Anna Rose Reads
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One of the best Disney Channel Original Movies to ever air, Don't Look Under the Bed means a lot to us here at Darker Times. Aigner Loren Wilson writes about her experience viewing the film, reflecting on its impact, the idea of disbelief, and more. Read it here: www.darkertimes.com/dont-look-un...
Don’t Look Under the Bed (1999) & The Monster of Disbelief
How a Disney Channel original movie kept my weirdness alive.
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Now announcing our Darker Times Book Club selection for October! Wanna see what we chose? Interested in joining? Check out the details here, and join us 😈: www.darkertimes.com/october-book...
Darker Times Book Club - October Pick
Read the best horror with the best kinds of folks, Darker Times subscribers.
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He's baaaack! @scribeofhades.bsky.social joins me to chat about his most recent release (on shelves TODAY), Worry Box! We discuss characters doing their best, the realities of intrusive thoughts, not-haunted-haunted-houses, and complex endings where trauma lingers. Links:
The dreaded reading slump... As much as I love to read (and I mean LOVE), sometimes I hit a period where my excitement for reading dwindles, and turns out, I'm not the only one! The @darkertimes.bsky.social team sat down to talk about it, and you can read it here: www.darkertimes.com/in-praise-of...
In Praise of the Slump-Buster
Look, we love books, but even we have reading slumps–here's what they look like, and how we get ourselves out of them.
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Ever gone through a reading slump before? A few of us here at Darker Times have, & we wanted to talk about it! What does a slump look like for us? How do we get over it? And, do we fear the slumps that would end all slumps? Read about it here: www.darkertimes.com/in-praise-of...
In Praise of the Slump-Buster
Look, we love books, but even we have reading slumps–here's what they look like, and how we get ourselves out of them.
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The dreaded reading slump... As much as I love to read (and I mean LOVE), sometimes I hit a period where my excitement for reading dwindles, and turns out, I'm not the only one! The @darkertimes.bsky.social team sat down to talk about it, and you can read it here: www.darkertimes.com/in-praise-of...
In Praise of the Slump-Buster
Look, we love books, but even we have reading slumps–here's what they look like, and how we get ourselves out of them.
darkertimes.com
He's baaaack! @scribeofhades.bsky.social joins me to chat about his most recent release (on shelves TODAY), Worry Box! We discuss characters doing their best, the realities of intrusive thoughts, not-haunted-haunted-houses, and complex endings where trauma lingers. Links:
To conclude a marathon week in podcasting, I'm sharing my conversation with debut author, Carrie Lee South! We chat about In the Woods They Wait (on shelves this coming Tuesday, 9/22), the inspiration for this book, and the atmospheric feel of horror in the Southern wilderness.
@haileypiperfights.bsky.social is delightful and we will all be listening to this.
Anna Rose Reads@annarosereads.bsky.social · 2w agoA guest I have been DYING to have on the pod, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social joins me to chat about This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want which is on shelves TODAY from @titanbooks.bsky.social! We chat about tragedy in horror, "cursed" films, the effort put into art, & more. (🧵)
A guest I have been DYING to have on the pod, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social joins me to chat about This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want which is on shelves TODAY from @titanbooks.bsky.social! We chat about tragedy in horror, "cursed" films, the effort put into art, & more. (🧵)
A guest I have been DYING to have on the pod, @haileypiperfights.bsky.social joins me to chat about This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want which is on shelves TODAY from @titanbooks.bsky.social! We chat about tragedy in horror, "cursed" films, the effort put into art, & more. (🧵)
💫 Getting sentimental about our very first book club!💫 @annarosereads.bsky.social writes a reflection on reading Scott Hawkins' The Library at Mount Char with the Darker Times book club. Read it here: www.darkertimes.com/reflection-d...
From the Community Catalog: A Reflection on our First Darker Times Book Club and The Library at Mount Char
Sitting with The Library at Mount Char in all of it's flabbergasting glory
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I wrote a little something reflecting on @darkertimes.bsky.social book club's first read! The Library at Mount Char has been recommended to me for literal years, and I am so very glad I got to experience this book with such a lovely group of folks! Read it here: www.darkertimes.com/reflection-d...
From the Community Catalog: A Reflection on our First Darker Times Book Club and The Library at Mount Char
Sitting with The Library at Mount Char in all of it's flabbergasting glory
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New author interview with @jonathanjanz.bsky.social now streaming! Returning to Anna Rose Reads, Jonathan and I chat about the wider release of Marla, revisiting past works, horrors of the past and present, and more. It's always such a lovely time getting to chat, and this episode is no exception!
A subscriber exclusive: the new film IT ENDS puts Gen Z anxieties on screen. I may be an old Gen Xer but I loved it.
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · 3w agoEver thought about how the world you were promised and the world you're living in don't quite match up? @jessicaesquire.bsky.social writes about this very thing in relation to Alexander Ullom's It Ends with her piece, Life is a Liminal Highway: www.darkertimes.com/life-is-a-li...
Ever thought about how the world you were promised and the world you're living in don't quite match up? @jessicaesquire.bsky.social writes about this very thing in relation to Alexander Ullom's It Ends with her piece, Life is a Liminal Highway: www.darkertimes.com/life-is-a-li...
Life is a Liminal Highway
Alexander Ullom's It Ends is a surprisingly relevant tale of nihilism and persistence after you find out the world you were promised isn't the one you're living in.
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Anna brings so much joy and enthusiasm to everything that I'm truly thrilled to see her underwhelmed! We are all complex creatures. That rabbit is scary as fuck tho, I think we can all agree there.
Emily C. Hughes@emilyhughes.bsky.social · last mo.I finally got around to seeing Hokum, so naturally @annarosereads.bsky.social and I needed to have it out for @darkertimes.bsky.social www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
💐🎂🌀🔪SURPRISE! My conversation with @rachelharrison.bsky.social on Kiss Slay Replay is now LIVE!🔪🌀🎂💐 The only way out is through! A deeply profound, moving novel, Kiss Slay Replay is simply sublime and with books like this and people like Rachel, the “through” feels possible.
I REALLY loved Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and I REALLY love Gillian Anderson and I absolutely had to write about how monumental this casting choice was. So I wrote an essay for @darkertimes.bsky.social! Which you can read now 😈 www.darkertimes.com/billy-presle...
Billy Presley Might Just Save Us All: How Casting Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Healed an Awkward Horror Heart
Layered, nuanced, and campy, Schoenbrun's latest wins out in many ways, chiefly thanks to stellar casting
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Some casting choices feel deeply iconic, and Gillian Anderson's Billy Presley feels like one of those roles. @annarosereads.bsky.social writes an essay on why this casting works so well while also expressing deep love for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. www.darkertimes.com/billy-presle...
Billy Presley Might Just Save Us All: How Casting Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Healed an Awkward Horror Heart
Layered, nuanced, and campy, Schoenbrun's latest wins out in many ways, chiefly thanks to stellar casting
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I REALLY loved Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and I REALLY love Gillian Anderson and I absolutely had to write about how monumental this casting choice was. So I wrote an essay for @darkertimes.bsky.social! Which you can read now 😈 www.darkertimes.com/billy-presle...
Billy Presley Might Just Save Us All: How Casting Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Healed an Awkward Horror Heart
Layered, nuanced, and campy, Schoenbrun's latest wins out in many ways, chiefly thanks to stellar casting
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Punches have been THROWN! JK, but @annarosereads.bsky.social & @emilyhughes.bsky.social have a very healthy discussion about Damien McCarthy's Hokum. Before you read, who do you think loved it? Who do you think hated it? Let us know in the replies 😈 www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
Let Them Fight: Hokum (2026)
In this edition of Let Them Fight, Emily and Anna tussle over Hokum, the third movie from rising star Damien McCarthy.
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dude, i love getting to do this. so much. like what a privilege to debate with a dear friend about horror art?!
Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · last mo.Punches have been THROWN! JK, but @annarosereads.bsky.social & @emilyhughes.bsky.social have a very healthy discussion about Damien McCarthy's Hokum. Before you read, who do you think loved it? Who do you think hated it? Let us know in the replies 😈 www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
I finally got around to seeing Hokum, so naturally @annarosereads.bsky.social and I needed to have it out for @darkertimes.bsky.social www.darkertimes.com/let-them-fig...
Let Them Fight: Hokum (2026)
In this edition of Let Them Fight, Emily and Anna tussle over Hokum, the third movie from rising star Damien McCarthy.
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📢 Darker Times Book Club's September Pick 📢 Our next book club pick is... Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones! If you weren't able to be a part of August's book club, now is the time to get in on the fun!
Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
A VERY LONG OVERDUE episode of Anna Rose Reads is now streaming with the one and only @georgesreads.bsky.social! We chat about all things going on in the book world, reading, reviewing, podcasting, and more. It’s a great time AND here’s the crazy thing!
Happy Friday! Time to spark one and put on a horror movie. Aigner Loren Wilson outlines her favorite movies to watch high with Pass the Popcorn to the Left Hand Side: Horror Movies for Your Smoke Sessions: What are YOUR favorite high horror movies? www.darkertimes.com/stoner-horror/
Pass the Popcorn to the Left Hand Side: Horror Movies for Your Smoke Sessions
Great horror films to watch while high that aren’t your typical stoner horror movies.
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