Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

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!!!

Let's join the abyss crew on vacation!!!! They found this cool little house in Hawaii, Marc Laidlaw suggested it in his story Paradise Retouched. Before they check out the pictures on the wall, they discuss My Favorite Thing is Monsters vol 2 by Emil Ferris, Ryo Hanada's Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology, and The Acolyte. Now listen in as we try to figure out who's whistling outside...

Read Paradise Retouched 

Remember when TVs had static? Crazy times! This week the Abyss gang find the truth behind the world in Mark Samuels' The Age of Decayed Futurity. Before freezing to death they discuss Thomas Ligotti's Michigan Basement, Ancient Images by Ramsey Campbell, A Cure For Wellness, Under the Banner of Heaven, Rob Ramierez's Doomsday Daytrip, and Cold, Black & Infinite by Todd Kiesling. Now strap in and get ready for the future!

Awww yeah, magically horror times ahead!! This week the Abyss gang discuss two short stories! Spirit Tasting for Ridley House, April 2016 by Alex Acks and You Were Once Wild Here by Carlie St. George. Before the dive into these amazing tales they take a look at Under Paris, Nathaniel Benchly's The Visitors, Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult, and Violent Faculties by Charlene Elsby. Now sit back and enjoy!

Read Spirit Tasting for Ridley House, April 2016

Read You Were Once Wild Here

[Insert witty welcome here] This week the Abyss gang is joined by Matt Wildasin to discuss his new book The Vast. Before entering the apartment that might be from Silent Hill, they chat about In A Violent Nature, Furiosa, Clarkson's Farm, Bodkin, and Late Night With the Devil. Now fight back thoses ghosts and listen in! 

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You want the weird? I got your weird right here! This week the gang digs into some weird media outside of the book world. Before they get there they discuss Animal Well, I Saw the TV Glow, Carnosaur by Harry Adam Knight, Stephen King's You Like it Darker, Perchance to Dream: Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont, and Smarty Pants. Now let's get crazy, wait, no, I mean, let's get weird!