Living Dead in Austin
Episodes
Elipse: The Movie
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This movie is better! Better than the other movies, better than the book. The vampires finally start doing some vampire stuff. Except for Riley, the m...
Eclipse: Ch. 24-Epilogue
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bella, Edward, and Jacob wrap up their frozen tent three-way (which turned out to be more of a no-way). Then, to battle! The Cullens and the Quileutes...
Eclipse: Chs. 20-23
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bella gets engaged to Edward. She's pretty unhappy about it, but that doesn't seem to matter to Edward. Then they're off to the wilderness as bait for...
Eclipse: Chs. 15-19
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bella graduates from high school. She's impatient to get to the next phase of her life: death. But there is still a lot of living to suffer through. J...
Eclipse: Chs. 10-14
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bella hangs out with Jacob and the Quileutes and learns some of their ancient (but plot-relevant) history. Then she hangs out with Jasper and learns h...
Eclipse: Chs. 5-9
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bella learns the rules of werwolvery from Jacob. The rules range from odd (they don't age) to repulsive (sometimes they form a unbreakable romantic bo...
Eclipse: Preface-Chapter 4
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bellas life returns to normal. Unfortunately for her, normal is not very good. I don't know who needs to hear this, but if your hundred-year-old vampi...
New Moon: The Movie
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We watched New Moon: The Movie! I guess I didn't realize, when reading the novel, just how many jorts were present. It's hard to ignore the jorts when...
New Moon: Chs. 21-Epilogue
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bella goes to Italy to meet some cool vampires. None of them say "Ciao, Bella." They live in a combination sewer/office building/watchtower, and they ...
New Moon: Chs. 17-20
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bella's second-favorite vampire returns, and she needs Bella's help. They must hurry to Italy to prevent Edward from exposing himself to tourists. ★...
New Moon: Chs. 12-16
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bella discovers Jacob's furry secret. Then she throws herself off a cliff. Those things aren't connected, Bella just thought that would be a fun thing...
New Moon: Chs. 8-11
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bella puts her best moves on Jacob. That means she nearly dies and he has to save her life. After that he starts avoiding her, and she comes to the on...
New Moon: Chs. 4-7
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bella is despondent over her loss of Edward. She seems like she'll never be happy again, but then she encounters the combined effect of Motorcycles an...
New Moon: Preface-Ch. 3
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bella and Edward are still madly in love, but a tragic paper cut incident at Bella's 18th birthday party tears them apart, presumably forever. Bella i...
Twilight: The Movie
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We watched the Twilight movie! Sparkly sexless vampires in the Pacific Northwest. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:14) - Intro (00:25) - ...
Twilight: Chs. 18-Epilogue
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bella is rescued from having to watch her boyfriend's pickup baseball game by having a killer vampire start hunting her. She flees back to Phoenix wit...
Twilight: Chs. 12-17
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Edward and Bella find some private time so he can show her his sparkle. Then she meets his family, in their bathroom-less, bedroom-less house. Then, f...
Twilight: Chs. 7-11
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Port Angeles, Bella finds trouble but is saved by Edward. Romance blooms. Edward is worried about the extreme danger he poses to Bella, but he soon...
Twilight: Chs. 1-6
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
That's right, we're reading the sexiest of sexless vampire books: Twilight! High-schooler Bella Swan arrives in gloomy Forks, WA. She doesn't like wha...
Night Shift: Chapters 30-38
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fiji gets out of the hospital (though Olivia does not), just in time for the Demon Sex Ritual. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:13) - Int...
Night Shift: Chapters 30-38
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fiji gets out of the hospital (though Olivia does not), just in time for the Demon Sex Ritual. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:13) - Int...
Night Shift: Chapters 21-29
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for explanations in Midnight, as Lemuel tells his unexpectedly boring past, and Manfred learns the new gas station attendant's unexpectedly ...
Night Shift: Chapters 21-29
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's time for explanations in Midnight, as Lemuel tells his unexpectedly boring past, and Manfred learns the new gas station attendant's unexpectedly ...
Night Shift: Chapters 14-20
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Fiji teaches Teacher a lesson about invading her space. Lemuel knows how to uncover the dark secret of Midnight, but it requires somebody who can read...
Night Shift: Chapters 6-13
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The strange suicides continue, and the Reeds are also getting hinky. Also, the malevolent presence at the crossroads is speaking to Fiji, who really d...
Night Shift: Prologue-Chapter 5
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A series of bizarre suicides unsettles the Midnighters, especially Fiji, whose patience is already worn thin by her visiting sister. Hopefully Lemuel ...
Day Shift: Chapters 29-36
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Manfred gets some good news about the police investigation, then his nemesis Lewis (and friend) get some very bad news about what's lurking on the str...
Day Shift: Chapters 20-28
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia's mission with the old timers goes great. It doesn't succeed, but nobody dies and that qualifies as great. Later, a full moon shines on Midnigh...
Day Shift: Chapters 14-19
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Manfred's legal woes get serious as the police question him about the missing jewelry. He and the Midnighters also decide to get serious about finding...
Day Shift: Chapters 7-13
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The suspicious circumstances of Manfred's client's death have brought a lot of press attention to Midnight, which is just the way the Midnighters don'...
Day Shift: Prologue-Chapter 6
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are a couple of surprises in Midnight: a new hotel and a child. Manfred goes on a work trip and runs into Olivia, and there ends up being severa...
Midnight Crossroads: Chapters 32-39
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The rescue team arrives in time to give Fiji a ride home after she frees herself with witchcraft. Then a new piece of information sheds light on the i...
Midnight Crossroads: Chapters 25-31
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fiji is abducted! I guess she got a little too close to the mystery of Aubrey's death. Now she'll have to rely on her, uh, cat to come to her rescue. ...
Midnight Crossroads: Chapters 16-24
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This thing with the militia types is not going away. Some thugs accost Bobo and Manfred in Midnight, and in response the Midnighters track them back t...
Midnight Crossroads: Chapters 7-16
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bobo's girlfriend has been missing. Sadly, when she turns up again, she lacks one of his favorite qualities: being alive. The county sheriff starts po...
Midnight Crossroards: Prologue-Chapter 6
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Surprise! We're reading the Midnight Texas series by Charlaine Harris (also in the Sookieverse). We start with Midnight Crossroads, which takes us to ...
Dead Ever After: Chapters 15-22
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the end of the series! Sookie finally corners Sam and learns what his deal is lately. Then the business partners get down to business, in bed. Th...
Dead Ever After: Chapters 7-14
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie makes bail, thanks to her variety of besotted supernatural lovers. Many of her friends come out to show her love also, which is reassuring. She...
Dead Ever After: Chapters 1-6
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is so much demand for Sookie's time that her enemies have to group up and work together just to get an appointment. Sam is acting all hinky sinc...
Deadlocked: Chapters 10-16
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie takes part in a vampire casino heist which turns out to be much less awesome than that sounds. Then the mystery of Kym Rowe's death is revealed...
Deadlocked: Chapters 4-9
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The investigation of Kym Rowe's murder swirls around Sookie, but she has too many problems to concern herself with it. She tries to keep her head leve...
Deadlocked: Chapters 1-3
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everything seems to be going right for those around Sookie, but she's been through too much to feel right herself. When she gets volunteered to go to ...
Dead Reckoning: Chapters 12-17
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie has three important things to get done this weekend: kill Victor by committee, host Tara's baby shower, and don't get killed by Sandra Pelt. Sh...
Dead Reckoning: Chapters 8-11
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie manages to cut her connection with Eric, just in time for a whole series of unpleasant surprises ranging from a very naked Alcide surprising So...
Dead Reckoning: Chapters 4-7
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie's rummaging in her attic produces two artifacts, one with the magic of nostalgia and the other with the magic of literal magic. She also weathe...
Dead Reckoning: Chapters 1-3
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie cleans out her attic and then gets firebombed at her place of work. Both turn out to be equally dramatic. Then she is drawn into yet more vampi...
Dead in the Family: Chapters 10-14
06 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric's vampire brother Alexei is very not ok. After Sookie solves the mystery of the dead werewolf by getting super high as part of a legal proceeding...
Dead in the Family: Chapters 5-9
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie bonds with her weirdo (in a good way) nephew. Then Eric's vampire-dad shows up with Eric's weirdo (in a very bad way) brother. The latter pair ...
Dead in the Family: Prologue-Chapter 4
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie has a long hard time recovering from her travails during the fairy war. It's good that she gets some time, because werewolf trouble and vampire...
Dead and Gone: Chapters 13-18
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie figures that this fairy stuff is getting a little too dangerous even for her, so she calls in some backup. It doesn't help much, and a bunch of...
Dead and Gone: Chapters 7-12
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This whole fairy situation is getting out of control. Amid dire warnings of fae-related danger, Sookie deals with a more mundane menace in the form of...
Dead and Gone: Chapters 1-6
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The two-natured reveal themselves to the humans of the world, most people turn out to be ok with it. In Bon Temps it helps that everybody's favorite b...
From Dead to Worse: Chapters 15-21
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie enlists her roommate to solve her Tanya problem permanently (but not that permanently). She also encounters the new King of Louisiana and ingr...
From Dead to Worse: Chapters 7-14
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The brewing werewolf war comes to a head, and Sookie's right in the middle of it. Then the brewing vampire war comes to a head, and Sookie's right in ...
From Dead To Worse: Chapters 1-6
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody is hanging around Sookie. Bill's hanging around, Tanya's hanging around, no less than two mysterious strangers are hanging around her. The o...
All Together Dead: Chapters 14-19
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The vampire trial is disrupted, but not by Sookie this time. It occasions another mystery for Sookie to solve, which she launches into with her custom...
All Together Dead: Chapters 9-13
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie arrives at the vampire hotel for the vampire summit. She meets many people and things, including some interdimensional warriors (surprisingly n...
All Together Dead: Chapters 1-8
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam tells Sookie not to go the vampire summit. Amelia tells Sookie not to go. Sookie's literal fairy godmother tells her not to go. Sookie goes. It's ...
Definitely Dead: Chapters 17-23
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie's second date with Quinn starts well but goes off the rails when a pack of werewolves drags them into the swamp. Later, Sookie attends the Quee...
Definitely Dead: Chapters 8-16
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie's date with Quinn takes a violent turn as some young werewolves make the mistake of their lives and attack them. After dealing with that and wi...
Definitely Dead: Chapters 1-7
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie spends some time getting her life in order before embarking on a new adventure: dating a tiger. Well, sometimes he's a tiger, and sometimes he'...
Dead as a Doornail: Chapters 11-16
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After Sookie gets some personal attention from the Bon Temps sniper, she takes a brief hospital vacation before plunging back into the supernatural so...
Dead as a Doornail: Chapters 6-10
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie's visit to the were-funeral is dripping with politics and is a downer. Then somebody tries to burn down her house with her in it, which is a do...
Dead as a Doornail: Chapters 1-5
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While Sookie helps Jason adapt to his new pantherish lifestyle, a series of shootings throw Bon Temps' supernatural community into turmoil. Is it too ...
Dead to the World: Chapters 11-15
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The struggle between the evil witches of Shreveport and the (somewhat) less evil vampires and werewolves comes to a bloody conclusion, and Sookie has ...
Dead to the World: Chapters 6-10
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie isn't able to make progress in her search for Jason, but memory-free Eric is there to console her. With his penis. Then the Shreveport werewolv...
Dead to the World: Prologue-Chapter 5
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With Bill out of town, Sookie makes a New Year's resolution to stay out of trouble. She's able to keep it all the way until the early morning of New Y...
Club Dead: Chapters 11-15
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Having successfully infiltrated the King of Mississippi's estate (by letting a sharp stake infiltrate her chest), Sookie executes another dangerous pl...
Club Dead: Chapters 6-10
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie and Alcide's night of clubbing has tired them out, so they relax by hiding a dead body that they found in Alcide's apartment. This refreshes th...
Club Dead: Chapters 1-5
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the splits with Bill, Sookie gets a mission to clean up after Bill's mission to Jackson, Mississippi. It involves a musclebound werewolf (is there ...
Living Dead in Dallas: Chapters 9-11
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie has to go to a sex party to get to the bottom of Lafayette's murder. She takes Eric with her, who is a top-notch sex party companion. The party...
Living Dead in Dallas: Chapters 6-8
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie gets trapped in a church dungeon and a series of very unpleasant things happen. She escapes with the help of a brand new vampire and shifters o...
Living Dead in Dallas: Chapters 4-5
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie and Bill fly in to Dallas. A creepy priest tries to kidnap her, but they take that as part of the DFW experience. Soon Sookie is busy reading m...
Living Dead in Dallas: Chapters 1-3
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with Southern Vampire Mystery number 2! Sookie's vampire boyfriend asks her to chip in at work and read some minds for his vampire boss. On...
Dead Until Dark: Chapters 9-12
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie investigates a theft for Eric Northman, which leads to her being covered in blood. The investigation of the Bon Temps murders threatens to land...
Dead Until Dark: Chapters 4-8
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sookie's new sorta-dead sorta-boyfriend takes her to meet his sorta-boss at the Vampire club Fangtasia. Then, when tragedy strikes Sookie's family, Bi...
Dead Until Dark: Chapters 1-3
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Bon Temps! We're starting our read-through of the Southern Vampire Mysteries. In this episode, we meet Sookie Stackhouse, a very insightful...