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...

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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 Hodgson

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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 Holmes
Summary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-Key

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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 Merritt

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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

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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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