Episode 75 Ramsey Campbell's The Doll Who Ate Its Mother

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Mike and Mike devour from the inside out Ramsey Campbell's freshman novel The Doll Who Ate His Mother.   Is the Devil or is it Grandma who makes the monster?

IT'S COCKTAIL TIME

 Raw Beef Eater

1 Healthy pour of Beefeater's Gin

1 Healthy splash of Campari

Tonic

Combine all in a tall glass and garnish with a  lime

Episode 74: Peter Straub's In the Night Room

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Revisiting the world of Timothy Underhill, the Two Mikes wrangle with Peter Straub's stories within stories  and stories outside of stories. We finally find a metanovel we like (but still insist on making rude noises at the back of the classroom).

It's Cocktail Time!

Buy a skull glass from these folks:  

pour if full of Rowan's Creek whisky.

There, wasn't that easy?

closing music:  "Little Willy" by  Sweet

Episode 73 - Jesse Livingston's A Thousand LIfetimes in an Hour

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The Two Mikes walk with tender feet into author/listener Jesse Livingston's AThousand Lifetimes in an Hour.   They get all meta on each other's asses and decide that it might be just fine to end the world . . . well just for the evening. Check the comments on episode 72 if you'd like a link to Jesse's audiobook.

COCKTAIL TIME!

The Black Squirrel

1 Shot Creme de Cacao

1 Shot Kaluha

I Shot Creme de Noyaux

I Shot Dark Chocolate Sauce

2.5 shots Half and Half or Cream

Shake with ice, strain into a martini glas and garnish with a nut of some sort.

End Music:  In The Night Room.

Episode 72, William Hjortsberg's Falling Angel

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The Mikes dig deep for a discussion of a book that both really like. The problem: how do you discuss a book without griping about it? We try and mostly fail.

It's Cocktail Time!

Black Mass

1 shot rum

1 shot Kahlua

1 shot coconut milk

combine with ice in any way you choose and enjoy with a garnish of pineapple and cherry.

Closing music: "Voodoo Voodoo" by LaVern Baker