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Bar Talk (our recommendations):Alasdair is reading Joe Hill's Basket Full of Heads graphic novel series; drinking Taylors of Harrogate Yorkshire Gold tea.Jessica is reading Foe by Iain Reid; drinking Cooperstown Doubleday Baseball Bourbon.Damien is watching Dust Bunny (2026; dir. Bryan Fuller); drinking Glenmorangie 12.Ryan is reading Music of the Mouldering/If It Bleeds by Matthew M. Bartlett; drinking Bruichladdich "Laddie" Classic. Up next: Season 10 is right around the corner! Follow @whiskeyandtheweird to stay up on what volume we're covering. 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 The A-Frame (2024; dir. Calvin Lee Reeder); drinking Lost Republic Rye.Damien is reading The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie Jr.; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.Ryan is obsessively playing Ball X Pit (2025; VG); drinking The Maloney No. 2. If you liked this week’s story, dig up some classic Kisaragi Station creepypasta on your interwebs. Up next: an interview with the editor, Alasdair Richmond! 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 Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke; drinking a PBR Tall Boy.Damien is reading I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours by Nat Cassidy; drinking Maine Beer Company Lunch IPA.Ryan is reading No Ordinary Bird by Artis Henderson; drinking Cynar Manhattan with chocolate bitters. If you liked this week’s story, watch Requiem for a Dream (2000; dir. Darren Aronofsky) Up next: "Branch Line to Benceston" by Sir Andrew Caldecott 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 Hallow Road (2025, dir by Babak Anvari); drinking Oak Aged Watermelon Kolsch by Ommegang.Damien is reading Angel Down by Daniel Kraus; drinking Bondstone Toasted Barrel Bourbon.Ryan is reading There Is No Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM; drinking The Obituary (dry gin martini with an absinthe wash). If you liked this week’s story, watch Total Recall (1990; dir. Paul Verhoeven). Heck, watch it even if you didn't like this story. Up next: "The Rose Wall" by Joyce Carol Oates 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 Tell Me an Ending by Jo Harkin; drinking Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon.Damien is playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025; VG); drinking a Last Word (Drumshanbo gin, Luxardo, lime, and green friggin' Chartreuse).Ryan is watching Project: Hail Mary (2026; dir. Phil Lord and Chris Miller); drinking Glendronach 15 Year. If you liked this week’s story, watch Jacob's Ladder (1990; dir. Adrian Lyne). Up next: "He Walked Around the Horses" by H. Beam Piper 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 The Assessment (2024, dir. Fleur Fortuné); drinking Evil Twin Brewing Pils: Dandies.Damien is watching DTF St. Louis (2026; TV series); drinking Larceny Bourbon old fashioned with chipotle bitters.Ryan is watching Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026; dir. Lee Cronin); drinking Campbeltown Journey whisky. If you liked this week’s story, read  Voice of the Fire by Alan Moore. Up next: "The Badlands" by John Metcalfe 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 Baldwin: a Love Story by Nicholas Boggs; drinking Freeland Spirits Rye.Damien is watching Mother of Flies (2025; dir. Adams Family); drinking Kyrö Wood Smoke Whisky.Ryan is reading Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky; drinking Ardbeg Uigeadail. If you liked this week’s story, read  Lakewood by Megan Giddings. Up next: "Scarrowfell" by Robert Holdstock 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 The Household (2025; dir. Luke Shaw); drinking Meier's Creek Backwoods Trail.Damien is watching Super Dark Times (2017; dir. Kevin Phillips) & Soft & Quiet (2022; dir. Beth de Araujo); drinking Hai Seas San Oaks Whiskey.Ryan is watching Civil War (2024, dir. Alex Garland); drinking Tullibardine 15. If you liked this week’s story, read  Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess. Up next: "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 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 Turtle Island by Sean Sherman; drinking Bodalen Bourbon by Far North Spirits.Damien is watching The Toxic Avenger (2025; dir. Macon Blair); drinking Mary Dowling Bourbon.Ryan is reading If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio; drinking Woodford Reserve Rye Old Fashioned. If you liked this week’s story, read  Robert E. Howard's Conan stories: Xuthal of the Dusk, The Iron Shadows of the Moon, and Queen of the Black Coast. Or Lady Eleanor Smith's No Ships Pass (featured in WatW: S1E4). Interested in reading Mrs Roliston's Travelling Adventures by Amelia B Edwards? Find it here: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/80e3bb63-79f3-4505-9c4c-be8cd3d02ff0/ Up next: "The Curfew Tolls" by Stephen Vincent Benet 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 Repeat (2021, dir. Richard Miller & Grant Archer); drinking Hudson Whiskey Do The Rye Thing.Damien is reading Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley & Haunted Forest Tour by Jeff Strand and James A. Moore; drinking a Natasha's Pulverized Paste (Elijah Craig whiskey sour with apple and ginger).Ryan is watching "Wayward" (Netflix, 2025); drinking the Glenlivet 14 Cognac Cask. If you liked this week’s story, read The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Up next: "The Discovery of the Treasure Isles" 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 Salt Slow by Julia Armfield; drinking Uncle Nearest 1884.Damien is watching Marshmallow (2025; dir. Daniel DelPurgatorio); drinking Mary Dowling bourbon.Ryan is reading Yeehaw Junction by Kayli Scholz; drinking the Aberlour 12. If you liked this week’s story, read The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges. Up next: "An Undistinguished Boy" by Gerald Kersh. 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 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