Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

Do you have a minute to accept head slugs as our lords and saviors? This week the gang go on a pulpy adventure to Mars to discuss The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis by Clark Ashton Smith. Before removing their hats and giving their craniums up to the slugs, they chat about Pantheon, The Pitt, S.M. Stirling's Conan: Blood of the Serpent, The Heritic, The Black Maybe by Attila Veres, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, and Duncan Ralston's Puzzle House. Now give in to the head slugs and let them do their thing!

Roll for sanity! This week the Abyss gang dives into P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins. Before they get deep into this world, they discuss Cobra Kai, Captain America: Brave New World, Grotesquerie, Dexter: Original Sin, Brian McNaughton's The Throne of Bones, and Interplanetaries by Clark Ashton Smith. Awww, looks like you rolled a one, so you have to listen now!

Holy crap we still exist! That's right folks, the Abyss gang is back! This time they discuss a bit about what they are looking forward to in 2025 as well get back into the swing of things by chatting what they've consummed recently.

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!

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