Teen Creeps

This week Kelly and Katai read LETTER SLOT by Owen King, another entry in Amazon's Shivers collection, about a boy who puts his woes in a letter and inadvertently kills people's loved ones. They talk King family dynamics (with apologies to the King family), feminist undertones, unequal labor in the home, how they'd definitely put some names on a list, which is more helpful: art or criticism, and more!

This week Kelly and Katai read THE HOUNDING by Xenobe Purvis, the story that asks, “What if the virgin suicides, but dogs?” They talk Pete being a little shit, missing youthful crushing, loving Joseph and Robin, the problem being people, and more!

This week Kelly and Katai read DANCE OF DEATH by Jo Gibson, a return to our roots with a silly little book about a pair of evil shoes and the drip who is powerless to stop them. They talk being delighted to return to stupidity, being confounded by what a flier for an article is, pooooors and riches, Donna's embarrassing little outfits, going for popularity in all the wrong ways, Tammy ruling the school, creepy casting predators, and more!

This week Kelly and Katai read INTERCEPTSby T.J. Payne, the story of a man who gets counterintelligence by way of disembodying people's consciousness who is seemingly surprised to learn there are personal consequences! They talk feeling nothing for the book, wanting some goddamn angst from Joe, really liking one scene (lol), Riley being the entire beating heart of the story and yet a non-entity, and yet overall being willing to read more of this guys' work (lol in a different way).

This week Kelly and Katai read THE SIX DEATHS OF THE SAINT by Alix E. Harrow, a short story from Amazon’s “Into Shadow” series that asks the question, what if your terrible college relationship was in the Dark Ages instead? They talk power structures, Ambrosius!, who knew what and when in terms of religion and colonialism, and more!

This week Kelly and Katai read PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir, the story of a Swiss cheese brained scientist who wakes up in space and has to save humanity. They talk losing time, perfect casting, the stories we tell ourselves in order to be cowards, alien besties, and more!