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DNF Happy HourAuthor Spotlight: Ian RogersAuthor Ian Rogers joins us (we don't know why either), he is a Shirley Jackson Award finalist, he just sold his first novel, and one of his many short stories is being adapted into a Netflix feature film Every House is Haunted directed by Corin Hardy, and produced by SAM RAIMI!!!Anyways, we're gonna talk about his cats :)Also, Happy Birthday Ian
2023-10-181h 28DNF Happy HourAuthor Spotlight: Rowan HillAuthor Rowan Hill joins us to chat about her new novel Foxfire! We discuss its break-neck pacing, shark jumping plot twists, and unexpected genres.
2023-10-0857 minDNF Happy HourB*tches, Books, & ArtRobRoy Chalmers joins us in this new segment we discuss all things books and art! Can a cover sell a book?
2023-08-041h 01DNF Happy HourReads with A 1.2: The Bee KingWe continue 'Bama'ing our way through Mathilda Zeller's YA Horror The Bee King
2023-07-281h 36
DNF Happy HourAuthor Spotlight: Alexander JamesWE ARE BACK! And to help us get back into the swing of things - debut author Alexander James talks horror, publishing, and reviews, all while watching the sh*t show that is DNF Happy Hour in real time.Check out The Woodkin by Alexander James https://a.co/d/h3uWqYN
2023-07-181h 21DNF Happy HourReads With A 1.1: The Bee KingJoin us for our first segment of Reads With A featuring the YA Horror new release, The Bee King, by Mathilda Zeller.Mathilda guest hosts this first recording and witnesses A 'Bama her way through the first several chapters.The Bee King available on Kindle Unlimited https://a.co/d/9PVP8AaMathilda Zeller on Twitter @MathildaZeller
2023-05-211h 56DNF Happy HourHold My Book #1Mel B. is joined by Angel @Intheinkpot & Niecey @sweetxcocoa_ for some book pitching shenanigans. Join us and see if you'd read any of these books :)
2023-04-241h 23
DNF Happy HourCuddling My ChuchunyaOh do we have an episode for you! We close out our #MarchMonsterMadness reading list with the furriest, or maybe hairiest monster f*cker to date. We head over to Siberia & catch a ride on a reindeer to fall in love with a Yeti offshoot in Marilyn Barr's Cuddling My Chuchunya!
2023-04-1449 min
DNF Happy HourThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved a DemonWe continue on with #MarchMonsterMadness with a fluffy monster f*cker that isn't so fluffy but definitely drunky.Also, we may or may not go on several CoHo rants.
2023-04-0429 min
DNF Happy HourGirls WeekendWe explore some monster on monster chick lit in C.M. Nascosta's Girls Weekend#MarchMonsterMadness
2023-03-2446 min
DNF Happy HourMuscles & MonstersHello again everyone! This is DNF Happy Hour; and we’re continuing on with #MarchMonsterMadness with a fluffy monster fucker that takes fluffy quite literaly in the tail wagging Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett.
2023-03-1323 min
DNF Happy HourIce Planet BarbariansHello again everyone! This is DNF Happy Hour; and we’re kicking off #MarchMonsterMadness with the 2015 self published sensation that rocked BookTok. The cuddliest, fuzziest, sweetest, blueist, OG alien monster f*cker; Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon.#MarchMonsterMadness
2023-03-0428 min
DNF Happy HourThe SlobTRIGGER WARNINGS *** THIS EPISODE details GRAPHIC violence & sexual assault ***Exploring splatter-punk horror & the last girl trope with Aron Beauregard's The Slob
2023-02-241h 12
DNF Happy HourThe MarionettesListen up! We all know about YA novels; young adult - it’s one of the largest and fastest growing genres with nearly 31 million books sold in 2022 increasing by over 48% since 2018. But we’re well past the age for that; and we assume if you’re listening to us you probably are too. So how about we go back to a comfort genre; paranormal - ya know vamps & witches but with a NA; new adult twist and throw that down with some urban fantasy? Sound good? Fantastic - we have all that in Katie Wismer’s The Marionettes.Becaus...
2023-02-2327 min
2023-02-1426 min
DNF Happy HourFilthy Rich VampireATTENTION EVERYONE…VAMPIRES. That’s right, we are talking about every young woman’s first fictional boyfriend…vampires. But not just any angsty, sparkly, toothy vampire this week. Nuh uh, we’re talking about a mature, worldly, fine drink of wine vampire…also he’s filthy rich? Getting steamy in a paranormal romance with a hint of the virgin trope with Geneva Lee’s Filthy Rich Vampire.Because… #VampiresDon’tSparkle
2023-02-0723 min
DNF Happy HourIt Ain't Me Babe (Hades Hangmen Book 1)Ok everyone - this episode is going to be a bit more dark, unhinged, and all around more twisted than our previous reads. Not only are we walking into the clubhouse of a notorious motorcycle gang - but we also dig up one nasty and fanatical sex cult in Tillie Cole’s first installment of the Hade’s Hangmen - It Ain’t Me Babe.Because… #ItAintMe
2023-01-2734 min
DNF Happy HourRaw (Family Book 1)I honestly don’t even know what to tell all of you about the book we’re about to discuss…but I am pretty positive I’ve seen a Law & Order: SVU episode that similar to this. We’re going to explain why you should be reading the trigger warnings when an author says READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS, and explore a primal kink, and stalker smut in Belle Aurora’s dark romance Raw. This is DNF Happy Hour.Because… #NoHEA
2023-01-2021 min
DNF Happy HourThe Lady and the OrcWe explore the sub genre of sub genres in romance with monster smut and breeding kink topes!
2023-01-1333 min
DNF Happy HourBohemianOn this episode of DNF Happy Hour we take a crash course in fluffy BDSM with a #cinnadom in Kathryn Nolan's contemporary romance Bohemian.
2023-01-1334 min
DNF Happy HourDen of VipersWe start our DNF Happy Hour with an intro into smut; how did Mel B. & Jackie D. fall into the depths of smuttok unawares? Come listen, and we'll share our lessons learned with Den of Vipers.
2023-01-1331 min