Gilded in Blood: The Horror Lit Podcast
Episodes
Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin relives a bit of his childhood, then gets super opinionated.
Pauline C. Smith's "The People Next Door"
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin worries greatly about the two large dogs his wife has just brought home.
Ben Marcus' The Flame Alphabet
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin is presented with a fairly good excuse to tell people around him to shut up and leave him alone.
Richard Lee Byers' "Office Space"
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin thanks the heavens that he does not work in a cubicle wasteland.
Naomi Alderman's The Power
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin becomes rather more apprehensive about a hug from his wife.
Peter Watts' "The Things"
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin gets some questions answered about his favorite movie of all time, whether he likes it or not.
John W. Campbell's Frozen Hell
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin nervously eyes his so-called "friends" and demands to be locked in a cabin by himself.
Ray Bradbury's "The Whole Town's Sleeping"
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin advises that you should probably not go out for a night on the town if there is a killer on the loose.
William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin takes a hard pass on the meat pie, thank you very much.
Harvey L. and Audrey L. Bilker's "All You Can Eat"
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin figures that any "all you can eat" deal should probably come with a few stipulations.
Harry Kressing's The Cook
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin wonders whether the delectable dinner before him is really worth the price of his soul. Note: It seems that, at some points in this ep...
George R.R. Martin's "The Monkey Treatment"
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin resolves to lose weight this year, but perhaps in a more traditional way than this poor gentleman.
Playdead's Limbo
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin further annoys his listeners by insisting that a video game belongs in the same discussion as literature.
Jack London's "To Build a Fire"
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin bundles up and contemplates the merits of the buddy system.
Pink Floyd's The Wall
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin tests the patience of his listeners as he asks them to don a pair of headphones rather than crack open a book.
Michael Shea's "The Autopsy"
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin peels back the skin on a supremely creepy short story.
John Gardner's Grendel
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin gets to hear things from the point of view of the monster.
Marghanita Laski's "The Tower"
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin counts the steps while climbing a structure he really should not be in.
Sara Gran's Come Closer
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin becomes even more frightened at the house-settling sounds of his home.
Colin Insole's "The Shepherd's House"
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin checks his leg for crook-shaped bruises.
Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin deduces that the butler most definitely did not do it.
October 2022 Bonus - 100 Horror Movies to Check Out - Part 5
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin counts down his picks for the top twenty horror movies of all time.
Robert R. McCammon's "He'll Come Knocking at Your Door"
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin vows to never take any job that requires blood on the contract.
October 2022 Bonus - 100 Horror Movies to Check Out - Part 4
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin begins to get giddy as he realizes that Halloween is only a week away.
Beowulf
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin joins the villagers around the fire for the first Anglo-Saxon creature feature.
October 2022 Bonus - 100 Horror Movies to Check Out - Part 3
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin gets you past the halfway point in his list of wonderful movies for the spooky season.
Clive Barker's "Dread"
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin concedes that, while not having coulrophobia himself, clowns are still pretty damn scary.
October 2022 Bonus - 100 Horror Movies to Check Out - Part 2
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin continues to fill your "to-watch" list with excellent horror movies.
Kealan Patrick Burke's Sour Candy
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin gazes with worried suspicion at a package of Sour Patch Kids.Note:This is a Modern Monstrosities episode, but I found that I had instea...
October 2022 Bonus - 100 Horror Movies to Check Out - Part 1
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin deviates from the conceit for a bit to inform you of some pretty excellent horror films.
M.R. James' "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad"
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin resolves never to put anything up to his lips he has just dug out of a creepy shoreside.
Junji Ito's Uzumaki
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin wonders how a town gets infected by a shape.
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin wonders what that large pile of stones is doing over there on the side of the town square.
Dan Simmons' Song of Kali
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin decides that he will avoid Calcutta on future vacations.
Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin argues that Boston Dynamics should be shut down. IMMEDIATELY.
Richard Bachman's The Long Walk
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin blithely judges the entire genre of reality television.
Roald Dahl's "Royal Jelly"
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin thanks God he wasn't an apiarist (and insane) when his son was born.
Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin is able to strengthen his stance against dancing of all kinds.
Introducing . . . Short Shocks!
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin adds more to his plate but also, hopefully, your horror appreciation.
Felix Salten's Bambi
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin is presented with yet another reason to loathe sport hunters.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin discovers that parenthood can be difficult if you are a narcissistic prick.
Cormac McCarthy's The Road
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin tours a dead America and monitors his depression level carefully.
Raymond Briggs' When the Wind Blows
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin gets to relive his childhood terror of nuclear annihilation.
Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin learns that room and board is not worth your sanity, no matter how good the cooking is.
Introduction
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In which Kevin introduces you to a new podcast to haunt your eardrums.