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Your first look at upcoming books! My goal with the ARC Party is to connect readers with books before they release! Much of the success of a new book is connected to pre-orders and early sales numbers, but sometimes people don't hear about a book until long after it's been released. An episode typically consists of an author giving a quick description of their book, followed by a spoiler free discussion about it. We often talk about themes, characters, settings, etc. But I'm careful to not talk about anything that would ruin the reading experience! <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thearcparty.com?utm_medium=podcast">www.thearcparty.com</a>

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July 3, 2026

Horror Boom StokerCon Virtual Panel

<p>StokerCon 2026 took place in Pittsburgh at the beginning of June, and this year I was part of the programming team. Me and my good pal Greg Greene were tasked with managing the virtual panels for the con, which was an honor and a lot of fun! </p><p>We pulled together a couple dozen virtual panels that were incredible, including my own panel where me and some rock star panelists asked and answered the question: Is horror having a moment, and if so, why?</p><p>This episode, I’m happy to share with you the panel in its entirety. The roster of panelists is crazy. Ellen Datlow, Becky Spratford, Jeremy Robert Johnson, Yah Yah Schofield, and George Dunn all contributed their amazing experience and perspective and it was a great time. </p><p>If you enjoyed this, maybe consider StokerCon 2027 virtual programming! You have the option to pay just for the Virtual Con which gives you access to all of the new panels as well as panels from previous years. We’re talking hundreds of panels you can only see by getting the Virtual con access. If you <strong>are</strong> planning to attend StokerCon 2027, you can add virtual to your in-person access. It’s a great value and we’re hoping to go even bigger for 2027.</p><p>Also, please support all of the wonderful panelists that joined me. They’re doing great work and deserve as much support and recognition as possible! </p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://ellendatlow.com">Ellen Datlow</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://raforallhorror.blogspot.com">Becky Spratford</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jeremyrobertjohnson.com">Jeremy Robert Johnson</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://fluoresensitive.substack.com/about">Yah Yah Schofield</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://georgesreads.substack.com">George Dunn</a></p><p>For those who prefer YouTube:</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.thearcparty.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.thearcparty.com/subscribe</a>

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June 24, 2026

2026 Horror Preview pt 2

<p>New to the ARC Party?</p><p>If you’re new here, I’ll explain why this episode is so cool. Every six months, I get together with two of the most informed and well-read people in the horror book world…</p><p><strong>Becky Spratford:</strong> Becky Spratford [MLIS] is a Librarian in Illinois specializing in serving patrons ages 13 and up. She trains library staff all over the world on how to match books with readers through the local public library. She runs the critically acclaimed RA training blog <a target="_blank" href="https://raforallhorror.blogspot.com/?m=1">RA for All</a>, writes reviews for Booklist and a Horror review column for Library Journal. Becky has been an elected Library Trustee and a former Board member for both the Reaching Across Illinois Library System and the Illinois Library Association. Known for her work with Horror readers. Becky is the author of three text books for library workers and the Locus Award nominated and Bram Stoker Award winning <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781668205099">Why I Love Horror</a> [Saga Press, 2025]. Becky was named one of the Chicago Tribune’s Chicagoans of the Year in 2025. She is on the Shirley Jackson Award Advisory Board and is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association, currently serving as the Association’s Secretary and Co-Chair of their Libraries Committee.</p><p>and</p><p><strong>Emily Hughes: </strong>Emily C. Hughes (she/her) is the Bram Stoker Award®-winning author of <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781683694250">Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch</a> and the co-founder of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.darkertimes.com/">Darker Times</a>, a worker-owned magazine about horror and culture. You can find her writing elsewhere in the New York Times Book Review, Vulture, Slate, Reactor Magazine, Electric Literature, Nightmare Magazine, Thrillist, and more. Emily lives in crunchy western Massachusetts with her husband and four idiot cats.</p><p>… and we spend a couple of hours talking about books that we’re super excited to read in the coming six months. We each choose two books per month, and go around sharing what we know about them. It’s a ton of fun, and it gives us an opportunity to talk up dozens of books. </p><p>To date we have highlighted 219 books! That’s a lotta reads. And remember, books don’t have an expiration date, so feel free to go back in my YouTube playlist at the end of this entry, and get some recommendations from 2024 and 2025 as well!</p><p>Don’t forget to support your hosts!</p><p>* Keep coming back for my monthly Horror TBR list episodes!</p><p>* Becky’s book won multiple Bram Stoker Awards at this year’s StokerCon!</p><p>* Subscribe to Emily’s new horror magazine: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.darkertimes.com">Darker Times</a></p><p>The Books!</p><p>July</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781250398567">Fabulous Bodies</a> by Chuck Tingle</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781835410820">The Red Sacrament</a> by Sara Hinkley</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781837867639">Home Sick </a>by Rhiannon Grist</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781250404527">Carry Me To My Grave </a>by Christopher Golden</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781593768256">The Flayed Man</a> by Chloe Lauter</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781069634436">Caught in the In-Between</a> by Alyson Hasson</p><p>August</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781250380753">A Plagued Sea</a> by Kim Bo-Young</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217154166">The Hill in the Dark Grove</a> by Liam Higginson</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217091812">Calamities</a> by Chuck Wendig</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781250328274">The Minimalist</a> by Kailee Pedersen</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781464258534">The Burn Line </a>by Jonathan Sims</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.rapturepublishing.com/product/arson-by-design-by-tyler-jones-deluxe-edition/PZJ2GE4QHIVGPICFF2GEFIQY?cp=true&#38;sa=false&#38;sbp=false&#38;q=false&#38;category_id=AHFSBLBKLHIOJDFJUH2LZGQ6">Arson By Design</a> by Tyler Jones</p><p>September</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217188574">Kiss, Slay, Replay</a> by Rachel Harrison</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217089963">Blacktail</a> by Scott Hawkins</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798228496903">Something of a Calling</a> by Zoje Stage</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781668075142">Mazywood</a> bt Tananarieve Due</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217087204">American Nightmare</a> by Kelly McWilliams</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798347042159">The Nudge </a>by Joseph Fink</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781803369556">We Turn Gruesome at Night</a> by Eric LaRocca</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217177707">Incarnate</a> by Alma Katsu</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781668091944">Something Followed Us Home</a> ed. by Cynthia Pelayo</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217007622">Never Whistle At Night II: Back for Blood</a> ed. Shane Hawk and Theodore C Van Alst</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781250434661">Our Cut of Salt </a>by Deena Helm</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9780063492356">The Ship of Death </a>by Kyle Winkler</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9780063452398">Observer</a> by Nicholas Russell</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9780593733431">Crone</a> by Keith Rosson</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9780399181092">The Rouse </a>by China Miéville</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781836730323">Worry Box </a>by Chris Panatier</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9780593723159">Pictures of You </a>by Josh Malerman</p><p>October</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781668225127">Off The Reservation </a>by Stephen Graham Jones</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217180677">Carrying</a> by Samantha Josephs</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9780593952177">Savage Lake</a> by Nick Medina</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781250340788">Milk Teeth</a> by Caitlin Starling</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217181131">The Unhaunting</a> by Micaiah Johnson</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781250877895">Find Me Where It Ends</a> by Cassandra Khaw</p><p>November</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798897320189">Depth Charge</a> by Tyler Jones</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781959790839">Annex of the Obscure vol. </a>1 by Mo Moshaty</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798890035837">Welcome Home Miriam</a> by Sanchita Mitra</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9798217187119">There Used To Be People Here</a> by Kennedy Cole</p><p>December</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781959790853">Dive</a> by Allison Mick</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781968043353">Motherfucking Sharks</a> by Brian Allen Carr</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/90265/9781668213407">Vampire Menstrual Syndrome</a> by SC Hunter</p><p>See ALL of our recommendations from over the years on my YouTube Playlist:</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYuIbK-ntIsa0Bcmpitom-zCq2gsfWogY">Horror Preview Playlist: 219 Horror Books from 2024 to 2026!</a></p><p>For those who prefer YouTube:</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.thearcparty.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.thearcparty.com/subscribe</a>

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June 15, 2026

Paul Tremblay - DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP

<p>As you are about to hear, my Paul Tremblay story goes a long way back. I’ve read almost every book he’s written, and in that time some titles have stood out to me as being extra special. THE PALLBEARER’S CLUB is one of those books, and now DEAD BUT DREAMING OF ELECTRIC SHEEP too. </p><p>At the risk of being hyperbolic, Paul took a damn swing with this book, and he connected. That is to say that he wrote a Paul Tremblay book with all the trappings you would expect to find, and somehow deftly wove such a strong and exciting FUCK YOU to AI into the story that, man, deserves all the praise. </p><p>I don’t want to say too much as to spoil the way Paul worked his magic, but holy hell i’m impressed and excited, and really just think everyone needs to read it. It’s metatextual in such a specific and targeted way. Absolute chef’s kiss. </p><p>But to put people at ease, it’s not JUST a book that stands on business. It’s a really touching story about someone discovering their life and its assorted tragedies. It’s about someone who seems to not care too much about anything being thrust into a situation where they face truly horrific consequences of their actions. It’s about Weekend at Bernie’s-ing a dude across the country while quoting The Big Lebowski - like you do. </p><p>So yeah, I’m biased about Paul, but you don’t become a NYT Bestseller and have multiple films adapted from your books because of what I say. I <strong>wish</strong> I had that kinda gravity. </p><p>Buy the book!</p><p>It’s a great book, friends, and great books deserve huge releases. What you can do is get preorders in. Ask your library to buy it. Leave reviews if you got an ARC. </p><p>Don’t Support AI</p><p>And you know what else you can do? Cut it out with the AI. Your brain and your soul will thank you.</p><p>For those folks who like a little video avec their audio:</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.thearcparty.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.thearcparty.com/subscribe</a>

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What is The ARC Party?

Your first look at upcoming books!

My goal with the ARC Party is to connect readers with books before they release! Much of the success of a new book is connected to pre-orders and early sales numbers, but sometimes people don't hear about a book until long after it's been released.

An episode typically consists of an author giving a quick description of their book, followed by a spoiler free discussion about it. We often talk about themes, characters, settings, etc. But I'm careful to not talk about anything that would ruin the reading experience! <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thearcparty.com?utm_medium=podcast">www.thearcparty.com</a>

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