Teen Creeps

This week Kelly and Katai read the 1991 Newbury Honor winner THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE by Avi, the story of a thirteen-year-old Regency era snob who becomes a sailor. They talk the right kind of Mary Sues, skillful changing of minds, how you should always keep the dirk, how you should always play along, the hubris of forgetting the patriarchy and racism, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read I’M STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS BLACK BOX OF DOOM by Jason Parkin, the story of a girl, a boy, and a black box traveling across the country stirring internet conspiracy theories along the way. They talk lack of story, too many monologues, liking the characters, liking the humor, but overall find it to be less than the sum of its parts.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai watched COMPANION (2025), written and directed by Drew Hancock. They talk Chekov’s automatic wine opener, funny character actors, money grubbing friends, cruelty without consequences, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read TRANSCRIPTION by Ben Lerner, a thoughtful meditation on memory, truth, technology, parenting, and the distance between people. They talk smart writing (in more ways than one), who is stealing from whom (if anyone), parallels and patterns, ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder), parenting with social media, and more!EPISODE NOTE: Due to a family medical emergency, this episode and the next (and a number of Patreon episodes) had to be recorded remotely and there are unfortunately construction sounds in the background. This was out of our control. We respectfully request that you be chill about this.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read DISAPPEARANCE AT DEVIL’S ROCK by Paul Tremblay, the story of a boy who goes missing and the twisty investigation that follows. They talk oh so good writing, put M. Night Shyamalan on blast for Knock at the Cabin again, loving everyone EXCEPT ARNOLD, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life is crazy busy and Kelly and Katai are playing a little catch up this week! So here's a PATREON PREVIEW! Episodes like this are available to $8+ Patrons, and all at that tier and above have a chance to pick the book for our monthly additional episode!Kelly and Katai discuss Evie Wyld's ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING, a beautiful and skillfully woven story about guilt, grief, scary monsters, unexpected companionship, and sheep! Huge thanks to listener Constance F. for this month's book suggestion.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read IT WAITS IN THE WOODS by Josh Malerman, another Amazon Kondle short story that they…do not like as much! They talk too much filmmaking shit, lack of relationship, the unforgivable crime of leaving Heather or Kimberly or whoever, dumb little hats, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read LETTER SLOT by Owen King, another entry in Amazon's Shivers collection, about a boy who puts his woes in a letter and inadvertently kills people's loved ones. They talk King family dynamics (with apologies to the King family), feminist undertones, unequal labor in the home, how they'd definitely put some names on a list, which is more helpful: art or criticism, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE HOUNDING by Xenobe Purvis, the story that asks, “What if the virgin suicides, but dogs?” They talk Pete being a little shit, missing youthful crushing, loving Joseph and Robin, the problem being people, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read DANCE OF DEATH by Jo Gibson, a return to our roots with a silly little book about a pair of evil shoes and the drip who is powerless to stop them. They talk being delighted to return to stupidity, being confounded by what a flier for an article is, pooooors and riches, Donna's embarrassing little outfits, going for popularity in all the wrong ways, Tammy ruling the school, creepy casting predators, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read INTERCEPTSby T.J. Payne, the story of a man who gets counterintelligence by way of disembodying people's consciousness who is seemingly surprised to learn there are personal consequences! They talk feeling nothing for the book, wanting some goddamn angst from Joe, really liking one scene (lol), Riley being the entire beating heart of the story and yet a non-entity, and yet overall being willing to read more of this guys' work (lol in a different way).Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE SIX DEATHS OF THE SAINT by Alix E. Harrow, a short story from Amazon’s “Into Shadow” series that asks the question, what if your terrible college relationship was in the Dark Ages instead? They talk power structures, Ambrosius!, who knew what and when in terms of religion and colonialism, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir, the story of a Swiss cheese brained scientist who wakes up in space and has to save humanity. They talk losing time, perfect casting, the stories we tell ourselves in order to be cowards, alien besties, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read MAKING SPACE by R.F. Kuang, a short story for Amazon's Time Traveler's Passport series about a woman finding a boy in the woods, bringing him home, and her terrible husband being terrible. They talk A LOT about Goodreads reviewers NOT GETTING IT, the nuance of intersectional apologies, not engaging with material you know you will hate, there being lines in the sand on opinions, and how this story broke their hearts and they loved it.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG by Kylie Lee Baker, a pandemic era tale of a serial killer attacking East Asian women and the insecure, germ obsessed woman who finally stops it. They talk lack of nuance on Cora's mixed ethnic background, tragedy porn, loving the characters, not nailing the mystery genre, and RIP Cuomo.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN by Jaqueline Harpman, a speculative fiction about a woman raised in a cage with 39 other women on a probable alien planet and how she adapts. They talk the Child's endearing oddness, theorize on why the hell they were being imprisoned, speculate why the women get stuck in despair, and throw a little posthumous shade on RBG.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE BLANKS by Grady Hendrix, a 35 page banger of an entry in the #KONDLE horror anthology miniseries “The Shivers.” They talk Rachel being wrong wrong wrong, not allowing themselves to feel this one, RIP Tom Docks, reenacting relationship trauma, Bad Bunny’s Halftime show, the majesty of Xcaret, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE SNOW CHILD by Eowyn Ivey, the story of a homesteading couple in 1920s Alaska who conjure a child made of snow and a shit ton of tears. They talk love, loss, parenthood, richly realized characters, stunning descriptions of nature, straightforward but poetic prose, and cry cry cry cry cry.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read DIAVOLA by Jennifer Thorne, the story of an emotionally withholding woman who visits a haunted villa with her toxic family and #girlboss #gaslight #gatekeeps her way through an exorcism. They talk their extreme disappointment with the last third of the book, their love of the first two thirds, dark empathy, promising seeds that never give fruit, Anna's lack of an emotional arc, being the La Dama you see in the world, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read HEART THE LOVER by Lily King, the story of a college romance and saying goodbye. They talk how much they loved the book, cry, talk assholes and non-assholes they've loved, and then Katai has to abruptly leave because her doctor calls for a phone appointment a half hour early.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Kelly, the first in the MURDERBOT DIARIES series of sci-fi novellas about an anxious, morose security android who hacks its software to have free will, but who has to keep his day job or be found out. They talk loving Murderbot, technical trip-ups in reading, the Pantsuit Nation feel of Preservation Alliance, the Apple TV series adaptation, what they’re watching/playing, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE STARVING SAINTS by Caitlin Starling, the story of a castle under siege starving to death until some false gods show up to feed everyone to each other. They talk an inability to lose one's fanfic roots, characters running to and fro, hating Treila, unearned victories, not knowing where we are in physical space, cheating with your chosen POV, cornball endings, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE NANCY DREW CASE FILES #102: COUNTERFEIT CHRISTMAS by Carolyn Keene, the story of some counterfeit bills, some kind of publication, and cartoonists? They talk cuckolding Ned, law school logistics, Nancy being a stone cold bitch, overthinking logistics, cringe award ceremonies, '80s fashion, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read NANCY DREW CASE FILES #5: HIT AND RUN HOLIDAY by Carolyn Keene, the story of undocumented immigrants, slavery, hit and run incidents, and Nancy being a dumb little idiot. They talk everyone feeling middle aged, go on a long Whedonverse tangent, floashing in the oash, party trips, hater discourse as non-haters, Florida's age of consent, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech, the 1995 Newbery Award Winner aka ‘The Hours’ for children. They talk mom’s mom’s moms, the pain of living, loving Phoebe’s food bullshit, overly quirky grandparents, and do some more crying!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine, the 1997 retelling of Cinderella. They talk fat shaming, questionable Centaur owning, disliking Ella, pointless finishing schools, movie adaptation improvements, consider revoking the book’s Newbery honor, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai were joined by friend and human ray of light Steven Ray Morris to talk about the required reading classic ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS by Scott O’Dell. They talked their feelings on the ocean, whether Karana is queer coded (no, but yes), school experiences, growing up, a white dude tackling a Native woman’s story, and so much more!Check out the Back to School series on See Jurassic Right: https://open.spotify.com/show/13Zg4fzjntnwRX90tFIcWI?si=65e5a05158dc4b11Check out Keanan and Lakin Give you Déjà Vu: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ed96gmtVrHXSENTVCQ8U2?si=274a03ea668b4c7aSupport BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THIS THING BETWEEN US by Gus Moreno, a beautiful, gutting tale of grief as told via possession. They talk guilt, darkness, dying, loving, dogs, a not-evil Vera, Bruce Willis guest star spots, petty gossip podcast recs, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read GREENTEETH by Molly O'Neill, a cozy fantasy about a bog hag mother, a witch mother, and a gay-coded goblin who is not a mother. They talk frustratingly straightforward quests, dangerous-but-not-really fae, unicorn martyrs, superficial emotions, not-lush prose, and get defensive about not liking the book to some not-present attacker they imagine will hate their critiques.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kelly and Katai talk Lois Lowry's THE GIVER! They talk suppression, the impossibility of complete protection, and the whacked out movie Me Before You!CW: vague discussion of suicide in the context of the movie Me Before YouSupport BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read A SHORT STAY IN HELL by Steven L. Peck, the story of a perfectly nice guy who ends up in hell, which is an endless series of mostly nonsense books... aka this podcast... jkjkjkjk. They talk this book feeling like the companion to The Divine Farce, moving musings on love and loss, hell being other white people, allegory and metaphor for the search for meaning in life and life itself, whether one has a "calling," staying positive through stress, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kelly and Katai talk Stephen King's THE BODY, the novella that was adapted into the seminal classic, Stand By Me. They talk the sadness of growing up, how you can never really go home, and nostalgia for a childhood you've never had.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE DIVINE FARCE by Michael S.A. Graziano, the story of a man trapped in either heaven or hell, hard to say. They talk loving the book, icky but sweet, human connection, loving Brother Brian Blue, biscuits biscuits biscuits, the complications of help, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kelly and Katai talk Brom's SLEWFOOT: The story of a puritan woman befriending a goat demon, horrible witch hunts, and revenge!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kelly and Katai cover Kealan Patrick Burke's SOUR CANDY, a story about a man who witnesses a child having a meltdown in a supermarket, and next thing ya know he's bound to a baby eldritch being??? A fun, genuinely scary horror novella!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART by Monika Kim, the story of a girl whose dad leaves so obviously she gets addicted to eating human male blue eyes. They talk one note characterization, great family stuff, yucky yucky eye stuff, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read HEAVEN by Mieko Kawakami, a philosophical tale of bullying, bullies, and the bullied. They talk what didn't work for them (most of it), what did (very little), the hero of the book (the stepmom), examine some Goodreads reviews, and meet the love of their lives, Jenna.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE HAAR by David Sodergren, a cozy body horror?? They talk loving Muriel, hating almost everyone else, wanting Avalon to come to America, poor Arthur, the need to be a curious person who has thoughts, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

**ATTN: SPOILERS IMMEDIATELY AND THROUGHOUT******CONTENT WARNING: CHILD ABUSE***This week Kelly and Katai read THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward, a beautiful and surprising story of imprisonment that takes the idea of a kidnapped girl and turns it on its head and adds a cat. They talk loving the characters, twists on twists, snakes on snakes, hating Mommy, the LORD, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler, a beautiful and sad sci-fi novella about humanity, poaching, and mammoths. They talk more Goodreads dunderheads, seeing every perspective, getting so much story in so little time, how humanity is cooked, and more.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read MIDNIGHT ON BEACON STREET by Emily Ruth Verona, a clever take on the Teen Creeps slasher genre that had them cheering. They talk loving the book, hating Gabby of Goodreads, beautiful inner turmoil, a textbook example of surprising but inevitable, what they’ve been watching/playing, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read The Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney, an outstanding take on Greek historical myth set around the beginning of the Trojan War. They talk loving Anaxandra, hating Paris and Helen, whether quicksilver is mercury, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE OLD WILLIS PLACE by Mary Downing Hahn, a beautiful story of tragic ghost children and the nice dum dum who thinks they’re just in a cult. They talk forgiveness, feeling like Miss Willis has at least 60 more years of penance, feeling for Diana and Georgie, being whatever about Lissa, and more.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read THE BOG WIFE by Kay Chronister, a moving story of family and bogs. They talk great prose, beautifully realized characters, the failings of modern American online therapizing, family trauma, magical realism, and bogs bogs bogs.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read the 2014 FEAR STREET reboot entry PARTY GAMES by R.L. Stine, the story of a dum dum who gets a crush on a Fear boy and misses every red flag during his birthday death games. They talk psycho boys, poorly designed murder games, going to bed smelling of burger, missed villain opportunities, unimpressive party spreads, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sicknesses and work/shooting schedules and life had us unable to record this week, so here's an Outside Genre episode from our Patreon!Kelly and Katai talk THE GIRLS by Emma Cline, a beautiful rumination on girlhood, acquiescence, AND VIOLENT NORCAL CULTS! Thank you so much to listener Jenna Jardin for the book suggestion! The irresistible pull of someone with power, the desire to be desired, and how everyone just wants, wants, wants.Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai dived into ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME, the first entry in Lurlene McDaniels' Angels Trilogy--and they will not be returning! They talk exoticizing and eroticizing the Amish, some Belle Gibson ass cancer messaging, confusing angel messaging, how they'd have talked shit on Leah as her fellow patients, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Kelly and Katai read DON'T STAY UP LATE (A FEAR STREET NOVEL) by R.L. Stine, the story of a girl whose dad dies and then she almost gets gaslit to death. They talk the return of the angel faced white blonde haired boy charge, moms who need to get different jobs, absolutely bonkers monster child conspiracies, nary an endgame to be found, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast Kelly and Katai read GHOST CAT by Beverly Butler. They talk death by coddling, hating Todd, loving Annabel, hating Todd, mixing wisdom with fury, hating Todd, and also hating Todd!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast Kelly read FEAR STREET NIGHTS: MOONLIGHT SECRETS, MIDNIGHT GAMES, and DARKEST DAWN by R.L. Stine and Lindsay read Moonlight Secrets. They talk misguided naming paradigms, evil crows, loser bartenders, extreme lip violence, and more!Support BROTHER MANOR, Kelly's gothic romance miniseries, on Kickstarter! INFO AND DONATE!SUBSCRIBE ON PATREON for ad free and video eps, bonus eps, & more.DiscordInstagramMERCH!TEEN CREEPS IS AN INDEPENDENT PODCAST.*All creepy opinions expressed are those of the hosts and guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.