The Two Mikes

The Two Mikes
Ever wanted to talk with someone about a book you just read? You could just join a book group and talk about it, drink a little, veer off on tangents, work back around to the book again, and finally wrap it up by picking the next book.

But what happens when the book you just read is about about hungry zombies or a haunted house, and your Eat, Pray, Love–reading friends aren’t really into reading it, much less discussing its finer points? That’s what we’re here for. We Two Mikes will be your virtual book group for discussing new and interesting and old and half-forgotten horror books.

If you want to follow along with us, look at the next forbidden book on the table and start reading.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Episode 83: Kim Newman's Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron





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The Two Mikes take to the sky and dogfight with Kim Newman's Anno Dracula: The Bloody Red Baron. They loved the first book in series and what the hell—they really dug the second. Who knows, maybe they will even want to read the third . . .


IT'S COCKTAIL TIME!

The Fly Boy

2 shots good British gin
2 T fresh lemon juice
1 T Kirsch
1  dash bitters
1 dash Creme de Viollete
2 dashes Creme de Cassis

Shake with ice, strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with a maraschino cherry. Chin, chin.
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Monday, March 25, 2013

Episode 82, Kim Newman's Anno Dracula


The Mikes are delighted to discover the inaugural book in Kim Newman's alternate history series in which Dracula comes to power in England and vampire Victorian culture is born. So glad we read this one.


It's Cocktail Time!

Victoria's Secret

In an ice-filled collins glass add:
  • 2 shots Bombay or Bombay Sapphire Gin (as long as it has a picture of the queen on the bottle)
  • 1 shot tuica (or if you can't find this Romanian plum liqueur, you can substitute Czech slivovitz)
  • a couple dashes of Angostura bitters to pink it up
  • Fill with tonic and garnish with long, curly orange peel

God Save the Queen!


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Friday, March 1, 2013

Episode 81 - Michael Shea's The Extra





The Two Mikes pay their SAG dues and get themselves hired on in Michael Shea's The Extra.  Fame-whore directors, renegade booksellers, and giant mechanical spiders are certainly thrilling but it sure enough ain't horror.

Cocktail Time!

Spider Venom

2 shots Rumchata
1 shot Kahlua
1 shot vodka

Pour over ice and garnish with a lemon twist. Chin Chin.



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Friday, January 18, 2013

Episode 80: Daryl Gregory's Raising Stony Mayhall


The Mikes revisit a favorite author and are reminded why he's a favorite. We ruminate (again) on the zombie novel and discuss why this is such a good one.

It's Cocktail Time!

Sweet Zombie Jesus

In a shaker combine:
  • 1 shot light rum
  • 1 shot dark rum
  • 3 shots pineapple juice
  • 1 shot blueberry juice
  • 1 shot simple syrup
  • 1 shot kombucha tea

Shake and pour into ice-filled Collins glass. If you'd like, float a bit of 151 rum on top and ignite. Be sure to extinguish completely before drinking, or you'll burn your
Chin-chin!

special closing music: "I'll Have a New Body" by Hank Williams
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