Are you ready? Because we're ready! This week the Abyss gang takes a long look at the ocean and imagine the stories under there as they check out Rivers Solomon's The Deep. Before they dive in, they discuss Creed III, Rich finally finishes Stephen Markley's The Deluge, The Secret of Ventrilquism by Jon Padgett, The Consultant, V. Castro's Aliens: Vasquez, Re/Member, and Little Demon. It's time now to listen and learn.    Buy The Deep by Rivers Solomon

Good day friends! Join the Abyss crew as they check out the excellent R.J. Joseph's Bettina. While discussing this story of amputations and betrothals, they also dig into The Outwater, the Rocky series, The Last of Us 2, The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Roland Topor's The Tenant, Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, a podcast called Bridgewater, and Theresa Braun's Dead Over Heels.   Listen to Bettina

Oh hey! You're here! The Abyss crew has something to talk to you about, it's this killer story from Chesya Burke called I Make People Do Bad Things that's up on Nightmare Magazine. But wait, there's more! They also want to squeeze in some recommendations! Such as Pearl, The Outwaters, Skinimarink, Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House, Jackal by Erin E. Adams, Tananarive Due's Ghost Summer, and Josh Malerman's Decorum at the Deathbed. I do hope you enjoy it!   Read I Make People Do Bad Things

It's time children!!! Join the Abyss gang as they tackle what happens after a slasher with Dominique Dickey's Who the Final Girl Becomes. Before they cover this wonderful story they discuss Infinity Pool, The Last of Us, Harley Quinn Valentine's Special, Velma, Brian Asman's Neo Arcana, The Legend of Vox Machina, Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, Alex Ebenstein's Curse Corvus, You, and Knock at the Cabin.    Read Who the Final Girl Becomes

Hehehehe, welcome children!!! Pull up a chair and join the Abyss crew as they explore the wonderful world of Junji Ito's Shiver: Selected Stories. Before they chug vegetable oil and study balloons in the sky, they chat about The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Jeff Strand's Demonic, Knock at the Cabin, The Last of Us, Madness at the End of the World by Julian Sancton, Tim Meyer's Pteranodon Canyon and The Sea, The Stars, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, the podcast Conspriacy Theories, and The Legend of Vox Machina. Now check out this cool record I found and dig into some horror manga!

Oh dang, it's time! Join the Abyss gang as they go on a little camping trip and discuss The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois. Before it all goes to hell they chat about Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper, Bret Easton Ellis' The Shards, The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Junji Ito Maniac, Sick, The Last of Us, John Langan's Corpsemouth, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, Freaky, and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. Things are getting dark now, be careful out in them woods as you listen. Slight trigger warning: we discuss the death of children Buy The Laws of the Skies

Hey-ho! The abyss gang go on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest to checkout a doleman in Laird Barron's Mysterium Tremendum.  In between getting in fights with the townies and hiking through a scary forest, they talk Everything, Everywhere All at Once, Scream 2022, Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki, Shuzo Oshimi's Blood on the Tracks, Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry, The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, The Rig, and Sweet Home.  The gang wishes the best to Laird Barron and hopes he has a speedy and healthy recovery. Listen to Mysterium Tremendum    

Twenty friggin' twenty three!!! The Abyss crew opens the year with a rough (but amazing) one when they discuss E.A. Petricone's short story We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It. Before taking on the heavy topic of abduction and murder they chat about This Place Rules on HBOMax, Strange Days, Smithy by Amanda Desiree, Karl Edward Wagner's In A Lonely Place, How to See Ghosts and Other Figments by Orrin Grey, Junji Ito's Black Paradox, The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois, and Glass Onion.     Read We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It

Happy holidays ya filthy animals!!!! The gang eats all the cheese pizza and chugs a bunch of Pepsi before they take a look at the year of 2022. Get ready for some surprises and some obvious love when they tell you what they loved. Of course it wouldn't be the Abyss if they didn't discuss their week and talk about Silver Surfer Parable by Stan Lee, Barry, David Moody's Autumn, Irredeemable by Mark Waid, Stephen Graham Jones' Zombie Sharks With Metal Teeth, Vastarien, Murderville: Who Killed Santa?, Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, and Don't Pick Up the Phone. Now, settle back with a Yule Log video and let us sooth you for the rest of the year.

Everyone loves a clown, why don't you? This week the gang heads to Ashtown to check out a dead clown in Michael Chabon's The God of Dark Laughter. While researching baboon cults and strange caves, they discuss John Wagner's The Thirteenth Floor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman, Four White Horses and a Brass Band by Violet McNeal, Andor, Wednesday, and Troll. Now, let's find out why this clown doesn't have a face! *Note, we had some technical issues and lost the first ten minutes of the show.  Read The God of Dark Laughter

Ho! Ho! Ho! Now we've got a podcast! On this week's very exciting episode we try our best not to get out in the sun or get shot with a squirt gun while talking with Daron Kappauff about his We Are Legend. As we scan for goblins we discuss The Menu, 1899, Adam Nevill's The Vessel, Andor, Inside Job, Stephen King's IT, and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada. Now, make sure you trust who you are with and don't eat after midnight! Buy We Are Legend

It's time to see the children in the woods!!!! The Abyss gang travels to Antioch with their tour guide S.L. Edwards as he points out all the fun places in his book In The Devil's Cradle. During their adventures they check out One Piece, God of War: Ragnarok, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Patrick Barb's Gargantuana's Ghost, Soft Places by Betty Rocksteady, Mark Waid's Daredevil run, The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon by Jonathan Raab, and Mer Whinery's The Country Girl's Guide to Hexes and Haints. Now, get ready for some politcal education! Buy In the Devil's Cradle

Come on, the new billboards are up!!! Join the Abyss gang on Madison Avenue energy vampires as they check out Fritz Leiber's The Girl with the Hungry Eyes with special guest LL Soares. While they descend into obession they discuss The Patient, Terrifier 2, Atlanta, Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger, Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa, Cabinet of Curiosities, The Watcher, Daron Kappauff and Ward Nerdlo's We Are Legend, Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, and Roadgames. It's a big one folks, now dig in and avoid the eyes! Read The Girl with the Hungry Eyes

Sit down, sit down, do we have a tale to tell! The Abyss gang goes on a drive to check out billboards and discuss A.C. Wise's short story Sharp Things, Killing Things. Before that they talk Cabinet of Curiosities, Smile, Barbarian, Grimcutty, This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, and Matt Bartlett's Where Night Cowers.  TW: Suicide Read Sharp Things, Killing Things

Hey you! Yeah you! Come on, we're going on a trip!! The abyss gang pick up Nicole Cushing to check out Mothcon and 2020 in Mothwoman. While hanging out at the Zodiac they talk about Halloween Ends (with some spoilers), Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy featuring Chad Lutzke, John Boden, and Robert Ford, Universal Monster movies, The Hills Have Eyes, and Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer. Now let's get absurd and silly!   Buy Mothwoman

Y'all wanna listen to a podcast? I got your podcast right here! This week two of the gang get in a time machine and join Gwendolyn Kiste to check out her book Reluctant Immortals. Before discussing Lucy Westenra and Bertha Mason's adventures in the late 60's, they talk Stephen Graham Jones' Earthdivers, Werewolf by Night, She-Hulk, Land of the Lustrous, Deadstream, Owl Goingback's Crota, and the anthology Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror. Now find Dracula's urns and strap in! Buy Reluctant Immortals

Once upon a time there was a silly podcast, children, sit down and listen to their goofy adventures! This week, two of the gang frolicks in the woods and discuss Alma Katsu's The Wehrwolf. Before checking for ticks, they talk Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' The Last Ronin, Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Chainsaw Man, Yukinobu Tatsu's Dandadan, Tom Holland's Fright Night Origins, Rob Zombie's The Munsters, Bonesaw by Patrick Lacey, and Netflix's Dahmer. Now, let's find out what type of ending this fairy tale has... Buy The Wehrwolf  

Another wack attack from the Abyss! This week they welcomed back Matt Wildasin with open arms to discuss his summer blockbuster It Came from the Sea. Before checking out what's in the water they chat about Cult of the Lamb, Cody Goodfellow's The Flying None, Halloween Fiend by CV Hunt, Below by Laurel Hightower, Unsold, and Cyberpunk Edgerunner. Now put on your swimsuit and ignore the goo with tentacles! Buy It Came from the Sea

Guess who's back?! Staring into the friggin Abyss crew that's who! This week the gang begins celebrating Halloween with returning guest Sean M. Thompson and his short story The Last Halloween Above Ground. Before they start putting out candy, they discuss Rings of Power, Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim, Only Murders in the Building, Thor: Love & Thunder, Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White, The Wire, Eric LaRocca's We Will Never Leave This Place, Stephen King's Song of Susannah, and Barbarian.  CW: Suicide discussion Buy The Last Halloween Above Ground

You know what you need? Another upbeat inspirational episode of the Abyss! This week the gang welcomes Mike Lombardo to discuss his bonkers collection Please Don't Tap on the Glass and Other Tales of the Melancholy & Grotesque. Before diving into that aquarium they check out Glorious, Maxwell Ian Gold's Oblivion in Flux: A Collection of Cyber Prose, The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon from Jonathan Raab, Devon A. Mihesuah's The Hatak Witches, Todd Kiesling's Devil's Creek , Sandman Netflix Series, Day Shift, C.L. Enterline's Kin, The Reborn by Bryan Smith. Put those headphones on and let's get rockin! Buy Please Don't Tap on the Glass and Other Tales of the Melancholy & Grotesque

Sit down class and get ready to be schooled! The Abyss gang leads a discussion on LGBTQIA horror, giving recommendations and highlights on books they loved. Before that, they talk The Rehearsal, R.R. Virdi's The First Binding, Nope (yet again), and Prey.

Can we talk to you about the moon and macguffinite? Part of the Abyss crew joins Danger Slater on a magic trip to the moon to discover the truth about Moonfellows. As they are flying they spin yarns about Prey, Nope, Graham Masterton's The House That Jack Built, The Puppet King and Other Atonements by Justin A. Burnett, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Now jump on board, we're digging on the moon! Buy Moonfellows

The system is down! The system is down! Join the Abyss crew on the M.G. Yellowjacket as they listen to Hailey Piper's mission briefing regarding her Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing. They talk sci-fi horror, brain monsters, helpers that speak like Broadway managers, and whether you are anti- or pro- tentacles. Now watch out for those fleshy things and get on board! (Heavy spoilers start around the 45 minute mark) Buy Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing

Welcome to the Abyss, can we take your order? This week 2/3rds of the gang travel to Jonny, Iowa to meet Daniel Kraus and discuss (spoiler-free) his investigations into the Burger City Poltergeist with his book The Ghost that Ate Us. Before chomping down on some fast food they talk Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky, Incantation, Critical Role, Kim Stanely Robinson's Red Mars, and Men. Now enjoy a shake and listen in! Buy The Ghost that Ate Us

Pick up that phone, it's another episode of Staring Into the Abyss! This week the gang goes into the woods to answer the call of Daron Kappauff's We Can Never Go Back. Before their hike they discuss the Resident Evil TV show, Solar Opposites, J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams' Clickers, Brian Evenson's The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, The Black Phone, and Incantation. Now, listen in and figure out who is on the line! Buy We Can Never Go Back  

Avast there you mangy listeners! The Abyss crew board the Pepper Kay to see some creepy mermaids in T.C. Parker and Ward Nerdlo's Maiden. Before their voyage they check out The Boys, Stranger Things, Vasterian vol. 5 iss 1, the podcasts Lore and American Shadows, and Slow Horses. Now button up them sails and set a course for somewhere bleak! Buy Maiden

Hello dear hearts! The Abyss gang travels to an apartment building during the apocalypse to discover Eric LaRocca's We Can Never Leave This Place. First, they take a gander at Mad God, Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe, The Black Phone, Charles Band's Confessions of a Puppetmaster, and The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier. Now get on in here and enjoy!   Buy We Can Never Leave This Place

Hey yo, welcome! The Abyss crew explores the fantastic Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology with its editors Sonora Taylor and Nico Bell. Before digging through their favorite stories they discuss Letters From Hades by Jeffery Thomas, Manborg novelization from Bret Nelson, A Quiet Place 2, The Bubble, Moonfall, Sayaka Murata's Earthlings, Barry, and Cullen Bunn's Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Now get on it! Buy Diet Riot ebook Buy Diet Riot paperback

Clowns! Come out and pla-eee! This week the Abyss gang joins a group of clown hunters in Judith Sonnet's The Clown Hunt. Before they go on a murder party they take some time to discuss Danger Slater's Puppet Skin and He Digs a Hole, The Nightmare Factory graphic novel by Thomas Ligotti, Hunter x Hunter, Vinland Saga, Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, The Boys Presents: Diabolical, and Netflix's First Kill. Now get your cheese grater and get out there!   Pick up The Clown Hunt

Howdy folks! The Abyss gang decided they needed another visit to Dr. Fawning's office, so they took a trip back to the woods and the farm with Sarah Tantlinger's To Be Devoured. Before that they discussed The Boys, Stranger Things, Sonora Taylor's Little Paranoias, Matt Cardin's What the Daemon Said: Essays on Horror Fiction, Film, and Philosophy, Dread Nation by Justina Ireland, and L. Marie Wood's Telecommuting. Now go catch some moths and enjoy!

Welcome to the island of escapism! In this week's episode the Abyss gang travels to The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe. Before their trip they take a look at Men, debrief Stokercon 2022, get Lovesickness with Junji Ito, explore Love, Death & Robots, and check out Elfquest.    Listen to The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories

Excelsior!! The Abyss gang gets all Marvelous this week as they explore the Spector aslyum and discuss Disney+'s Moon Knight. Before talking Mooncopters they take a look at The Sadness, David Peak's The World Below, Spiderman No Way Home, Netflix's Circle and The Pentaverate, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Kathy Koja's Bad Brains, and Ronald Malfi's Come With Me. Enjoy True Belivers! 

Oooeeee this is a good one! The Abyss gang tries to figure out what's going on in the world of Nick Antosca's Migrations with Sean M. Thompson. Before that we discuss Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, Anaconda, Gertrude Barrow's The Citadel of Fear, Hailey Piper's Queen of Teeth, and Adam Nevill's Cunning Folk. Be ready for some fun! Pick up The Girlfriend Game by Nick Antosca

Awww yeah, join the Abyss gang at our favorite rest stop as we discuss Orrin Grey's No Exit! Before we dig into cults and bathroom ettitqute we dive into some Shudder and Netflix movies checking out The Cellar, Cursed Films, and Choose or Die. Then it's on to Eric LaRocca's We Can Never Leave This Place, The Domination trilogy from S.M. Stirling, Immortelle by Catherine McCarthy, Siphon by A.A. Medina, Thomas Ligotti's My Work Is Not Yet Done, and The Citadel of Fear by Gertrude Barrows. Do it up! Read No Exit here. 

Welcome to our little garden! Tiptoe through the tulips with the Abyss gang and special guest Elford Alley as they discuss Joe R Lansdale's Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back. Before that they check out Wesley Southard's Try Again and Cruel Summer, Manly Wade Wellman's The Old Gods Waken, Moon Knight, V Castro's Queen of Cicadas, and Glendon Swarthout's The Shootist. Read Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back

Are you ready kids? The Abyss gang is all back and this week they have special guest Laurel Hightower to fly high with the Mothman and discuss her newest Below. Before that they check out Moon Knight, The Hills Have Eyes, Krakow Monsters, Drive My Car, Alan Baxter's The Fall, James Kestrel's Five Decembers, and Margaret Oliphant's A Beleaguered City: and Other Tales of the Seen and Unseen.  Pick up Below here. 

Hey hey hey! Join most of the gang on this week's Abyss as they discuss Low Kill Shelter by Porpentine Charity Heartscape with Eve Harms. Before that they take a look at the great Starship Troopers, The God's Eye View by Barry Eisler, C.V. Hunt and Andersen Prunty's Meat Photo, The Legend of Vox Machina, and Raised By Wolves.    Buy Low Kill Shelter

Hey ya the gang is back! This week they are joined by S.H. Cooper to deep dive into the excellent anthology A Woman Built by Man. Before that they discuss the popular Elden Ring, check out Scream 2022, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022, Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, Crossroad by Laurel Hightower, and Kijo: Japan's Most Notorious Female Criminals by Tara A. Devlin.  A Woman Built by Man - Cemetery Gates Media

Welcome back to the Abyss! This week we hang out in a bookstore to find thin places with Mary SanGiovanni's For Emmy. Before that we have a little weather talk, D&D talk, a spoiler free discussion on The Batman, Catriona Ward's Sundial, R.A. Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt, Aliens Vs. Predators Ultimate Prey, Netflix's Someone Inside Your House, and the Final Destination movies.  Pick up For Emmy

Ahoy-hoy Abyss listners! Join the gang as they learn the secrets of basket weaving and poetry when discussing Eden Royce's Sweetgrass Blood, which can be found in Nightmare Magazine. Before that, they dive into the Brian Keene universe with Terminal and The Seven, check out Steve Stred's Incarnate, The Night Trade by Barry Eisler, finish up Nightmare Alley from William Lindsay Gresham, and Impact Winter by Travis Beacham. https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/sweetgrass-blood/

Oh dang the Abyss gang is checking out Red Hook and things are getting crazy! Join them as they discuss Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom. They also take a look at Six Four from Hideo Yokoyama, And in Her Smile, the World by Rebecca J. Allred and Gordon B. White, Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham, and Beverly Lee's The House of Little Bones.

Yo yo yo! This week the Abyss gang tackles P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout. They also take a detour to discuss Ozark, Nightmare Alley, and the Futurama revival. In between all of that they look at Adam Neville's Last Days, White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson, and The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix. 

Is that title correct? Hell yes it is! Get ready to toss your mind into the gutter with the Abyss gang as they celebrate Valentine's Day early with Christine Morgan's Spermjackers From Hell. Things get sticky as they discuss extreme horror, what words you shouldn't say(looking at you moist), Netflix's Murderville, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, V.E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic, and Laura Hightower's Below. 

Yo, what up! Join the abyss as they take a bike ride into addiction with Tyler Jones' Criterium. They also explore Archive 81, laugh at John Cena and Peacemaker, fall in love with Christi Nogle's Beulah, and question Hit-Monkey.

Yo! On this week's dive into the Abyss author Chad Lutzke joins us to discuss his Italian Cannibal explotation novel Cannibal Creator. We take a look at Netflix's Archive 81, explore the woods in Steve Stred's Mastodon, talk about Michael Cisco's Member, check out Brian Keene's With Teeth, and go classic with Bram Stoker's Dracula. 

The big 1-0-0 for the Abyss! Celebrate 100 episodes with the crew as they dig deep into the archive to cover for the second time Gregory A. Douglas' The Nest. Get ready for some cockroach goodness as they discuss this Paperback from Hell. Plus they talk about Peacemaker, literary journal The Deadlands, Netflix series Stay Close, and Sloth by Joanne Askew. (Recorded Jan. 16, 2022)  

The Abyss returns for 2022! Join us for our first new episode of the year as we talk about Dexter: New Blood, Eric Raglin's ANTIFA SPLATTERPUNK anthology, and the latest volume of Vasterian.  Then, we take a look back at our favorite books and films of 2021, including Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley, Zack Snyder's Justice League and The Suicide Squad, Psycho Goreman, The Last House on Needless Street, Razorblade Tears, The Book of Accidents, and Stephen Mack Jones' August Snow series. Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Author and YouTube personality Edward Lorn (writing as Ward Nerdlo) joins us in the Abyss alongside his The Wicked Rex of the West co-author, Daron Kappauff, for our last episode of 2021! In this spoiler-free episode, we discuss their approach to co-writing Wicked Rex, their future collaborations (as well as Lorn/Nerdlo's work with author T.C. Parker and their recently released Maiden), sensitivity readers, and Ernest Cline. Plus, we take a quick look at Amazon's Wheel of Time adaptation and the return of Tiger King. (Recorded Nov. 21, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Edward Lorn on Twitter: @EdwardLorn Subscribe to Edward Lorn's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/edwardlorn Follow Daron Kappauff on Twitter: @daronk77