Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast
177 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsStaring Into The Abyss podcast is a round-table discussion of all things horror. Join hosts and authors Richard Gerlach, Matt Brandenburg, and Villimey Mist as they discuss a horror story of the week, along with the latest releases in horror films, television, games, and literature every Thursday.
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Episodes
The Mother of All Monsters by Paula D Ashe
March 28, 2024 04:01 - 53 minutes - 49 MBDear listners, have we got a podcast for you! This week the Abyss gang digs into the layers of being a parent to a serial killer with Paula D Ashe's The Mother of All Monsters. Before they chat about the extreme measures taken to ensure your child stops, they discuss Late Night With the Devil, The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, The Program, Quiet on the Set, and Kelly Link's White Cat, Black Dog: Stories.
The Haunting of Velkwood with Gwendolyn Kiste
March 14, 2024 04:01 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBWhat's scarier than a haunted neighborhood? A new episode!! This week the Abyss gang is joined by Gwendolyn Kiste to discuss her newest book The Haunting of Velkwood. Before diving into the grief and ghosts, they chat about Poor Things, The Crimson Labyrinth by Yusuke Kishi, Jamison Shea's I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me, FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans, The Program, Joshua Hull's Mouth, and Happiness. Be just a little afraid as we dig in to the past and listen in!
Abyss Spotlight on Black Horror Writers
February 22, 2024 05:01 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBIt's time, Abyss time!!! On this week's episode the Abyss crew sit down to spotlight some of their favorite Black horror writers and their books. Before the deep dive they discuss All the Fiends of Hell by Adam Nevill, Maurice Broaddus' Knights of Breton Court, The Kill List, Mark Russell's Cereal, Enchanted Pilgrimage by Clifford D. Simak, Invincible, and The Marvels. Now listen in and hopefully you'll find a new favorite writer!
Grasshands with Kyle Winker and Laurel Hightower
February 15, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBHey kids! You have your moss ready? Good, because you'll need it when the Abyss gang chat with Kyle Winkler and Laurel Hightower about Winkler's Grasshands! Before they dive into libraries and nature, they discuss the last issue of Vastarien, Hailey Piper's Even the Worm Will Turn, From the Belly by Emmett Nahil, Richard Mirabella's Brother & Sister Enter the Forest, Michael Cisco's Pest, and Dan Chaon's Sleepwalk. Now, start eating that moss and listen in!!
The Wishing Pool - Tananarive Due
February 08, 2024 05:01 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBAhhh yeah!!! You can't escape the Abyss! The Abyss crew is back and discussing Tananarive Due's The Wishing Pool. Before they tell you why you should be careful what you wish for, they chat up True Detective, American Fiction, Cobra Kai, Adam Nevill's All the Fiends of Hell, The Hangman Feeds the Jackal by Coy Hall, MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios by Joanna Robinson, Robert E Howard's The Coming of Conan, American Nightmare, Hailey Piper's Even the Worm Will Turn. Now get ready for another ...
2023 in the Abyss!
December 21, 2023 05:01 - 56 minutes - 52 MBHappy Abyssmas!!! Don't spend time with your family, spend it with the Abyss crew as they take a look back at 2023. Hear about some of their favorite things from the year, about potatoes, Iceland winter traditions, and elbow pics. We'll be back in 2024!
Visitation Rights by Kealan Patrick Burke
December 14, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBAnother Christmas in the trenches!! It's time for some warm and fuzzy holiday feelings as the Abyss gang sits down to enjoy Kealan Patrick Burke's Visitation Rights. Before they check for presents, they discuss Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, The Boy and the Heron, P.L. McMillian's Sisters of the Crimson Vine, Godzilla Minus One, Terrified, and When Evil Lurks. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals! Buy Dead of Winter
The Plastic Priest with Nicole Cushing
December 07, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 81 MBIt's time to learn about a new religion! The Abyss gang is joined by Nicole Cushing to discuss her new novella The Plastic Priest and discover the word. Before sitting in the church, they chat about Godzilla Minus One, Speed Racer, Garrett Cook's A God of Hungry Walls, Chaindevils by Matthew Mitchell, Kristopher Triana's Along the River of Flesh, Wise Guy, and Milan Kundera's The Farewell Party. Now grab those action figures and listen! Buy The Plastic Priest
A is for Alphabet by Steve Rasnic Tem
November 30, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBWhen this baby hits 88 miles per hour... your podcast is going to explode! The Abyss gang gets all time travelly this week when they discuss Steve Rasnic Tem's A is for Alphabet. Before, or after, they step into the phone booth, they chat about Thanksgiving, Alex Jenning's The Ballad of Perilous Graves, Along the River of Flesh by Kristopher Triana, Bernardo Esquinca's The Secret Life of Insects and Other Stories, Megg & Mogg, Thomas Ligotti's Noctuary and The Spectral Link, and Only Murders...
Cold, Black & Infinite with Todd Keisling
November 02, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 87.7 MBWhat's up people of earth?! Part of the Abyss gang is joined by Todd Keisling to stare and chatter about Keisling's Cold, Black & Infinite: Stories of the Horrific & Strange. Before digging into the collection they discuss Five Nights at Freddy's, Barbie, Alan Wake 2, Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt, Manly Wade Wellman's John the Balladeer, Appendage, The Dark & The Wicked, and Fright Night. Now take a step into the unknown!
Spooky stories with Matt Wildasin
October 26, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 94.6 MBIt's almost time children, do you have your masks ready? This week the Abyss gang sits down by the fireside to chat local spooky legends with Matt Wildasin. Before they freak themselves out they discuss The Crow, The Fall of the House of Usher, Frost Bite by Angela Sylvaine, Jordan Peele's Out There Screaming, The Vile Thing We Created by Robert P. Ottone, and Red Lagoe's Impulses of a Necrotic Heart: and Other Afflictions. Now, check that those marshmellows don't burn and enjoy!
The Library Policeman by Stephen King
October 19, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBAww snap, it's happening again! This week the Abyss gang ventures into your local library with special guest Rami Ungar to discuss Stephen King's The Library Policeman. As they attempt to check out how to get rich books they chat about When Darkness Lurks, The Fall of the House of Usher, Chet Williamson's The Crow: Clash by Night, House of Rejects by Dustin McNeill, Brian Evenson's Fugue State, Land of the Dead, Christopher Golden's All Hallows, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Robert P. O...
The Abyss Wants Them Back!
October 12, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBSome things can't be killed. After a temporary break to reclaim their sanity, the Abyss gang trudges back to the depths to discuss what has been consuming them for the last couple of weeks. Find out about A Black and Endless Sky by Matthew Lyons, Maggots Screaming! by Max Booth III, Bauldur's Gate III, Susan Hill's The Man in the Picture, Ben Arzate's Music is Over!; or The Facts Concerning the Disappearance of Juntaro Yamanouchi, No One Will Save You, and Castlevania: Nocturne. Now discover...
Ringing the Changes by Robert Aickman
September 14, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBThe bells are ringing! This week the Abyss gang is joined by Daniel Braum to talk about those damn bells in Robert Aickman's Ringing the Changes. Before dancing the night away they chat up Braum's The Serpent's Shadow, God is a Bullet, Kiersten White's Hide, The Changeling, and White Cat, Black Dog: Stories by Kelly Link. Now if only those bells would shut up so you could listen! Buy The Serpent's Shadow
Gore by Matt Wildasin
September 07, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBDoom comes to Abyss town!!! This week the Abyss crew gets jacked up to chat Matt Wildasin's Gore. Before punching a demon in the throat they talk One Piece, Don Winslow's Savages, The Secret of Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett, Keirsten White's Hide, Invasion, and How to be a Cult Leader. Now punch in the cheat code and get some! Buy Gore
Into the River by Clara Madrigano
August 31, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBLet's all go down to the water! The Abyss crew visits a small village in Brazil to check out Into the River by Clara Madrigano. While stopping by a masoleum they chat up Bones and All, Horror in the High Desert, Blood on the Tracks, Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus, Tribal Screams by Owl Goingback, Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hell of a Boss, and Caitlin Marceau's A Blackness Absolute. Now it's time to get outta here before the water rises!! Read I...
The Woman in the Wood by Daniel Mills
August 24, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBGreetings and welcome stranger! Listen as the Abyss gang get into trouble reading a strange journal titled The Woman In the Woods by Daniel Mills. As they creepily dig into a stranger's thoughts they chat about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Cobweb, Solar Opposites, Daniel Braum's The Serpent's Shadow, Experimental Film by Gemma Files, Howls From Hell, Afterparty, Netflix's The Midnight Club, Renfield, Consecration, Talk to Me, Twisted Metal, and Into the Sublime by Kate A. Boo...
Pretty Good Neighbor by Jeffrey Ford
August 10, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBHey, we're podcasting over here! The Abyss gang is hanging out in the Jersey swamps to chat about Jeffrey Ford's Pretty Good Neighbor. Before the lizards appear they discuss This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal E-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, Daniel Braum's The Night Marchers, Vastarien vol 6 issue 1, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley. Now get in the car and listen in! Read Pretty Good Neighbor
Venio by Gemma Files
August 03, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBOoooh buddy, this is happening! The Abyss gang has pens in hands and are following Gemma Files' writing prompt from her story Venio. Before they describe what's behind the door, they chat up Stephen Graham Jones' My Heart is a Chainsaw, Talk To Me, Shin Kamen Masked Rider, Twisted Metal, The Wind Began to Howl by Laird Barron, David Peak's Corpsepaint, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Evil Dead Rises, Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi. Now, put those ears up to the wall and listen ...
Gavin's Field by Steve Rasnic Tem
July 20, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBAhhh yeahh boyyeeee, let's go to Vermont! This week the gang travels to a quaint town in the middle of nowhere to check out Gavin's Field by Steve Rasnic Tem. As they play with some bugs they discuss I Am A Ghost, The Walking Dead: Dead City, Eric Williams' Toadstones, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, Fake Documentary "Q", Skull Island, From, and Lucy A. Snyder's Sister, Maiden, Monster. It's time to explore the woods, enjoy! Read Gavin's Field
Why Didn't You Just Leave Kickstarter
July 13, 2023 04:01 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBHey! Don't go in that basement....unless you really need to, then just ignore the monsters, it's cool. This week the Abyss gang is joined by Nadia Bulkin, Julia Rios, and Christa Carmen to discuss the Kickstarter campaign for Why Didn't You Just Leave. Before they explore the attic, they talk their favorite haunted house stories and movies, including Ghostwatch, Mike Flanagan's Haunting of Hill House, Kane Pixel's Backrooms, The Haunting of 13 Olúwo Street by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, and I Am ...
Gordon by Caitlin Marceau
June 22, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBHey yo, check this crazy podcast out! This week two of our hosts are joined by Aquino Loayza to chat about Gordon by Caitlin Marceau. Before diving in, they dig into Across the Spiderverse, From, Black Mirror, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, The Pope's Exorcist, and Willy's Wonderland. Now get ready to listen some cat talk!
Horror Story by Carmen Maria Machado
June 15, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBGreetings and well met stranger! Sit here with the Abyss crew and listen to them tell you a tale of broken relationships with Carmen Maria Machado's Horror Story. They might get distracted first and discuss things like How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Shivers, The Witch Part 1, Shortwave Publishing's Obsolescence: A Dark Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Anthology, Encyclopedia Sharksploitanica by Susan Snyder, Criminal Minds: Evolution, and The Unholy. Are you comfortable? Good, because this is going t...
The Tulsa Experience by Lawrence Block
June 08, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBHey, listening to a podcast? That's cool. Why not go on a trip with the Abyss crew and Judith Sonnet as they go and have The Tulsa Experience by Lawrence Block. Before they take the tour they discuss Barry, I Think You Should Leave, Diablo IV, John Langan's Corpsemouth, The Man Without a Transit Pass by Jaroslav Hasek, Jonathan Raab's Project Vampire Killer, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Slasher, Lure by Tim McGregor, and The Jade Unicorn by Jay Halpern. Now, let's just stop by a grocery store re...
Do you read Uncle Steve?
May 25, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 101 MBWhat's up Doc? This week the Abyss crew is joined by Daniel Barnett to dissect Stephen King's legacy (and put it next to the child's heart on King's desk). Before this deep dive, they discuss Primal Fear, the Dungeons & Dragons movie, From, Zachary Rosenberg's The Long Shalom, Humanity Lost by Meghan Douglass, Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Frank Bill's Back to the Dirt, Polyphemus by Zachary Ashford, House of Rot by Danger Slater, and the WGA strike. Now sit around the camp fire and listen to...
Wild Acre by Nathan Ballingrud
May 18, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 102 MBAre you ready to dig into the dark side of a werewolf attack? Robert P. Ottone joins the Abyss gang to discuss Nathan Ballingrud's Wild Acre. Before their trip into Ballingrud's America they chat about Last Prayer, Blood on the Tracks, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes, Scott J Moses' Our Own Unique Affliction, Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman, Witchboard, and Yellowjackets.
The Intoxicated Years by Mariana Enriquez
May 11, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBHey y'all wanna getta taste of this podcast? The Abyss gang takes a rough trip with Mariana Enriquez's story The Intoxicated Years. While they read between the lines and see the real life horror, they ramble about Kids vs Aliens, Silo, Fired on Mars, Dennis Lehane's Small Mercies, Saint's Blood by Ryan C. Bradley, Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories by John Jackson Miller, Mandalorian, and Corporate Body by R.A. Busby. Now listen in and question what you are hearing! Read The Int...
Abyss 150 episodes!
May 04, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBThe Abyss crew has been creeping around for 150 friggin' episodes and they've tried like hell to learn a thing or two. This week they share some of their favorite, stick with you, stories they've read or talked about on the show. Before they wax poetic, they dive into their current consumptions and discuss Evil Dead Rise, Don Winslow's City of Dreams, Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane, Little Miss Apocalypse by Danger Slater, Shane McKenzie's Addicted to the Dead: Relapse Edition, Salamander Ju...
Root Canticle by Natasha King
April 27, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBHey, you wanna ding dong ditch that creepy house?! Join the Abyss crew as they explore a fleshy house and chat about Natasha King's Root Canticle. While they check out the tongue door knob they discuss Beau is Afraid, Barry, Don Winslow's City of Dreams, Ai Jiang's Smol Tales From Between Worlds, a Ghoulish Bookfest recap, The Croning by Laird Barron, Christopher Hawkins' Suburban Monsters, Kill Radio by Lauren Bolger, Michael Patrick Hick's Consumption, Waif by Samantha Kolesnik, Hallowed O...
The Lost Art of Twilight by Thomas Ligotti
April 13, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 99 MBAre you ready to go nuts?! The Abyss crew is joined by Carson Winter to get all gothy and discuss Thomas Ligotti's The Lost Art of Twilight. As they go completely off the rails they discuss Hell's Paradise, My Home Hero, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Ted Lasso, Succession, David Wellington's Paradise-1, Ring and Spiral by Koji Suzuki, Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Matt Wildasin's The Backrooms, XCRMNTMNTN by Andrew Hilbert, Laura Keating's Agony's Lodestone, D...
The Backrooms by Matt Wildasin
April 06, 2023 04:01 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBHey! Did you see that cat? Let's see where it's going. This week the Abyss gang goes down some corridors with Matt Wildasin to discuss his new novella The Backrooms. As they try to figure out what's going on they chat about Unicorn Wars, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Yellowjackets, Ed Lee's The Bounce House, Festival by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, Life is Strange: True Colors, Sarah Gailey's Just Like Home, and Stephen King's Fairy Tale. Now, keep walking and listen in! Buy T...
Pugelbone by Nadia Bulkin
March 16, 2023 04:01 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBHippty Hop on down to the Warren! Join the Abyss crew as they explore the tunnels and streets of Nadia Bulkin's Pugelbone. As they check out the strange lumpy thing in the corner, they discuss History of the World Part 2, Netflix's The Last of Us, Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, Joe R Lansdale's The Complete Drive-In, Rooster Fighter by Shu Sakuratani, Christi Nogle's The Best of Our Past, The Worst of Our Future, Jo Kaplan's It Will Just Be Us, and The Great North. Now, stick your h...
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
March 09, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBAre you ready? Because we're ready! This week the Abyss gang takes a long look at the ocean and imagine the stories under there as they check out Rivers Solomon's The Deep. Before they dive in, they discuss Creed III, Rich finally finishes Stephen Markley's The Deluge, The Secret of Ventrilquism by Jon Padgett, The Consultant, V. Castro's Aliens: Vasquez, Re/Member, and Little Demon. It's time now to listen and learn. Buy The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Bettina by R.J. Joseph
March 02, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBGood day friends! Join the Abyss crew as they check out the excellent R.J. Joseph's Bettina. While discussing this story of amputations and betrothals, they also dig into The Outwater, the Rocky series, The Last of Us 2, The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Roland Topor's The Tenant, Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz, a podcast called Bridgewater, and Theresa Braun's Dead Over Heels. Listen to Bettina
I Make People Do Bad Things by Chesya Burke
February 23, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBOh hey! You're here! The Abyss crew has something to talk to you about, it's this killer story from Chesya Burke called I Make People Do Bad Things that's up on Nightmare Magazine. But wait, there's more! They also want to squeeze in some recommendations! Such as Pearl, The Outwaters, Skinimarink, Grady Hendrix's How to Sell a Haunted House, Jackal by Erin E. Adams, Tananarive Due's Ghost Summer, and Josh Malerman's Decorum at the Deathbed. I do hope you enjoy it! Read I Make People Do...
Who the Final Girl Becomes - Dominique Dickey
February 16, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBIt's time children!!! Join the Abyss gang as they tackle what happens after a slasher with Dominique Dickey's Who the Final Girl Becomes. Before they cover this wonderful story they discuss Infinity Pool, The Last of Us, Harley Quinn Valentine's Special, Velma, Brian Asman's Neo Arcana, The Legend of Vox Machina, Son of the Poison Rose by Jonathan Maberry, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, Alex Ebenstein's Curse Corvus, You, and Knock at the C...
Shiver: Selected Stories by Junji Ito
February 09, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBHehehehe, welcome children!!! Pull up a chair and join the Abyss crew as they explore the wonderful world of Junji Ito's Shiver: Selected Stories. Before they chug vegetable oil and study balloons in the sky, they chat about The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Jeff Strand's Demonic, Knock at the Cabin, The Last of Us, Madness at the End of the World by Julian Sancton, Tim Meyer's Pteranodon Canyon and The Sea, The Stars, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, the podcast Conspriacy Theories, and The...
The Laws of the Skies
January 26, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 90.3 MBOh dang, it's time! Join the Abyss gang as they go on a little camping trip and discuss The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois. Before it all goes to hell they chat about Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper, Bret Easton Ellis' The Shards, The Deluge by Stephen Markley, Junji Ito Maniac, Sick, The Last of Us, John Langan's Corpsemouth, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, Freaky, and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin. Things are getting dark now, be careful out in them woods as you listen. ...
Mysterium Tremendum
January 19, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBHey-ho! The abyss gang go on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest to checkout a doleman in Laird Barron's Mysterium Tremendum. In between getting in fights with the townies and hiking through a scary forest, they talk Everything, Everywhere All at Once, Scream 2022, Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki, Shuzo Oshimi's Blood on the Tracks, Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry, The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada, Hailey Piper's No Gods For Drowning, The Rig, and Sweet Home. The gang wis...
We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It
January 12, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBTwenty friggin' twenty three!!! The Abyss crew opens the year with a rough (but amazing) one when they discuss E.A. Petricone's short story We, the Girls Who Did Not Make It. Before taking on the heavy topic of abduction and murder they chat about This Place Rules on HBOMax, Strange Days, Smithy by Amanda Desiree, Karl Edward Wagner's In A Lonely Place, How to See Ghosts and Other Figments by Orrin Grey, Junji Ito's Black Paradox, The Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois, and Glass Onion. ...
Abyss Year in Review
December 22, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBHappy holidays ya filthy animals!!!! The gang eats all the cheese pizza and chugs a bunch of Pepsi before they take a look at the year of 2022. Get ready for some surprises and some obvious love when they tell you what they loved. Of course it wouldn't be the Abyss if they didn't discuss their week and talk about Silver Surfer Parable by Stan Lee, Barry, David Moody's Autumn, Irredeemable by Mark Waid, Stephen Graham Jones' Zombie Sharks With Metal Teeth, Vastarien, Murderville: Who Killed S...
The God of Dark Laughter
December 15, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 69 MBEveryone loves a clown, why don't you? This week the gang heads to Ashtown to check out a dead clown in Michael Chabon's The God of Dark Laughter. While researching baboon cults and strange caves, they discuss John Wagner's The Thirteenth Floor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman, Four White Horses and a Brass Band by Violet McNeal, Andor, Wednesday, and Troll. Now, let's find out why this clown doesn't have a face! *Note, we had some technical issues and lost th...
We Are Legend
December 08, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBHo! Ho! Ho! Now we've got a podcast! On this week's very exciting episode we try our best not to get out in the sun or get shot with a squirt gun while talking with Daron Kappauff about his We Are Legend. As we scan for goblins we discuss The Menu, 1899, Adam Nevill's The Vessel, Andor, Inside Job, Stephen King's IT, and The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada. Now, make sure you trust who you are with and don't eat after midnight! Buy We Are Legend
In The Devil's Cradle
November 17, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBIt's time to see the children in the woods!!!! The Abyss gang travels to Antioch with their tour guide S.L. Edwards as he points out all the fun places in his book In The Devil's Cradle. During their adventures they check out One Piece, God of War: Ragnarok, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Patrick Barb's Gargantuana's Ghost, Soft Places by Betty Rocksteady, Mark Waid's Daredevil run, The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon by Jonathan Raab, and Mer Whinery's The Country Girl's Guide to Hexes and H...
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
November 10, 2022 05:01 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBCome on, the new billboards are up!!! Join the Abyss gang on Madison Avenue energy vampires as they check out Fritz Leiber's The Girl with the Hungry Eyes with special guest LL Soares. While they descend into obession they discuss The Patient, Terrifier 2, Atlanta, Cormac McCarthy's The Passenger, Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa, Cabinet of Curiosities, The Watcher, Daron Kappauff and Ward Nerdlo's We Are Legend, Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin, and Roadgames. It's a big one folks, now dig in and...
Sharp Things, Killing Things
November 03, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBSit down, sit down, do we have a tale to tell! The Abyss gang goes on a drive to check out billboards and discuss A.C. Wise's short story Sharp Things, Killing Things. Before that they talk Cabinet of Curiosities, Smile, Barbarian, Grimcutty, This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, and Matt Bartlett's Where Night Cowers. TW: Suicide Read Sharp Things, Killing Things
Mothwoman
October 20, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 100 MBHey you! Yeah you! Come on, we're going on a trip!! The abyss gang pick up Nicole Cushing to check out Mothcon and 2020 in Mothwoman. While hanging out at the Zodiac they talk about Halloween Ends (with some spoilers), Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy featuring Chad Lutzke, John Boden, and Robert Ford, Universal Monster movies, The Hills Have Eyes, and Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer. Now let's get absu...
Reluctant Immortals
October 13, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBY'all wanna listen to a podcast? I got your podcast right here! This week two of the gang get in a time machine and join Gwendolyn Kiste to check out her book Reluctant Immortals. Before discussing Lucy Westenra and Bertha Mason's adventures in the late 60's, they talk Stephen Graham Jones' Earthdivers, Werewolf by Night, She-Hulk, Land of the Lustrous, Deadstream, Owl Goingback's Crota, and the anthology Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror. Now find Dracula's urns and ...
The Wehrwolf
October 06, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBOnce upon a time there was a silly podcast, children, sit down and listen to their goofy adventures! This week, two of the gang frolicks in the woods and discuss Alma Katsu's The Wehrwolf. Before checking for ticks, they talk Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' The Last Ronin, Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Chainsaw Man, Yukinobu Tatsu's Dandadan, Tom Holland's Fright Night Origins, Rob Zombie's The Munsters, Bonesaw by Patrick Lacey, and Netflix's Dahmer. Now, let's find out what type of ending t...
It Came from the Sea
September 29, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 77 MBAnother wack attack from the Abyss! This week they welcomed back Matt Wildasin with open arms to discuss his summer blockbuster It Came from the Sea. Before checking out what's in the water they chat about Cult of the Lamb, Cody Goodfellow's The Flying None, Halloween Fiend by CV Hunt, Below by Laurel Hightower, Unsold, and Cyberpunk Edgerunner. Now put on your swimsuit and ignore the goo with tentacles! Buy It Came from the Sea