S07:08 I Read Dead People: Ghosts, Morticians, and the Dead in Romance

Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

Society & Culture, Documentary, Books, Arts

4.9 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2024

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

This is a bit different than our usual Halloween adjacent episodes -- we're talking about the rise of romance centered around ghostly secondary characters (Jen) and funeral homes and mortuaries (Sarah). These two themes have become more and more prevalent in romance over the last few years, and we talk about how and why they've risen and what they might mean -- considering the way romance reflects the world we live in.

We talk about the pandemic, about grief, about community and about the way humor and love find their ways into the cracks left by death.

If you want more romance content, maybe you want to join our Patreon, where you get another episode from us each month, and access to the incredible readers and listeners and brilliant people on the Fated Mates discord! Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon.

Also! We stay phonebanking! Join us this Saturday and next to phonebank with fellow romance lovers. Jen & Sarah are joined by special guests who will knock your socks off! Learn more and register at fatedmates.net/fatedstates.

If phonebanking isn't your thing, we're also raising money for downticket house and senate races, because state legislatures may not be sexy, but they sure hold all the power. Learn more, and give what you can at fatedmates.net/givingcircle.

The Books

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks
Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist by Ali K. Mulford & K. Elle Morrison
Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
A Ghost in Shining Armor by Therese Beharrie
Undertaking Love by Megan Montgomery
Inheritance and The Mirror by Nora Roberts
Temple of Persephone by Isabella Kamal
Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca
Mourning Wood by Heather Orgeron
Big Witch Energy by Molly Harper

The Notes

We have one more Fated States phone bank, or maybe you want to try ballot curing phone banking, which might feel less stressful.

Reborn Yesterday

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0:00.0	This week's episode of Fatumates will include a conversation on death, dying, grief, and the pandemic.
0:07.0	So, take that as it comes.
0:11.0	Hard to banter after that I suppose but you know it's fine you know here's the thing that I was I was talking to Eric about today is like these books are genuinely funny a lot of them and I mean I think that we'll get into why that is but I like I had a number of experiences where I was like oh no this is a genuinely funny situation that these people are in but
0:33.7	before we get into that let's just quickly get faded states out of the way okay
0:39.9	because I want to do some housekeeping.
0:43.0	Typically we talk about Phaedusates at the end of the episode,
0:46.0	but I want to talk about at the beginning of the episode this year,
0:49.0	this week, which feels like a year,. Well next week is a big week.
0:56.0	There's an election coming in the United States everyone. I don't know if you've heard.
1:04.4	If you haven't, bless.
1:06.4	I hope you're having the greatest life.
1:09.5	It sounds amazing.
1:12.1	We have one more week of phone banking and we're calling Michigan this week on
1:17.8	Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Join us and join us for lots of reasons. Join us because we no longer
1:27.0	hold the indivisible phone banking record and I'm very upset about that. And I would like to
1:32.1	so we need more people in the phone bank.
1:34.0	Join us to save democracy.
1:36.0	Note that I present second, like first thing's first.
1:39.0	It's fine.
1:40.0	We are who we are.
1:41.0	In times of crisis, we really show our true selves.
1:44.0	Join us to bring Michigan home for Harris Wells and Democrats up and down the ticket.
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