Are 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...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Good 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...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Oh 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 Bad...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 13 min
It'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...
Feb 16, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Hehehehe, 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 , a...
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 24 min
Oh 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...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Hey-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 wishe...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Twenty 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. Read...
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr 29 min
Happy 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 Santa...
Dec 22, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Everyone 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 the firs...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Ho! 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...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 36 min
It'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 ...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Come 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...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Sit 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...
Nov 03, 2022•1 hr 16 min
Hey 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 absurd...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 49 min
Y'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 ...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Once 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 endin...
Oct 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Another 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...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Guess who's back?! Staring into the friggin Abyss crew that's who! This week the gang begins celebrating Halloween with returning guest Sean M. Thompson and his short story The Last Halloween Above Ground . Before they start putting out candy, they discuss Rings of Power , Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim , Only Murders in the Building , Thor: Love & Thunder , Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White, The Wire , Eric LaRocca's We Will Never Leave This Place , St...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 37 min
You know what you need? Another upbeat inspirational episode of the Abyss! This week the gang welcomes Mike Lombardo to discuss his bonkers collection Please Don't Tap on the Glass and Other Tales of the Melancholy & Grotesque . Before diving into that aquarium they check out Glorious , Maxwell Ian Gold's Oblivion in Flux: A Collection of Cyber Prose , The Haunting of Camp Winter Falcon from Jonathan Raab, Devon A. Mihesuah's The Hatak Witches , Todd Kiesling's Devil's Creek , Sandman Netfli...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Sit down class and get ready to be schooled! The Abyss gang leads a discussion on LGBTQIA horror, giving recommendations and highlights on books they loved. Before that, they talk The Rehearsal , R.R. Virdi's The First Binding , Nope (yet again), and Prey .
Aug 18, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Can we talk to you about the moon and macguffinite? Part of the Abyss crew joins Danger Slater on a magic trip to the moon to discover the truth about Moonfellows . As they are flying they spin yarns about Prey , Nope , Graham Masterton's The House That Jack Built , The Puppet King and Other Atonements by Justin A. Burnett, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? . Now jump on board, we're digging on the moon! Buy Moonfellows...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 17 min
The system is down! The system is down! Join the Abyss crew on the M.G. Yellowjacket as they listen to Hailey Piper's mission briefing regarding her Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing . They talk sci-fi horror, brain monsters, helpers that speak like Broadway managers, and whether you are anti- or pro- tentacles. Now watch out for those fleshy things and get on board! (Heavy spoilers start around the 45 minute mark) Buy Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing...
Aug 04, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Welcome to the Abyss, can we take your order? This week 2/3rds of the gang travel to Jonny, Iowa to meet Daniel Kraus and discuss (spoiler-free) his investigations into the Burger City Poltergeist with his book The Ghost that Ate Us . Before chomping down on some fast food they talk Paul Bowles' The Sheltering Sky , Incantation , Critical Role , Kim Stanely Robinson's Red Mars , and Men . Now enjoy a shake and listen in! Buy The Ghost that Ate Us...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Pick up that phone, it's another episode of Staring Into the Abyss! This week the gang goes into the woods to answer the call of Daron Kappauff's We Can Never Go Back . Before their hike they discuss the Resident Evil TV show, Solar Opposites , J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams' Clickers , Brian Evenson's The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell , The Black Phone , and Incantation . Now, listen in and figure out who is on the line! Buy We Can Never Go Back...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Avast there you mangy listeners! The Abyss crew board the Pepper Kay to see some creepy mermaids in T.C. Parker and Ward Nerdlo's Maiden . Before their voyage they check out The Boys , Stranger Things , Vasterian vol. 5 iss 1, the podcasts Lore and American Shadows , and Slow Horses . Now button up them sails and set a course for somewhere bleak! Buy Maiden...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Hello dear hearts! The Abyss gang travels to an apartment building during the apocalypse to discover Eric LaRocca's We Can Never Leave This Place . First, they take a gander at Mad God , Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe , The Black Phone , Charles Band's Confessions of a Puppetmaster , and The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier. Now get on in here and enjoy! Buy We Can Never Leave This Place...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Hey yo, welcome! The Abyss crew explores the fantastic Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology with its editors Sonora Taylor and Nico Bell. Before digging through their favorite stories they discuss Letters From Hades by Jeffery Thomas, Manborg novelization from Bret Nelson, A Quiet Place 2 , The Bubble , Moonfall , Sayaka Murata's Earthlings , Barry , and Cullen Bunn's Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers . Now get on it! Buy Diet Riot ebook Buy Diet Riot paperback...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Clowns! Come out and pla-eee! This week the Abyss gang joins a group of clown hunters in Judith Sonnet's The Clown Hunt . Before they go on a murder party they take some time to discuss Danger Slater's Puppet Skin and He Digs a Hole , The Nightmare Factory graphic novel by Thomas Ligotti, Hunter x Hunter , Vinland Saga , Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji , The Boys Presents: Diabolical , and Netflix's First Kill . Now get your cheese grater and get out there! Pick up The Clown Hunt...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 14 min
Howdy folks! The Abyss gang decided they needed another visit to Dr. Fawning's office, so they took a trip back to the woods and the farm with Sarah Tantlinger's To Be Devoured . Before that they discussed The Boys , Stranger Things , Sonora Taylor's Little Paranoias , Matt Cardin's What the Daemon Said: Essays on Horror Fiction, Film, and Philosophy , Dread Nation by Justina Ireland, and L. Marie Wood's Telecommuting . Now go catch some moths and enjoy!...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr 1 min
