Join us for a discussion about bargains and Black faeries in pop culture with NYT Bestselling author, Dhonielle Clayton. Clayton’s short story is a companion to her entry in Vampires Never Get Old , and she gives us an insight on making mythology feel fresh and new, as well as writing against tired old tropes. Find Dhonielle on Instagram & Threads , and on her website Dhonielleclayton.com...
Sep 23, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Absinthe. Faeries. What else could we ask for? Holly Black, the literary Queen of Faerie, joins us for a little absinthe tasting and a fantastic discussion of all things faerie, including some faerie folklore stories Holly loves. We pick her brain on how she writes such incredible bargains and stories while keeping them fresh. We also touch on aliens, writing, and have a chaotic and delightful talk about the tasting notes. Zoraida did not set her apartment on fire. Not a sponsored episode, we ju...
Sep 23, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 6
On this episode we welcome Christine Day, an enrolled citizen of the Upper Skagit tribe, and award-winning middle grade author. She joins us to talk pop culture, dark academia, indigenous histories and liberation, and the power in the possibility of invention. Find Christine on Instagram or ByChristineday.com !
Sep 17, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore joins the faerie revel. They discuss the queerness and fashion of faerie, and what it’s like writing in the established world of VENOM & VOW , co-authored with their husband, Elliott McLemore. Visit Anna-Marie McLemore on their website .
Sep 17, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 4
NYT Bestselling author Ryan La Sala steps into our faerie circle to discuss their contribution to FAERIES NEVER LIE, queer culture and safe spaces, Sailor Moon, and belonging. Join the revel! Find Ryan on Instagram and RyanLaSala.com !
Sep 16, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Deep dive into the monstrous beauty of the faerie world with NYT Bestselling author Tessa Gratton! Find Tessa Gratton online .
Sep 16, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Welcome back to Untold Legends - season 3. This podcast serves as a companion to our series of anthologies. Season 1: Vampires. Season 2: mermaids. This season it's all about FAERIES. In episode 1, Natalie and Zoraida reintroduce themselves and discuss their short stories in the collection, when they first discovered faeries, and the process of making the anthology itself! Stay tuned at the end of the episode for an exclusive pre-order campaign for FAERIES NEVER LIE, available September 24, 2024...
Sep 05, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome back to the UNTOLD LEGENDS podcast hosted by Natalie C. Parker & Zoraida Córdova. We've had a little bit of a rebrand, so if you remember VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, we are still the same editors and writers, we've just expanded. Natalie and Zoraida are welcoming in the new year by chatting with Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Preeti Chhibber! This episode navigates honesty in storytelling, figuring out who the real monsters are, and how different iterations of Peter Pan—specifically the enchanti...
Jan 12, 2024•37 min
Welcome back to the UNTOLD LEGENDS podcast hosted by Natalie C. Parker & Zoraida Córdova. We've had a little bit of a rebrand, so if you remember VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, we are still the same editors and writers, we've just expanded. Join our dynamic duo as they're joined this time by the wonderful Darcie Little Badger. Together they discuss some fun (and deadly) marine facts along with what inspired her story in the anthology from the perspective of a horror and fantasy lover. Darcie Little...
Nov 03, 2023•40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Welcome back to the UNTOLD LEGENDS podcast hosted by Natalie C. Parker & Zoraida Córdova. We've had a little bit of a rebrand, so if you remember VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, we are still the same editors and writers, we've just expanded. This time around we dive into an empathically poignant conversation about the radical transformation that comes with the exploration of gender and what happens to us when we face storms both physical and emotional. Katherine Locke lives and writes in Philadelphi...
Oct 20, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Welcome back to the UNTOLD LEGENDS podcast hosted by Natalie C. Parker & Zoraida Córdova. We've had a little bit of a rebrand, so if you remember VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, we are still the same editors and writers, we've just expanded. For our third episode, we're joined by Rebecca Coffindaffer and Julian Winters! Get to know the authors and their tales on asexuality and acceptance in MERMAIDS NEVER DROWN: TALES TO DIVE FOR as we dive into a discussion of Splash following a recent rewatch. We'...
Oct 19, 2023•44 min
Welcome back to the UNTOLD LEGENDS podcast hosted by Natalie C. Parker & Zoraida Córdova. We've had a little bit of a rebrand, so if you remember VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, we are still the same editors and writers, we've just expanded. Our first episode introduces our new anthology, our mermaid origin stories, Trojan War bros, (almost) drownings, immigration, Disney's The Little Mermaid , and more of the mermish things that shaped us. Follow Zoraida Córdova (@zoraidasolo) and Natalie C. Parker...
Oct 19, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Welcome back to the UNTOLD LEGENDS podcast hosted by Natalie C. Parker & Zoraida Córdova. We've had a little bit of a rebrand, so if you remember VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD, we are still the same editors and writers, we've just expanded. Our second episode brings in two awesome guests: Julie C. Dao and Gretchen Schreiber! We revisit the original short story "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen, how embedding your culture into fantasy storytelling can be cathartic, and dismantling gene...
Oct 19, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
It's our last episode of VAMPIRES NEVER GET OLD: THE PODCAST and we are joined by New York Times bestselling author, Rebecca Roanhorse! We talk old favorites and new loves and Rebecca reveals her ultimate vampire inspiration for the enigmatic cowboy vampires that ride into town after being summoned by a young man's jukebox song. Thank you for listening to VNGO, and be sure to pair each episode with your favorite short story and contributors! Also in this podcast: Vampires Never Get Old ed. by Zo...
Oct 01, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In our penultimate episode, we are joined by one of our contributors, Victoria V.E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. From the loveable tropes of What We Do in the Shadows to community and queer identity in vampirism, we cover it all, plus an insight to her short story "First Kill," only available in Vampires Never Get Old . Also in this episode: Vampires Never Get Old Victoria Schwab Lestat Twilight What We Do in the Shadows Support the show...
Sep 22, 2020•33 min
We realized that Twilight is such a huge part of vampire literature, especially now that Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer is out, that we needed a part 2 to out vampire discussion. We're joined by Mark Oshiro, author of Each of Us a Desert , and creator of Mark Reads! When Mark read Twilight it began their journey in fandoms and became a staple of the SFF world. We dig deeper into Twilight and how the POV changes in Midnight Sun . The things we love. The things we hate. Why we keep going back. An...
Sep 17, 2020•40 min
Tessa Gratton is the author of The Queens of Innis Lear and Lady Hotspur as well as the original fairy tale Strange Grace and Night Shine . She's on this episode of Vampires Never Get Old to talk about the first vampires we love, and The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, as well as what went into writing her vampire short story "Seven Nights for Dying." What would make us want to become vampires? Listen and find out. Also on this episode: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez Anne Rice The Vampires D...
Sep 10, 2020•36 min
This week on Vampires Never Get Old: The Podcast we're joined by anthology contributor and essayist, Kayla Whaley. Her work has appeared at Catapult , Bustle , Michigan Quarterly Review , Uncanny Magazine , Book Riot , and in the anthologies Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World, and Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens. Her book pick of the week is Sunshine by Robin McKinley. This is uncharted territory for Zoraida and a favorite for Natalie. This episode digging into the good, bad, ...
Sep 03, 2020•34 min
All vampires are problematic faves, and Spike is no different. We do a deep dive into his character's introduction in season 2 and his journey from monster to ensouled through the series. Samira Ahmed gives us some insight into the writing process for her short story "A Guidebook for the Newly Sired Desi Vampire" only available in Vampires Never Get Old. CW: mention of sexual assault from season 6. Also in this episode Mad Bad & Dangerous To Know by Samira Ahmed Vampires Never Get Old pre-or...
Aug 27, 2020•40 min
This week we talk about some absolute classics of YA vampire lore. The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith and Glass Houses by Rachel Caine present us with heroines who aren't afraid to dive into the dark world of vampires. We also give a sneak peek into the plot and characters of our co-written short story from the anthology, "Vampires Never Say Die. " Also in this episode: Rachel Caine L.J. Smith Pre-order Vampires Never Get Old Support the show...
Aug 20, 2020•33 min
Critically acclaimed author Laura Ruby talks monster girls and more. We do a deep dive into two of Laura's vampire picks: Salem's Lot by Stephen King and Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black. We ask the question "who is the real monster?" in correlation to Laura's fantastic short story "Beastiary" from Vampires Never Get Old , the anthology. A two-time National Book Award Finalist, Laura Ruby writes fiction for adults, teens and children. She is the author of the Printz Medal Winning novel B...
Aug 13, 2020•48 min
This week our special guest is New York Times bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton. She is the author of The Belles , Tiny Pretty Things (coming to Netflix Fall 2020), and a contributor in the Vampires Never Get Old anthology. Her short story "The House of Black Sapphires" transforms the vampire mythology and roots it in Black American culture, creating something entirely new. We dig into Black vampires in books and media, as well as Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler! Also in this episode: The Orig...
Aug 06, 2020•42 min
Special guest Julie Murphy stops by for the Great Twilight Discussion! This episode focuses on the megahit that changed the landscape of young adult literature. We go over the things we love, the things we don't, and how Zoraida ~does~ like that vampires sparkle in this one. Justice for Kristen Stewart! Julie Murphy is the New York Times Bestlessling author of the novels Dumplin ’ (now a film on Netflix), Puddin ’, Dear Sweet Pea , and Faith: Taking Flight . Her short story in Vampires Never Get...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Zoraida gets nostalgic with the books that inspired her to become a writer and Natalie notes that the villain from book one is the love interest in book two. This episode focuses on In the Forests of the Night and Demon In My View by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and the themes of morality and damnation in vampire myth. Zoraida also dramatically reads an Edgar Allan Poe poem. Bonus: we discuss vampire friendship in our story "Vampires Never Say Die " features in Vampires Never Get Old. Also in this epi...
Jul 22, 2020•43 min
This week we talk the most BANANAS vampire book in our bunch: The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike (1994). After killing a detective in self-defense, a 5000-year-old vampire returns to high school to befriend his son and definitely left a feeling of "WTF did we just read?" Fair warning, the premise itself if incredibly controversial and appropriative of Hindu & Sikh beliefs. We continue our deconstruction of vampire tropes in classic vampire novels. Also in this episode: Spoilers! The origin...
Jul 22, 2020•40 min
You know the old adage: Vampires Never Get Old. At least, that's our adage. Vampires Never Get Old: Tales With Fresh Bite is an anthology forthcoming from Imprint/Macmillan on September 22, 2020. The anthology includes stories by authors both bestselling and acclaimed, including Samira Ahmed, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, Tessa Gratton, Heidi Heilig, Julie Murphy, Mark Oshiro, Rebecca Roanhorse, Laura Ruby, Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, and Kayla Whaley. Our podcast aims t...
Jul 22, 2020•33 min
