And coming to the field we’ve got… MASCOTS! We’re donning our jerseys, putting on our game faces, and diving into the world of mascots! From Gritty to Grimace, we’ve got the field covered.  Sarah explores the origin of mascots, and digs into into Gritty’s emergence, while Jess shares the internet’s rankings, and teaches us about sexuality and mascots. Jess also shares her absolutely wild book find of the week, while Sarah watches something a bit more wholesome. You don’t want to miss our massive mascot list, and of course, there’s some unhinged fan fiction at the end to give you a hand… hint hint. The crowd is cheering, the mascots are ready, and the big game starts now! Hit play to join in!

We’re taking you the right way for a smackbottom in this week’s epsiode topic: Ogres. Journey with us into the swamp as we explore the fairy tale origins, before diving into romancing ogres in video games and literature. Sarah watches the entire Shrekverse, and Jess explores the absolutely cursed library of ogre fan fiction available on AO3. Grab your donkey, ready your quest, and hit play now!

We’re going back in time with this week’s monster - Dinosaurs! Dig into the jurassic period and explore the mating habitats of dinos with Sarah, before falling down the Chuck Tingle rabbit hole with Jess. We dive into dino romance novellas, before rating several sexy mammoth beasts. Monster romance… uh… finds a way! Get ready to roar with us and hit play now!

Welcome back monster lovers! We’re kicking off our Season 4 with a minisode! After many listeners requests, we brought back Katherine of The Ripped Bodice Brooklyn to talk about monster romance in 2025. Get your TBR up to speed as we chat upcoming releases, authors you should know, and the monster romance trends you don’t want to miss!

Relive the best of season 3 with us! From demons and insects, to masks and mothman, we got up close and personal with it all! Laugh along with us, and bring in the new year with Hissin’ and Kissin’… and stay horny in 2025!

Tis the season… for us to slide down your monster romance chimney. It’s our Holiday episode! This week we chat about monsters of the snow and ice variety. Think snowmen, ice princesses, and Jack Frost. Sarah teaches us about snow, and discovers who the heck Suzy Snowflake is. Jess teaches us about tempature play, and we learn brussel sprouts are for more than just eating. We both watch the Netflix holiday movie “Hot Frosty” and learn why everyone in the movie seems ok with the snowy criminal. (Spoiler: It’s Christmas!) We also chat other snowy romance movies, before rating some chilly hotties, and diving into AO3. Bundle up, gather round the fire, and hit play!

This episode, fly with us into cryptid lore as we explore the highly requested Mothman. Sarah learns the bird-like origins of the creature, and Jess gets to know his sexual side, as we learn why everyone loves Mothman. We’re joined by author Paige Lavoie to chat about her series “I’m in Love with Mothman” and the third book in the series coming out in early December. Jess watches The Mothman Prophecies and Sarah explore’s more of CM Nacosta’s world with Sweet Berries.  Then we dive into pop culture mothmen, with a special AO3 contribution from our own in-house chaos writer Jess, that will leave you longing for more than just diners, drive-ins, and dives. So get ready to sore into the mothman world and hit play now.

It’s Sarah’s Birthday and so you know what that means: It’s another OMEGAVERSE epsiode! This time, we take a deeper dive into this topic. There’s much more to this gerne than knotting and scenting, and we explore it all, including the queer origins of this growing popular genre. We talk about the FIRST Omegaverse, and look deeper into Mpreg, heats, and more. We chat to @so.theres.this.book, “Professor of Omegaverse” & Compeendium Artist and creator. And Jess and Sarah dive into some fresh new Omegaverse in the book scene, and we pair up famous same sex duos in pop culture to play “Alpha or Omega”. So get cozy in your nest with your pack, and hit play now.

Happy Halloween Monster Lovers! We’re getting into the festive season with this week’s topic: MASKS! We talk about the history and origins of masks, and their influences in pop culture. Then we unmask the hornification of masked characters and the role they play in sexuality and culture. Jess dives into The Boy, driven by endless thrist traps on TikTok, and Sarah explores The Mask — is it horror or comedy? Plus, we have book recommendations to get you into the spooky spirit, and we rate those masks baddies. Grab your candy, don your favorite mask, and press play now!

Get your green thumbs ready because we’re digging into plant monsters this week.  Sarah teaches us about  carniverous plants and some real life leafy mating habits. Jess gets wrapped up in the tentacled ways of vine erotica, and learns just how invasive Kudzu can be. We visit a little shop of horrors, and we rate some unhinged plant daddies. And this week’s A03? It’s florishing. So grab your shovel, taken your allergy meds, and get ready to get pollonated. Listen now!

Class is in session! Jess and Sarah head back to basics, and discuss the question that has been sitting in their minds since Dragon Con, which is, “Is Monster Romance its own genre?”  We dive into the establishment of monsters, and the inability to seperate it from world cultures. We talk about WHY monsters, how authors and medias use them as a tool, and we explore the queer and sexual spaces that monsters fill. Is it taboo? Or is it more maintstream than you think? Make your own judgement call, and join us as we discuss everything monster romance.

We brought Hissin' and Kissin' to Dragon Con  to chat all things Dragons. There's no fair ladies to be saved here. Expect sexy monsters, a debauched history, today's media hot takes, & audience participation as we rate our favorite sexy beasts & more. **This is the recording of our LIVE panel at Dragon Con.

Hissin’ and Kissin’ decended upon Dragon Con this year, and whew… did we have a time! From our first panel on the Digital Media Track, to the silly cosplay antics of Jess and Sarah. We sat down, together, IN PERSON, to recap it all on our last night. This episode is a little different as we catch our listeners up on all the monster fucking fun we had, and this acts as a part 1 of 2, as next week we will drop the panel audio! Stay Horny Monster Fuckers, and thank you again to the Digital Media Track for having us!

We’re getting creepy crawly this week with Insectoids. It’s going to get weird, but stay with us. We interview Monster Romance legend Tiffany Roberts, and we chat with the duo behind some of your favorite stories and characters. Sarah rewatches The Fly and gets traumatized, and Jess finds the most unhinged fan fiction to date. So hit play and let’s get a little buggy!

Take a look back at season 2, from Gargoyles to Ghouls!