Teen Creeps
Teen Creeps is a comedy podcast hosted by Kelly Nugent and Lindsay Katai. The two grownup comedians revisit the trashy teen horror of their awkward neon youth, spanning the rise and fall of MTV. They mix nostalgia for side ponytails, pogs, and dial-up modems with discussions of creepy films and shows. New episodes are released every Wednesday. All opinions are their own.
Episodes
Imogen Howe's Twilight: FATAL ATTRACTION
This week Kelly and Katai read FATAL ATTRACTION by Imogen Howe from Dell's 1980s Twilight series, the story of an evil witch who won't stop bringing down positive teens with her sob stories. They talk toxic positivity, vague plant-based religious philosophy, the book's anti-empathy narrative, David being the worst, Cindy being a queen, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniser
Francis W. Dixon's Hardy Boys Casefiles No. 48: ROCK 'N' REVENGE (w/ Patrick Ehlers)
Kelly and guest co-host Patrick Ehlers talk Hardy Boys Casefiles No. 48: ROCK 'N' REVENGE! The Hardy Boys sort of stop the murder of Buddy Death, famous death metal musician! Too many military knives, yakuza tattoos, being splintered to death, deserved electrocutions, and video game talk!Listen to Nintendo Cartridge Society!Get a copy of Patrick's book: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Anatomy of a M
Lou Kassem's Twilight: Dance of Death (w/ Brendan Milove)
Kelly and guest co-host Brendan Milove talk Dance of Death by Lou Kassem! An extremely boring (but cursed?) main character must unravel the truth of two handsome identical twin boy ghosts, aided by her star quarterback, mystery-obsessed boyfriend and her horsefreak best friend who disappears halfway through the book!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND
R.L. Stine's Fear Street: THE THRILL CLUB
This week Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET #24: THE THRILL CLUB by R.L. Stine (or apparently Tom Perrotta??), the dumb story of a girl whose brain is getting hijacked by her boyfriend in order to force her to kill her short story club friends. They talk barely-there character motivations, cool ideas with no follow-through, dumb plotting, Seth inventing racist occult lore, egregious cliffhangers, a
Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High #57: Teacher Crush (w/ Ryan Mogge)
Kelly and guest co-host Ryan Mogge (Made Up Murder) talk Sweet Valley High #57: Teacher Crush by Francine Pascal. The twins' friend Olivia is in love with their art teacher Stuart (yeah he has them call him that) and is completely stalking him, Jessica is building a computer all to humiliate Lila, and Elizabeth has a special someone coming back to town...Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic roman
Franklin Dixon's The Hardy Boys Casefiles No. 42: The Last Laugh (w/ Brandon Winfrey)
Kelly and guest co-host Brandon Winfrey talk about Hardy Boys Casefiles No. 42: The Last Laugh! Frank and Joe go to SDCC, encounter evil comic book villains come to life, drop an old man and break his legs, and somehow accidentally solve a ... kidnapping/insurance fraud ring? Plus, tangents: leg lengthening surgery, twin eating, and meeting people at the beach!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic
Julia Armfield's Private Rites
This week Kelly and Katai read PRIVATE RITES by Julia Armfield, the story of three sisters and an inheritance that is NOT a full reimagining of King Lear. They talk stressful family dynamics, never changing in the eyes of the people who knew you when, not giving grace, end times, nebulous cult lore, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!
Laurie Bridges and Paul Alexander's Dark Forces: DEVIL WIND (w/ Patrick Ehlers)
Kelly is joined by Patrick Ehlers to talk DEVIL WIND by Laurie Bridges and Paul Alexander! They talk being possessed by whistles, being obsessed with whistles, hating whistles, loving whistles, and also sailing!Get a copy of Patrick's book: https://insighteditions.com/products/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-anatomy-of-a-mutantSupport BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter!
Zoe Daniels's Year of the Cat Book 3: THE AMULET
This week Kelly and Katai read YEAR OF THE CAT 3: THE AMULET by Zoe Daniels, aka Yucky Lucky Twilight Panther. They talk hating Tisha's characterization, lack of concrete Panther lore, wtf is Alex even, Holly being a giant baby weakling, how Zack needs to distance himself from these drips, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE
Zoe Daniels's The Year of the Cat Book 2: THE HUNT
This week Kelly and Katai read THE YEAR OF THE CAT 2: THE HUNT by Zoe Daniels, aka Panther Twilight But Now Worse. They talk everyone being crazy and annoying, simp poetry, inventing archeological intrigue to get your friend off your back, mugs vs. goblets, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video
Zoe Daniels's Year of the Cat Book One: THE DREAM
This week Kelly and Katai read THE YEAR OF THE CAT 1: THE DREAM by Zoe Daniels, aka Panther Twilight. They talk terrifyingly twisted murals, drippy comebacks, go on a very long Wicked: For Good tangent, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN C
Catriona Ward's Sundial (w/ Brendan Milove)
Kelly is joined by guest cohost and fellow Catriona Ward stan Brendan Milove! They talk children being mirrors, generational trauma, freaky dog experiments, and evil evil evil husbands! Content warning: this book depicts child abuse, animal abuse, violence against pregnant women.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad fr
Carolyn Keene's The Nancy Drew Files Case 111: THE STOLEN KISS
This week Kelly and Katai read THE NANCY DREW FILES #111: THE STOLEN KISS, a snooze of a mystery about a stolen painting and blah blah blah. They talk Ned holding Nancy back, George wanting Ned, questionable modeling outfits, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.Disco
Jo Gibson's The Dead Girl (w/ Omar Najam)
Kelly and guest co-host Omar Najam discuss THE DEAD GIRL by Jo Gibson! Too many men, put it in your peak, twin cousins, author lore, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are tho
Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High #56: LOST AT SEA (w/ Ryan Mogge)
Kelly is joined by guest cohost Ryan Mogge to talk Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High #56: LOST AT SEA! Jessica and Winston Egbert are lost at sea! They wash up on a non-desert island and build a house complete with sofa, encounter a bear, and DO NOT reach anything other than platonic respect! Meanwhile, Elizabeth's storyline is... being worried about Jessica.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic
Carolyn Keene's The Nancy Drew Files #31: Trouble in Tahiti
This week Kelly and Katai read THE NANCY DREW FILES #31: TROUBLE IN TAHITI by Carolyn Keene, a banger of a Nancy Drew from start to finish. They talk stereotyping the French but not the Tahitians, action action action, karate performances, Nan being over the bullshit, Nan having to actively choose to be human, Ned being useless, the best forms of murder (creature and spear gun), and more!Support B
Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond
This week Kelly and Katai cover THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND by Elizabeth George Speare! Cute sailor boys, misunderstood pond witches, nuanced New England politics, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All cr
Richie Tankersley Cusick's Walk of the Spirits
This week Kelly and Katai subject themselves to WALK OF THE SPIRITS by their former friend, Richie Tankersley Cusick, a barely there ghost story glorifying the Confederacy??? They talk racism, slavery erasure, and, unfortunately, more. It goes badly.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, &
Margaret Buffie's The Haunting of Frances Rain
This week Kelly and Katai read THE HAUNTING OF FRANCES RAIN by Margaret Buffie, the story of a girl who sees ghosts whenever she puts on an old pair of glasses… in Canada! They talk compelling family drama, loving Toothy Tim, their love of DTF St Louis, absent mothers, underdeveloped ghosts, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIB
Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
This week Kelly and Katai read the 1991 Newbury Honor winner THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE by Avi, the story of a thirteen-year-old Regency era snob who becomes a sailor. They talk the right kind of Mary Sues, skillful changing of minds, how you should always keep the dirk, how you should always play along, the hubris of forgetting the patriarchy and racism, and more!Support BROTHER MANO
Jason Pargin's I'M STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS BLACK BOX OF DOOM
This week Kelly and Katai read I’M STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS BLACK BOX OF DOOM by Jason Parkin, the story of a girl, a boy, and a black box traveling across the country stirring internet conspiracy theories along the way. They talk lack of story, too many monologues, liking the characters, liking the humor, but overall find it to be less than the sum of its parts.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's
Companion
This week Kelly and Katai watched COMPANION (2025), written and directed by Drew Hancock. They talk Chekov’s automatic wine opener, funny character actors, money grubbing friends, cruelty without consequences, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH
Ben Lerner's Transcription
This week Kelly and Katai read TRANSCRIPTION by Ben Lerner, a thoughtful meditation on memory, truth, technology, parenting, and the distance between people. They talk smart writing (in more ways than one), who is stealing from whom (if anyone), parallels and patterns, ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder), parenting with social media, and more!EPISODE NOTE: Due to a family medical eme
Paul Tremblay's Disappearance at Devil's Rock
This week Kelly and Katai read DISAPPEARANCE AT DEVIL’S ROCK by Paul Tremblay, the story of a boy who goes missing and the twisty investigation that follows. They talk oh so good writing, put M. Night Shyamalan on blast for Knock at the Cabin again, loving everyone EXCEPT ARNOLD, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON
PATREON PREVIEW: Evie Wyld's ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING
Life is crazy busy and Kelly and Katai are playing a little catch up this week! So here's a PATREON PREVIEW! Episodes like this are available to $8+ Patrons, and all at that tier and above have a chance to pick the book for our monthly additional episode!Kelly and Katai discuss Evie Wyld's ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING, a beautiful and skillfully woven story about guilt, grief, scary monsters, unexpected
Josh Malerman's It Waits in the Woods
This week Kelly and Katai read IT WAITS IN THE WOODS by Josh Malerman, another Amazon Kondle short story that they…do not like as much! They talk too much filmmaking shit, lack of relationship, the unforgivable crime of leaving Heather or Kimberly or whoever, dumb little hats, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON fo
Owen King's Letter Slot
This week Kelly and Katai read LETTER SLOT by Owen King, another entry in Amazon's Shivers collection, about a boy who puts his woes in a letter and inadvertently kills people's loved ones. They talk King family dynamics (with apologies to the King family), feminist undertones, unequal labor in the home, how they'd definitely put some names on a list, which is more helpful: art or criticism, and m
Xenobe Purvis's The Hounding
This week Kelly and Katai read THE HOUNDING by Xenobe Purvis, the story that asks, “What if the virgin suicides, but dogs?” They talk Pete being a little shit, missing youthful crushing, loving Joseph and Robin, the problem being people, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, &
Jo Gibson's Dance of Death
This week Kelly and Katai read DANCE OF DEATH by Jo Gibson, a return to our roots with a silly little book about a pair of evil shoes and the drip who is powerless to stop them. They talk being delighted to return to stupidity, being confounded by what a flier for an article is, pooooors and riches, Donna's embarrassing little outfits, going for popularity in all the wrong ways, Tammy ruling the s
T.J. Payne's Intercepts
This week Kelly and Katai read INTERCEPTSby T.J. Payne, the story of a man who gets counterintelligence by way of disembodying people's consciousness who is seemingly surprised to learn there are personal consequences! They talk feeling nothing for the book, wanting some goddamn angst from Joe, really liking one scene (lol), Riley being the entire beating heart of the story and yet a non-enti
Alix E. Harrow's The Six Deaths of the Saint
This week Kelly and Katai read THE SIX DEATHS OF THE SAINT by Alix E. Harrow, a short story from Amazon’s “Into Shadow” series that asks the question, what if your terrible college relationship was in the Dark Ages instead? They talk power structures, Ambrosius!, who knew what and when in terms of religion and colonialism, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kicks
Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary
This week Kelly and Katai read PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir, the story of a Swiss cheese brained scientist who wakes up in space and has to save humanity. They talk losing time, perfect casting, the stories we tell ourselves in order to be cowards, alien besties, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free an
R.F. Kuang's Making Space
This week Kelly and Katai read MAKING SPACE by R.F. Kuang, a short story for Amazon's Time Traveler's Passport series about a woman finding a boy in the woods, bringing him home, and her terrible husband being terrible. They talk A LOT about Goodreads reviewers NOT GETTING IT, the nuance of intersectional apologies, not engaging with material you know you will hate, there being lines in the sand o
Kylie Lee Baker's Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
This week Kelly and Katai read BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG by Kylie Lee Baker, a pandemic era tale of a serial killer attacking East Asian women and the insecure, germ obsessed woman who finally stops it. They talk lack of nuance on Cora's mixed ethnic background, tragedy porn, loving the characters, not nailing the mystery genre, and RIP Cuomo.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic rom
Jaqueline Harpman's I Who Have Never Known Men
This week Kelly and Katai read I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jaqueline Harpman, a speculative fiction about a woman raised in a cage with 39 other women on a probable alien planet and how she adapts. They talk the Child's endearing oddness, theorize on why the hell they were being imprisoned, speculate why the women get stuck in despair, and throw a little posthumous shade on RBG.Support BROTHER M
Grady Hendrix's The Blanks
This week Kelly and Katai read THE BLANKS by Grady Hendrix, a 35 page banger of an entry in the #KONDLE horror anthology miniseries “The Shivers.” They talk Rachel being wrong wrong wrong, not allowing themselves to feel this one, RIP Tom Docks, reenacting relationship trauma, Bad Bunny’s Halftime show, the majesty of Xcaret, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Ki
Eowyn Ivey's The Snow Child
This week Kelly and Katai read THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey, the story of a homesteading couple in 1920s Alaska who conjure a child made of snow and a shit ton of tears. They talk love, loss, parenthood, richly realized characters, stunning descriptions of nature, straightforward but poetic prose, and cry cry cry cry cry.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INF
Jennifer Thorne's Diavola
This week Kelly and Katai read DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne, the story of an emotionally withholding woman who visits a haunted villa with her toxic family and #girlboss #gaslight #gatekeeps her way through an exorcism. They talk their extreme disappointment with the last third of the book, their love of the first two thirds, dark empathy, promising seeds that never give fruit, Anna's lack of an emo
Lily King's Heart the Lover
This week Kelly and Katai read HEART THE LOVER by Lily King, the story of a college romance and saying goodbye. They talk how much they loved the book, cry, talk assholes and non-assholes they've loved, and then Katai has to abruptly leave because her doctor calls for a phone appointment a half hour early.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUB
Martha Wells's All Systems Red
This week Kelly and Katai read ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Kelly, the first in the MURDERBOT DIARIES series of sci-fi novellas about an anxious, morose security android who hacks its software to have free will, but who has to keep his day job or be found out. They talk loving Murderbot, technical trip-ups in reading, the Pantsuit Nation feel of Preservation Alliance, the Apple TV series adaptation,
Caitlin Starling's The Starving Saints
This week Kelly and Katai read THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling, the story of a castle under siege starving to death until some false gods show up to feed everyone to each other. They talk an inability to lose one's fanfic roots, characters running to and fro, hating Treila, unearned victories, not knowing where we are in physical space, cheating with your chosen POV, cornball endings, and
Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew Case Files No. 102: Counterfeit Christmas
This week Kelly and Katai read THE NANCY DREW CASE FILES #102: COUNTERFEIT CHRISTMAS by Carolyn Keene, the story of some counterfeit bills, some kind of publication, and cartoonists? They talk cuckolding Ned, law school logistics, Nancy being a stone cold bitch, overthinking logistics, cringe award ceremonies, '80s fashion, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kick
Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew Case Files No. 5: Hit and Run Holiday
This week Kelly and Katai read NANCY DREW CASE FILES #5: HIT AND RUN HOLIDAY by Carolyn Keene, the story of undocumented immigrants, slavery, hit and run incidents, and Nancy being a dumb little idiot. They talk everyone feeling middle aged, go on a long Whedonverse tangent, floashing in the oash, party trips, hater discourse as non-haters, Florida's age of consent, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR,
Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons
This week Kelly and Katai read WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech, the 1995 Newbery Award Winner aka ‘The Hours’ for children. They talk mom’s mom’s moms, the pain of living, loving Phoebe’s food bullshit, overly quirky grandparents, and do some more crying!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus e
Gail Carson Levine's Ella Enchanted
This week Kelly and Katai read ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine, the 1997 retelling of Cinderella. They talk fat shaming, questionable Centaur owning, disliking Ella, pointless finishing schools, movie adaptation improvements, consider revoking the book’s Newbery honor, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for a
Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins (w/ Steven Ray Morris)
This week Kelly and Katai were joined by friend and human ray of light Steven Ray Morris to talk about the required reading classic ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS by Scott O’Dell. They talked their feelings on the ocean, whether Karana is queer coded (no, but yes), school experiences, growing up, a white dude tackling a Native woman’s story, and so much more!Check out the Back to School series on See
Gus Moreno's This Thing Between Us
This week Kelly and Katai read THIS THING BETWEEN US by Gus Moreno, a beautiful, gutting tale of grief as told via possession. They talk guilt, darkness, dying, loving, dogs, a not-evil Vera, Bruce Willis guest star spots, petty gossip podcast recs, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bon
Molly O'Neill's Greenteeth
This week Kelly and Katai read GREENTEETH by Molly O'Neill, a cozy fantasy about a bog hag mother, a witch mother, and a gay-coded goblin who is not a mother. They talk frustratingly straightforward quests, dangerous-but-not-really fae, unicorn martyrs, superficial emotions, not-lush prose, and get defensive about not liking the book to some not-present attacker they imagine will hate their critiq
Lois Lowry's THE GIVER
Kelly and Katai talk Lois Lowry's THE GIVER! They talk suppression, the impossibility of complete protection, and the whacked out movie Me Before You!CW: vague discussion of suicide in the context of the movie Me Before YouSupport BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramM
Steven L. Peck's A Short Stay in Hell
This week Kelly and Katai read A SHORT STAY IN HELL by Steven L. Peck, the story of a perfectly nice guy who ends up in hell, which is an endless series of mostly nonsense books... aka this podcast... jkjkjkjk. They talk this book feeling like the companion to The Divine Farce, moving musings on love and loss, hell being other white people, allegory and metaphor for the search for meaning in life
Stephen King's The Body
Kelly and Katai talk Stephen King's THE BODY, the novella that was adapted into the seminal classic, Stand By Me. They talk the sadness of growing up, how you can never really go home, and nostalgia for a childhood you've never had.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordI
Michael Graziano's The Divine Farce
This week Kelly and Katai read THE DIVINE FARCE by Michael S.A. Graziano, the story of a man trapped in either heaven or hell, hard to say. They talk loving the book, icky but sweet, human connection, loving Brother Brian Blue, biscuits biscuits biscuits, the complications of help, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATRE
Brom's Slewfoot
Kelly and Katai talk Brom's SLEWFOOT: The story of a puritan woman befriending a goat demon, horrible witch hunts, and revenge!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts
Kealan Patrick Burke's Sour Candy
Kelly and Katai cover Kealan Patrick Burke's SOUR CANDY, a story about a man who witnesses a child having a meltdown in a supermarket, and next thing ya know he's bound to a baby eldritch being??? A fun, genuinely scary horror novella!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.Disco
Monika Kim's The Eyes Are The Best Part
This week Kelly and Katai read THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim, the story of a girl whose dad leaves so obviously she gets addicted to eating human male blue eyes. They talk one note characterization, great family stuff, yucky yucky eye stuff, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps,
Mieko Kawakami's Heaven
This week Kelly and Katai read HEAVEN by Mieko Kawakami, a philosophical tale of bullying, bullies, and the bullied. They talk what didn't work for them (most of it), what did (very little), the hero of the book (the stepmom), examine some Goodreads reviews, and meet the love of their lives, Jenna.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE O
David Sodergren's The Haar
This week Kelly and Katai read THE HAAR by David Sodergren, a cozy body horror?? They talk loving Muriel, hating almost everyone else, wanting Avalon to come to America, poor Arthur, the need to be a curious person who has thoughts, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & mor
Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street
**ATTN: SPOILERS IMMEDIATELY AND THROUGHOUT******CONTENT WARNING: CHILD ABUSE***This week Kelly and Katai read THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward, a beautiful and surprising story of imprisonment that takes the idea of a kidnapped girl and turns it on its head and adds a cat. They talk loving the characters, twists on twists, snakes on snakes, hating Mommy, the LORD, and more!Suppo
Ray Nayler's Tusks of Extinction
This week Kelly and Katai read TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler, a beautiful and sad sci-fi novella about humanity, poaching, and mammoths. They talk more Goodreads dunderheads, seeing every perspective, getting so much story in so little time, how humanity is cooked, and more.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad fre
Emily Ruth Verona's Midnight on Beacon Street
This week Kelly and Katai read MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET by Emily Ruth Verona, a clever take on the Teen Creeps slasher genre that had them cheering. They talk loving the book, hating Gabby of Goodreads, beautiful inner turmoil, a textbook example of surprising but inevitable, what they’ve been watching/playing, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INF
Caroline B. Cooney's Goddess of Yesterday
This week Kelly and Katai read The Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney, an outstanding take on Greek historical myth set around the beginning of the Trojan War. They talk loving Anaxandra, hating Paris and Helen, whether quicksilver is mercury, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, b
Mary Downing Hahn's The Old Willis Place
This week Kelly and Katai read THE OLD WILLIS PLACE by Mary Downing Hahn, a beautiful story of tragic ghost children and the nice dum dum who thinks they’re just in a cult. They talk forgiveness, feeling like Miss Willis has at least 60 more years of penance, feeling for Diana and Georgie, being whatever about Lissa, and more.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter
Kay Chronister's The Bog Wife
This week Kelly and Katai read THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister, a moving story of family and bogs. They talk great prose, beautifully realized characters, the failings of modern American online therapizing, family trauma, magical realism, and bogs bogs bogs.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus
R.L. Stine's Party Games
This week Kelly and Katai read the 2014 FEAR STREET reboot entry PARTY GAMES by R.L. Stine, the story of a dum dum who gets a crush on a Fear boy and misses every red flag during his birthday death games. They talk psycho boys, poorly designed murder games, going to bed smelling of burger, missed villain opportunities, unimpressive party spreads, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic roma
Patreon Preview: Emma Cline's THE GIRLS
Sicknesses and work/shooting schedules and life had us unable to record this week, so here's an Outside Genre episode from our Patreon!Kelly and Katai talk THE GIRLS by Emma Cline, a beautiful rumination on girlhood, acquiescence, AND VIOLENT NORCAL CULTS! Thank you so much to listener Jenna Jardin for the book suggestion! The irresistible pull of someone with power, the desire to be desired, and
Lurlene McDaniels's Angels Watching Over Me
This week Kelly and Katai dived into ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME, the first entry in Lurlene McDaniels' Angels Trilogy--and they will not be returning! They talk exoticizing and eroticizing the Amish, some Belle Gibson ass cancer messaging, confusing angel messaging, how they'd have talked shit on Leah as her fellow patients, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickst
R.L. Stine's Don't Stay Up Late
This week Kelly and Katai read DON'T STAY UP LATE (A FEAR STREET NOVEL) by R.L. Stine, the story of a girl whose dad dies and then she almost gets gaslit to death. They talk the return of the angel faced white blonde haired boy charge, moms who need to get different jobs, absolutely bonkers monster child conspiracies, nary an endgame to be found, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic roma
Beverly Butler's Ghost Cat
This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read GHOST CAT by Beverly Butler. They talk death by coddling, hating Todd, loving Annabel, hating Todd, mixing wisdom with fury, hating Todd, and also hating Todd!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS I
R.L. Stine's Fear Street Nights Trilogy: Moonlight Secrets, Midnight Games, & Darkest Dawn
This week on the podcast Kelly read FEAR STREET NIGHTS: MOONLIGHT SECRETS, MIDNIGHT GAMES, and DARKEST DAWN by R.L. Stine and Lindsay read Moonlight Secrets. They talk misguided naming paradigms, evil crows, loser bartenders, extreme lip violence, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus
Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles: The Wounded Tree & The Gathered Glory
This week Kelly and Katai finally finish Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles with the books THE WOUNDED TREE and THE GATHERED GLORY. They talk Cara's continuing nonsense even as a unicorn, satisfying payoffs, sad deaths, fun twists, earned endings, and then get into what they're watching on TV, hot hot hot tooth extractions, and which celebrities they instinctively know to be their soulmates.Suppor
Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles: Secret of the Delvers and The Invasion of Luster
This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai continued their travels on the Unicorn Chronicle highway with SECRET OF THE DELVERS and THE INVASION OF LUSTER by Bruce Coville. They update each other on what the fuck is up with Dimblethumb (OR NOT!!), briefly check in on characters keeping them emotionally distant from the story, bad bitch Felicity, the actually impactful story of the Centaur Chiron, Bel
Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles: Song of the Wanderer and Enter the Whisperer
This week Kelly and Katai returned to Bruce Coville's Unicorn Chronicles series with SONG OF THE WANDERER and ENTER THE WHISPERER. They talk boring protagonist syndrome, MacGuffins as far as the eye can see, annoying creatures, cool lore vs boring story, and hit on both the best and dumbest solution to the problem of continuing the series for the podcast.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic roman
E.L. Konigsburg's A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
This week Kelly and Katai read A PROUD TASTE FOR SCARLET AND MINIVER by E.L. Konigsburg, the fictionalized story of Eleanor of Aquitaine's life as she waits for her second husband, Henry II, in heaven. They talk whether it's real, cringe heaven fanfic, the best form of government, everybody hates John, bad cult of personality teachers, and more!And announcement: WE'RE NOW AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST. W
Grady Hendrix's Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
This week Kelly and Katai read WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix, the story of a group of unwed teenage girls who are sent to a maternity home in Florida in 1970 and the ways they attempt to take control over their own lives and pregnancies (witchcraft, etc). They cry, despair over the plight of these characters and the real girls who went through this, get angry, cry, fawn over Grady
Ira Levin's The Stepford Wives
This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read THE STEPFORD WIVES by Ira Levin, the story of what are you a slug living under a rock, how do you not already know the plot of this book? They get mad as hell and talk sexism, evil imagineers, and more! Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, &a
R.L. Stine's Into the Dark
This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read FEAR STREET: INTO THE DARK by R.L. Stine, the story of a blind girl who is awesome, but has unfortunately attracted a set of insane twin brothers. They talk good disability representation, Ed's many faults, Brad's also glaring faults, using your twin to sleep with Keanu Reeves' stunt double from Constantine, and more!SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREO
T. Kingfisher's A Sorceress Comes to Call
This week Kelly and Katai read A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher, the story of an evil narcissist mom out to marry rich. They talk family surprises, who can pull off both loser and plastic, Falada's betrayal, the Penelope Green problem, and more!SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more:https://www.patreon.com/t
PATREON OUTSIDE GENRE DROP: Álvaro Enrigue's YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES
PATREON OUTSIDE GENRE DROP! Kelly and Katai talk Álvaro Enrigue's YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES, a surprisingly funny historical fiction about the meeting between Cortéz and Moctezuma! Huge thanks to listener Hannah for the book suggestion! Stinky priests, running away from your european friends, and tripping on cacti!SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes,
Benjamin Stevenson's Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone
This week Kelly and Katai read EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE by Ernest Cunningham, er, we mean Benjamin Stevenson. They talk hyper self-aware narrative, poor poor Lucy, using every detail, loving everything, did we mention poor poor Lucy, and more!SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more:https://www.patreon.c
Judith St. George's Haunted
This week Kelly and Katai read HAUNTED by Judith St. George, the story of a boy who has to rid a compound of nazi ghosts in the most boring way possible. They talk wills! How not to do nazi ghosts! And more!SUBSCRIBE TO THE TEEN CREEPS PATREON to get ad free and video versions of our episodes, bonus episodes, merch, and more:https://www.patreon.com/teencreepsCONNECT W/ TEEN CREEPS:https://discord.
