Whiskey and the Weird

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...

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 L...

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, chec...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Men (2022, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Beak & Skiff 1911 Bourbon. Damien is reading The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins; drinking a Monte Carlo (rye whiskey, Benedictine, bitters). Ryan is watching Impetigore (2019, dir. Joko Anwar); drinking a Cthulu Takes Manhattan. It's got blue cream soda in it. Don't ask. If you liked this week’s sto...

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,...

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...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching You Are Not My Mother (2021; dir. Kate Nolan); drinking Westward Singly Malt. Damien is reading the Roger Rabbit trilogy by Gary K. Wolf; drinking a boilermaker with Jameson Irish whiskey and Maine Beer's Lunch IPA. Ryan is reading Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline; drinking the Bowmore 12. Daisy is reading The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid;...

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...

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; di...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Song for the Unravelling World by Brian Evenson; drinking Elysian Space Dust IPA. Damien is watching V/H/S/2 (2013); drinking Relativity American Whiskey. Ryan is reading Threshold - Volume 1: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny (compiled by NESFA); drinking Buffalo Trace bourbon in a tipped glass. If you liked this week’s story, check out Love...

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 ‘He...

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 se...

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 lik...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching Raised by Wolves (HBOMax); drinking Far North Rye Whiskey. Damien is reading The Hole by Hye-young Pyun; drinking a BBQ Old Fashioned (Redemption rye, blueberry aigre-doux , black lemon bitters, smoked glass). Ryan is reading DRACULA: The New Annotated Edition ed. by Leslie Klinger; drinking the Bowmore 12. If you liked this week’s story, check o...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt; drinking Power's Gold Label Irish Whiskey. Damien is watching The Deep House (2021, dir. Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury); drinking Redemption High Rye Bourbon. Ryan is reading – and crying over – The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russellr; drinking a Manhattan (Old Forrester 100 Rye, "Tender is the Night" Vermouth, Fee Bros...

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 Atho...

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). U...

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. Michae...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is reading Flowers of Mold by Ha Seong-nan; drinking Natterjack Irish Whiskey, featuring a big ugly toad. Damien is reading The Damnation Game by Clive Barker; drinking High West Prairie Bourbon. Ryan is watching Better Call Saul (created by Vince Gilligan); drinking Glenfiddich 14 Bourbon Barrel Reserve. If you liked this week’s story, check out Technicolor...

Tonight's whisk(e)ys: Jessica is drinking Hudson Bright Lights, Big Bourbon whiskey. (Ball jar, big cube, splash of water.) Damien is drinking Suntory Hibiki 12 yr whisky. (Match pewter base double rocks glass, ice ball, let rest.) Ryan is drinking Bowmore Islay 15 year Darkest scotch. (Tulip glass, neat, splash of water.) Like this season? Our contemporary weird writer shout outs: Jessica: Kelly...

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. "T...

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 M...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is listening to the Too Scary; Didn't Watch podcast; drinking Far North Rye Whiskey. Damien is watching Psycho Goreman (2020, dir. Steven Kostanski); drinking High West Campfire Whiskey. Ryan is reading the Dark Forces anthology, edited by Kirby McCauley; drinking Ardbeg Single Malt. If you liked this week’s story, check out Crimson Peak (2015, dir. Guillerm...

Bar Talk (our recommendations): Jessica is watching OCULUS (2013, dir. Mike Flanagan); drinking Far North Rye Whiskey. Damien is reading My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones; drinking a Lion's Tail (bourbon, allspice dram, lime juice, bitters). Ryan is reading The Valencourt Book of World Horror Stories Vol. 1; drinking Dewars - again. If you liked this week’s story, check out The Scar b...

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....