as protest, Chuck Tingle talks identity, absurdity, and the radical act of love.
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The unhinged podcast you never knew you needed
The Sick Sad Lit podcast is a space for complicated characters, experimental form, and authors who aren’t afraid to get weird — or honest.
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March 2025

February 2025

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