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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · 18d

Once more for the night crowd. We love the night crowd.

Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · 18d

We're back with some olde timey Appendix N fantasy for you! Gather the party for Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 87: Three Hearts and Three Lions - Scary Rubbery Trolls — Bad Books for Bad People

Poul Anderson’s 1961 novel Three Hearts and Three Lions is one of the cornerstone influences on Dungeons and Dragons: a medieval-inflected romp through creature encounters and chivalric romance,...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · 18d

We're back with some olde timey Appendix N fantasy for you! Gather the party for Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 87: Three Hearts and Three Lions - Scary Rubbery Trolls — Bad Books for Bad People

Poul Anderson’s 1961 novel Three Hearts and Three Lions is one of the cornerstone influences on Dungeons and Dragons: a medieval-inflected romp through creature encounters and chivalric romance,...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Reminder for the day crew: we're coming in HOT

Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jul 27

We're back with a new episode that ponders the big philosophical questions, like "Is Augustina Bazterrica's post-apocalyptic novel The Unworthy nunsploitation?" badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 86: The Unworthy - Is It Nunsploitation? — Bad Books for Bad People

Agustina Bazterrica’s 2023 novel The Unworthy explores the relationship of its unnamed narrator with the repressive post-apocalyptic cult in which she finds herself. Jack and Kate embark on a ha...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jul 27

We're back with a new episode that ponders the big philosophical questions, like "Is Augustina Bazterrica's post-apocalyptic novel The Unworthy nunsploitation?" badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 86: The Unworthy - Is It Nunsploitation? — Bad Books for Bad People

Agustina Bazterrica’s 2023 novel The Unworthy explores the relationship of its unnamed narrator with the repressive post-apocalyptic cult in which she finds herself. Jack and Kate embark on a ha...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In case you missed it, we're back with an episode on Smoke City: get ready for a down and out artist, ghosts, and Joan of Arc's executioner

Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jul 6

We're back with a new episode on Keith Rosson's Smoke City! Road-trippin' to a funeral and in search of the reincarnated spirit of Joan of Arc. Listen in to hear all about hot dog burritos, redemption, and a jazz records as legal tender badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 85: Smoke City - Everybody’s Got Their Own Apocalypse — Bad Books for Bad People

Keith Rosson’s 2019 novel Smoke City is a supernatural character study that somehow makes the road trip adventure shared by a loose-cannon pop artist, a reluctant immortal, and a would-be ghost ...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jul 6

We're back with a new episode on Keith Rosson's Smoke City! Road-trippin' to a funeral and in search of the reincarnated spirit of Joan of Arc. Listen in to hear all about hot dog burritos, redemption, and a jazz records as legal tender badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 85: Smoke City - Everybody’s Got Their Own Apocalypse — Bad Books for Bad People

Keith Rosson’s 2019 novel Smoke City is a supernatural character study that somehow makes the road trip adventure shared by a loose-cannon pop artist, a reluctant immortal, and a would-be ghost ...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · May 15

In case you missed it, we're back with a sick double-header.

Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · May 14

A new episode of Bad Books for Bad People is out! Jack talks about a novel with racist cops, racist Boston transplants, racist madwomen, and a dog who isn't racist, then Kate talks about Nazis vs. Dracula with a side order of squat, hirsute, sex-crazed women badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 84: The Cherry Pit and The Bargain — Bad Books for Bad People

It’s time for Jack and Kate to explore their vintage paperback piles and trade tales from the yellowed pages of the past. Jack wades through the sweltering psychosexual Southern Gothickry of Donald Ha...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · May 14

A new episode of Bad Books for Bad People is out! Jack talks about a novel with racist cops, racist Boston transplants, racist madwomen, and a dog who isn't racist, then Kate talks about Nazis vs. Dracula with a side order of squat, hirsute, sex-crazed women badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 84: The Cherry Pit and The Bargain — Bad Books for Bad People

It’s time for Jack and Kate to explore their vintage paperback piles and trade tales from the yellowed pages of the past. Jack wades through the sweltering psychosexual Southern Gothickry of Donald Ha...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Apr 30

Our own Jack Guignol has made his sleazy grindhouse RPG free for all!

Jack Guignol @jackguignol.bsky.social · Apr 30

I've compiled the PLANET MOTHERFUCKER rpg with all four supplements into one pdf, and you can have it for free. 200-page book, on the house. Share it around if you've got pals who might be interested. You can tip if you want. talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2025/04/sata...

SATANICO PANDEMONIUM EDITION (it's free, like your mom)

It's gonna be a long four years, ain't it? Between the threats of insane tariffs and other moves to destabilize the global economy, who know...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Apr 10

Bad Books for Bad People is back and we're gettin' sweaty over science fiction this month as we take on Algis Budrys's Rogue Moon! Masculinity, moon mazes, fast dames in a variety of swimwear, and more! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 83: Rogue Moon - Sweaty Sci-Fi — Bad Books for Bad People

Algis Budrys’s 1960 novel Rogue Moon is a masterpiece of Sweaty Sci-Fi, a freshly-patented subgenre that will be revealed during the course of this episode. Jack and Kate take a trip to the dark...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Mar 3

We're back from an unintentional hiatus to skim the cream from the top and tell you all about the BEST things we encountered in 2024! Expect murder, metal, and spooky mecca for weirdos badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 82: Best of 2024 — Bad Books for Bad People

Jack and Kate look at what they've read and watched in the year that was 2024 and make some recommendations in the world of books and beyond. The rules of engagement are simple: the hosts each choose ...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Dec 24

Need to get away from your family and fill your ears with violent depravity? Bad Books for Bad People is here for you because we're sneaking down the chimney with a gift bag made of human skin in our new episode! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 81: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? - Wait'll We Tell You — Bad Books for Bad People

Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? is a 2021 graphic novel that pairs historical true crime author Harold Schechter and Eric Powell, writer and illustrator of the monster punch-up comic The Go...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Dec 24

We're back with an episode on a graphic novel detailing Ed Gein's crimes--just in time for the holidays. badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 81: Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? - Wait'll We Tell You — Bad Books for Bad People

Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? is a 2021 graphic novel that pairs historical true crime author Harold Schechter and Eric Powell, writer and illustrator of the monster punch-up comic The Go...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Dec 17

Ooooh that's a great deal

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Dec 1

We've covered a good number of books published by @valancourtbooks.bsky.social over the years, and if you want to stock up now's the time: they're having a Small Press Sunday/Cyber Monday sale with 99 cent shipping on orders over $39 !

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Oct 15

In case you missed it, Bad Books for Bad People is back with a wrasslin' murder mystery courtesy of Christa Faust's Hoodtown! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 80: Hoodtown - Heels, Homicide, and Horny Times — Bad Books for Bad People

Christa Faust’s 2004 novel Hoodtown takes the reader to an alternate universe Los Angeles, where crime drama is brewing in an underground culture populated by masked wrestlers. Skulls will be crac...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Oct 14

Bag Books for Bad People is gonna put you in a hammer lock, you turkey necks, before we dive off the top rope into Christa Faust's Hoodtown! badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 80: Hoodtown - Heels, Homicide, and Horny Times — Bad Books for Bad People

Christa Faust’s 2004 novel Hoodtown takes the reader to an alternate universe Los Angeles, where crime drama is brewing in an underground culture populated by masked wrestlers. Skulls will be crac...

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Sep 17

We don't usually cover new fiction on the podcast, but if it's Jonathan L. Howard doing a Call of Cthulhu riff, we make an exception badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 79: The Shadow on the Glass - Lovecraftiana Meets Victoriana (and Gets Cheeky) — Bad Books for Bad People

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Aug 19

You're too kind!

Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Aug 19

At one point on this, Jack is laughing so hard he's crying

Jack Guignol @jackguignol.bsky.social · Aug 19

Want to find out what happens when Bad Books for Bad People takes on a one-dollar vintage paperback about sports drama? badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 78: Sudden Death - The Most Dangerous Game Is Tennis — Bad Books for Bad People

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Aug 16

We're back, and we're lobbing something wild over the net badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 78: Sudden Death - The Most Dangerous Game Is Tennis — Bad Books for Bad People

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jul 23

Another entry in Jack's Poison Elves re-read is up today on the Bad Books blog badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/desert-...

DESERT OF THE THIRD SIN — Bad Books for Bad People

Jack’s epic re-read of Poison Elves continues with Desert of the Third Sin.

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jun 24

In case you missed it, start your week off right with the new episode of Bad Books for Bad People

Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jun 21

Just in time for the weekend, we're back with a new episode on Russell Kirk's Old House of Fear! What happens when a conservative political philosopher writes a Gothic novel? Tune in to find out badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 77: The Old House of Fear - Gothic Thrills for the Conservative Mind — Bad Books for Bad People

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · Jun 21

Just in time for the weekend, we're back with a new episode on Russell Kirk's Old House of Fear! What happens when a conservative political philosopher writes a Gothic novel? Tune in to find out badbooksbadpeople.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 77: The Old House of Fear - Gothic Thrills for the Conservative Mind — Bad Books for Bad People

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Bad Books for Bad People @badbooksbadppl.bsky.social · May 28

After you've listened to our episode on Stephen King's Joyland, take a look at the Bad Books for Bad People blog where Jack is kicking off a retrospective on Drew Hayes's Poison Elves comics! badbooksbadpeople.com/blog/requiem...

REQUIEM FOR AN ELF AND TRAUMATIC DOGS — Bad Books for Bad People

Jack begins an epic re-read of the Poison Elves comics with the first two collections: Requiem for an Elf and Traumatic Dogs.

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