The Stacks: What We're Reading in September 2026

The Stacks: What We're Reading in September 2026

Author: Bloody FM September 13, 2026 Duration: 2:20:49
Randall and Jenn are back in the Stacks to preview spooky season's most intriguing books, including new releases from Gwendolyn Kiste, Alma Katsu, Tanavarie Due, Stephen Graham Jones, and Jane Schoenbrun, as well as nonfiction titles about Rod Serling, the Loch Ness Monster, and the town that inspired Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." So many books. Then they share some non-spoilery takes on what they're currently reading, watching, and listening to. In between, they discuss "cozy" horror, board games, Jon Ronson, and Mr. Beast's literary debut. Check out everything recommended in this episode below. Books: Last Days by Brian Evenson Whalefall by Daniel Kraus My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh This B Just Won’t Die by Tanya Pell Crone by Keith Rosson The Ship of Death by Kyle Winkler Other recs: The Amazing Digital Circus (show) Furious (show) Interior Motives (web show) Our Hero Balthazar (movie) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (movie) Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young (movie)

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Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast
Podcast Episodes
The Definitive Stephen King Book Ranking: #22-17 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:10
Behold, The Definitive Stephen King Book Ranking! This year, the Losers are counting down Stephen King's published novels -- specifically, novels (no collections) -- from worst to best. For September, the Losers turn the…
The Talisman & Black House Revisited [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:09:49
We're weeks out from the release of Stephen King and Peter Straub's highly anticipated third Talisman novel Other Worlds Than These. In anticipation, the Losers dust off the two preceding tomes: 1984's The Talisman and 2…
The Resident Evil Episode (Patreon Clip) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:48
Oops! All Tangents is a free-flowin' conversation based on a topic either topical or submitted by our patrons. In anticipation of Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, Mike, Randall, and Mac head to Raccoon City to talk about qu…
Stephen King Dollar Baby Deep Dive: “That Feeling..." [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:42
In a new series, the Losers will be exploring the Dollar Baby world by interviewing filmmakers who’ve been through the process. In this episode, Julia Marchese and Jenn Adams speak to filmmaker Paul Inman who adapted Eve…
The Definitive Stephen King Book Ranking: #28-23 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:06:36
Behold, The Definitive Stephen King Book Ranking! This year, the Losers are counting down Stephen King's published novels -- specifically, novels (no collections) -- from worst to best. For August, the Losers cycle throu…
Unofficial Stephen King Adaptations (Patreon Clip) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:58
An Unofficial Stephen King Adaptation is a horror story that feels indebted to King’s work in some way, whether spiritually connected through subject or monster, or treading similar thematic ground. In the latest Patreon…
Danse Macabre: Peter Straub's Julia [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:50:17
The Summer of Straub continues as the Losers head to London and discuss Peter Straub's 1975 classic horror novel Julia.
Danse Macabre: Peter Straub's Ghost Story [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:40:20
The Summer of Straub continues as we dust off our past Danse Macabre episode on Peter Straub's iconic 1979 horror novel Ghost Story. Originally recorded in May of 2022, return to Milburn, New York with Losers Michael Rof…
Stephen King Books Begging for an Adaptation (Patreon Clip) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:32
Look, you don't have to tell us: We know Stephen King has written a lot of books. We've read them all! What still surprises us, though, are how many of those books are still collecting dust when it comes to Hollywood Kin…