Whiskey and the Weird

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The A-Frame (2024; dir. Calvin Lee Reeder); drinking Lost Republic Rye. Damien is reading The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie Jr.; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is obsessively playing Ball X Pit (2025; VG); drinking The Maloney No. 2. If you liked this week’s story, dig up some classic Kisaragi Station creepypasta on you...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke; drinking a PBR Tall Boy. Damien is reading I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours by Nat Cassidy; drinking Maine Beer Company Lunch IPA. Ryan is reading No Ordinary Bird by Artis Henderson; drinking Cynar Manhattan with chocolate bitters. If you liked this week’s story, watch Requiem for a Dream (2000; di...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Hallow Road (2025, dir by Babak Anvari); drinking Oak Aged Watermelon Kolsch by Ommegang. Damien is reading Angel Down by Daniel Kraus; drinking Bondstone Toasted Barrel Bourbon. Ryan is reading There Is No Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM; drinking The Obituary (dry gin martini with an absinthe wash). If you liked this week’s story, watch Total Re...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin; drinking Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon. Damien is playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025; VG); drinking a Last Word (Drumshanbo gin, Luxardo, lime, and green friggin' Chartreuse). Ryan is watching Project: Hail Mary (2026; dir. Phil Lord and Chris Miller); drinking Glendronach 15 Year. If you liked this week’s stor...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The Assessment (2024, dir. Fleur Fortuné); drinking Evil Twin Brewing Pils: Dandies. Damien is watching DTF St. Louis (2026; TV series); drinking Larceny Bourbon old fashioned with chipotle bitters. Ryan is watching Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026; dir. Lee Cronin); drinking Campbeltown Journey whisky. If you liked this week’s story, read  Voice of...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Baldwin: a Love Story by Nicholas Boggs; drinking Freeland Spirits Rye. Damien is watching Mother of Flies (2025; dir. Adams Family); drinking Kyrö Wood Smoke Whisky. Ryan is reading Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky; drinking Ardbeg Uigeadail. If you liked this week’s story, read  Lakewood by Megan Giddings. Up next: "Scarrowfell" by Robert Holdstock...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching The Household (2025; dir. Luke Shaw); drinking Meier's Creek Backwoods Trail. Damien is watching Super Dark Times (2017; dir. Kevin Phillips) & Soft & Quiet (2022; dir. Beth de Araujo); drinking Hai Seas San Oaks Whiskey. Ryan is watching Civil War (2024, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Tullibardine 15. If you liked this week’s story, read  Famous M...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Turtle Island by Sean Sherman; drinking Bodalen Bourbon by Far North Spirits. Damien is watching The Toxic Avenger (2025; dir. Macon Blair); drinking Mary Dowling Bourbon. Ryan is reading If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio; drinking Woodford Reserve Rye Old Fashioned. If you liked this week’s story, read  Robert E. Howard's Conan stories: Xuthal of t...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Repeat (2021, dir. Richard Miller & Grant Archer); drinking Hudson Whiskey Do The Rye Thing. Damien is reading Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley & Haunted Forest Tour by Jeff Strand and James A. Moore; drinking a Natasha's Pulverized Paste (Elijah Craig whiskey sour with apple and ginger). Ryan is watching "Wayward" (Netflix, 2025); drinking...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Salt Slow by Julia Armfield; drinking Uncle Nearest 1884. Damien is watching Marshmallow (2025; dir. Daniel DelPurgatorio); drinking Mary Dowling bourbon. Ryan is reading Yeehaw Junction by Kayli Scholz; drinking the Aberlour 12. If you liked this week’s story, read The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges. Up next: "An Undistinguished Boy...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Arctic Void (2022; dir. Darren R. Mann); drinking almond nog + Bright Lights, Big Bourbon. Damien is watching Good Boy (2025; dir. Ben Leonberg); drinking a Bhakta 1928. Ryan is watching Shrinking (Apple TV original series); drinking a Gingerbread fart ini (vanilla vodka, Frangelico, Bailey's, gingerbread syrup). If you liked this week’s story, w...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is bingeing all 14 seasons of King of the Hill; drinking Burnside Bourbon. Damien is reading Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman; drinking a legit painkiller with Pussers Rum (orange, pineapple, cream of coconut, nutmeg). Ryan is reading  Ghostland by Edward Parnell; drinking a Lagavulin 16. If you liked this week’s story, read Gothic by Philip...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir; drinking Freeland Spirits Bourbon. Damien is watching Freaky Tales (2024; dir. Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck); drinking a Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is reading  A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck; drinking a Highland Park 12. If you liked this week’s story, watch Black Box (2020; dir. Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour). Up nex...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah by Stephen King; drinking Free Spirits 'The Spirit of Bourbon'. Damien is reading Rejection: Fiction by Tony Tulathimutte; drinking a Boulevardier (Larceny bourbon, Campari, sweet vermouth). Ryan is reading  Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse and Bad Manners, edited by Doug Murano and Mich...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching They Cloned Tyrone (2023; dir Juel Taylor); drinking a Ghia Ginger Spritz. Damien is watching Strange Darling (2024; dir. J.T. Mollner); drinking a Glenmorangie 12. Ryan is play Blue Prince (VG; 2025) ; drinking a Glenlivet Caribbean Cask. If you liked this week’s story, watch Presence (2024; dir. Steven Soderbergh) Up next: "The Duchess at Praye...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletchere; drinking a Blind Tiger's Bees Knees. Damien is reading The Haar by David Sodergren; drinking a Larceny bourbon whiskey. Ryan is watching "Adolescence" (Netflix); drinking and Old Forester 86. If you liked this week’s story, watch Black Swan (2010; dir. Darren Aronofsky) Up next: "An Evic...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane; drinking a canned Spiritless Old Fashioned. Damien is reading Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Redbreast 15 Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. Ryan is reading Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian; drinking the Lagavuhlin 16 yr old. If you liked this week’s story, watch The Forest (2016; dir. Jason Zada...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo; drinking Heck's Gentle Persuasion Golden NA. Damien is watching Daddy's Head (2024; dir. Benjamin Barfoot); drinking a Flying Naked (bourbon, Bénédictine, Aperol, lemon juice). Ryan is reading Aurora Rising by Alastair Reynolds; drinking Highland Park 12 yr 'Viking Honour'. If you liked this week’s story, read "Processi...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023; dir. Stephen Cognetti); drinking Sloop Brewing Oktoberfest. Damien is watching Bring Her Back (2025; dir. Phillipou Brothers); drinking a Painkiller with Pussers Rum (orange, pineapple, cream of coconut, nutmeg). Ryan is reading "Lot No. 249" by Arthur Conan Doyle; drinking the Bowmore 15. If yo...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Taskmaster (2015 - current TV series); drinking St Agrestis Phony Mezcal Negroni. Damien is watching Demoni/Demons (1985; dir. Lamberto Bava, produced and co-written by Dario Argento); drinking Corsair Triple Smoke. Ryan is reading The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson; drinking a perfect Manhattan. If you liked this week’s story, read The Travel...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Red Rooms (2024; dir Pascal Plante); drinking The Best Day Brewing's NA Kolsch. Damien is watching The Coffee Table (2022; dir. Caye Casas); drinking Nelson’s Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey. Ryan is reading The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy; drinking Glenlivet Double Oaked. If you liked this week’s story, watch Mandy (2018; dir. Panos Cosmato...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard; drinking Labatt's NA. Damien is reading Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is reading Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir; drinking the Lagavulin 16yr. If you liked this week’s story, watch Oddity (2024; dir. Damian McCarthy) Up next: "The Parson's Oath" by Mr...

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...

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....

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...