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The Kingcast

85: Desperation with Laura Lux

The Kingcast

FANGORIA Podcast Network

Tv & Film

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Join us as we travel to the quaint little town of Desperation that has stunning historical sites, sweeping desert vistas, interesting local wildlife and the friendliest public servants you could ask for.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone this week's episode is brought to you by our friends over at

0:03.6

Tor Books who have a brand new novel they want us to tell you about it's called

0:07.7

The Last House on Needless Street by Kaitreona Ward our show's namesake which I shouldn't have to tell you as Stephen King says

0:15.8

the buzz is real I haven't read anything this exciting since gone girl this This shocking an immersive read is perfect for fans of Shirley

0:27.1

Jackson and Joe Hill says the press release that I am required to read.

0:31.9

Here's the pitch in a boarded up house on a dead end street at the edge of the

0:36.8

wild Washington Woods lives a family of three, a teenage girl who isn't allowed outside, not after last time.

0:44.4

A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory,

0:49.8

and a house cat who lives napping and reading the Bible.

0:55.0

I don't know how a cat reads the Bible.

0:57.0

An unspeakable secret binds them together,

0:59.0

but when a new neighbor moves in next door,

1:01.0

what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to

1:04.6

haunt the mall. Kaitrian Awards, the last house on Needless Street, is on sale now

1:08.9

everywhere books are sold. Sign up for Nightfire's monthly newsletter and follow them on

1:13.7

social media at Tor Nightfire on socials and at tour Nightfire.com.

1:20.3

And it wouldn't be an episode of the Kingcast without us highlighting our dear corporate overlords over at Fangoria, especially their kick-ass magazine, which always explores every nook and cranny of genre filmmaking, past, present, and future,

1:32.8

with all of the most exciting journalists, filmmakers,

1:34.9

and horror know-it-alls to guide the way,

1:37.0

including your intrepid hosts here

1:39.5

who have been in that magazine's hallowed halls as of late. I don't know do magazines have

1:44.9

halls I'm gonna say they have halls. They have back walls. They have back walls they

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