Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

Oh dang, it's time! Join the Abyss gang as they go on a little camping trip and discuss The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois. Before it all goes to hell they chat about Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper, Bret Easton Ellis' The Shards, The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Junji Ito Maniac, Sick, The Last of Us, John Langan's Corpsemouth, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, Freaky, and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. Things are getting dark now, be careful out in them woods as you listen.

Slight trigger warning: we discuss the death of children

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Hey-ho! The abyss gang go on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest to checkout a doleman in Laird Barron's Mysterium Tremendum. In between getting in fights with the townies and hiking through a scary forest, they talk Everything, Everywhere All at Once, Scream 2022, Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki, Shuzo Oshimi's Blood on the Tracks, Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry, The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, The Rig, and Sweet Home.

The gang wishes the best to Laird Barron and hopes he has a speedy and healthy recovery.

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Twenty friggin' twenty three!!! The Abyss crew opens the year with a rough (but amazing) one when they discuss E.A. Petricone's short story We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It. Before taking on the heavy topic of abduction and murder they chat about This Place Rules on HBOMax, Strange Days, Smithy by Amanda Desiree, Karl Edward Wagner's In A Lonely Place, How to See Ghosts and Other Figments by Orrin Grey, Junji Ito's Black Paradox, The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois, and Glass Onion.

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Happy holidays ya filthy animals!!!! The gang eats all the cheese pizza and chugs a bunch of Pepsi before they take a look at the year of 2022. Get ready for some surprises and some obvious love when they tell you what they loved. Of course it wouldn't be the Abyss if they didn't discuss their week and talk about Silver Surfer Parable by Stan Lee, Barry, David Moody's Autumn, Irredeemable by Mark Waid, Stephen Graham Jones' Zombie Sharks With Metal Teeth, Vastarien, Murderville: Who Killed Santa?, Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, and Don't Pick Up the Phone. Now, settle back with a Yule Log video and let us sooth you for the rest of the year.

Everyone loves a clown, why don't you? This week the gang heads to Ashtown to check out a dead clown in Michael Chabon's The God of Dark Laughter. While researching baboon cults and strange caves, they discuss John Wagner's The Thirteenth Floor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman, Four White Horses and a Brass Band by Violet McNeal, Andor, Wednesday, and Troll. Now, let's find out why this clown doesn't have a face!

*Note, we had some technical issues and lost the first ten minutes of the show.

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Now we've got a podcast! On this week's very exciting episode we try our best not to get out in the sun or get shot with a squirt gun while talking with Daron Kappauff about his We Are Legend. As we scan for goblins we discuss The Menu, 1899, Adam Nevill's The Vessel, Andor, Inside Job, Stephen King's IT, and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada. Now, make sure you trust who you are with and don't eat after midnight!

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It's time to see the children in the woods!!!! The Abyss gang travels to Antioch with their tour guide S.L. Edwards as he points out all the fun places in his book In The Devil's Cradle. During their adventures they check out One Piece, God of War: Ragnarok, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Patrick Barb's Gargantuana's Ghost, Soft Places by Betty Rocksteady, Mark Waid's Daredevil run, The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon by Jonathan Raab, and Mer Whinery's The Country Girl's Guide to Hexes and Haints. Now, get ready for some politcal education!

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Come on, the new billboards are up!!! Join the Abyss gang on Madison Avenue energy vampires as they check out Fritz Leiber's The Girl with the Hungry Eyes with special guest LL Soares. While they descend into obession they discuss The Patient, Terrifier 2, Atlanta, Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger, Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa, Cabinet of Curiosities, The Watcher, Daron Kappauff and Ward Nerdlo's We Are Legend, Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, and Roadgames. It's a big one folks, now dig in and avoid the eyes!

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Sit down, sit down, do we have a tale to tell! The Abyss gang goes on a drive to check out billboards and discuss A.C. Wise's short story Sharp Things, Killing Things. Before that they talk Cabinet of Curiosities, Smile, Barbarian, Grimcutty, This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, and Matt Bartlett's Where Night Cowers.

TW: Suicide

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Hey you! Yeah you! Come on, we're going on a trip!! The abyss gang pick up Nicole Cushing to check out Mothcon and 2020 in Mothwoman. While hanging out at the Zodiac they talk about Halloween Ends (with some spoilers), Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy featuring Chad Lutzke, John Boden, and Robert Ford, Universal Monster movies, The Hills Have Eyes, and Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer. Now let's get absurd and silly!

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