Whiskey and the Weird

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Militia House by John Milas; drinking Rogue Spirits Morimoto Whiskey.Damien is watching Sting (2024; dir. Kiah Roache-Turner); drinking the Glenmorangie 12 Single Malt.Ryan is watching Heretic (2024; dir Scott Beck, Bryan Woods); drinking the Isle of Jura 10.If you liked this week's story, check out *deep breath* Scavengers Reign, Leech, In the Earth, Everything by Jeff VanDerMeer, Dreamcatcher, The Girl with the Gifts, Mold!, Come into my Cellar, the first story in the  Creepshow movie, one episode of Hannibal, What Moves the Dead, The Hungry Earth, Mexican Gothic, The Last of Us show + game, ETCETERA ETCETERA ETCETERA. Whew.Up next: We're hoping to chat with editor Daisy Butcher, before kicking off Season Eight of Whiskey and the Weird! Our next volume might have you on your knees...Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The September House by Carissa Orlando; drinking pFriem Japanese lager.Damien is reading Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; drinking Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon.Ryan is reading Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds; drinking Blair Athol 12.If you liked this week's story, check out FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992; dir. Bill Kroyer).Up next: The Voice in the Night by William Hope HodgsonSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Prometheus (2012; dir. Ridley Scott) and Snowpiercer (2013; dir. Bong Joon-ho); drinking Great Jones rye whiskey and Planet Oat oat nog.Damien is watching Scare Me (2020; dir. Josh Ruben); drinking Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon on the cheap.Ryan is reading The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica; drinking Grand Marnier.If you liked this week's story, check out The Reach by Stephen King (in 1985's collection, Skeleton Crew).Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt. We promise.Special music licensed for non-commercial use through Creative Commons:Intro/Outro: This is Christmas by Scott HolmesSummary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-KeyLike, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Milk & Serial (2024; dir. Curry Barker); drinking Hot Apple Cider with Noble Oak Double Oak BOurbon.Damien is watching Possum (2018; dir. Matthew Holness); drinking Redbreast 15.Ryan is reading Not A Speck of Light: Stories by Laird Barron; drinking 2XO Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, check out Lord of Misrule (2023; dir. William Brent Bell).Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham MerrittSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 MerrittSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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. JamesSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 NolciniSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 VaneSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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. McNeileSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 VanderMeerUp next: "The Flowering of the Strange Orchard" by H. G. WellsSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 HurleyUp next: "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant" by Howard R Garis.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to SAVED! (2023 album) by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter; drinking Springbrook Farms Adirondack High Rye.Damien is reading The Far Reaches series (various authors) on Amazon Kindle Unlimited/Audible; drinking FEW American Whiskey.Ryan is reading Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio; drinking the Talisker 10.If you liked this week's story, watch Stay Tuned (1992; dir. Peter Hyams) starring the late, great John Ritter.Up next: "The Night Wire" by H.F. Arnold.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading A Guest in the House by Emily Caroll; drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon.Damien is reading The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson; drinking Glenfiddich 12.Ryan is watching the original John Wick; drinking the Bowmore 12.If you liked this week's story, watch DEVS (TV series; Alex Garland, 2020).Up next: "Uncle Phil on TV" by JB Priestley.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is playing Wingspan (board game); drinking Peerless Kentucky Straight Bourbon.Damien is reading Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman; drinking Navigator Straight Bourbon Whiskey.Ryan is reading "The Engine at Heartspring's Center" by Roger Zelazny; drinking the Balvenie 15 Carribean cask.If you liked this week's story, read The Grip of It by Jac Jemc.Up next: "The Eidoloscope" by Robert Duncan Milne.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield; drinking a Swedish?! whiskey: Mackmyra Svensk EkDamien 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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 HolmesSummary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-KeyLike, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Facebook, Threads (@whiskeyandtheweird) and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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...Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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!Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Last Sentinel (2023; dir. Tanel Toom); drinking a PBR Shandy.Damien is reading They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces by Eric LaRocca; drinking a Fog Cutter (light rum, cognac, gin, lemon, orange, orgeat, sherry float).Ryan is listening to The Cromcast; drinking Laphroaig Select.If you liked this week's story, watch The Fog (1980; dir. John Carpenter). Do NOT watch The Fog (2005; dir. Rupert Wainwright) which is terrible.Up next: Red Gauntlets of Czerni by Seabury Quinn. This one's out of volume, find it in A Rival From the Grave: The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, Volume Four or here.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

 Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang; drinking FEW Whiskey & TJ's Ginger Beer.Damien is reading Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica; drinking a Salty Dog (gin, grapefruit, salt).Ryan is reading Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran; drinking The Bowmore 12 yr old.If you liked this week's story, read the American Gods spinoff short Black Dog by Neil Gaiman.Up next: Forgotten Harbour by Gordon Hillman.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Where I End by Sophie White; drinking Meier's Creek Morning Sun.Damien is reading The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul Tremblay; drinking Glenlivet Nadurra.Ryan is playing Dredge (2023 video game); drinking Angel's Envy Port Wine aged whiskey.If you liked this week's story, watch Reefer Madness (1936; dir. Louis J. Gasnier).Up next: The Death Hound by Dion Fortune.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib; drinking Beacon Small Batch Bourbon.Damien is reading Maeve Fly by CJ Leede; drinking a terrible spicy paloma (Ancho Reyes, Xicaru mezcal, lime juice and Squirt).Ryan is reading Butcher's Crossing by John Williams; drinking Yellowstone Whiskey.If you liked this week's story, watch The Possession (2012; dir. Ole Bornedal).Up next: A Psychical Invasion by Algernon Blackwood.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Vile Thing We Created by Robert P Ottone; drinking Bull Run Bourbon.Damien is reading The Relic (Pendergrast #1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; drinking a Tom Collins (Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, lemon, sugar, soda).Ryan is reading The Dark Descent anthology edited by David Harwell; drinking Bowmore 12.If you liked this week's story, watch The Pyramid (2014; dir. Grégory Levasseur).Up next: The Case of the Fortunate Youth by Moray Dalton.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Ascension by Nicholas Binge; drinking Roknar Rye.Damien is reading The Button Box trilogy by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar; drinking High West Campfire blend.Ryan is watching Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie (and pining over Pine); drinking Edradour 10.If you liked this week's story, read Killing Mister Watson by Peter Matthiessen.Up next: The Valley of the Veils of Death by Bertram Atkey.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Bone Mother by David Demchuk; drinking Bright Lights, Big Bourbon by Hudson Whiskey.Damien is reading The Dead Djinn Universe preamble (A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Angel of Khan El-Khalili, and The Haunting of Tram Car 015) by P. Djeli Clark; drinking Wheel Horse bourbon whiskey.Ryan is reading John the Balladeer stories by Manly Wade Wellman (forthcoming volume from Valancourt Press, Fall 2023); drinking Glenlivet 14 Cognac Cask Single Malt.If you liked this week's story, watch Netflix's Cabinet of Curiosities, S1E8: The Murmuring (dir. Jennifer Kent).Up next: In Death as in Life by Joseph Payne Brennan.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Linghun by Ai Jiang; drinking FEW Straight Bourbon.Damien is reading If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe (John Dies at the End, #4) by Jason Pargin aka David Wong; drinking Oban 14 Scotch whisky.Ryan is reading One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson; drinking Glen Scotia 12 Campbeltown Single Malt.If you liked this week's story, read The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs, illustrated by Edward Gorey.Up next: The Fear by Alice & Claude Askew.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Kevan is reading The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram; drinking the Ardbeg.Jessica is reading All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes; drinking New Deal Distillery Bootstrap Whiskey.Damien is reading Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.Ryan is reading The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud; drinking Auchentoshan 12yr single malt.If you liked this week's interview, read ecofiction, tell stories in the Bardic tradition, and acknowledge the neurochemical storm in every person's brain. Also, check out Kevan Manwaring's other works in Panorama Journal and his latest collection, Ballad Tales: An Anthology of British Ballads Retold.Up next: Season 5! Join us as we investigate... The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection, edited by Mike Ashley.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan; drinking Yellow Bird Tennesssee Whiskey.Damien is reading The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, et al; drinking many GinGin Mules with Reed's Strongest Ginger Beer and Berkshire Mountain's Greylock Gin.Ryan is reading Breckendridge Elkins stories by Robert E. Howard; drinking Angel's Envy Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, read Prey (2002) by dead author Michael Crichton. Or watch the Hitchcock film, but it's nothing like the story. Trust us.Up next: An interview with this volume's editor, Dr. Kevan Manwaring!Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to Spooko (an Australian podcast); drinking Apocalypse IPA by 10Barren Brewing.Damien is reading Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall; drinking Xicaru Reposado Mezcal.Ryan is reading stuff edited by Marvin Kaye; drinking Old Forester "Statesman" Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, watch a MICHAEL SHANNON/JEFF NICHOLS DOUBLE FEATURE! Take Shelter (2011; dir. Jeff Nichols) + Midnight Express (2016; dir. Jeff NIchols).Up next: The Birds by Daphne du Maurier.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep by Adam Soto; drinking a Maple Cardamom Old Fashioned with last week's Yellowstone Bourbon.Damien is reading Devil House by John Darnielle; drinking a pickleback! Jameson Irish whiskey + Grillo's spicy dill pickle brine.Ryan is reading The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher; drinking Gramling Woods Rye Malt Whiskey.If you liked this week's story, watch The Perfect Storm (2000; dir. Wolfgang Petersen).Up next: The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes by Margaret St. Clair.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Saltblood by T.C. Parker; drinking "Yellowstone Select" Kentucky Bourbon by Limestone Branch Distillery.Damien is watching The West Wing (TV series); drinking the Arrrrdbeg 10.Ryan is watching Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (Netflix); drinking a whiskey sour with Knob Creek Bourbon.If you liked this week's story, watch In The Earth (2021; dir. Ben Wheatley).Up next: Through the Vortex of a Cyclone by William Hope Hodgson.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Closet by James Tynion IV, Gavin Fullerton, Chris O'Halloran, and Tom Napolitano; drinking New Boot Goofin' by Meier's Creek.Damien is reading Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy; drinking High West Campfire.Ryan is watching A Wounded Fawn (2022; dir. Travis Stevens); drinking Laphroaig Select 10 yr old.If you liked this week's story, read The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni.Up next: May Day Eve by Algernon Blackwood.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt; drinking a maple cardamom Old Fashioned with Bull Run bourbon.Damien is reading A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney; drinking Quarter Horse rye whiskey.Ryan is watching Who Invited Them? (2022; dir. Duncan Birmingham); drinking the Bowmore 12 yr. Scotch.If you liked this week's story, watch Pitch Black (2000; dir. David Twohy)/read the novelization by Frank Lauria, or read The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling.Up next: The Horror-Horn by E.F. Benson.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Razorblades: Vol 1 by James Tynion IV + Steve Fox; drinking Roknar Rye w/ TJ's Ginger Beer.Damien is watching Emily the Criminal (2022, dir. John Patton Ford); drinking High West Campfire.Ryan is admiring the art of Francois Baranger in his Lovecraft books; drinking Loch Lomond 12 yr. Scotch.If you liked this week's story, go back and listen to S2E6: Leiningen vs the Ants by Carl Stephenson.Up next: Monsoons of Death by Gerald Vance.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading And Then I Woke Up by Malcom Devlin; drinking a Hot Toddy with Bull Run bourbon and barrel-aged honey.Damien is reading Brother by Ania Ahlborn; drinking a Dark & Stormy (Kraken rum, TJ's ginger beer, lime).Ryan is reading The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang; drinking The Wiseman Rye whiskey.If you liked this week's story, read and watch The Boys by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson (Prime Video).Up next: A Mild Attack of Locusts by Doris Lessing.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda; drinking Glenlivet 12 Year.Damien is watching Pearl (2022; dir. Ti West); drinking a whole bunch of Mai Tais.Ryan is reading Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn; drinking a brown sugar Old Fashioned.If you liked this week's story, play Frostpunk (2018 video game; 11 Bit Studios).Up next: Summer Snow Storm by Adam Chase.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching You Won't Be Alone (2022, dir. Goran Stolevski); drinking Burnside Oregon Oaked Rye.Damien is reading The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman; drinking Glenmorangie A Tale of Winter Scotch whisky.Ryan is reading In A Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner; drinking Shackleton Scotch whisky.If you liked this week's story, check out The Bleeding House (2011; dir. Philip Gelatt) or Revival by Stephen King.Up next: The Great Snow by Richard JefferiesSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com.

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching I Trapped The Devil (2019, dir. Josh Lobo); drinking egg nog with Koval millet whiskey.Damien is reading We Spread by Iain Reid; drinking The Ardbeg 10 single malt scotch whisky.Ryan is reading Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Christmas Kentucky Buck (bourbon. cranberry, ginger beer, lime).If you liked this week's story, check out Sleepwalkers (1992, dir. Mick Garris).Up Next: Season Four kicks off with "The Lightning-Rod Man" by Herman Melville from the volume Heavy Weather: Tempestuous Tales from Stranger Climes, edited by Kevan Manwaring.Special music licensed for non-commercial use through Creative Commons:Intro/Outro: This is Christmas by Scott HolmesSummary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-KeyLike, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Xavi is watching Wreck (2022; TV series); drinking Teeling single malt whiskeyJessica is watching Barbarian (2022, dir Zach Cregger); drinking Roknar rye whiskey with warm apple cider.Damien is watching Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities; drinking Hibiki 12 year.Ryan is reading "What the Daemon Said: Essays on Horror Fiction, Film, and Philosophy" by Matt Cardin; drinking Bunnahabhain 12 yr old.If you liked this volume, check out the six other anthologies and collections edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading Follow Me To Ground by Sue Rainsford; drinking Koval Millet Whiskey.Damien is reading Jessica's recos – The Nice House on the Lake (James Tynion IV; Álvaro Martínez Bueno) and The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V, Filipe Andrade); drinking Last Word (gin, green Chartreuse, Luxardo, lime juice).Ryan is listening to the podcast Voluminous; drinking Old Particular Probably Orkney's Finest 12 yr old Single Malt.If you liked this week's story, check out Banshee Chapter (2013; dir. Blair Erickson).Up next: An interview with the editor of Promethean Horrors: Xavier Aldana Reyes.Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is listening to everything via the Libby app; drinking Bull Run Straight Bourbon.Damien is reading Upgrade by Blake Crouch; drinking Whistlepig Small Batch Rye 10 Year.Ryan is reading Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman; drinking 16 yr old Lagavulin Double Matured Distiller's Edition.If you liked this week's story, check out The Knick (TV series; dir. Steven Soderbergh).Up next: From Beyond by H.P. LovecraftSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015, dir. Oz Perkins); drinking warm apple cider with 1911 Established bourbon.Damien is watching After Midnight (2019; dir. Jeremy Gardner, Christian Stella); drinking High West Campfire blended whiskey.Ryan is reading Haunted Nights (editor: Ellen Datlow); drinking an Autumnal Manhattan (Basil Hayden's Bourbon, maple syrup, sweet vermouth, black walnut bitters, nutmeg, amarena cherry).If you liked this week's story, check out Dark Matter by Michelle Paver.Up next: The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis StevensonSpecial thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com