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