This week, Stephen and Mark spend a little time talking about the most recent story from author Paul Tremblay, "Horror Movie". They will talk about the twists, spirals, and rabbit holes truly good authors like Trembay can create. Horror Movie is a escheresque, gravity defying maze of mirrors. A sophisticated story needs an equally sophisticated bourbon paired with it. Tonight, the boys will sample Thomas S. Moore Cognac Cask bourbon.
Sep 06, 2024•54 min•Season 4Ep. 31
On this oopsisode, we discuss Jim Beam, and the concept of FAFO.
Aug 30, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Green towns, volcanos, and Sasquatch, OH MY! In tonight's episode, we look at "Devolution" by Max Brooks. It's a wild ride, made all the more terrifying by the hauntingly plausible documentary style of the book. To keep their heads, the boys will sample some George Dickel bourbon.
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Oh my. Author, Zee Lacson, sticks around after the initial recording to do the oopsisode with Stephen and Mark. How many bourbons can one author take? All of them. Especially when we're talking about allies. Spend another 12 minutes with Zee Lacson and the boys as they talk about allies in the book "Twice Removed." Zee Lacson has had practice in different professions. Engineer. Teacher. Photographer . Visual artist. Writer. But throughout her life, she has always been a Dreamer. The Woolgatherin...
Aug 16, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 28
On this episode, Stephen and Mark interview YA author, Zee Lacson. She and her husband have stopped by to talk about her new book, "Twice Removed". For the bourbon tonight, the four of them will try out Lux Row, a complex and delightful bourbon to match the book and the company! For more about Zee, see below. Zee Lacson has had practice in different professions. Engineer. Teacher. Photographer . Visual artist. Writer. But throughout her life, she has always been a Dreamer. The Woolgathering Tril...
Aug 09, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 27
WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL RONALD MALFI LOVE FEST. Seriously, it's kind of sick how much we love this guy's writing. We have a problem. We need counseling, or perhaps we just need some Copper & Cask Bourbon to pair with writing.
Aug 06, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 26
On today's episode, we take a look at five novellas from one of our favorite authors, Ronald Malfi, in his new book, "They Lurk". Malfi's writing is always complex and thought provoking while it mercilessly scares the ever living poop out of you. Tonight we are pairing the book with Belfour Texas Pecan Wood Finished Bourbon Whiskey. It's another deep and complex offering, and we can't wait to tell you more about it.
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 25
As we often do, there's the thing we want to talk about in the book that we didn't get to talk about before. And then, we spend some time on this particular bourbon, but oooooh my, it's delicious.
Jul 26, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 24
It's been a minute since we did a time travel story, and so we're heading back in time, and forward, and back again in this smart, funny, lovely, and tragic tale by Kalianne Bradley. How would it feel if you were suddenly plucked out of your own time and sent 200, 300, or even 5 hundred years into the future? Would you be able to fit in, or would you slowly slide back to where you started one piece at a time? To help us answer this question, we're going to need the complex comfort of Belle Meade...
Jul 19, 2024•49 min•Season 4Ep. 23
On tonight's episode, we have the special privilege of interviewing Author, Thomas J. Miller about his book, "An Oktoberfest Death". To pair with this book about murder and beer, we're going to be sampling three styles of Dragon Milk Bourbon Barrel Aged beers from New Holland Brewing. Please follow Thomas at these links, and support our authors and their work! Thomas J. Miller Website Shop. I am offering multi-book bundles. Books ordered here will be signed and shipped: https://www.thomasjmiller...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Wait? We forgot something about quantum loop gravity and the nature of energy as information? Naaaaah! Good thing we're returning to our good friend, Glynnevan Maple Whisky.
Jul 05, 2024•16 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Hello all you loyal listeners! We had a minor technical catastrophe when our recording platform became sentient, attemtpted to take over the world, and corrupted several episodes of the show in the process. We have a new recording platform, for our inaugural voyage, we are returning to our favorite popular scientist, Carlo Rovelli to talk about what's on the other end of a black hole. For our sampling tonight, we are trying Keeper's Heart Irish Bourbon Whisky.
Jul 01, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 20
We couldn't say enough about the Cartographers by Peng Shepherd. Well, if you think about it, we really had too much to say. After all, here we are with more to say! Tonight the boys are also going to check in with their specially ordered bottle of Oak & Eden customized with 4 grain bourbon whiskey, a French oak stave, and orange essence.
Jun 14, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 19
In this week's episode, Stephen and Mark dive into a story about familes. The families you are born into, the familes you make, and the worlds you create together. Come explore with them as they find brave new worlds in Peng Shepherd's masterful novel, "The Cartographers". It's a long road, and the path is unclear, and so they will pair the book with Five Trail Whiskey.
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 18
How does a story drive forward? How do the connections between the characters, the setting, the author, and the reader all work in concert to weave a tale that people want to read or tell or listen? We're waxing philosophical on tonight's episode, and appropriately enough, we're sampling some West Cork Irish Whiskey to put us in the right mood.
May 31, 2024•49 min•Season 4Ep. 17
It's another 15 minute dumpster fire, brought to you by Stephen and Mark and Starward Two Fold.
May 25, 2024•16 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Stephen and Mark spend some time stranded on Mars with "The Martian" by Andy Weir. Surviving on a planet that is literally trying to kill you at every moment of the day can be stressful. Good thing they have their custom made bottle of Oak & Eden to help take off the edge.
May 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 15
As Stephen and Mark lose their minds over whales, they will spend some time sipping on St. George Absinte and Basil Hayden Toast!
May 04, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 14
What if you could live 10,000 lifetimes, and the only requirement would be to find perfection before using them all up. Do you think you could do it? Stephen and Mark are pretty sure they wouldn't make it, getting distracted by loud thoughts, like Stephen's gout toe, or France. This is the simple premise of a deceptively complex book about life, love, the self, and reaching for something perfect in "Reincarnation Blues" by Michael Poore. But one thing that is close to perfection, is a bottle of ...
Apr 28, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Tonight as the guys talk about what they forgot from All Systems Red by Martha Wells, they return to a previous bottle, Legent. This time they try it as a cocktail with an experimental mixer purchased for a magical place called the internet.
Apr 23, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 12
On this episode, the guys discuss the starting tale of a Scifi series with an interesting twist and viewpoint. Speaking of interesting twists, they will be sampling Jack Daniels Triple Mash.
Apr 13, 2024•45 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Join us for another 15 minutes...or less...of the boys talking about what they forgot to talk about in Valley of Shadows by Rudy Ruiz.
Apr 05, 2024•13 min•Season 4Ep. 10
This week, "Valley of Shadows" by Rudy Ruiz. The guys explore a new twist (for them) on an old genre. A Western from a different perspective, both culturally and geographically. This haunting and action packed western tale takes them on a journey through a world that seems both familiar and unexplored. Bad guys. A lone sheriff. A serial killing cult. Magic, curses, and a sense of justice that will stop at nothing to win the day, even if it costs everything to do it. To keep the curses at bay, th...
Mar 29, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Nothing's more terrifying than unionized dolphins. Come listen and find out why.
Mar 22, 2024•11 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Villainy is not what it once was, or maybe it's just never been what we thought. Stephen and Mark explore the state of villainy in Starter Villain by John Scalzi. As they learn the dark nature of subscription services, they will fortify themselves with something equally as dark. Jim Beam Black Extra Aged.
Mar 17, 2024•54 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Just who was that old man, anyway, and how old was he when he died?? There's weird stuff in A House with Good Bones, but Copper & Cask will keep them save with its depth of flavor and spice.
Mar 08, 2024•13 min•Season 4Ep. 6
The boys are back with another T. Kingfisher novel. This one is Southern Gothic meets Lovecraftian Horror. To try to keep things nice and normal, they will be sampling Jefferson's Bourbon Whiskey.
Mar 01, 2024•55 min•Season 4Ep. 5
The guys kick back with some Knob Creek while they talk about what they forgot about Starling House.
Feb 23, 2024•15 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In this episode, Stephen and Mark spend some time talking about one of their favorite authors, Alix E Harrow, and her new novel "Starling House." This one is a modern day dark fantasy with bloodline curses, dark dreams come to life, and Lovecraftian nightmares lurking just inside the evening mist. To fortify themselves, they will partake of a gift from one of Stephen's friends, a bottle of Driftless Glen Bourbon Whiskey.
Feb 16, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 3
What are some authors better at than others? Show and Tell.
Feb 09, 2024•14 min•Season 4Ep. 2
