Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

Thirty-eight episodes in, and we finally - finally! - get to a Stephen King story! Dead Headspace Podcast host Patrick R. McDonough joins us in the Abyss to discuss some classic King with "Children of the Corn." We also talk about Paul Michael Anderson's recently released novel, Standalone, Samantha Kolesnik's vacation horror anthology, Worst Laid Plans, for Grindhouse Press, as well as the Children of the Corn films! (Recorded July 26, 2020)

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A video game as big as The Last of Us Part II demands an episode that's just as big! Join us and our featured guest, author Daniel Barnett, for a super-sized, spoiler-filled discussion of developer Naughty Dog's Playstation 4 hit, along with mini-reviews of the feature films Relic and The Beach House, David Joy's When These Mountains Burn, and Don Winslow's novella collection, Broken. (Recorded July 12, 2020.)

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This week on Staring Into the Abyss, we're talking about Willem Dafoe, The House that Jack Built, Hunter Shea's Misfits, Star Wars books, and Ju-On: Origins. Then, it's on to our spoiler-filled discussion of our story of the week as we take a deep dive into "Houses Under the Sea," by Caitlin R. Kiernan. (Recorded June 28, 2020.)

You can read "Houses Under the Sea" online at Nightmare Magazine! http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/houses-under-the-sea/

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This week, we're talking about octopi, eggs, and ethnic cuisine as we take a trip through The Twilight Zone Season 2 and The Dirty South, the latest Charlie Parker book from John Connolly. We also discuss J.B. Priestly's Benighted, Patrick Freivald's Murmur, the Malevolence film trilogy, and The Last of Us Part II (more on that in a future episode!). Then, it's on to our spoiler-filled story of the week chat as the Abyss crew steps into The Murder House courtesy of C.V. Hunt! (Recorded June 28, 2020.)

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This week, hosts Scott Kemper (aka Richard Gerlach), Matt Brandenburg, and author Michael Patrick Hicks discuss the Netflix movie Da 5 Bloods, the crime noir novel Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby, Death Head Press's second splatter-western book Hunger on the Chisholm Trail by M. Ennenbach, and Stephen Graham Jones's latest horror novel, The Only Good Indians. Then, we take a deep, spoiler-filled dive into Kathe Koja's recently re-issued polarizing classic, The Cipher!

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Author and Ink Heist podcast co-host Laurel Hightower (Crossroads) joins us to discuss life in quarantine, protests, and online doomsurfing before we dive into a spoiler-filled discussion of Carmen Maria Machado's short story, "The Husband Stitch."

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This week, we're eating eggs with Max Booth III, who returns to the Abyss to discuss Nathan Ballingrud's story, "The Atlas of Hell," as collected in his book, Wounds. We also talk about the Shudder movie Blood Quantum, Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess and Unnerving's Rewind or Die series, Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins's exploration of the Halloween film in Taking Shape, Charlie Kaufman, and Matt auditions for Defenders Dialogue.

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Paul Michael Anderson (Standalone) joins us to discuss ska, She-Ra, and Stephen Graham Jones! We also talk about Max Booth III's latest novel, Touch the Night, Nicole Cushing's A Sick Gray Laugh, and several Grindhouse Press releases from Patrick Lacey, Scott Cole, and CV Hunt. Then, we take a deep, spoilerific dive into Jones' short story, "Father, Son, Holy Rabbit."

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Author Gemma Files steps into the Abyss to discuss two closely related short stories, "The Hound" by HP Lovecraft and Poppy Z. Brite's "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood." We also discuss the opening chapter in the indie horror video game Faith, Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11, and the works of Graham Masterton.

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Author Michael Wehunt (Greener Pastures, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here) joins us this week to talk about the film Session 9, Crystal Lake Publishing's latest anthology, Arterial Bloom, and finding some comfort in quarantine with classic mysteries, like Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple books. Then, we dive into our spoiler-filled discussion of Gemma Files' short story, "Each Thing I Show You Is A Piece Of My Death."

You can read Gemma's story online at Apex Magazine.

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