[From the Vault] Ronald Malfi & Can Death Do Us Part?

During my short time away from you, I reach back into the dim past of Talking Scared and unearth treasure. This From the Vault episode is from July 2021, when I first met Ronald Malfi, to talk about his supremely creepy (and weirdly lovely) novel Come With Me.

It’s a big, satisfying, chunky road novel packed full of murder, monstrosity and motel-stays in the creepier corners of the country. I recommend it to everyone.

Ronald joins me to talk about the book, about writing grief and the very real tragedy that underpins Come With Me. We get into in local lore, the link between leaded petrol and serial killers, and why ecology may be the new haunting. And yes, we talk about how marriage should be a bigger theme in horror! Next time your wife, or husband, or significant other gets up in the night – think about that. What are they up to in the bathroom? Could be the usual. Could be something evil.

Enjoy.

Other books mentioned in the show include:

December Park (2014), by Ronald Malfi

Snow (2010), by Ronald Malfi

The Only Good Indians (2020), by Stephen Graham Jones

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark (2018) by Michelle McNamara

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