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 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 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 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 reading The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; drinking Rogue Spirits Dead Guy Whiskey.Damien is watching The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020, dir. Jim Cummings); drinking Basil Hayden's American Bourbon.Ryan is watching The Cellar (2022, dir. Brendan Muldowney); drinking Larceny Wheated Bourbon.If you liked this week’s story, check out The Fold by Peter Clines.Up next: Rappacini's Daughter by Nathaniel HawthorneSpecial 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 Sound of Violence (2021; dir. Alex Noyer); drinking Freeland Spirits bourbon.Damien is heeding Jessica's recos – watching The Empty Man (2020, dir. David Prior) and reading The House Next Door by Ann River Siddons; drinking Devil's River bourbon.Ryan is watching Martyrs (2008, dir. Pascal Laugier); drinking Miller Lite. Really.If you liked this week’s story, check out Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton.Up next: Season 2 wrap up featuring an interview with Crawling Horror editors Jeanette Leaf and Daisy Butcher!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 The Empty Man (2020, dir David Prior); drinking Hudson Whiskey's Bright Lights, Big Bourbon.Damien is enthralled by wabi-sabi and kintsugi; drinking Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey.Ryan is reading "In the Garden of Ibn Ghazi" by Molly Tanzer; drinking Old Forrester 100 Rye.If you liked this week’s story, check out Peacemaker (2022 series; dir James Gunn).Up next: ‘The Miracle of the Lily' by Clare Winger Harris.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 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.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 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 HodgsonSpecial 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 Eyes Without A Face (1960, dir. Georges Franju); drinking Atomic Pumpkin by New Belgium.Damien is reading 'Based On A True Story' written and narrated by Norm MacDonald; drinking Bulleit bourbon with Woodford Reserve barrel aged orange bitters.Ryan is reading 'A Night in Lonesome October' by Roger Zelazny; drinking Evan Williams Small Batch bourbon.If you liked this week’s story, check out The Canal, the 2014 Irish film directed by Ivan Kavanagh (free on Tubi). Damien insists you also watch What Lies Beneath (2000, dir. Robert Zemeckis) just because.Up next: ‘No Ships Pass’ by Lady Eleanor SmithSpecial 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 Old by M. Night Shyamalan; drinking Little Wolf APA by Zero Gravity. Damien is watching Brand New Cherry Flavor and Squid Game (Netflix); drinking Whistlepig Farmstock Rye. Ryan is reading 'The Harbormaster' by Robert W. Chambers; drinking Woodford Reserve Wheated. If you liked this week’s story, check out ‘The Birds’ by Daphne du Maurier. Up next: ‘The Black Bell Buoy' by Rupert Chesterton 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