Ethan and special guests Risha and Erin of the Vampires and Mermaids podcast, and also Michael, discuss ‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King, while drinking Auchentoshan 12.

In this episode:

Sometimes sharp places are filled with dark objects (shoutout to Gillian Flynn)

Also, bamboozlement

At some point the plot is discussed, eventually

A deep and very important dive into ranking the scariness of bugs

This book is existentialist Dracula, including:

Kierkegaard, symbology, and Lutheran vs Catholic theology

ex opera operato

nihil est sacrementum extra usus

Iconoclasm

TULIP: if you know you know

Luther on the Titanic, a fanfiction challenge

…and other things Stephen King was definitely thinking about when he wrote this book.

We all grow up and get old

Vampires and Mermaids is already classier than this show, until anyone drinks one-handed

Revisionist vampire novels, a Bingo Card Special

Ethan does lose a second time, but by the end that loss gets lost, soooo…

Mark: the best boy

Canines!

Michael both loses and, worse, gets his historical analogy backwards

An extra-unlistenable Poe race

Next time Michael and Ethan will discuss The Sentence, by Louise Erdrich! Join the discussion! Go to the Contact page and put "Scotch Talk" in the Subject line. We'd love to hear from you! And submit your homework at the Michael & Ethan in a Room with Scotch page.

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