172: Gus Moreno (THIS THING BETWEEN US) and Clive Barker's THE HELLBOUND HEART

In This Episode:

Gus Moreno joins Christopher and Drew in the Cosmic Horrorspace of the Zoom Damn Library to talk about This Thing Between Us. First they get into how he wrote about what scares him to write through grief. Then it breaks out into writing dogs, and writing every day, and writing about haunted houses leading to writing about haunted smart speakers. Plus, he brought along The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, a classic novella that contains the blueprints for a horror universe.

The Ep. 172 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew — Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
Christopher — Search History by Eugene Lim // Spear by Nicola Griffith
Gus — The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery // How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett (audiobook) // new underwear

ALSO MENTIONED:

Hild by Nicola Griffith
Paranormal Activity 4
Die Hard
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
The Fisherman by John Langan
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Rabbit Hole (film)
Air Bud
Hellraiser
Nightbreed
The Books of Abarat by Clive Barker
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Friday the 13th Part 3

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Drew — Reprieve by James Han Mattson // The Rim of Morning by William Sloane
Christopher — The Changeling by Victor LaValle // Over the Garden Wall
Gus — The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones // The Cipher by Kathe Koja

The Damn Bar