Run! The Season is upon us! This week the Abyss crew asks the question "is it really boring being an antichrist?" as they talk about Gemma Files' Little Horn. Before finding the answer they chat about Creature Commandos, Brian Asman's Good Dogs, Vermus, Dark Property by Brian Evenson, The Hour of the Oxrun Dead by Charles L Grant, and Smile 2. Now pick up some coffee and check out that crazy face monster!

Read Little Horn

It's the last friggin' month of the year! We at the Abyss thought it might be fun to discuss some things we liked throughout 2024. From graphic novels to movies to anime to books, it's a great look at what was happening. Now grab some eggnog and listen in!

Do you believe in bones? This week the Abyss crew gets Ghoulish with Max Booth to discuss their newest book I Believe in Mister Bones. Before they start questioning what those bones are doing, they chat about Heretic, Justin Lutz's Give Unto Us, The Flick by Annie Baker, Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, and Tone-Bone by Kyle Winkler. Now strap those jaws to a garage door opener and listen in!

Buy I Believe in Mister Bones 

Grab your plastic pumpkins and Dollar Store skeletons! It's time for our annual Halloween season tradition of having Matt Wildasin on to discuss spooky stuff! This year we chat about what gets you in the mood for October. Before putting on our costumes, we review Teacup, Jonathan Maberry's The Dragon in Winter, Milk & Cereal, Critters, Bone Tomahawk, and Absolute Batman. Now turn the lights low, hand out some candy, and listen in!

Come get your podcasts here!! This week the whole Abyss crew is together to dig into some tasty Bonesoup by Eugenia Triantafyllou. Before visiting a witch for cooking tips, they chat up The WNUF Halloween Special, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Voidcon recap, Uzumaki, The Platform 2, Don't Hold Your Breath, and Whispers IV edited by Stuart David Schiff. Now make sure you eat every bite and listen in!

Listen/read Bonesoup

Did you hear they're making podcasts now? The Abyss crew, minus one, get together to discuss a demon with Sara Gran's Come Closer. Before they dig in, they chat about A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez, The Circle, and Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2. Now slide those headphones on and listen in!

Y'all wanna buy a packet of flesh? This week the Abyss gang explores the wretched carnival district in LC von Hessen's The Carnival is Dead and Gone(in Cosmic Horror Monthly). Before they make a strange deal they discuss I was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones, Anthony Engebretson's Lumberjack, Morgana and Oz, Marvel's new run of Ultimate Spiderman, Stay on the Line by Clay McCleod Chapman, and Katherine Silva's Undead Folk. Now put on your mask and close the blinds, things are going to get Ligottian!

Read The Carnival is Dead and Gone

Somehow Staring Into The Abyss returned!! That's right, after a month of silence part of the gang is back. This week we take a look at what we've been reading and watching while we were gone, chatting up Danger Slater's Starlet, Umbrella Academy, A Spectre is Haunting Greentree by Carson Winter, Nathan Ballingrud's Crypt of the Moon Spider, Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes, Alien: Romulus, Scavenger's Reign, The Book of Bill by Bill Cipher, Baghead, and Taunt. Now, keep staring into that void and maybe we'll come back soon!!!

You all wanna do some magic?! This week the Abyss gang is joined by Shaun Hamill to discuss his new book The Dissonance. Before digging into his writing process and influences they chat about Trap, Patrick Barb's The Children's Horror, Longlegs, House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias, John Fram's No Road Home, Deadpool & Wolverine, Invaginies by Joe Koch, What We Do In the Shadows, and Scavenger's Reign. Now let's go in the woods and learn some secrets!

In a very special Abyss episode: sequels! The gang sits down to discuss horror fiction sequels and ask why don't we see more of them. Before this deep dive they chat about Josh Malerman's Incidents Around the House, Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook, Moses Ose Utomi's The Lies of the Ajungo and The Truth of the Aleke, City in Ruins by Don Winslow, Longlegs, The Haunted Bath, and Haunted Reels: Tales From the Minds of Professional Filmmakers. Now get ready for the gang to be serious!!!