232 – Punk Goes Horror, with William Sterling, Wendy Dalrymple & Brian McAauley

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Time to throw ourselves around. We’re covering Punk Goes Horror.

The anthology of stories inspired by punk and alternative rock songs came out just a few weeks back. It brings together a mosh-pit full of authors, both new and established, to transmute their favourite songs into nasty little stories.

I invited the anthology editor, William Sterling, and two of his contributors, Wendy Dalrymple and Brian McCauley, to talk about punk, and horror and the affinity between the two.

We get into our favourite ever gig experiences, the creepy assumptions behind certain emo-songs, and why punk (and music generally) is such an important light in dark times.

Enjoy!

Other books mentioned:

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk (2024), by Kathleen Hanna
Victorian Psycho (2025), by Virginia Feito
Blood on her Tongue (2025), by Johanna van Veen
Credenza (2025), by Wendy Dalrymple
Breathe in, Bleed Out (2025), by Brian McCauley
Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved and Insane: An Anthology of Nostalgic Terrors (2025), edited by Wendy Dalrymple and Grace R. Reynolds

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