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And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello. David Barr curtly.

Hello and welcome to episode 401 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing cults and horror and this will involve spoilers for the movie Midsummer. And it may also include spoilers for other movies that we discuss, so just be aware of that.

And I'm joined by three guests.

So first up we've got Grady Hendrix, making his 18th appearance on the show.

He's the author of non-fiction books such as Paperbags from Hell

and novels such as My Best Friends Exercism and the upcoming The Southern Book Club's

guide to slang vampires.

He also wrote the screenplay for the recent movie Satanic Panic.

So Grady, welcome to the show.

Hey, how are you?

The next up we've got Theresa Delucci making her tenth appearance on the show.

Her articles have appeared on Boing Boing and Den of Geek and her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons and Tour

com. She's also the editor of Come Join Us by The Fire, a free audio anthology from Night Fire books,

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