01 - Paul Tremblay and Why It's Not the End of the World

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In the first ever episode of Talking Scared we speak to horror megastar Paul Tremblay, author of the modern classic, A Head Full of Ghosts and this year's virus-shocker Survivor Song.  

There are musings on pandemics real and imaginary, the terror of sharks, and the terrible truth at the heart of horror fiction.

Books mentioned in our conversation include:

• The Stand – Stephen King
• Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus – Bill Wasik & Monica Murphy
• Things We Lost in the Fire – Mariana Enriquez
• 2666 – Roberto Bolano
• “The Colonel’s Son” – in The Secret of Evil by Robert Bolano

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