PATREON PEEK: The Best Friend (#17) with Rae Wilde

About this episode

Author Rae Wilde discusses the darkest entry in the Fear Street franchise, focusing on themes of gaslighting and psychological warfare.

Full episode available here. Happy Fear Street Friday! Author Rae Wilde is here to talk to me about this very Single White Female story that somehow ends up being the DARKEST entry in this franchise. Holy gaslighting and psychological warfare

People in this episode

Host: Stephanie Gagnon

Guest: Rae Wilde

Topics covered

• horror fiction
• psychological thriller
• gaslighting
• Fear Street
• dark themes

Keywords

• horror
• Fear Street
• psychological thriller
• gaslighting
• dark themes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Best Friend, Fear Street

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