Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

The Abyss crew has been creeping around for 150 friggin' episodes and they've tried like hell to learn a thing or two. This week they share some of their favorite, stick with you, stories they've read or talked about on the show. Before they wax poetic, they dive into their current consumptions and discuss Evil Dead Rise, Don Winslow's City of Dreams, Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane, Little Miss Apocalypse by Danger Slater, Shane McKenzie's Addicted to the Dead: Relapse Edition, Salamander Justice by Tamika Thompson, The Mandalorian, Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Theives, and Morgan K. Tanner's An Army of Skin. Thank you all for staying with us for 150 episodes!

Hey, you wanna ding dong ditch that creepy house?! Join the Abyss crew as they explore a fleshy house and chat about Natasha King's Root Canticle. While they check out the tongue door knob they discuss Beau is Afraid, Barry, Don Winslow's City of Dreams, Ai Jiang's Smol Tales From Between Worlds, a Ghoulish Bookfest recap, The Croning by Laird Barron, Christopher Hawkins' Suburban Monsters, Kill Radio by Lauren Bolger, Michael Patrick Hick's Consumption, Waif by Samantha Kolesnik, Hallowed Oblivion by Katherine Silva, and The Owl House. Now, why don't we go down to the basement and check out the stomach!

Read Root Canticle

Are you ready to go nuts?! The Abyss crew is joined by Carson Winter to get all gothy and discuss Thomas Ligotti's The Lost Art of Twilight. As they go completely off the rails they discuss Hell's Paradise, My Home Hero, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Ted Lasso, Succession, David Wellington's Paradise-1, Ring and Spiral by Koji Suzuki, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Matt Wildasin's The Backrooms, XCRMNTMNTN by Andrew Hilbert, Laura Keating's Agony's Lodestone, Dark Cutter by Luciano Marano, and Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock. Now go greet your relatives and determine if you like being a daywalker.

Pick up Carson Winter's Soft Targets

Hey! Did you see that cat? Let's see where it's going. This week the Abyss gang goes down some corridors with Matt Wildasin to discuss his new novella The Backrooms. As they try to figure out what's going on they chat about Unicorn Wars, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Yellowjackets, Ed Lee's The Bounce House, Festival by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, Life is Strange: True Colors, Sarah Gailey's Just Like Home, and Stephen King's Fairy Tale. Now, keep walking and listen in!

Buy The Backrooms

Hippty Hop on down to the Warren! Join the Abyss crew as they explore the tunnels and streets of Nadia Bulkin's Pugelbone. As they check out the strange lumpy thing in the corner, they discuss History of the World Part 2, Netflix's The Last of Us, Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, Joe R Lansdale's The Complete Drive-In, Rooster Fighter by Shu Sakuratani, Christi Nogle's The Best of Our Past, The Worst of Our Future, Jo Kaplan's It Will Just Be Us, and The Great North. Now, stick your hand into the wall and have some fun!

Read Pugelbone

Are you ready? Because we're ready! This week the Abyss gang takes a long look at the ocean and imagine the stories under there as they check out Rivers Solomon's The Deep. Before they dive in, they discuss Creed III, Rich finally finishes Stephen Markley's The Deluge, The Secret of Ventrilquism by Jon Padgett, The Consultant, V. Castro's Aliens: Vasquez, Re/Member, and Little Demon. It's time now to listen and learn.

Buy The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Good day friends! Join the Abyss crew as they check out the excellent R.J. Joseph's Bettina. While discussing this story of amputations and betrothals, they also dig into The Outwater, the Rocky series, The Last of Us 2, The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Roland Topor's The Tenant, Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, a podcast called Bridgewater, and Theresa Braun's Dead Over Heels.

Listen to Bettina

Oh hey! You're here! The Abyss crew has something to talk to you about, it's this killer story from Chesya Burke called I Make People Do Bad Things that's up on Nightmare Magazine. But wait, there's more! They also want to squeeze in some recommendations! Such as Pearl, The Outwaters, Skinimarink, Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House, Jackal by Erin E. Adams, Tananarive Due's Ghost Summer, and Josh Malerman's Decorum at the Deathbed. I do hope you enjoy it!

Read I Make People Do Bad Things

It's time children!!! Join the Abyss gang as they tackle what happens after a slasher with Dominique Dickey's Who the Final Girl Becomes. Before they cover this wonderful story they discuss Infinity Pool, The Last of Us, Harley Quinn Valentine's Special, Velma, Brian Asman's Neo Arcana, The Legend of Vox Machina, Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, Alex Ebenstein's Curse Corvus, You, and Knock at the Cabin.

Read Who the Final Girl Becomes

Hehehehe, welcome children!!! Pull up a chair and join the Abyss crew as they explore the wonderful world of Junji Ito's Shiver: Selected Stories. Before they chug vegetable oil and study balloons in the sky, they chat about The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Jeff Strand's Demonic, Knock at the Cabin, The Last of Us, Madness at the End of the World by Julian Sancton, Tim Meyer's Pteranodon Canyon and The Sea, The Stars, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, the podcast Conspriacy Theories, and The Legend of Vox Machina. Now check out this cool record I found and dig into some horror manga!