Emily (they/them) and Pace (they/them) talk science vs military, queerness, and resurrection while covering George Romero's 1985 flick Day of the Dead.
Media Referenced:
-The Free People's Village (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781646144655) by Sim Kern
-The Mists of Avalon (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9780345350497)by Marion Zimmer Bradley
-The Once and Future King (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9780441627400)by T.H. White
-Le Morte D'Arthur (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9780199537341)by Thomas Mallory
-Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9780393334159)
-Star Wars Bloodline (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9780593974360)by Claudia Gray
-Icebreaker (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781250866042) by A.L. Graziadei
-We Will Rest! (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9780316365550) by Tricia Hersey
-How to Keep House while Drowning (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781668002841)by KC Davis
-An Ember in the Ashes (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781595148049)by Sabaa Tahir
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16 Jan 2026
HNAC Covers Dawn of the Dead 1978
Pace and Emily cover the 1978 movie, Dawn of the Dead!
Books Referenced:
-A Queer Lectionary (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781640657953) ed. Peter Carlson
-Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781250874634) and Bury Your Gays (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781250874665)
-An article about the editor of the first Star Wars novel (https://ilona-andrews.com/blog/the-remarkable-life-of-judy-lynn-del-rey/), Judy Lynn Del Rey
-The video Pace mentioned about Minneapolis Area Synod Lutheran pastors (https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1C6dRHZwGj/) on immigration
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11 Dec 2025
HNAC Covers Pet Sematary (1989) with Brandon Grafius
Emily (they/them) and Pace (they/them) are joined again by Brandon Grafius as he talks about his new book Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Fiction (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781640657830). We then dissect the film Pet Sematary. Will you come over and play with me? First I play with Jud. Then mommy came, and I played with mommy. Will you play with us?
CW: Discussion of racism, toxic masculinities, ableism, queerphobia related to the film
Brandon Grafius' Lurking Under the Surface (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781506481623) and Scared by the Bible: The Roots of Horror in Fiction (https://bookshop.org/a/23972/9781640657830)
-Stephen King's Pet Sematary
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