Kristen is joined by author Kelly J. Ford to discuss her new Southern noir novel Real Bad Things, the maddeningly minefield of apologizing as a woman, and why we’re in a golden age for writing weird queer shit. Real Bad Things is available now wherever books are sold! Also mentioned in the episode: Kelly’s debut novel Cottonmouths Crime fiction author Cheryl A. Head (who Kristen interviewed back in 2020) Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones Siren Queen by Nghi Vo The Strange Love of Martha Ivers Midsommar Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (and the Apple TV+ adaptation) Find out more about Kelly on her website, Instagram, and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices