Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman; drinking a Limestone Branch Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon.
Damien is reading Reprieve by James Han Mattson; drinking a Hemingway daiquiri (white rum, lime, Maraschino liqueur & grapefruit juice).
Ryan is playing Sunless Sea (VG - Failbetter Games, 2015); drinking a Fistful of Bourbon (again).

If you liked this week’s story, read "The Backwards Path to the Limbus" by Betty Rocksteady.

Up next: "The Wind in the Woods" by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin; drinking a Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon.
Damien is reading Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward; drinking a Ardbeg Islay Single Malt.
Ryan is reading Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt; drinking a Fistful of Bourbon.

If you liked this week’s story, watch the entirety of the Final Destination franchise.

Up next: "Poor Lucy Rivers" by Bernard Capes.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney; drinking a No Wrong Answers dry hopped lager from Meier's Creek.
Damien is reading Blood Meridian by Cormac Macarthy; drinking a Middle Aged Adult Human DIPA from Trillium Brewing.
Ryan is reading Come With Me by Ronald Malfi; drinking a Cassis Manhattan.

If you liked this week’s story, search for "Ghost Files" on YouTube.

Up next: "Signals" by Stefan Grabinski.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Scavengers Reign (TV Series; 2023 - ); drinking a Noble Oak Double Oak Hot Toddy.
Damien is watching The Dead Center (2018; dir. Billy Senese); drinking Walcott Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
Ryan is reading Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand; drinking the showdoggedly named Old Particular's Probably Orkney's Finest 12 yr old Highland Single Cask.

If you liked this week’s story, read "In The Pines" by Karl Edward Wagner... if you can find it.

Up next: "Wireless" by Rudyard Kipling.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield; drinking a Swedish?! whiskey: Mackmyra Svensk Ek
Damien is reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt; drinking the Noble Oak Double Oak.
Ryan is reading The Nightmare Room by Chris Sorenson; drinking Glenlivet 14 year old Cognac finish.

If you liked this week’s story, watch the campy classic They Live (1988; dir. John Carpenter).

Up next: "Benlian" by Oliver Onions.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones); drinking a Noble Oak double oak whiskey + Wegman's apple cider.
Damien is watching A Haunting in Venice (2023; dir. Kenneth Branagh); drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.
Ryan is watching Deadwax (Shudder Series, 2018); drinking Evan Williams 100 Bottled-in-Bond.

If you liked this week’s story, read "The Anatomy Lesson" (short story) in Rapture of the Deep and Other Lovecraftian Tales by Cody Goodfellow.

Up next: Rontgen's Curse by Charles Crosthwaite.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching The Day of the Beast (1995, dir Alex de la Iglesia); drinking Burnside Oregon Oaked Bourbon... with eggnog.
Damien is watching Nocturnal Animals (2016; dir. Tom Ford); drinking Spiced Honey Iced Toddy w/ Wolcott Bourbon.
Ryan is playing Dave the Diver (VG; Mintrocket 2022); drinking a Hot Bourbon Apple Cider.

If you liked this week’s story, check out Ghosts UK (TV series; 2019-present).

Up Next: Season 6 kicks off with "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H.P. Lovecraft from the volume The Night Wire, and Other Tales of Weird Media, edited by Aaron Worth.

Special music licensed for non-commercial use through Creative Commons:
Intro/Outro: This is Christmas by Scott Holmes
Summary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-Key

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Hell House, LLC (2015, dir Stephen Cognetti); drinking Blue Point Mother Pumpkin Ale.
Damien is about to read Not Forever, But For Now by Chuck Palahniuk; drinking a Bloody Mary with Middlebar Mary mix and Reyka vodka.
Ryan is reading Come Closer by Sara Gran; drinking a Ghoul's Blood cocktail (don't ask).

If you liked this week’s story, read the rest of Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, edited by Ellen Datlow.

Up next: Season Six! Tune in to hear which volume we're covering...

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Claire Dederer; drinking Noble Oak Double Oak.
Damien is watching The House of the Devil (2009, dir. Ti West); drinking a Last Word (gin, green chartreuse, lime, luxardo).
Ryan is watching Satan's Slaves (2017; dir. Joko Anwar); drinking Blair Athol 12 yr scotch whisky.

If you liked this week’s story, watch Lake Mungo (2008; dir. Joel Anderson).

Up next: Halloween bonus story! Read "The Ghost of a Flea" by Priya Sharma found in Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, edited by Ellen Datlow. Then... Season 6!

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey; drinking King's County Peated Bourbon.
Damien is reading The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter and Andrew F Sullivan; drinking a spicy ancho marg (zarpado, ancho reyes, simple, lime).
Ryan is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; drinking Remy Martin VSOP.

If you liked this week’s story, watch – or call! – Ghostbusters (1984; dir. Ivan Reitman).

Up next: The Searcher of the End House by William Hope Hodgson.

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