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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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01:32:04

Live Through This

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/08/20

It's our sex and politics episode as author Kev Harrison (The Balance) joins us to discuss Nadia Bulkin's short story contribution to the Dim Shores Looming Low anthology with "Live Through This." Before we discuss Nadia's story, though, we talk about the Waco miniseries, Stephen King's latest release, If It Bleeds, Richard Matheson's Hell House, John Everson's Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions, Sole Survivor by Zachary Ashford, Ross Jeffery's Juniper, the film Butt Boy, and Andre Duza's Don't

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01:26:00

SMASHED!

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/08/13

This week, hosts Scott Kemper, author Michael Patrick Hicks, and Matt Brandenburg are joined by Kyle Rader, author of My BFF Satan, to discuss the work of Junji Ito, Ito's short story "Smashed," and how it relates to '80s PSAs and Gallagher. We also review the Kristen Stewart horror flick Underwater, Wile E. Young's splatterpunk western Magpie Coffin, Victor LaValle's The Devil in Silver, and the films Sea Fever and The Blind Dead. The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and

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01:27:08

Apex Magazine Returns!

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/08/06

In this special episode of Staring Into The Abyss, publisher Jason Sizemore and managing editor Lesley Conner join us to discuss the return of Apex Magazine and the Kickstarter campaign to fund it. We also talk about the acclaimed indie horror film The Endless, Todd Keisling's Scanlines, the TV series Hannibal, Lucio Fulci, and Tim Waggoner's Blood Island! For our spoiler-filled Story of the Week discussion, we're talking all about Russell Nichols's short stories, "Curse Like a Savior" and "Blood on

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01:39:18

Earthworm Gods

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/07/23

This week, we're diving deep into Brian Keene's Labyrinth mythos with Earthworm Gods! We also discuss haunted Hebrew schools, the Korean horror film The Wailing, Jonathan Janz's forthcoming release The Raven, and Matt's alligator sanctuary. 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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01:21:40

Louisa, Please Come Home

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/07/16

Gwendolyn Kiste, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Rust Maidens, joins us to discuss, in-depth, the Shirley Jackson short story, "Louisa, Please Come." We also talk about the documentary Scream Queen: My Nightmare on Elm Street, Doom Eternal, The Devil's City, PTSD Radio, and Spooky Michigan. Gwendolyn's latest release is The Invention of Ghosts, a charitable chapbook benefiting the National Aviary. You can order the ebook directly from Nightscape Press or purchase on Amazon. The

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01:28:45

The Visible Filth

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/07/09

Recorded in March at the start of self-isolation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, author Teri Clarke - AKA Zin E. Rocklyn - joins us to discuss being in quarantine, toilet paper shortages, and the Bloodshot comic books. We also discuss the George A. Romero and Daniel Krauss epic, The Living Dead, Nino Cipri's Homesick, Cullen Bunn's Manor Black, and HBO's The Outsider. Then we dig deep into Nathan Ballingrud's novella, The Visible Filth, for our spoiler-filled discussion of the week. You can

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The Night Wire

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/06/25

Todd Keisling joins us in the abyss to discuss H.F. Arnold's classic strange fiction story, "The Night Wire." We also discuss Glenn Danzig's movie, Verotika, Jon Bassoff's latest novel, The Lantern Man, Laird Barron's Black Mountain, and Todd's latest releases, Scanlines and Devil's Creek. You can read and listen to "The Night Wire" on PseudoPod: https://pseudopod.org/2013/10/18/pseudopod-356-the-night-wire/ The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the

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01:18:51

To Be Devoured

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/06/18

Author Red Lagoe joins us this week to discuss Sara Tantlinger's Stoker-nominated novella, To Be Devoured, while Scott rants about Amazon's original series, Hunters. We also talk about the new The Invisible Man film, the exile and return of director Richard Stanley, Velocipastor, and Todd Keisling's cosmic horror novel, Devil's Creek. 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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01:39:36

The Visitor (with Special Guest Chad Lutzke)

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/06/11

Author Chad Lutzke joins us this week to discuss Jack Ketchum's short story, "The Visitor," and uncover the mysteries of Scott's crackling microphone, and why Matt is a bad horror fiction fan! Plus, we discuss the Elijah Wood flick, Come to Daddy, Scott Sigler's ALIENS tie-in novel, Phalanx, the horror comedy book Cannibal Nuns from Outer Space by Duncan P. Bradshaw, Todd Keisling's Scanlines, and more! You can read "The Visitor" in Jack Ketchum's short story collection, Peaceable Kingdom. The

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01:01:30

Hell Creek

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/05/28

Special Guest Cullen Bunn joins us to discuss his work on Valiant Comics' forthcoming relaunch of Shadowman, which two classic horror movies have most shaped his approach to the horror genre, and Karl Edward Wagner's classic short story, "Hell Creek," for our spoiler-filled discussion of the week. We also sound off on the Director's Cut of Dr. Sleep, the first three releases in Unnerving's Rewind or Die series of novellas, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Hill House Comics, and Gwendolyn Kiste's

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01:39:52

The Reddening

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/05/21

This week: Scott talks about watching Color Out of Space at a micro-theater cafe and visiting the Lovecraft Arts & Sciences, and the gang offers up their thoughts on Alan Baxter's killer kangaroo novella, The Roo, Adam Cesare's Young Adult horror novel, Clown in a Cornfield, and the film Gretel and Hansel. Then, it's on to our spoiler-filled deep-dive into Adam Nevill's latest folk horror novel, The Reddening! The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under

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01:09:17

It Feels Better Biting Down

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/05/14

Scott Kemper, Michael Patrick Hicks, and Matt Brandenburg discuss some recent horror releases, like Gary Bastianelli's Snowball, The Lantern Man by Jon Bassoff, and To Rouse Leviathan by Matt Cardin. Then they dig deep into Livia Llewellyn's short story, "It Feels Better Biting Down," for this week's spoiler-filled discussion, where they ponder biting off fingers and whether or not your toes can spontaneously fall off. You can read "It Feels Better Biting Down" in Llewellyn's short story

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01:28:02

Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/04/30

In this episode, host Scott Kemper, Michael Patrick Hicks, and Matt Brandenburg discuss HBO's The Outsider, the novella Riot Baby, by Tochi Onyebuchi, and the films Parasite and Tammy and the T-Rex. Then, they launch into a spoiler-filled study of Karl Edward Wagner's seminal short story, "Sticks." 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

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01:22:59

The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/04/16

The boys discuss the films Ready or Not and Train to Busan, Samantha Kolesnik's True Crime, Matt Cardin's To Rouse Leviathan, S.L. Edwards's debut fiction collection, Whiskey and Other Unusual Ghosts, and Image Comics's Ice Cream Man. Then, they take a deep dive into Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Possibility of Evil," and discuss its relationship to Stephen King's novel, Needful Things. The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a

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01:35:41

The Self-Isolating Abyss: Social Distancing with Matt...

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/04/10

Hosts Scott Kemper, Matt Brandenburg, and author Michael Patrick Hicks discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola's comic book series, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Scott R. Jones's latest release, Stonefish. They are joined this week by special guests Saturday Morning Scenarios publisher Matt Corley and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Sara Tantlinger (The Devil's Dreamland: Poetry Inspired by H.H. Holmes) to talk about their forthcoming table-top RPG, Horror

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01:18:22

"Sefira" by John Langan

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/04/02

This week, hosts Scott Kemper, Michael Patrick Hicks, and Matt Brandenburg review the 2020 edition of The Grudge, Mark Matthews's latest anthology of addiction horror, Lullabies for Suffering, Laird Barron's Black Mountain, the 2011 film Kill List, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Then, they have a spoiler-filled, heart touching discussion about John Langan's novella, Sefira, the betrayal of marital infidelity, and confronting a succubus. The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple

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01:12:21

The Quiet Boy with Special Guest Pete Kahle

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/03/19

Bloodshot Books publisher and author Pete Kahle joins us to discuss the short story, "The Quiet Boy," by Nick Antosca, just in time for the release of its adaptation as the Guillermo del Toro-produced, Scott Cooper-directed horror film, Antlers, starring Keri Russell. We also discuss Antosca's other popular creation, the horror anthology television series, Channel Zero. Other topics include the Shudder-exclusive film, The Head Hunter, Netflix's V Wars, the comic book Something Is Killing The

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01:26:46

Liaising with Matthew M. Bartlett and Jon Padgett

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/03/05

Authors Matthew M. Bartlett and Jon Padgett join us in the abyss to discuss their collaboration on The Latham-Fielding Liaison, as well Jon's audiobook narration of Matthew's Gateways to Abomination, and their mutual appreciation of one another's works. We also discuss what we've been reading and watching, including the BBC's horror anthology series Inside Number 9, the film Ready or Not, HBO's Watchmen, the works of Thomas Ligotti and much, much more. The theme music, "Insidious," was created by

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01:43:41

Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/02/20

Author, publisher, and podcaster Max Booth III joins us in the the abyss for a spoiler-filled discussion of his favorite Halloween novella, Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge. We also chat about the film Knives Out, DC Comics's zombie-superhero mashup, DCeased, Laird Barron's Black Mountain, Patrick Lacey's A Voice So Soft, and Max's upcoming book from Cemetery Dance, Touch the Night. The theme music, "Insidious," was created by Purple Planet Music and is used here under the terms of a

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01:54:38

The Fearing Book 4: Earth and Ember by John F.D. Taff

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast ·

2020/02/06

Scott, Matt, and Michael discuss the final book in John F.D. Taff's serial novel, The Fearing! Other topics of discussion include alien birth defects, funky Goldeneye controls, Michael Wehunt's charitable chapbook from Nightscape Press, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here, Joe Hill's comic book, A Basketful of Heads, and much much more. 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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