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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Foxe; 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 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 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 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

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching After Yang (2022, dir. Kogonada); drinking Hudson's Bright Lights, Big Bourbon.Damien is re-reading White Noise by Don DeLillo; drinking a Corpse Reviver 2 (equal parts gin, lemon juice, Cocchi Americano and orange liqueur).Ryan is playing Wildermyth (2019, Windows); drinking Blair Athol 12 matured in Flam Wine Barrels.If you liked this week’s story, check out Autopsy Room Four by Stephen King, The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016; dir. André Øvredal), and/or Stir of Echoes (1999; dir. David Koepp). Hit us up on IG @whiskeyandtheweird with which is the best IfTTT!Up next: our bonus Halloween episode featuring All Souls' by Edith Wharton.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 Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels; drinking Shipyard Pumpkin Ale.Damien is reading The Puzzler by A.J. Jacobs; drinking Sebago Lake Rum and Coke Zero.Ryan is watching The Dead Center (2018, dir. Billy Senese); drinking Glenlivet 15yr French Oak Reserve.If you liked this week’s story, check out Limitless (2011; dir. Neil Burger) or its source material: The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn.Up next: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdermar by Edgar Allen PoeSpecial 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 Surrender by Ray Loriga; drinking Blackfly Bourbon on ice.Damien is watching Prey (2022, dir. Dan Trachtenberg); drinking Johnnie Walker Black 12 Year.Ryan is listening to the Elder Sign podcast (Clay Temple Media); drinking Knob Creek bourbon.If you liked this week’s story, check out Antiviral (2013, dir. Brandon Cronenberg).Up next: The Five Senses by E. NesbitSpecial 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 Reservation Dogs (2021; TV series); drinking Hochstadter's Slow & Low canned old fashioneds.Damien is watching NOPE (2022, dir. Jordan Peele); drinking Mastic Tears mastiha liqueur.Ryan is reading The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, four-volume set; drinking the Glenlivet 12yr.If you liked this week’s story, check out 'Cinereous' in Furnace by Livia Llewellyn + Aaron Mahnke's Lore podcast.Up next: The Mortal Immortal: A Tale by Mary ShelleySpecial 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 Red Riding Quartet by David Peace; drinking a PBR & Lemonade Shandy.Damien is reading Fuzz: When Nature Breaks The Law by Mary Roach; drinking Edinburgh Gin Rhubarb & Ginger Liqueur + Fever Tree Indian tonic.Ryan is watching Aterrados (2017, dir. Demián Rugna); drinking Michter's straight bourbon whiskey.If you liked this week’s story, check out Cherry 2000 (1987; dir. Steve De Jarnatt). Yes, really.Up next: The Secret of the Scaffold by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-AdamSpecial 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 We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022, dir. Jane Schoebrun); drinking Noble Oak Double Oak Rye.Damien is reading Age of Cage by Keith Phipps; drinking a Solstice Spritz (Hendrick's Midsummer Solstice + St. Germain + lemon juice).Ryan is reading Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff; drinking Edradour 10 Year.If you liked this week’s story, check out The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado.Up next: The Blue Laboratory by L T MeadeSpecial 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 From (2022 TV series, Epix); drinking Bull Run Straight Bourbon Whiskey.Damien is watching Severance (2022 TV series, AppleTV+); drinking a Bee Sting: Scotch, Barenjager, Fernet Branca, tangerine juice, egg white, bitters.Ryan is watching Fresh (2022, dir. Mimi Cave); drinking Laphroaig Triple Wood.If you liked this week’s story, check out ‘Here There Be Tygers' by Stephen King.Up next: ‘Beyond the Star Curtain' by Garth Bentley.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 Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno & Jordie Bellaire; drinking Meier's Creek Honey Kölsch.Damien is reading Severance by Ling Ma; drinking The Glenlivet Nadurra.Ryan is watching Hellbender (2021, dir. Adams/Adams/Poser); drinking Glenmorangie, 10 yr.If you liked this week’s story, check out the Borne series by Jeff VanderMeer.Up next: ‘An Egyptian Hornet' 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 watching The Feast (2021, dir. Lee Haven Jones); drinking Savage & Cooke Burning Chair bourbon.Damien is watching My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2021, dir. Jonathan Cuartas); drinking sorrel (aka bissap) with Sebago Lake rum and Topo Chico.Ryan is reading 'The Phantom Coach' by Amelia B. Edwards; drinking Bunnahabhain 12 year old.If you liked this week’s story, check out the graphic novel Moon Knight #1 (2016, Lemire / Smallwood / Thomas) and Imprisoned With The Pharaohs by Harry Houdini and H.P. Lovecraft (seriously).Up next: ‘The Blue Beetle: A Confession' by A.G. Gray Jun.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 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.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 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.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 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. GiesySpecial 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 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 ScheffauerSpecial music licensed for non-commercial use through Creative Commons:Intro/Outro: This is Christmas by Scott HolmesRecap Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-KeyLike, rate, and follow! Check us out on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and whiskeyandtheweird.com

Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching The Night House (2020, dir. David Bruckner); drinking Fistful of Bourbon blended whiskey.Damien is reading 'New Teeth: Stories' by Simon Rich; drinking Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey.Ryan is reading 'When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson' edited by Ellen Datlow; drinking The Glenmorangie 10yr.If you liked this week’s story, check out Underwater (2020, dir. William Eubank) and 'The Deep' by Nick Cutter.Up next: ‘Sargasso’ by Ward MuirSpecial 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 The Wild Ladies Are' by Aoko Matsuda; drinking Roadsmary's Baby pumpkin ale by Two Roads Brewery.Damien is reading 'Tender Is the Flesh' by Augustina Bazterrica; drinking a Roman Holiday cocktail.Ryan is playing Subnautica; drinking Hudson Whiskey NY.If you liked this week’s story, check out The Invitation, the 2015 sleeper hit film directed by Karyn Kusama (free on Tubi).Up next: ‘From the Depths and the Darkness’ by Morgan RobertsonSpecial 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