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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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01:35:32

The Companion

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2021/01/07

Author John Langan (Children of the Fang) joins us in the Abyss to discuss Ramsey Campbell's enigmatic 1976 short story, "The Companion." Before we dive into our in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion about "The Companion" and its hidden meanings, we also talk about The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Science of Stephen King by Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence, and the Shudder Exclusive movies, Scare Me and Host. (Recorded Oct. 18, 2020) You can read "The Companion" by Ramsey Campbell for free online

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01:24:34

The Freakshow

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/12/31

This week, we're talking about Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor, Andrew Pyper's White House horror novel The Residence, Matthew M. Bartlett's Gateways to Abomination, Mr. Suicide by Nicole Cushing, and Time Waggoner's Writing in the Dark. Then, it's onto an in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of our horror story of the week, The Freakshow by Bryan Smith. (Recorded Oct. 11, 2020) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative Commons

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01:13:03

Teeth

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/12/24

This week, we discuss some recent streaming horror releases and deliver our thoughts on the Hulu original series Monsterland, the Shudder exclusive movie Scare Me, Amazon's Utopia, and Netflix's The Babysitter. Plus, find out what Mike and Rich did to end up in Twitter jail! Then, it's onto our spoiler-filled discussion of this week's story, Matt Cardin's religiously-fueled cosmic horror tale, "Teeth." (Recorded Oct. 4, 2020) You can read "Teeth" in Matt Cardin's collection, To Rouse Leviathan, or

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01:40:44

Dear Laura

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/12/17

Author Villimey Mist (Nocturnal Blood) steps into the Abyss to discuss vampires, travel, the pandemic, and our story of the week -- the Bram Stoker Award-nominated novella Dear Laura by Gemma Amour! Plus, we review Christopher Nolan's latest movie, Tenet, Max Booth III's We Need To Do Something, Laurel Hightower's Crossroads, Graveyard Smash, Jeremy Robert Johnson's The Loop, and a few more new horror releases. (Recorded Sept. 27, 2020.) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet

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01:14:53

Urban Gothic

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/12/10

This week, we're examining the horrors and social commentary of Brian Keene's extreme horror novel, and ode to Edward Lee, Urban Gothic! We also discuss the recently released Shudder Exclusive film, Spiral, the forthcoming Junji Ito Funko Pops!, Ali Seay's horror debut from Grindhouse Press, Go Down Hard, John Langan's Children of the Fang, and the debut issue of Cullen Bunn's Cyberpunk 2077 tie-in comic, Trauma Team, from Dark Horse Comics! (Recorded Sept. 20, 2020) The theme music, "Insidious,"

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01:44:54

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/12/03

Curtis M. Lawson, author of Devil's Night and Black Heart Boys' Choir, joins us for an in-depth conversation of H.P. Lovecraft and his posthumously published 1943 story, "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward." Plus, reviews of HBO MAX's Raised by Wolves, Jonathan Maberry's latest release, Ink, and Blackwood Estates by William Holloway. (Recorded Sept. 13, 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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01:08:25

The Human Chair

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/11/26

J.R. Hamantaschen and Derek Sotak, authors and hosts of The Horror of Nachos and Hamantaschen podcast, join us in the abyss for a spoiler-filled discussion about Japanese author Edogawa Rampo's disturbing 1925 story, "The Human Chair." Before we dive into specifics, though, we also review Hunter Shea's Misfits, Christopher Golden's Red Hands, Harry Adam Knight's The Fungus, and Brian Hodge's The Immaculate Void. (Recorded Aug. 30, 2020) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet

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Eyes in the Dust

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/11/19

This week we're talking about Random Acts of Violence, P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout, Silver Scream, Scott R. Jones's Shout Kill Revel Repeat, and Junji Ito's Venus in the Blind Spot. Then, we take a spoiler-filled dive into David Peak's chilling cosmic horror story, Eyes in the Dust. (Recorded Aug. 23, 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. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow

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01:28:05

Up From Slavery

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/11/12

It's all about Victor LaValle, Lovecraft, slavery, racism, and WAP as we dig into the Stoker Award winning story, "Up From Slavery," published in the inaugural Weird Tales relaunch issue #363! Plus, reviews of Josh Malerman's Bird Box sequel, Malorie, Worse Angels by Laird Barron, Stephen Graham Jones's Night of the Mannequins, and more! (Recorded Aug. 16, 2020) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution License

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01:07:48

Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/11/05

This week, we discussing killing Scott Kemper, the Shudder Exclusive films Impetigore and Host, Laurel Hightower's novella Crossroads, The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark, the recently re-released '80s classic cinema horror anthology Silver Scream, and the latest release in John F.D. Taff's The Fearing! Then, we take a deep dive into Alyssa Wong's short story, "Hunger Daughters of Starving Mothers." (Recorded Aug. 9, 2020) You can read Wong's story for free online at Nightmare Magazine:

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01:34:46

Children of the Corn

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/10/29

Thirty-eight episodes in, and we finally - finally! - get to a Stephen King story! Dead Headspace Podcast host Patrick R. McDonough joins us in the Abyss to discuss some classic King with "Children of the Corn." We also talk about Paul Michael Anderson's recently released novel, Standalone, Samantha Kolesnik's vacation horror anthology, Worst Laid Plans, for Grindhouse Press, as well as the Children of the Corn films! (Recorded July 26, 2020) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple

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01:52:14

The Last of Us Part II

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/10/22

A video game as big as The Last of Us Part II demands an episode that's just as big! Join us and our featured guest, author Daniel Barnett, for a super-sized, spoiler-filled discussion of developer Naughty Dog's Playstation 4 hit, along with mini-reviews of the feature films Relic and The Beach House, David Joy's When These Mountains Burn, and Don Winslow's novella collection, Broken. (Recorded July 12, 2020.) The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under

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01:24:00

Houses Under the Sea

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/10/15

This week on Staring Into the Abyss, we're talking about Willem Dafoe, The House that Jack Built, Hunter Shea's Misfits, Star Wars books, and Ju-On: Origins. Then, it's on to our spoiler-filled discussion of our story of the week as we take a deep dive into "Houses Under the Sea," by Caitlin R. Kiernan. (Recorded June 28, 2020.) You can read "Houses Under the Sea" online at Nightmare Magazine! http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/houses-under-the-sea/ The theme music, "Insidious," was created

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01:24:49

The Murder House

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/10/08

This week, we're talking about octopi, eggs, and ethnic cuisine as we take a trip through The Twilight Zone Season 2 and The Dirty South, the latest Charlie Parker book from John Connolly. We also discuss J.B. Priestly's Benighted, Patrick Freivald's Murmur, the Malevolence film trilogy, and The Last of Us Part II (more on that in a future episode!). Then, it's on to our spoiler-filled story of the week chat as the Abyss crew steps into The Murder House courtesy of C.V. Hunt! (Recorded June 28,

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01:17:20

The Cipher

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/10/01

This week, hosts Scott Kemper (aka Richard Gerlach), Matt Brandenburg, and author Michael Patrick Hicks discuss the Netflix movie Da 5 Bloods, the crime noir novel Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby, Death Head Press's second splatter-western book Hunger on the Chisholm Trail by M. Ennenbach, and Stephen Graham Jones's latest horror novel, The Only Good Indians. Then, we take a deep, spoiler-filled dive into Kathe Koja's recently re-issued polarizing classic, The Cipher! The theme music, "Insidious,"

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01:33:19

The Husband Stitch

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/09/24

Author and Ink Heist podcast co-host Laurel Hightower (Crossroads) joins us to discuss life in quarantine, protests, and online doomsurfing before we dive into a spoiler-filled discussion of Carmen Maria Machado's short story, "The Husband Stitch." 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. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

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01:33:16

The Atlas of Hell

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/09/17

This week, we're eating eggs with Max Booth III, who returns to the Abyss to discuss Nathan Ballingrud's story, "The Atlas of Hell," as collected in his book, Wounds. We also talk about the Shudder movie Blood Quantum, Cirque Berserk by Jessica Guess and Unnerving's Rewind or Die series, Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins's exploration of the Halloween film in Taking Shape, Charlie Kaufman, and Matt auditions for Defenders Dialogue. The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music

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01:29:10

Father, Son, Holy Rabbit

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/09/10

Paul Michael Anderson (Standalone) joins us to discuss ska, She-Ra, and Stephen Graham Jones! We also talk about Max Booth III's latest novel, Touch the Night, Nicole Cushing's A Sick Gray Laugh, and several Grindhouse Press releases from Patrick Lacey, Scott Cole, and CV Hunt. Then, we take a deep, spoilerific dive into Jones' short story, "Father, Son, Holy Rabbit." The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution

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01:17:16

The Hound by HP Lovecraft and His Mouth Will Taste of...

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/09/03

Author Gemma Files steps into the Abyss to discuss two closely related short stories, "The Hound" by HP Lovecraft and Poppy Z. Brite's "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood." We also discuss the opening chapter in the indie horror video game Faith, Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11, and the works of Graham Masterton. 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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01:22:25

Each Thing I Show You Is A Piece Of My Death

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/08/27

Author Michael Wehunt (Greener Pastures, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here) joins us this week to talk about the film Session 9, Crystal Lake Publishing's latest anthology, Arterial Bloom, and finding some comfort in quarantine with classic mysteries, like Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series and Agatha Christie's Miss Marple books. Then, we dive into our spoiler-filled discussion of Gemma Files' short story, "Each Thing I Show You Is A Piece Of My Death." You can read

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