Beau Johnson, author of the Bishop Rider series, joins us in the Abyss to discuss Stephen King's short story, "The Raft," from the collection Skeleton Crew. Along the way, we also talk about Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney's True Faith and Allegiance, T.E.D. Klein's The Ceremonies, reading multiple books at once, and the joys of baling machines and wood chippers. (Recorded Sept. 5, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Beau Johnson on Twitter: @beaujohnson44

Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

The Raft

This week in the Abyss, we offer some quick thoughts on Joe R. Lansdale's Moon Lake, Ali Seay's To Offer Her Pleasure, Gordon B. White's short story collection, As Summer's Mask Slips and Other Disruptions, Matthew M. Bartlett's Music of the Moldering/If It Bleeds, bad hygeine, reading fatigue, and Star Trek. Then, it's on to our full-spoilers discussion of our story of the week, "Birds of Passage," by Gordon B. White, and the perils of camping! (Recorded Aug. 29, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Birds of Passage

Jon Padgett, author and Editor-in-Chief of Grimscribe Press, joins us for a trip to Ohio to discuss Thomas Ligotti and Brandon Trenz's unproduced 1998 "Crampton" screenplay for The X-Files. We also talk about Ali Seay's newest release, To Offer Her Pleasure, The Wheel of Time, additional thoughts on Beau Johnson's A Better Kind of Hate and S.H. Cooper's The Corpse Garden, Iseult Murphy's Zoo of the Dead and Other Horrific Tales, A24's The Green Knight, and Netflix's Brand New Cherry Flavor. (Recorded Aug. 22, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Crampton

This week in the Abyss, we take a trek through time, deep in the woods, as we explore Sean M. Thompson's novelette, Astrum, science class dissections, and trigger warnings. Up first, though, is our week in horror, featuring reviews of Netflix's Brand New Cherry Flavor, Beau Johnson's A Better Kind of Hate, The Corpse Garden by S.H. Cooper, and additional thoughts on James Gunn's The Suicide Squad and Suburban Gothic by Brian Keene and Bryan Smith. (Recorded Aug. 15, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Astrum

Today in the Abyss, we're gathering around the dinner table for a spoiler-filled discussion of Hailey Piper's cosmic horror short story, "Recitation of the First Feeding," from her collection, Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy. We also talk about James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, Stephen King's Billy Summers, Star Wars: Light of the Jedi, Clarkson's Farm, Ed Piskor's Red Room from Fantagraphics, and Suburban Gothic by Brian Keene and Bryan Smith. (Recorded Aug. 8, 2021). Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Recitation of the First Feeding

This week in the Abyss, we're unburying a zombie apocalypse splatterpunk classic for our in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion of Philip Nutman's Wet Work!  Before we bite into the meat of this week's book, we talk a bit about Beau Johnson's Brand New Dark, David James Keaton's She Was Found In A Guitar Case, the latest issue of Vasterian, Unfortunate Elements of my Anatomy by Hailey Piper, M. Night Shyamalan's newest film, Old, Netflix's Katla and He-Man, and the video game, Lost in Vivio. (Recorded Aug. 1, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring  

Wet Work

Author Jeff Strand joins us in the Abyss to discuss the classic Stephen King story of autocannibalism, "Survivor Type." Before we get to that, though, we talk a bit about Brennan LeFaro's debut novel, Slattery Falls, Beau Johnson's Brand New Dark, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever, Matt Wildasin's Melancholia, and Nick Cutter's Little Heaven. (Recorded July 25, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Jeff Strand on Twitter: @JeffStrand

Survivor Type

The Abyss crew gather around the campfire for a spoiler-filled discussion of Lisa Quigley's Camp Neverland, an Unnerving Rewind or Die novella! We also talk about Nicholas Cage's Pig, our initial impressions of Kindle Vella, Beyond the Book of Eibon from Death Wound Publishing, and Netflix's Fear Street Part Two: 1978 and Part Three: 1666! (Recorded July 18, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Camp Neverland

This week in the Abyss, we welcome a new co-host as author Villimey Mist (The Banquet, Nocturnal Blood) joins the show! We are also joined by a guest, author Joshua "Squishy Sensations" Marsella (Severed, Scratches), to discuss Steven R. Boyett's classic, and sadly out of print, short story "Emerald City Blues," as featured in Midnight Grafitti.  We also talk about the first two installments in Netflix's Fear Street trilogy, Joe R. Lansdale's Moon Lake, Lauren C. Teffeau's Implanted, Josh Ruben's horror/comedy movie Werewolves Within, Eric Raglin's Nightmare Yearnings, and Wallflower by Chad Lutzke. (Recorded July 11, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Joshua Marsella on Twitter: @JoshuaMarsella

Emerald City Blues

This week in the Abyss, we're discussing the recent volumes of Shūzō Oshimi's manga, Blood on the Tracks, Nick Kolakowski's latest release, Absolute Unit, from Crystal Lake Publishing, Django Wexler's rock 'em, sock 'em giant fighting robots of Hard Reboot, Disney+'s Loki, the return of Milestone Comics, and comic book controversies. Then, we pull hard to port and find ourselves stranded on a deserted tropical island for our spoiler-filled discussion of Richard Laymon's Island. (Recorded June 27, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Island

Author Nicole Cushing (A Sick Gray Laugh, The Sadist's Bible) joins us for an in-depth, spoiler-filled discussion Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." Before that, though, we talk a bit about Jeff Strand's Pressure, Christine Morgan's Trench Mouth, transgressive literature, the Christopher Walken-led film, Communion, Twin Peaks and David Lynch. (Recorded June 23, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Nicole Cushing on Twitter: @nicolecushing

The Tell-Tale Heart

Author Tyler Jones (Criterium, The Dark Side of the Room) joins us for a spoiler-filled discussion of Joe Hill's short story, "Last Breath," from 20th Century Ghosts. Our Week In Horror looks back on James Newman's latest novella, Ride or Die, Richard Laymon's Island, additional thoughts on the Cooties Shot Required anthology from Broken Eye Books, Philip Fracassi's Beneath the Pale Sky, and the Shudder Original film, Caveat. (Recorded June 13, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Tyler Jones on Twitter: @tjoneswriter Tyler's website: https://www.tylerjones.net/

Last Breath

While Richard is away, Michael and Matt take control of the Abyss for a spoiler-filled discussion of their co-hosts debut short story, "Beyond the Triangle," as published in the anthology, Dark Words: Stories of Urban Legends and Folk Lore, edited by Jamie and Matt Wildasin.  Before that, though, we talk about summer horror reads, the Broken Eye Books anthologies Cootie Shot Required and Whether Change, Lisa Quigley's Hell's Bells, the philosophies of Thomas Ligotti and Eugene Thacker, Tim Meyer's Paradise Club, and... Food Network? We also peel back another layer of the giant onion that is Matt Brandenburg as he reveals some publishing secrets of his own... (Recorded June 6, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring

Beyond the Triangle

Elle Turpitt, editor and co-runner of Divination Hollow Reviews, joins us this week for a spoiler-filled discussion about S.H. Cooper's short story, "A Key For Any Lock," from the charity horror anthology, We Are Wolves. Before we get to that, though, we take a look back at our Week In Horror and talk about Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, Michael's slow progress through Stephen Graham Jones's latest, the slasher story My Heart is a Chainsaw, Matt gives us a special report on this year's virtual StokerCon 2021 and Halloween novelizations, and Elle talks up Netflix's Son of Sam documentary. (Recorded May 30, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow Elle Turpitt on Twitter: @elleturpitt Website: https://www.elleturpittediting.com/

A Key For Any Lock

The Navajo Nightmare authors, David Sodergren and Steve Stred, join us to discuss their collaborative horror western, their writing process as a team, and the importance of picking whose name goes first on the cover. Before all that, though, we take a look back at our Week in Horror with thoughts on Spiral: From the Book of Saw, S.A. Cosby's Razorblade Tears, Evil Dead (2013), Beetlejuice and other kids-friendly '80s fare, Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, and the forthcoming The Wizard of Oz/Jurassic Park mash-up, The Wicked Rext of the West, from Edward Lorn and Daron Kappauff. (Recorded May 16, 2021) Follow Staring Into The Abyss on Twitter: @intostaring Follow David Sodergren on Twitter: @paperbacksnpugs Follow Steve Stred on Twitter: @stevestred

The Navajo Nightmare

Staring Into the Abyss is a horror podcast where your hosts, Scott Kemper, Michael Patrick Hicks, and Matt Brandenburg have a round table discussion about horror fiction. Each episode will be a spoiler-filled chat about their story of the week!

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Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast

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