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# Episode 102: Five Star Fall
- URL: https://there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast.ghost.io/episode-102-five-star-fall/
- Published: 2025-09-23T16:37:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-07T20:51:09.000Z
- Author: Carla Pettigrew
- Tags: Podcast, episode 102, Stephen King, Owen King, Joe Hill, A. M. Homes, Annie Proulx, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, Kazuo Ishiguro, James Baldwin, Aaron Hernandez, Joyce Carol Oates, Grady Hendrix, John Boden, William Hurt, Richard Bachman, Caleb Carr, Mark Frost, Twin Peaks, David Lynch, George Guidall, Barbara Kingsolver, history of horror, horror, horror literature, school shootings, true crime

In which Carla shares her five star reads of the past year, and talks about where she's been.  
  
  
Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission.   
  
  
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