Staring Into the Abyss is a discussion based podcast hosted by DHR reviewer Richard Gerlach. The aim of this podcast is to have fun, friendly, and inclusive based discussions involving horror fiction. In this episode, author Jessica Guess (Cirque Berserk) joins us in the Abyss to discuss Gwendolyn Kiste's feminist recontextualization of Dracula's first victim in the short story, "The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra's Diary)." We also discuss Brandon Cronenberg's feature film Possessor and why Matt is so afraid of Cool Whip, Ronald Malfi's latest novella Mr. Cables, the works of Christopher Pike and RL Stine, and the folk horror novel The Five Turns of the Wheel by Stephanie Ellis. (Recorded Nov. 15, 2020)

"The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra's Diary)" can be read online at Nightmare Magazine.