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. Bill Kroyer).

Up next: The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

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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 Holmes
Summary Poem: Christmas Meditation by Dee Yan-Key

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Milk & Serial (2024; dir. Curry Barker); drinking Hot Apple Cider with Noble Oak Double Oak BOurbon.
Damien is watching Possum (2018; dir. Matthew Holness); drinking Redbreast 15.
Ryan is reading Not A Speck of Light: Stories by Laird Barron; drinking 2XO Bourbon.

If you liked this week’s story, check out Lord of Misrule (2023; dir. William Brent Bell).

Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is watching Humane (2024; dir Caitlin Cronenberg; drinking Resurgent Botanical Whiskey.
Damien is reading Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova; drinking the non-alc High Rhode by Kin Euphorics.
Ryan is reading the many gory works from Matthew M. Bartlett; drinking the Caol Ila 12 Year Old scotch whisky.

If you liked this week’s story, check out The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.

Up next: The Woman of the Woods by Abraham Merritt

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Negative Space by B. R. Yeager; drinking Standard Proof Wildflower Rye, infused with honeysuckle for some reason.
Damien is reading The House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias; drinking a Shipwreck: bourbon, dark rum, lime, simple, mint.
Ryan is reading The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan; drinking Campbeltown Journey blended scotch whisky.

If you liked this week’s story, check out American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett.

Up next: The Ash Tree by M. R. James

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Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading The Gunslinger by Stephen King; drinking a PBR shandy, baby.
Damien is reading Chlorine by Jade Song; drinking Maine Beer Company's Dinner DIPA.
Ryan is watching Exhuma (2024; dir. Jang Jae-hyun); drinking the Balvenie 14 yr, Caribbean Cask finish.

If you liked this week’s story, watch The Apostle (2018; dir. Gareth Evans).

Up next: The Guardian of Mystery Island by Edmond Nolcini

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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 Vane

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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. McNeile

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