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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 Matt Cardin; drinking Bunnahabhain 12 yr old.

If you liked this volume, check out the six other anthologies and collections edited by Xavier Aldana Reyes.

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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.

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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. Steven Soderbergh).

Up next: From Beyond by H.P. Lovecraft

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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 Stevenson

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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.

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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 Poe

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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. Nesbit

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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 Shelley

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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-Adam

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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 story, check out The Pallbearer's Club by Paul Tremblay.

Up next: The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffman

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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 Meade

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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 Hawthorne

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Talk to medical professionals instead. 

We <3 you medical professionals, 

Love, 
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Palmer's back to save the day?

The gang reunites and chats about everything from Chris Rock to a very special brand o Bacon.

Horror Headlines: New SAW movie, Final Destination, video games, and more!

Now Slaying: Brightburn

Main Event: Hollow Man
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Palmer's missing, and you know what that means. Time to make fun of him!

This week's wine was something Sam picked. Who cares?

Horror Headlines: Honestly don't remember.

Now Slaying: Boo!

Main Event: The Human Centipede: First Sequence
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