Fictional Hangover

“The loser table has its perks.”


In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how humanity is cursed and people can be garbage, not trusting the strange disembodied voices coming from the bathroom, and googooing the moomoo in their discussion of Witch For Hire by Ted Naifeh. 

In this bonus episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda, Claire and author Kendare Blake talk about getting rotisserie chickens for their raptors, wearing updos with their black mambas, having a moment of silence then bitching then revenge, and always choosing the bear in their chat about Three Dark Crowns.

“No one really wishes to be queen.”


In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about eating seductive cheese, enjoying creative murder, wearing blood aesthetically, and always choosing the bear in their discussion of Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake, featuring the author for Would You Rather.

In this unedited New and Indie Spotlight episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire chat with Shawn Hainsworth about how Woodstake is an historically accurate vampire record, getting the munchies and the munchies are people, enjoying horror with an injection of humor all the while Bad Moon Rising is playing in the background. Woodstake comes out April 14, 2026.

“The dead don’t walk. Except, sometimes, when they do.”


In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about poking mushrooms with a stick, encouraging the house to fall down because it's had enough of your shenanigans, unrepentantly loving grammar, and rewriting The Fall of the House of Usher Fictional Hangover-style in their discussion of What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher.

“The future is soup.”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about having an irrational fear of toilets in the night, learning to swim if you grow gills, sloughing off your skin to join a goopy amalgamation, paying a tithe of fingernails and teeth, and being inspired by an octopus in their discussion of They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran.

“Sweet fancy midnight!”

 

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how the Cullens should have had a donut lifestyle, that vampires really should not be messy eaters, and the science of vampire diets in their discussion of Dracula’s Brunch Club by Brian Gonsar and illustrated by Keenan Gaybba.

“I am not sad… I am angry.”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about what chaos, a hotdog truck, bees and a friendly beekeeper can inspire, trying not to spoil what will come, and screaming butterflies … neat! in their discussion of The Young Queens by Kendare Blake.

“Did the rideshare do this to me? Send me back in MOTHERFUCKING TIME?”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how you’re a time traveler, and you’re a time traveler, and you’re time traveler, trying not to make Marty McFly cry, playing Zelda, and flashdancing at every opportunity in their discussion of Throwback by Maurene Goo.

“There are days when everything changes, and this was one of those days.”

In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how you should not punch random dudes or put ass paper in a library book but you should write great grown-up characters in books and buy once in a lifetime carpet in their discussion of When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.