School is back in session. Professor Langan is here!

 

No-one gives good literary conversation like John Langan – and this week he returns to Talking Scared to discuss the watery influences, metafictional experimentation, and snake-legged women in his new collection: Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions.

 

It’s my favourite collection of John’s so far, and as ever, he merely used it for a jumping-off point into a cosy fireside conversation about all the books and stories that he keeps in his Alexandrian Library of a head!

 

It’s the most accessible college course you’ll ever take.


Enjoy!

 

Other books mentioned:

 



The Fisherman (2017), by John Langan


Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies (2022), by John Langan


Survivor Song (2020), by Paul Tremblay


Fever House (2023), by Keith Rosson


King Sorrow (2025), by Joe Hill


Great Expectations (1861), by Charles Dickens


Dombey and Son (1848), by Charles Dickens


Jane Eyre (1847), by Charlotte Bronte


Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature (2025), edited by Becky Spratford

“Lamia” (1820), by John Keats


She Said Destroy (2017), by Nadia Bulkin


Issues With Authority (2025), by Nadia Bulkin


A Game in Yellow (2025), by Hailey Piper


 

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