Episode 628-With Josh Malerman

The Functional Nerds Podcast

This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Josh Malerman, author of Incidents Around the House.

About Incidents Around the House: To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?”

When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay.

Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel.

But Other Mommy needs an answer.

About Josh Malerman: Josh Malerman is a New York Times best selling author and one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung, whose song “The Luck You Got” can be heard as the theme song to the Showtime show “Shameless”. His book Bird Box was made into a Netflix film of the same name, starring Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich. He has been nominated for 8 Bram Stoker Awards and has written 36 books, many of those (14) prior to the publication of Bird Box, his debut. He lives in Michigan with his fiancee, the artist/musician Allison Laakko.

This week’s picks:

• Josh 1: Allison Laakko (Artist / Musician and his fiancee)
• Josh 2: Music for Reading (Youtube)
• Tracy: Science Vs (podcast)
• Patrick: Remembering Gene Wilder (Netflix/Documentary)

Links:

• Josh Malerman on the network formerly known as Twitter
• Tracy Townsend on the network formerly known as Twitter
• Patrick Hester on the network formerly known as Twitter
• The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

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