Whiskey and the Weird

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 fartini (vanilla vodka, Frangelico, Bailey's, gingerbread syrup). If you liked this week’s story, watch Head Count (2018; dir. Elle Callahan) Up next: Damn the fates, it's Season 9!  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 Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Fracassi. Up next: Damn the fates, it's Season 9! And a merry little bonus episode interlude... Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 next: "The Stalls of the Barchester Cathedral" by the inimitable M. R. James Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Michael Bailey; drinking a Glenlivet 14. If you liked this week’s story, read the interconnected short stories of the Dandridge Cycle by Caitlin R Kiernan. Up next: "The Face of the Monk" by Robert Hichens Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Prayer" by Edith Wharton Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Evicted Spirit" by Marguerite Merington Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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) Up next: "A Story Told In Church" by Ada Buisson Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 "Procession of the Black Sloth" by Laird Barron Up next: "The Sexton's Adventuret" by Sheridan Le Fanu Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 you liked this week’s story, read Night Film by Marisha Pessl. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Traveller by R.H. Benson Up next: "The Cathedral Crypt" by John Wyndham Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Cosmatos) Up next: "In The Confessional" by Amelia B Edwards. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Mrs. Henry Wood. Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 the Earth, Everything by Jeff VanDerMeer, Dreamcatcher, The Girl with the Gifts, Mold!, Come into my Cellar, the first story in the  Creepshow movie, one episode of Hannibal, What Moves the Dead, The Hungry Earth, Mexican Gothic, The Last of Us show + game, ETCETERA ETCETERA ETCETERA. Whew. Up next: We're hoping to chat with editor Daisy Butcher, before kicking off Season Eight of Whiskey and the Weird! Our next volume might have you on your knees... Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com

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 Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!  Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com