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PODCAST

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

Richard Gerlach

Staring 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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01:34:33

Crouch End

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/05/27

We get that Friday night feeling as cosmic horror author and podcaster Mary SanGiovanni joins us in the Abyss to discuss "Crouch End," from Stephen King's short story collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes. Before that, though, we talk a bit about David Peak's newest collection, Eyes in the Dust and Other Stories, Jonathan Maberry's latest Joe Ledger novel, Relentless, Somer Canon and Wesley Southard's Slaves to Gravity, and Tim Waggoner's Writing in the Dark Online Symposium. (Recorded March 28, 2021)

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01:43:41

Mapping the Interior

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/05/20

Anoka author Shane Hawk joins us to discuss Stephen Graham Jones's Mapping the Interior. Before we get to that spoiler-filled discussion, we also talk about The SnyderCut of Justice League, the horror comedy flick Koko-Di Koko-Da, James Harren's kaiju comic Ultramega, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's debut episode! (Recorded March 21, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Shane Hawk on Twitter: @shanehawkk Visit Shane Hawk's website at https://shanehawk.com/

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01:22:51

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Revisited

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/05/13

This week, author Cynthia Pelayo (Children of Chicago) joins us as we revisit the Joyce Carol Oates's 1966 short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have Been," and its connection to the Pied Piper of Tuscon serial killer and Pelayo's collection of true crime poetry, Into the Forest and All the Way Through. Our Week in Horror discussion includes James Tynion IV's comic book series The Department of Truth, Todd Keisling's A Life Transparent, Apple TV's exclusive series Servant, and the films, Saint

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01:35:11

The Communion of Saints

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/05/06

Author Patrick Barb, whose short story, "I Will Not Read Your Haunted Script," recently placed second in Divination Hollow Reviews Horror in Hollywood contest, joins us to discuss John Langan's story, "The Communion of Saints," from the recently released collection, Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies. Our Week in Horror segments includes discussions of Gina Ranalli's All Men Are Trash, One Tough Bastard by Adam Howe, Brian Asman's Jailbroke, and the finale of Disney+ Marvel Studios

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01:33:41

Negative Space

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/04/29

Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of suicide as depicted in the film The Dark and the Wicked and B.R. Yeager's Negative Space. This week, we're talking about depression, drug abuse, suicide, and poo sticks as we take a deep dive into our Story of the Week with B.R. Yeager's cosmic horror novel, Negative Space! First, though, we explore our Week in Horror with the Shudder premiere of The Dark and the Wicked, Alex White's Alien: Into Charybdis, Pimp My Airship by Maurice Broaddus,

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01:23:02

Through The Woods

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/04/22

Comic book writer John Lees (Sink, Mountainhead, Hotell) joins us in the Abyss to discuss Emily Carroll's graphic novel of short stories, Through the Woods. Our Week in Horror round-up includes reviews of Stephen King's Later, A24's latest horror flim, Saint Maud, Llamagedon, The Stand remake, Naoki Urasawa's manga series, Pluto, and episode seven of WandaVision! (Recorded Feb. 21, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow John Lees on Twitter: @johnlees927 John Lees's

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01:12:12

The Night Sun

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/04/15

This week, we chat about the horror film Fingers, Cassandra Khaw's forthcoming release, Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Marvel's WandaVision, Cynthia Pelayo's Children of Chicago, and find out what Matt blames The Ghost Writers Podcast for. Then, it's on to our spoiler-filled discussion of the week as we explore Zin E. Rocklyn's Tor.com Original story, The Night Sun! (Recorded Feb. 14, 2021) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a

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01:13:50

Killer Flies

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/04/08

This week, we're talking about Bloody Hell, Gwendolyn Kiste's Boneset & Feathers, the indie RPG video game Oromi, and John Carpenter's latest album, Lost Themes III. Then, we travel to Santa Fe to investigate a case of Killer Flies for our in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of Mark Kendall's 1983 horror novel, recently reissued by Encyclopocalypse Publications! (Recorded Feb. 7, 2021) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a

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01:15:11

The Bungalow House

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/04/01

Hunky boys Richard Gerlach and Matt Brandenburg discuss the recently released horror flick, PG: Psycho Goreman, while Michael Patrick Hicks delivers his review of Rio Youers's crime caper novel, Lola on Fire. They also talk about Encyclopocalypse Publications, Shudder's The Queen of Black Magic, and the fourth episode of WandaVision. Then, they step out of the Abyss to venture into Thomas Ligotti's vermin-ridden "The Bungalow House" for this week's spoiler-filled story of the week and the possible

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01:20:35

The Black Cat

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/03/25

Author Mike Thorn (Shelter for the Damned) joins us for a spoiler-filled discussion of the 1843 short story, "The Black Cat," by Edgar Allan Poe. Before that, though, we each discuss our Week In Horror with brief reviews of John Lees's latest comic series Hotell, Sci-Fi & Scary's body horror anthology Twisted Anatomy, Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White, Joanna Koch's The Wingspan of Severed Hands, John Farris's The Axeman Cometh, and Alessandro Manzetti's collection of horror poems inspired by Jack

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01:44:36

Yellow Teeth

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/03/18

This week, we're drilling deep into Adam Nevill's "Yellow Teeth," as printed in his story collection Some Will Not Sleep: Selected Horrors. Our Week in Horror discussion centers around John Lees's comic book Mountainhead, Andrew J. Stone's All Hail the House Gods, and John Wayne Communale's Mage of the Hellmouth. Then, we discuss the premiere episode of WandaVision! Along the way we also solve a lot of the world's biggest problems and tackle the thorny issue of ebook pricing and digital bundling

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01:29:00

The Worm and His Kings

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/03/11

Recorded in the aftermath of the January terrorist attack on the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., Richard, Matt, and Michael reflect on recent events and the legacy of the Trump presidency, which culminated in an attempted coup and the overthrowing of the November 2020 presidential election results. Then, we move onto our Week in Fictional Horrors and talk about the Chainsaw Man manga, Nico Bell's Shiver: A Chilling Horror Anthology, Max Booth III's bathroom horror novella We Need To Do

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01:51:31

Wormwood

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/03/04

Authors Chad Lutzke and Tim Meyer join us for a spoiler-filled discussion about their novel, Wormwood, what their collaboration was like, and the influences behind their dark coming-of-age tale. Before all that, though, we discuss Junji Ito's Remina, J. Blake Fichera's Scored to Death 2 More Conversations with Some of Horror's Greatest Composers, Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana, Ronald Malfi's Mr. Cables, and various works from Stephen King, including the premiere of The Stand

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01:36:50

The Rifle

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/02/25

Author Jeremy Robert Johnson (The Loop) joins us in the Abyss to discuss Jack Ketchum's wicked and potent short story, "The Rifle," as well as the connections between violence and mental illness. Our weekly round-up segment includes reviews of Nemesai by Brian Keene and John Urbancik, Repo Virtual by Corey J. White, Villimey Mist's Nocturnal Farm, HBO's comedy series The Righteous Gemstones, Keith Rosson's Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons, The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson, and Ronald

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01:39:21

Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/02/18

Author Eric LaRocca joins us in the Abyss to discuss Clive Barker's short story, "Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament," from The Books of Blood Volume 2! We also discuss the Shudder films Anything for Jackson and the Castlefreak remake, the sci-fi novel Space Station Down by Ben Bova and Doug Beason, Nocturnal Blood by Villimey Mist, and Steve Stred's The Future in the Sky. (Recorded Dec. 6, 2020) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of

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01:11:26

Breaking Down Body Horror With Tracy Robinson

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/02/11

This week, reviewer, podcaster, and one of the Ladies of Horror Fiction, Tracy Robinson joins us to discuss body horror and her work on the forthcoming release of the Sci-Fi & Scary charity anthology, Twisted Anatomy: A Body Horror Anthology, benefitting the Pulmonary Hypertension Association and the National Domestic Violence Hotline. We also talk about the Shudder exclusive film, May the Devil Take You Too, Matt gives a progress update on his reading of Laird Barron's Worse Angels, and Hallmark

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01:29:45

Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black...

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/02/04

Author Hailey Piper (The Worm and His Kings) joins us in the Abyss for an in-depth discussion of masks, identity, and control as we explore Eugie Foster's Hugo Award-nominated and Nebula Award winning story, "Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast." We also talk about DC Comics's The Three Jokers, Stephen Graham Jones's The Only Good Indians, the anthology Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, and Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula. Plus, Matt's latest revelations

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01:19:41

The Eight People Who Murdered Me

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/01/28

Author Jessica Guess (Cirque Berserk) joins us in the Abyss to discuss Gwendolyn Kiste's feminist recontextualization of Dracula's first victim in the short story, "The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra's Diary)." We also discuss Brandon Cronenberg's feature film Possessor and why Matt is so afraid of Cool Whip, Ronald Malfi's latest novella Mr. Cables, the works of Christopher Pike and RL Stine, and the folk horror novel The Five Turns of the Wheel by Stephanie Ellis

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02:02:34

Listener Mailbag

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/01/21

It's our super-sized 50th Episode and we celebrate with a special Listener Mailbag. This week, the Abyss gazes back! You asked, we answered. We also discuss the Halloween release of the Creepshow animated special, the latest Benson & Moorhead film, Synchronic, the non-fiction book Behind the Horror, Chris Sorensen's trilogy capper The Messy Man, and Gemma Amor's Girl on Fire. (Originally recorded November 1, 2020). The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used

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01:28:42

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/01/14

Author and podcaster Matt Wildasin joins us this week to discuss the children's classic, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! Along the way, we also talk about the Shudder Exclusive movie, The Mortuary Collection, Castle of Sorrows by Jonathan Janz, Jonathan Raab's The Crypt of Blood, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Borat 2. (Recorded Oct. 25, 2020) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0

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