There's something strange going on at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Each morning, things are shattered and destroyed, but it's a mystery as to what might be happening in the night. To work it out, three employees volunteer to work the night shift, but in their investigation they encounter unexpected horrors. This episode we’re reading Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix, up to but not including Chapter 09 - Mesonxic. TW/CWs for this book seem to be: Claustrophobia, Drowning, Emesis, ...
Jul 18, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Six years ago, 3 Long Island teenagers were murdered, their drowned bodies discovered with sand dollars over their eyes. The mystery was never truly solved, and Evelyn Mackenzie's father was only cleared of charges when Evelyn summoned a spirit to clear his name, after which she swore to never summon again. Mina Zanetti comes from a family of mediums, using the ocean's power to guide the dead. However, with rising sea levels, the ghosts are becoming more dangerous, and Mina and Evelyn must work ...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Six years ago, 3 Long Island teenagers were murdered, their drowned bodies discovered with sand dollars over their eyes. The mystery was never truly solved, and Evelyn Mackenzie's father was only cleared of charges when Evelyn summoned a spirit to clear his name, after which she swore to never summon again. Mina Zanetti comes from a family of mediums, using the ocean's power to guide the dead. However, with rising sea levels, the ghosts are becoming more dangerous, and Mina and Evelyn must work ...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 19
Sophie, eldest of three daughters, has never thought much of going off to seek her fate, as she’s destined to fail should she ever. However, a meeting with the Witch of the Waste leaves Sophie under a spell that transforms her into an old lady, and so Sophie’s only chance at breaking it seems to lie in the moving castle in the hills, belonging to the supposed wicked Wizard Howl. In this pursuit, Sophie will strike a bargain with a fire demon, deal with this heartless Howl, and face the Witch of ...
May 23, 2025•57 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Sophie, eldest of three daughters, has never thought much of going off to seek her fate, as she’s destined to fail should she ever. However, a meeting with the Witch of the Waste leaves Sophie under a spell that transforms her into an old lady, and so Sophie’s only chance at breaking it seems to lie in the moving castle in the hills, belonging to the supposed wicked Wizard Howl. In this pursuit, Sophie will strike a bargain with a fire demon, deal with this heartless Howl, and face the Witch of ...
May 09, 2025•55 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Cora, new to the small town of Hickory Falls, ends up purchasing a jar of buttons, baubles, and, surprisingly, two rings. Wanting to do her due diligence, she seeks out the original owner of the rings, but she instead stumbles upon a decades-old mystery. A mystery pertaining to Clarity Grey, a young woman who involves herself with a married man. It all seems to work out at first, with him divorcing his wife for her and the two raising a family of their own. However, that all comes to an abrupt e...
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Cora, new to the small town of Hickory Falls, ends up purchasing a jar of buttons, baubles, and, surprisingly, two rings. Wanting to do her due diligence, she seeks out the original owner of the rings, but she instead stumbles upon a decades-old mystery. A mystery pertaining to Clarity Grey, a young woman who involves herself with a married man. It all seems to work out at first, with him divorcing his wife for her and the two raising a family of their own. However, that all comes to an abrupt e...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Zachary Ezra Rawlins, a grad student in Vermont, stumbles upon a mysterious book hidden in the library stacks, which contains a story from his own childhood. He follows the symbol inside of the book, a bee, key, and sword, to a party, to a club, and then further through a doorway leading to a magical place akin to a labyrinthine library. Through this journey comes Mirabel, a fierce protector of this magical place, and Dorian, a handsome man with shifting alliances. Amidst this magic is also a ba...
Mar 28, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Zachary Ezra Rawlins, a grad student in Vermont, stumbles upon a mysterious book hidden in the library stacks, which contains a story from his own childhood. He follows the symbol inside of the book, a bee, key, and sword, to a party, to a club, and then further through a doorway leading to a magical place akin to a labyrinthine library. Through this journey comes Mirabel, a fierce protector of this magical place, and Dorian, a handsome man with shifting alliances. Amidst this magic is also a ba...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 13
A reimagining of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, using its structure within this science fiction setting of a near-future London. Moremi is willing to connect herself to the Panopticon, said by the government to be the end of human suffering once everyone is connected. Orpheus was raised to question everything, including this overreaching government. There are plans to make this connection compulsory in the supposed name of perfection, but there is a divide between those that believe the Panop...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 12
A reimagining of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, using its structure within this science fiction setting of a near-future London. Moremi is willing to connect herself to the Panopticon, said by the government to be the end of human suffering once everyone is connected. Orpheus was raised to question everything, including this overreaching government. There are plans to make this connection compulsory in the supposed name of perfection, but there is a divide between those that believe the Panop...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Eden, Kentucky, another bad-luck, dying town, is known for the legend of E. Starling, reclusive author and illustrator of The Underland who disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared, but that house and its last heir, Arthur Starling, are believed best left to rot. Opal knows better than to involve herself in such things, but an unexpected job offer changes things. As sinister forces converge on Starling House, secrets must come unburied and fears must be confronted before Eden is...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Eden, Kentucky, another bad-luck, dying town, is known for the legend of E. Starling, reclusive author and illustrator of The Underland who disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared, but that house and its last heir, Arthur Starling, are believed best left to rot. Opal knows better than to involve herself in such things, but an unexpected job offer changes things. As sinister forces converge on Starling House, secrets must come unburied and fears must be confronted before Eden is...
Jan 10, 2025•59 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Declan Kensington is in need of some peace and quiet to get over his writer’s block, and he’s hoping to find it by spending the holidays alone at his family’s lakeside cabin in the small town of Maplewood, Vermont. However, peace isn’t exactly what he gets when mysterious, threatening notes start appearing and a killer strikes, casting Declan as a possible suspect. It’ll be up to him and Public Safety Commissioner Curtis Monroe to figure out just what’s going on, hopefully before Declan ends up ...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Declan Kensington is in need of some peace and quiet to get over his writer’s block, and he’s hoping to find it by spending the holidays alone at his family’s lakeside cabin in the small town of Maplewood, Vermont. However, peace isn’t exactly what he gets when mysterious, threatening notes start appearing and a killer strikes, casting Declan as a possible suspect. It’ll be up to him and Public Safety Commissioner Curtis Monroe to figure out just what’s going on, hopefully before Declan ends up ...
Dec 13, 2024•53 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Opaline, Martha, and Henry have always seemed to be side characters in their own lives. Those lives come to intersect, bridging decades, with the story of a lost, vanishing bookshop and the secrets of those shelves. There’s magic to be discovered and with that a world of wonder where nothing is as it seems. For this episode we’re finishing The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods! TW/CWs for this book seem to be: Domestic Abuse, Cheating, Stalking, mention of rape, mentioned Child death, kidnapping, impr...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Opaline, Martha, and Henry have always seemed to be side characters in their own lives. Those lives come to intersect, bridging decades, with the story of a lost, vanishing bookshop and the secrets of those shelves. There’s magic to be discovered and with that a world of wonder where nothing is as it seems. For this month we’re reading The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods, up to (but not including) Chapter 31!! (Also, I might have spent most of this episode mispronouncing Opaline’s name, honestly cou...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
It’s 1915 and Adelaide Henry is forced to flee California, making her way to the harsh land of Montana as a homesteader. She has the hopes of proving herself as a “lone woman,” taking advantage of the free land being offered to those who can tame it. However, she isn’t alone. She carries a steamer trunk along with her, always locked, because when it opens, the people around Adelaide start to disappear. For this episode, we’re finishing up Lone Women by Victor LaValle! Happy Halloween!! TW/CWs fo...
Oct 25, 2024•53 min•Season 2Ep. 4
It’s 1915 and Adelaide Henry is forced to flee California, making her way to the harsh land of Montana as a homesteader. She has the hopes of proving herself as a “lone woman,” taking advantage of the free land being offered to those who can tame it. However, she isn’t alone. She carries a steamer trunk along with her, always locked, because when it opens, the people around Adelaide start to disappear. For this spooky month we’re reading Lone Women by Victor LaValle! Up to, but not including, Ch...
Oct 11, 2024•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Everyone has a soul, shaped into beautiful gardens or frightening dungeons, and Soulwalkers, like Kamai and her mother, can travel into people’s souls as they sleep. However, in every soul Kamai travels to, she sees the same black door. Kamai is told to never open that door, but when tragedy strikes, she does just that. That’s right, this episode we’re finishing Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland! TW/CWs for this book are listed as: Internalized Aphobia, Internalized Transphobia, Misgender...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Everyone has a soul, shaped into beautiful gardens or frightening dungeons, and Soulwalkers, like Kamai and her mother, can travel into people’s souls as they sleep. However, in every soul Kamai travels to, she sees the same black door. Kamai is told to never open that door, but when tragedy strikes, she does just that. That’s right, this episode we’re reading Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland up to (but not including) Chapter 16 Impolite Intrusions! We’ve got dark fantasy, we’ve got cour...
Sep 13, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Frances Adams is given a foretelling of death, and she’s spent her life trying to solve this crime-to-be, digging up secrets of those around her in the process. In the present day, Annie Adams has been called upon to meet with her reclusive great-aunt Frances. However, Annie arrives too late, and now she’s determined to catch the killer and solve the mystery Frances has left behind with her murder. This episode we’re finishing up “How to Solve Your Own Murder” by Kristen Perrin! TW/CWs for this ...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Frances Adams is given a foretelling of death, and she’s spent her life trying to solve this crime-to-be, digging up secrets of those around her in the process. In the present day, Annie Adams has been called upon to meet with her reclusive great-aunt Frances. However, Annie arrives too late, and now she’s determined to catch the killer and solve the mystery Frances has left behind with her murder. This episode we’re reading “How to Solve Your Own Murder” by Kristen Perrin, up to, but not includ...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Travis Wren, with his talent for locating the missing, is hired to find Maggie St. James, a well-known author of dark children’s books. Following her trail, he’s led to a place called “Pastoral,” but reaching it ends with him, too, vanishing. It isn’t until years later that Theo, member of Pastoral, discovers Travis’s missing truck. However, no one is allowed in or out of Pastoral, and trying to unravel just what’s happened only reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, ar...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Travis Wren, with his talent for locating the missing, is hired to find Maggie St. James, a well-known author of dark children’s books. Following her trail, he’s led to a place called “Pastoral,” but reaching it ends with him, too, vanishing. It isn’t until years later that Theo, member of Pastoral, discovers Travis’s missing truck. However, no one is allowed in or out of Pastoral, and trying to unravel just what’s happened only reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, ar...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 21
On the morning Avery has plans to end her life, she and the world learn there are only days left until an asteroid will end the world. Hoping to spare her family and other loved ones pain, Avery can survive a few more days. With time running out, secrets and truths are revealed and there might just be hope to be found in the tomorrows. This episode we’re finishing If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude! Let’s see if any of our theories turn out! TW/CWs for this book are listed as: Mental illne...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 20
On the morning Avery has plans to end her life, she and the world learn there are only days left until an asteroid will end the world. Hoping to spare her family and other loved ones pain, Avery can survive a few more days. With time running out, secrets and truths are revealed and there might just be hope to be found in the tomorrows. This episode we’re reading If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude, up to the chapter titled: six months to impact! TW/CWs for this book are listed as: Mental il...
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 19
To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy, Kassidy, and five friends partake in a 1920s-themed getaway to Ashwood Manor. But the vintage and lavish party comes to a sudden halt when somebody ends up dead, and not just dead but murdered. Everyone is a suspect and everyone will be interrogated to figure out just who did it! This episode we’re finishing up Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz! TW/CWs for this book are listed as: Cheating, Drug Use, Alcohol consumption, and Murder; Suicide (not on page...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 18
To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy, Kassidy, and five friends partake in a 1920s-themed getaway to Ashwood Manor. But the vintage and lavish party comes to a sudden halt when somebody ends up dead, and not just dead but murdered. Everyone is a suspect and everyone will be interrogated to figure out just who did it! This episode we’re starting Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz, stopping before Chapter 22. TW/CWs for this book are listed as: Cheating, Drug Use, Alcohol consumption, and Murd...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 17
A proposal is set between Jane Shoringfield, having calculated a seemingly perfect match, and Augustine Lawrence, resident doctor, but the rules of this engagement are quick to break, especially as Jane ends up in the one place she’s never meant to visit, Lindridge Hall, the family home of Dr. Lawrence. There is something wrong at Lindridge Hall, and Jane now seems to be stuck in the midst of it. We’re finishing up The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling! Let’s see how the second half tre...
Apr 26, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 16
