S. 7 Ep. 152 - Dark Academia’s Haunts and Curses with Guest Lee Mandelo 10-26-22

To close out October this week, we chat with Lee Mandelo, author of Summer Sons, which recently went into paperback. This creepy novel is hard to categorize because it’s queer Southern Gothic, dark academia, and ghost story. It also touches on issues of race and class. The book is an amalgam of a lot of different ideas rolled into a complex story of friendship, grief, and family curses. We’re so glad Lee joined us to chat about their novel as well as an upcoming novella titled Feed Them Silence which comes out in spring 2023.

You can find more information about Lee Mandelo on their social media @leemandelo

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Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

2- Feed them Silence by Lee Mandelo

3- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

4- Factory Girls by Michelle Gallen

5- The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai

6- Alive At the End of the World by Saeed Jones

7- Prelude to Bruise by Saeed Jones

8- How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

9- The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu (Amazon Original Story)

10- The Fervor by Alma Katsu

Shows mentions--

1- Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror

Online Store Website and Instagram

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