Episode 58 : Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

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If life ever felt a little like Hell to you then join the Two Mikes and the title character of Richard Kadrey's "Sandman Slim." It is hard-boiled horror at its best; you might even smell a little sulfurous when it is through.

It Is Cocktail Time!

Red Rum

1 part 151 Rum,

1 part Rosso Vermouth

Mix with ice.
Drink.

End Music: Tom Waits's - "Alice."

Episode 35, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

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The Mike's dig right in to this latest novel by Dark Fantasy superstar Neil Gaiman. We find much to like and stay remarkably on topic. An hour goes by before we know it.

1/27/09 - And now a Newbery Award Winner!


It's Cocktail Time!

The Winding Sheet

2 shots gin (something British, like Boodles or Beefeaters) 1/2 shot Becherovka (clove liqueur from the Czech Republic) 1 teaspoon powdered sugar shake vigorously with crushed ice and strain into martini glass finish with 2–3 shakes orange bitters on top.

Wrap yourself in this pale, ghostly treat and bid farewell to all your earthly cares.

End tune:  The Main Theme from Torchwood.

Episode 28: Thomas Disch's The M.D.

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The Mikes go back to the future and finally post their discussion of one of the late great Thomas Disch's horror novels set in a place not unlike Doppeltown, USA. We ponder prepubescent morality, Faustian bargains, catastrophic tooth decay, and comeuppance in general.

It's Cocktail Time!

Doctor's Orders

In a shotglass pour
1 teaspoon of Chartreuse
1 teaspoon of Pernod
1 teaspoon of aquavit
Hold your nose and shoot it down. You'll feel better in the morning.



Special closing music: "Doctor's Orders" by Carol Douglas