Its that time of year where we each get to read whatever we want from our personal TBR piles and then tell the other one if its worth adding to their pile! In this episode we talk Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Trembley and Goblin by Josh Malerman and of course the inevitable digression…. SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Special thanks to @horrorflicktab for intro / outro production and media support Contact us on: twocronespodcast@gmail.com #TwoCrones #twocr...
May 13, 2024•34 min
Ramble time!! Join us as we talk about the books that scared us the most..... SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Special thanks to @horrorflicktab for intro / outro production and media support Contact us on: twocronespodcast@gmail.com #TwoCrones #twocronesandabook #twocronesreview #twocronesshow #twocronesramble
Apr 29, 2024•19 min
We review a short Things have gotten worse since we last spoke by Eric LaRocca….. Synopsis: Sadomasochism. Obsession. Death. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s - a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires. What have you done today to deserve your eyes? SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Spec...
Apr 15, 2024•23 min
Time for a ramble ……. The Crones share what their last lines for literature villains would say…. SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Special thanks to @horrorflicktab for intro / outro production and media support Contact us on: twocronespodcast@gmail.com #TwoCrones #twocronesandabook #twocronesreview #twocronesshow #twocronesramble
Apr 01, 2024•18 min
Two devasted Crones discuss Penpal by Dathan Auerbach! Book Stats: Paperback – pages 252 No Sleep Recording of Penpal: https://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s1/bonus-penpal-i Authors Webpage: https://1000vultures.com/ Synopsis: In an attempt to make sense of his own mysterious and unsettling childhood memories, a man begins to reconstruct his past. As the games and adventures of his youth become engulfed by a larger story, he finds that it forms a tapestry of unbelievable horror that he nev...
Mar 19, 2024•29 min
Ready to Ramble? Find out who The Crones would love to narrate the audio versions of their boring lives….. SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Special thanks to @horrorflicktab for intro / outro production and media support Contact us on: twocronespodcast@gmail.com #TwoCrones #twocronesandabook #twocronesreview #twocronesshow #twocronesramble
Mar 05, 2024•14 min
Time for another review! This episode The Crones review an Annette pick, This Thing Between Us A Novel by Gus Moreno and it goes down a storm! Book Stats: Paperback – 272 pages Audible duration – 5 hours and 56 minutes Authors Webpage: https://www.gusmoreno.com/ Synopsis: It was Vera’s idea to buy the Itza. The “world’s most advanced smart speaker!” didn’t interest Thiago, but Vera thought it would be a bit of fun for them amidst all the strange occurrences happening in the condo. It made things...
Feb 20, 2024•44 min
Annette and Chell talk about the sequels and prequels they never got but desperately wanted and Annette makes Chell’s day! Some of the books mentioned are: The Watchers by A.M. Shine Kingdom of Shadows by Barabra Erskine Case Files of the East Area Rapist / Golden State Killer by Kat Winters and Keith Komos Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia by John Gilmore Horrorstore by Grady Hendrix Gruesome Fairytales – Hansel and Gretel by Annalee Adams SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LI...
Feb 06, 2024•17 min
Annette and Chell review The dark between the trees by Fiona Barnett, a slow burn creepy tale of 5 women who go into the woods …. What could go wrong? Synopsis: 1643: A small group of Parliamentarian soldiers are ambushed in an isolated part of Northern England. Their only hope for survival is to flee into the nearby Moresby Wood... unwise though that may seem. For Moresby Wood is known to be an unnatural place, the realm of witchcraft and shadows, where the devil is said to go walking by moonli...
Jan 23, 2024•31 min
Chell and Annette answer the question: If you could dress the other one up as a literary character for a day, who would it be? The real question is will they be kind or take the opportunity to torment the other one! Come listen to find out. ***For our international listeners please note that the term ‘fag’ is used in the UK as slang to describe cigarettes similar to the term ‘smoke’. ** SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Special thanks to @horrorflicktab for...
Jan 09, 2024•19 min
Its the end of the year! Come join the Crones share their favourite personal finds, out of the podcast, of the year. Theres books, podcasts and box sets from the year. So, if you need to zone out from the festivities come join us, we may tempt you to add something to you pending ‘to be’ piles. Merry Christmas from the Crones and see you in 2024. SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Special thanks to @horrorflicktab for intro / outro production and media suppor...
Dec 25, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This episode we are talking about the fabulous podcast 12 Ghosts starring the amazing Malcolm McDowell. As if that wasn’t enough, we are fortunate enough to be joined by the extremely talented Tab from podcasts Test Pattern and Stiletto Banshees, as well as the lovely Tiff, also from Stiletto Banshees. As usual we digress, bouncing around into random unrelated topics but, credit where credit is due, Tab and Tiff manage to keep track and match the chaos! SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME...
Dec 12, 2023•53 min
Let’s talk narrators! Who’s your favourite narrator and why? As usual this goes off topic but, one thing you have to check out is the reading of Poe’s The Raven by the fabulous Christopher Walken, that we found on YouTube (we are not linked or affiliated with the channel in any way). To listen to the version, we sampled in the episode go to: https://youtu.be/R7G_fZYv8Mg?si=6B7qhIQtBgWvWD03 And the crones email address (that we couldn’t remember) is: twocronespodcast@gmail.com SPOLIERS, MATURE TH...
Nov 28, 2023•29 min
It’s a book review this episode. Annette and Chell review The Return by Rachel Harrison. Is this a debut novel with a kick or a meek flick? Listen as The Crones decide if this is a sinner or winner……. Synopsis: Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return-except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone. She feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one-day Julie will come back. She’s right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with n...
Nov 14, 2023•27 min
The spooky season is upon us, Annette and Chell talk about what they like to read and listen to this time of year and what they would like to read over the coming weeks. Some of Annettes favourites are old school 90s classics 13 Tales of Horror a point horror anthology, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and a super hard recommendation for The September House by Carissa Orlando which sounds spooky as F@~k. In her to be read pile is Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black ...
Oct 31, 2023•25 min
The Crones review Baba Lanka Pure Occult Horror by S.E. England (aka Sarah England). Annette finally gets a satisfying revenge scene and Chell develops a new author fixation! Come join us as we work though this British horror… SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. #TwoCrones #twocronesandabook #twocronesreview #twocronesshow #twocronesramble
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr
Random light review of The Devil’s Replacement by Michael D. A. Clarke Synopsis: The Devil is ready to retire from ruling Hell. Before settling down with his sex crazed girlfriend, he must first seek a worthy replacement. Through a series of gripping and connected short horror stories, we meet a variety of candidates potentially ready to take the reins. From the twisted ringmaster of a circus that contains a dark secret, to an unstable superhuman saviour who begins to question whether society de...
Oct 03, 2023•12 min
The Crones read and discuss Dandelion by Alex Bledsoe to sooth Annettes withdrawal from possessions…. SPOLIERS, MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE.
Sep 18, 2023•29 min
The Crones discuss why it is they read, is it to broaden their minds? Learn new skills? Or just because its a social acceptableish way to ignore people…… MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE.
Sep 04, 2023•23 min
Another summer shuffle, Annette has read The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson and Chell read Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes. Nostalgic, spooky coming of age vs feminine fury! Watch out for spoiler’s MATURE LANGAUGE AND CONTENTS SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE
Aug 21, 2023•26 min
Join the Crones as they try to do the right thing and wish for world peace but ultimately, we all know they are fighting a losing battle…. MATURE THEMES AND LANUGAUGE SOME LISTENERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE.
Aug 07, 2023•18 min
Another summer shuffle where the Crones read independently and tell the each other about it. This episode Annette reads Mothered by Zoje Stage & Chell reads Playground by Aron Beauregard This is for mature audiences only and may contain spoilers
Jul 24, 2023•30 min
What would your ultimate book themed home make over be? Would it be rainbows, fluffy clouds and cotton candy? You can bet your life Annette and Chell’s wont be .....
Jul 10, 2023•22 min
We have taken the opportunity to read something random from out personal TBR piles and now we have to sell it the other crone! Chell reads Dark Voyage by Helen Susan Smith - a dark and creepy tale about a sea Voyage in 1914 Annette reads She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran a deliciously spooky, yearningly romantic ghost story Join us to find out what we thought and if we can be influenced by the other Crone....
Jun 27, 2023•31 min
Chell and Annette discuss their favourite quotes. Will they be uplifting? Inspiring? Or dark and twisty? Your guess is as good as ours
Jun 12, 2023•20 min
Vampires hate Garlic, Faries hate iron..... Annette and Chell ponder what their bane would be......
May 30, 2023•17 min
The Crones take a look at the Graphic Novel, Carmilla by Amy Chu Soo Lee. Synopsis: Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was...CARMILLA. At the height of the Lunar New Year in 1990s New York City, an idealistic social worker turns detective when she discovers young, homeless LGBTQ+ women are being murdered and no one, especially the police, seems to care. A series of clues points her to Carmilla’s, a mysterious nightclub in the heart of her neighbourhood, Chinatown. There she falls for the ne...
May 15, 2023•30 min
A taste of the utter chaos to come! Contains adult language and references some listeners may find offensive Mature audiences (18+) only
May 06, 2023•3 min
The Crones each nominate a fictional character for sainthood and the nominations are miles apart! Who would have your vote? Opening theme music Halloween by yazlene star zaq-11976 (pixabay.com) Artwork by Becky Demos
May 01, 2023•16 min
your stuck on a desert island and can only take one book.... what you gonna take? Opening theme music Halloween by yazlene star zaq-11976 (pixabay.com) Artwork by Becky Demos
Apr 17, 2023•12 min
