Show Notes
It’s STACK with Jake and… Lucy! In this special Halloween episode, Jake is joined by Lucy Rose, bestselling author of The Lamb, to discuss her writing and a stack of her very own.
What draws Lucy to the horror genre? What are her favourite books about madness? And was there ever a world in which she ended her own book differently, saving Ella an immense amount of trauma?
The books featured in this week’s STACK:
The Leveret by Anna Goldreich
This Immaculate Body by Emma Van Straaten
Milk Bread Teeth by Amy Twigg
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Also mentioned:
The Lamb by Lucy Rose: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-lamb/lucy-rose/9781399619752
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
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