Episode 64: 13 Bullets by David Wellington

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WARNING: Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. The sound on this podcast is truly a horror. We did not know how much havoc the air conditioner would visit upon us. It was the hottest day of the year when we recorded and now we know. Please drink heartily before listening.

The Two Mike's take a shot at David Wellington's 13 Bullets. Are vampires unnatural if they actually exist in nature? Do we really need another lesbian cop in a horror novel? Is there anything left to be resurrected in the vampire genre? These questions and more will probably not be answered in this noise riddled episode.

There is also some bonus blathering about Ayn Rand novels and Mike invokes his powers of divination and makes a prediction about a Harry Potter reboot.

It IS Cocktail Time.

Coffin Juice

Double Strength Ginger Beer with/or add ginger bits.

2 shots good dark rum.

Get a tall glass loaded with ice, pour in the ginger beer and top off with rum. Garnish with an orange or lemon rind.

Closing music: I Was Born ( A Unicorn) by The Unicorns.

Episode 63: Daryl Gregory's Pandemonium

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The Mikes delight in Daryl Gregory's debut novel and are happy to get to talk about comic books, Jung, and Philip K. Dick. In the end we discover that when we agree about a book we're kinda boring.

It's Cocktail time.

Not a Manhattan

In a shaker combine:

• 2 shots vodka
• 1 shot dry sherry
• 4–5 dashes Worcestershire sauce
• thimblefull of tomato juice

shake with ice, strain into martini glass, garnish with a cherry tomato

Closing Music: "I Think Up Demons" by Roky Erikson

Episode 62: Dean Vincent Carter's The Hand of the Devil

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Mike One and Mike Two apply a gallon of Deep Woods Off before they read Dean Vincent Carter's mosquito as monster tale, The Hand of the Devil. Eventually this 50-cent find will get a toss into the back-yard bug zapper and the Mike's will move onto the hope of better read next time.

Cocktail Time!

The Shirley Temple of Doom

Put rocks in a highball glass.

Two shots Pepper Vodka

Three shots Grenadine

Top off with Ginger Ale and stir.

Garnish with a red Thai Pepper and a cherry.

End Music: Nature's Mosquito - Home of The Hits- The Best of Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Disc 1

Episode 61: Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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Finally finally finally reading this book, which has gathered dust on the table for years, the Two Mikes grapple with Shirley Jackson's late gothic tale of a confused girl, angry villagers, agoraphobia, and refined sugar. And preserves.


It's Cocktail Time!

Arsenic and Old Grand-Dad

In a rocks glass muddle berries and sugar. Add a bit of grapefruit peel and fill with ice. Pour in Old Grand-Dad whiskey.

closing music: "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" by Tommy Roe