I was joined by Agatha from the She Wore Black Podcast to discuss a subgenre of horror that has haunted me since I was a child: DOLLS! Why are they creepy? What kind of stories do we tell about dolls?
Books Mentioned:
- Magic by William Goldman
- The Doll Collection edited by Ellen Datlow
- The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
- The Silent Companion by Laura Purcell
- Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell
- Bad Dolls: Stories by Rachel Harrison
- Dolly by Susan Hill
- Night of the Living Dummy by RL Stine
- Island of the Dolls by Jeremy Bates
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