Whiskey and the Weird

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Humane (2024; dir Caitlin Cronenberg; drinking Resurgent Botanical Whiskey.
Damien is reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova; drinking the non-alc High Rhode by Kin Euphorics.
Ryan is reading the many gory works from Matthew M. Bartlett; drinking the Caol Ila 12 Year Old scotch whisky.

If you liked this week’s story, check out The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.

Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Negative Space by B. R. Yeager; drinking Standard Proof Wildflower Rye, infused with honeysuckle for some reason.
Damien is reading The House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias; drinking a Shipwreck: bourbon, dark rum, lime, simple, mint.
Ryan is reading The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan; drinking Campbeltown Journey blended scotch whisky.

If you liked this week’s story, check out American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett.

Up next: The Ash Tree by M. R. James

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King; drinking a PBR shandy, baby.
Damien is reading Chlorine by Jade Song; drinking Maine Beer Company's Dinner DIPA.
Ryan is watching Exhuma (2024; dir. Jang Jae-hyun); drinking the Balvenie 14 yr, Caribbean Cask finish.

If you liked this week’s story, watch The Apostle (2018; dir. Gareth Evans).

Up next: The Guardian of Mystery Island by Edmond Nolcini

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Monolith (2022; dir. Matt Vesely); drinking a cucumber brine martini with Freeland Spirits gin.
Damien is reading I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking Suntory World Whisky Ao.
Ryan is reading The Great State of West Florida by Kent Wascom; drinking the Edradour 10 yr.

If you liked this week’s story, watch Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022; dir. Halina Reijn).

Up next: "The Moaning Lily" by Emma Vane

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Saga vol 1-11 by Brian K Vaughan; drinking Meier's Creek Mo Money Mo Kolsch.
Damien is watching Channel Zero: Candle Cove (2016; SyFy); drinking Boulevardiers (bourbon, campari, sweet vermouth).
Ryan is watching Eric (Netflix limited series, 2024); drinking the Talisker 10.

If you liked this week’s story, read The Ruins by Scott Smith.

Up next: "The Green Death" by H C. McNeile

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Battlestar Galactica (2004; SyFy); drinking Great Jones Rye Whiskey.
Damien is reading The Lost by Jack Ketchum; drinking Guinness Nitro Draught but talking about Forged.
Ryan is watching The Devil All The Time (2020; dir. Antonio Campos); drinking The Auchentoshun 12.

If you liked this week’s story, read Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

Up next: "The Flowering of the Strange Orchard" by H. G. Wells

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Stopmotion (2023: dir Robert Morgan); drinking a G&T with Freeland Spirits Foraged Botanicals Gin.
Damien is watching When Evil Lurks (2023; dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Puncher's Chance Bourbon.
Ryan is watching Rust Creek (2018; dir. Jen McGowan); drinking a very terrible Strawberry Basil Bourbon Smash.

If you liked this week’s story, read - or watch! - Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley

Up next: "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant" by Howard R Garis.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Leech by Hiron Ennes; drinking Westward Whiskey Single Malt.
Damien is reading The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlmann; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.
Ryan is reading Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke; drinking a mint julep.

If you liked this week’s story, watch The Eyes of My Mother (2016; dir. Nicolas Pesce)

Up next: "The Giant Wistaria" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Monica by Daniel Clowes; drinking Town Branch (again) in a hot toddy.
Damien is reading Daphne by Josh Malerman; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony blended whisky.
Ryan is watching The Creator (2023; dir. Gareth Edwards); drinking Aberfeldy 16.
Aaron is reading various Golden Age of Detection tales featuring Reggie Fortune by H.C Bailey; drinking black tea.

Up next: Season 7! Or maybe a bonus episode?! Follow us on Instagram for an exclusive heads up.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; drinking Town Branch Kentucky straight bourbon.
Damien is reading Fever House by Keith Rosson; drinking a Last Word (gin, chartreuse, lime, Luxardo).
Ryan is reading The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams; drinking The Caol Ila 12.

If you liked this week’s story, listen to the Welcome To Night Vale podcast by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.

Up next: our interview with the volume's editor, Aaron Worth!

Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! 

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