Episode 12.0, Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker's House

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The guys decide to foreclose on Frank Peretti's and Ted Dekker's House. These authors need to be evicted from the horror genre and returned to what they know best—creating products for the "christian" (sic) genre reader and earning a paycheck. Harsh? Yes. This is tough love baby.

Warning: Do not—we repeat—do not read this book. When necessary, we can raise the dead.

Cocktail

We feel so dirty after reading this book that we cannot even drink. It is DETOX WEEK at the Forbidden Books Group!

End music: "Old Time God," an unsourced gospel masterpiece found on the Net.

Episode 11.0: Joseph Delaney's Last Apprentice Series, books 1 and 2

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With episode 11 the guys bounce back from their lethargy and enthuse about Joseph Delaney's The Last Apprentice, his growing series of young adult horror fantasies. Sort of a more spooky and gory Harry Potter, this series is just getting rolling, so we decided to jump on board. We discuss both book 1, The Revenge of the Witch, and book 2, The Curse of the Bane, and make all sorts of wise pronouncements about the young people of today. (We may devote another 'cast to books 3 and 4 when they come out.)


This week's cocktail:
Village Girls with Pointy Shoes
1 shot of Irish whiskey
2 shots tawny port
1/2 cup of Young's Chocolate Stout (cold)

Pour together in a beer glass, taking care that the stout forms a head (but not too much). We're told this is particularly tasty with a revitalizing meal of babymeat, but you can enjoy it any witch way you like.

Episode 10.0: Brian Wilson Aldiss's - Frankenstein Unbound

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Yes - #10! The guys buck the malaise that has overtaken them and slog through time and space with Brian Aldiss's Frankenstein Unbound. They learn that Mary Shelley was one hot eighteenth-century babe and stand perplexed by the ins and outs of monster-making gynecology.


Cocktail



Doin' Mary Shelley




1 part gin
1 part Pernod
2 parts cranberry juice
whatever body parts you desire

Serve over ice.
We created it, but now we despise it.


Music Recommendations: Adolph Hofner - South Texas Swing (because the book starts off in Texas).

Additional Music by Harry and the Potters - "The Foil (Malfoy)"

Episode 9.0 Brendan Connell's - The Translation of Father Torturo

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The guys take on Brendan Connell's horror tour of Italy. They ponder the deficiencies of the Roman Church, the road to sainthood, the Seven Deadly Sins of Poor Editing, and a title change to "CLERICS GONE WILD."



Cocktail

The Irish Italian
1 shot strong espresso
1 shot good Irish whiskey
1/2 shot half and half

Toss into a blender with a few cups of ice and set to frappé. Pour. Drink. Plot your revenge.