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We're coming back very soon with a new season! The theme this time will be Fantasy. Books mentioned: Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes by Travis Baldree Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon by Kimberly Lemming

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show

In this episode we discuss Woman, Eating: A Literary Vampire Novel by Claire Kohda. IG: @thepodtwist Support the show

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Severance by Ling Ma My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss Wisteria Cottage by Robert M. Coates. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Wisteria Cottage by Robert M. Coates The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones Antioch by Jessica Leonard The Atrocities by Jeremy c. Shipp News: Announcing the Winners of the 33rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners Production Company Squirrel Park Will Launch With an Adaptation of Jeremy C. Shipp’s The Atrocities For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon The Rock Eaters: Stories by Brenda Peynado Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas by Josh Malerman Bird Box by Josh Malerman Malorie: A Bird Box Novel by Josh Malerman The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark  In the Ravenous Dark by A. M. Strickland The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He The Hunting Wives by May Cobb The Next Wife by Kaira Rouda Infinite Country by Patricia Engel What Comes After by Joanne Tompkins Tentacle by Rita Indiana Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Flowers of Evil - Complete, 1 by Shuzo Oshimi   News: The Longlist for the African Speculative Fiction Society’s 2021 Nommo Awards The Final Quiet Place Part II Trailer Shows Us the Horror’s Past and Future Poppy War Author R.F. Kuang Announces New Novel, Babel For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss Penance by Kanae Minato Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Penance by Kanae Minato Confessions by Kanae Minato The One by John Marrs Sun of the Storm by Suyi Davis Okungbowa The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager Final Girls by Riley Sager The Book of Dragons: An Anthology by Jonathan Strahan American Love Story by Adriana Herrera News: HBO’s House of the Dragon Is Officially in Production A Deer-Boy Is Here to Give You Feelings in Netflix’s Adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth Announcing The 2021 Ignyte Awards Shortlist A look at your 2021 ITW Thriller Awards Nominees For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall.\r\nSubscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here.\r\nBooks mentioned:\r\nThe Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski\r\nAnd Now She's Gone By Rachel Hozwell Hall\r\nWhisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman\r\nThe Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur\r\nThe Silence of Bones by June Hur\r\nNear the Bone by Christina Henry\r\nI'm Waiting for You: And Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim\r\nHummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer\r\nTerminal Boredom: Stories by Izumi Suzuki\r\nOut by Natsuo Kirino\r\nMalice by Heather Walter\r\nFirst, Become Ashes by K. M. Szpara\r\nThe Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner\r\nSmoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty\r\nTiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror by Lincoln Michel & Nadxieli Nieto (Editors)\r\nHello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly\r\nYowamushi Pedal, Vol. 1 by Wataru Watanabe\r\nNews:\r\nNetflix Wraps Production On Season 2 of The Witcher\r\nAmerican Gods Won’t Continue for Another Full Season\r\nHaunting of Hill House Creator’s Next Project Is Sci-Fi Horror Set on Mars\r\nAnnouncing the 2021 Hugo Award Finalists\r\nFor show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist\r\nSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)\r\n

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss Nucleation by Kimberly Unger.\r\nSubscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here.\r\nBooks mentioned:\r\nNucleation by Kimberly Unger\r\nRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke\r\nDark Matter by Blake Crouch\r\nThe Birds by Daphne du Maurier\r\nParasite by Darcy Coates\r\nKaguya-Sama: Love Is War, Vol. 1, Volume 1 by Aka Akasaka\r\nIn The Quick by Kate Hope Day\r\nThe Councillor by E. J. Beaton\r\nThe MaddAddam Trilogy: Oryx & Crake/The Year of the Flood/MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood\r\nOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood\r\nThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood\r\nMaddAddam by Margaret Atwood\r\nThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood\r\nNews:\r\nAmazon Taps Doctor Who and Wheel of Time Director Wayne Che Yip For Its Lord of the Rings series\r\nHulu is Adapting Margaret Atwood’s Maddaddam Trilogy\r\nAnnouncing the 2020 Nebula Awards Finalists\r\nFor show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist\r\nSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)\r\n

In this episode, Marlin and Cynthia will discuss Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Nucleation by Kimberly Unger Something is Killing the Children vol. 1 Latinx Screams by V. Castro & Cynthia Pelayo Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth News: FX Is Adapting Octavia Butler’s Kindred Ta-Nehisi Coates and J.J. Abrams Are Teaming Up to Reboot Superman Sarah Gailey’s The Echo Wife Will Be Adapted for Film Watch the Trailer for Amazon’s New Horror Anthology Them Silvia Moreno-Garcia cover reveals For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

This is the third and final in a series of three episodes in which Marlin and Cynthia will discuss The Poppy War trilogy by R. F. Kuang. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang The Burning God by R. F. Kuang The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set by Leigh Bardugo Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Sula by Toni Morrison  Blood on the Tracks, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, Vol. 1 by Gaku Kuze  News: Watch the New Teaser for The Underground Railroad Shadow and Bone exclusive: 7 photos from new Netflix fantasy series For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

This is the second in a series of three episodes in which Marlin and Cynthia will discuss The Poppy War trilogy by R. F. Kuang. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang The Burning God by R. F. Kuang The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag The Hidden Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag The Midwinter Witch by Molly Knox Ostertag News: Animated Adaptation of Molly Knox Ostertag’s The Witch BoyIs On the Way From Netflix HBO Max Is Reportedly Developing Animated Game of ThronesSeries For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

This is the first in a series of three episodes in which Marlin and Cynthia will discuss The Poppy War trilogy by R. F. Kuang. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang The Burning God by R. F. Kuang Persephone Station by Stina Leicht Unchosen by Katharyn Blair Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode Marlin and Cynthia discuss Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram and on Twitter @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

This is a 2-in-1 episode in which Marlin and Cynthia discuss A Summer of Drowning by John Burnside and Cold Skin by Albert Sánchez Piñol. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Summer of Drowning by John Burnside Cold Skin by Albert Sánchez Piñol The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego by Mariana Enriquez Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology - Edited by Mur Laffterty and S.B. Divya Death by Dumpling: A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien Burial Rites by Hannah Kent For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram and on Twitter @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

This is a 2-in-1 episode in which Marlin and Cynthia discuss I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson. For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram and on Twitter @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode Marlin and Cynthia discuss The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter The Alpha Enigma by W. Michael Gear XX by Rian Hughes Nucleation by Kimberly Unger Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips Dead Voices by Katherine Arden A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gómez Japanese Ghost Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena by Catrien Ross For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram and on Twitter @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

In this episode Marlin and Cynthia discuss The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson The Preserve by Ariel S. Winter The Alpha Enigma by W. Michael Gear XX by Rian Hughes Nucleation by Kimberly Unger Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips Dead Voices by Katherine Arden A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gómez Japanese Ghost Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena by Catrien Ross For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram and on Twitter @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)

This is a 2-in-1 episode in which Marlin and Cynthia discuss The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly and Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here and Spotify here. Books mentioned: Small Spaces (Small Spaces #1) by Katherine Arden The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly Dead Voices (Small Spaces #2) by Katherine Arden The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden Victor LaValle's Distroyer by Victor LaValle Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san by Honda Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-García Parasite by Darcy Coates Slade House by David Mitchell Books of Blood by Clive Barker Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire Machine: A White Space Novel by Elizabeth Bear The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robin Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher Final Girls by Riley Sager News: Netflix Orders Adaptation of V.E. Schwab Vampire Story For show notes head over to www.thepodtwist.com. You can e-mail us at thepodtwist@gmail.com if you have any questions, feedback or suggestions. And find us on Instagram and on Twitter @ThePodTwist Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepodtwist)