Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2001, dir. William Eubank); drinking Cardinal Spirits Straight Rye.
Damien is reading Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry; drinking a negroni (equal parts gin, vermouth rosso, and campari).
Ryan is reading Old Style Tales website and book series by M. Grant Kellermeyer; drinking Blair Athol 12.

If you liked this week’s story, check out Slither (2006, dir. James Gunn).

Up next: ‘After Three Thousand Years' by Jane G. Austin.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith; still drinking Natterjack.
Damien is watching Saint Maud (2019, dir. Rose Glass); drinking Chicken Cock straight bourbon.
Ryan is watching The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971, dir. Piers Haggard); drinking Tomintoul 16.

If you liked this week’s story, check out The Host (2006, dir. Bong Joon-ho).

Up next: ‘Caterpillars' by E.F. Benson.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching The Kettering Incident (2016 TV series); drinking Freeland Spirits bourbon.
Damien is reading The Every by Dave Eggers; drinking Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey.
Ryan is watching No One Gets Out Alive (2021, dir. Santiago Menghini); drinking Glenfiddich 15 Unique Solera Reserve.

If you liked this week’s story, check out Encounter (2021, dir. Michael Pearce).

Up next: ‘The Wicked Flea' by J.U. Giesy

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan; drinking Natterjack Irish Whiskey, featuring a big ugly toad.
Damien is reading The Damnation Game by Clive Barker; drinking High West Prairie Bourbon.
Ryan is watching Better Call Saul (created by Vince Gilligan); drinking Glenfiddich 14 Bourbon Barrel Reserve.

If you liked this week’s story, check out Technicolor by John Langan.

Up next: 'The Moth' by HG Wells (another nobody)

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Tonight's whisk(e)ys:
Jessica is drinking Hudson Bright Lights, Big Bourbon whiskey. (Ball jar, big cube, splash of water.)
Damien is drinking Suntory Hibiki 12 yr whisky. (Match pewter base double rocks glass, ice ball, let rest.)
Ryan is drinking Bowmore Islay 15 year Darkest scotch. (Tulip glass, neat, splash of water.)

Like this season? Our contemporary weird writer shout outs:
Jessica: Kelly Link, Lyudmila Petruşevskaya
Damien: Stephen Graham Jones, Laird Barron, John Langan, Nathan Ballingrud
Ryan: A.C. Wise, Daniel Mills

Up next: Season 2: CRAWLING HORROR: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird! Our first episode will arrive in January 2022.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Last Night in Soho (2021, dir. Edgar Wright); drinking Freeland Spirits Bourbon.
Damien is reading Under The Whispering Door by TJ Klune; drinking a Woodford Reserve hot toddy.
Ryan is watching Midnight Mass (Netflix); drinking Ardbeg Single Malt – again.

If you liked this week’s story, check out: 
"Ghost Story by Peter Straub," preaches Ryan.
"The Guardian (1990, dir. William Friedkin)," Damien demands.
"Triangle (2009, dir. Christopher Smith)," assures Jess.

Up next: We've got a season one wrap-up episode for you before starting production on on S2 covering... CRAWLING HORROR! Get out the bug spray, y'all.

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching The Lodge (2019, dir. Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala); drinking spiked eggnog with Cardinal Spirits Straight Rye Whiskey.
Damien is watching Jack Frost (1997, dir. Michael Cooney); drinking Schnoggin Noggins: Kahlua, vodka, eggnog, milk, cola.
Ryan is reading the Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: Volume One, edited by Tara Moore; drinking some random Christmas cocktail with Evan Williams Small Batch, cranberry, ginger ale, orange juice, and sweet vermouth.

If you liked this week’s story, check out the full collection - Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season, edited by Tanya Kirk.

Up next: Season 1 finale ‘The Floating Forest' by Herman Scheffauer

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

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is listening to the Too Scary; Didn't Watch podcast; drinking Far North Rye Whiskey.
Damien is watching Psycho Goreman (2020, dir. Steven Kostanski); drinking High West Campfire Whiskey.
Ryan is reading the Dark Forces anthology, edited by Kirby McCauley; drinking Ardbeg Single Malt.

If you liked this week’s story, check out Crimson Peak (2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro).

Up next: ‘The Floating Forest' by Herman Scheffauer

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching OCULUS (2013, dir. Mike Flanagan); drinking Far North Rye Whiskey.
Damien is reading My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Lion's Tail (bourbon, allspice dram, lime juice, bitters).
Ryan is reading The Valencourt Book of World Horror Stories Vol. 1; drinking Dewars - again.

If you liked this week’s story, check out The Scar by China Miéville.

Up next: 'Devereux's Last Smoke' by Izola Forrester

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading The House Next Door by Anne River Siddons; drinking Rogue Brewing's Batsquatch IPA.
Damien is watching POSSESSOR (2020, dir. Brandon Cronenberg); drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony whisky.
Ryan is watching THE MEDIUM (2021, dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun); drinking Dewars on the rocks.

If you liked this week’s story, check out THE BURROWERS (2008, dir. J.T. Petty).

Up next: ‘The Mystery of the Water-Logged Ship' by William Hope Hodgson

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