Whiskey and the Weird

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; drinking Troegs Master of Pumpkins.
Damien is watching Buffet Infinity (2025; dir. Simon Glassman); drinking Trillium's Daily Serving: Apple Cider Berliner Weisse.
Ryan is reading 13 Horrors of Halloween, edited by Isaac Asimov; drinking the Glenlivet 12 Double Oak.

If you liked this week’s story, watch "No-End House," Season 2 of the horror anthology TV series Channel Zero.

Up next: Season 10 kicks off with The Face in The Wind by Carl Jacobi, out of Return of the Ancients: Unruly Tales of the Mythological Weird, edited by Katy Soar.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Alasdair is reading Joe Hill's Basket Full of Heads graphic novel series; drinking Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold tea.
Jessica is reading Foe by Iain Reid; drinking Cooperstown Doubleday Baseball Bourbon.
Damien is watching Dust Bunny (2026; dir. Bryan Fuller); drinking Glenmorangie 12.
Ryan is reading Music of the Mouldering/If It Bleeds by Matthew M. Bartlett; drinking Bruichladdich "Laddie" Classic.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching The A-Frame (2024; dir. Calvin Lee Reeder); drinking Lost Republic Rye.
Damien is reading The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie Jr.; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.
Ryan is obsessively playing Ball X Pit (2025; VG); drinking The Maloney No. 2.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke; drinking a PBR Tall Boy.
Damien is reading I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours by Nat Cassidy; drinking Maine Beer Company Lunch IPA.
Ryan is reading No Ordinary Bird by Artis Henderson; drinking Cynar Manhattan with chocolate bitters.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Hallow Road (2025, dir by Babak Anvari); drinking Oak Aged Watermelon Kolsch by Ommegang.
Damien is reading Angel Down by Daniel Kraus; drinking Bondstone Toasted Barrel Bourbon.
Ryan is reading There Is No Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM; drinking The Obituary (dry gin martini with an absinthe wash).

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin; drinking Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon.
Damien is playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025; VG); drinking a Last Word (Drumshanbo gin, Luxardo, lime, and green friggin' Chartreuse).
Ryan is watching Project: Hail Mary (2026; dir. Phil Lord and Chris Miller); drinking Glendronach 15 Year.

If you liked this week’s story, watch Jacob's Ladder (1990; dir. Adrian Lyne).

Up next: "He Walked Around the Horses" by H. Beam Piper

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 The Assessment (2024, dir. Fleur Fortuné); drinking Evil Twin Brewing Pils: Dandies.
Damien is watching DTF St. Louis (2026; TV series); drinking Larceny Bourbon old fashioned with chipotle bitters.
Ryan is watching Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026; dir. Lee Cronin); drinking Campbeltown Journey whisky.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Baldwin: a Love Story by Nicholas Boggs; drinking Freeland Spirits Rye.
Damien is watching Mother of Flies (2025; dir. Adams Family); drinking Kyrö Wood Smoke Whisky.
Ryan is reading Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky; drinking Ardbeg Uigeadail.

If you liked this week’s story, read  Lakewood by Megan Giddings.

Up next: "Scarrowfell" by Robert Holdstock

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching The Household (2025; dir. Luke Shaw); drinking Meier's Creek Backwoods Trail.
Damien is watching Super Dark Times (2017; dir. Kevin Phillips) & Soft & Quiet (2022; dir. Beth de Araujo); drinking Hai Seas San Oaks Whiskey.
Ryan is watching Civil War (2024, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Tullibardine 15.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Turtle Island by Sean Sherman; drinking Bodalen Bourbon by Far North Spirits.
Damien is watching The Toxic Avenger (2025; dir. Macon Blair); drinking Mary Dowling Bourbon.
Ryan is reading If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio; drinking Woodford Reserve Rye Old Fashioned.

If you liked this week’s story, read  Robert E. Howard's Conan stories: Xuthal of the Dusk, The Iron Shadows of the Moon, and Queen of the Black Coast. Or Lady Eleanor Smith's No Ships Pass (featured in WatW: S1E4).

Interested in reading Mrs Roliston's Travelling Adventures by Amelia B Edwards? Find it here: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/80e3bb63-79f3-4505-9c4c-be8cd3d02ff0/

Up next: "The Curfew Tolls" by Stephen Vincent Benet

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

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