Whiskey and the Weird

 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 spinof...

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 Ho...

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 Bo...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading The Vile Thing We Created by Robert P Ottone; drinking Bull Run Bourbon. Damien is reading The Relic (Pendergrast #1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; drinking a Tom Collins (Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish Gin, lemon, sugar, soda). Ryan is reading The Dark Descent anthology edited by David Harwell; drinking Bowmore 12. If you liked this week’s st...

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 Matthie...

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...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Linghun by Ai Jiang; drinking FEW Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe (John Dies at the End, #4) by Jason Pargin aka David Wong; drinking Oban 14 Scotch whisky. Ryan is reading One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson; drinking Glen Scotia 12 Campbeltown Single Malt. If you liked this week’s story,...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Kevan is reading The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram; drinking the Ardbeg. Jessica is reading All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes; drinking New Deal Distillery Bootstrap Whiskey. Damien is reading Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony. Ryan is reading The Strange by Nathan Ballingrud; drinking Auchentoshan 12yr single malt. If...

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...

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 (...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Concerning Those Who Have Fallen Asleep by Adam Soto; drinking a Maple Cardamom Old Fashioned with last week's Yellowstone Bourbon. Damien is reading Devil House by John Darnielle; drinking a pickleback! Jameson Irish whiskey + Grillo's spicy dill pickle brine. Ryan is reading The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher; drinking Gramling Woods Rye Ma...

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 E...

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 Laphro...

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 (20...

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 t...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading And Then I Woke Up by Malcom Devlin; drinking a Hot Toddy with Bull Run bourbon and barrel-aged honey. Damien is reading Brother by Ania Ahlborn; drinking a Dark & Stormy (Kraken rum, TJ's ginger beer, lime). Ryan is reading The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang; drinking The Wiseman Rye whiskey. If you liked this week’s story, read and watch The Boys by Ga...

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 Cha...

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 (201...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching I Trapped The Devil (2019, dir. Josh Lobo); drinking egg nog with Koval millet whiskey. Damien is reading We Spread by Iain Reid; drinking The Ardbeg 10 single malt scotch whisky. Ryan is reading Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Christmas Kentucky Buck (bourbon. cranberry, ginger beer, lime). If you liked this week’s st...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Xavi is watching Wreck (2022; TV series); drinking Teeling single malt whiskey Jessica is watching Barbarian (2022, dir Zach Cregger); drinking Roknar rye whiskey with warm apple cider. Damien is watching Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities; drinking Hibiki 12 year. Ryan is reading "What the Daemon Said: Essays on Horror Fiction, Film, and Philosophy" by Mat...

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; drinki...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is listening to everything via the Libby app; drinking Bull Run Straight Bourbon. Damien is reading Upgrade by Blake Crouch; drinking Whistlepig Small Batch Rye 10 Year. Ryan is reading Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman; drinking 16 yr old Lagavulin Double Matured Distiller's Edition. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Knick (TV series; dir. Ste...

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, mapl...

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...

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...