Episode 177: Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son

 

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Join the Two Mikes as they enter the depraved world of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son.  Stitch together a bit of Brave New World,  some Silence of the Lambs, a smidge of Blue Beard and a slice of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Add a bolt of lightening and you get one Monster of a book. IT'S ALIVE! 

It's Cocktail Time! 

The Deucalion

In a shaker with ice mix:

2 oz Grüner Vetliner white wine

1 oz dry gin

1/2 oz St.-Germain liqueur

A few dashes citrus bitters (lemon or orange or both)

Decant into a Nick and Nora glass and garnish with a flake of orange or lemon peel.

 

  

Episode 176 Anne Rice's The Mummy or Ramses The Damned.

 

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Join the Two Mike's as they excavate the dusty tale told in Anne Rice's The Mummy or Ramses The Damned.  After you read it, you might want to down some elixir, wrap yourself in bandages and take a long nap in a sandy sarcophagus.  

 

It's Cocktail Time!

Not Just A River in Egypt. 

2 shots Kirel Palm Wine ( or other variety)

1 shot T'maro Date Amaro Liqueur ( or other variety)

1 shot  Light or Silver Rum

Shake with ice, hard and double strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a date on a pick.

Chin Chin. 

 

 

 

 

EPISODE 175 Stephen King's Dreamcatcher

 

 

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 Join the Two Mikes as they break their own rules reading the worst of Stephen King, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz and Clive Barker.  They will depose this Horror Royalty and create an Era of Horror Anarchy.  Mwa-ha-ha!

 

It' Cocktail Time! 

SSDD

2 shot of Scotch

1/2 shot Sweet Vermouth

1/2 shot Dry Vermouth

1/4 shot Drambuie

Stir with ice. Double strain in a Nick and Nora glass. No garnish. We don't need no stink'n garnish.

 

 

Episode 174: Guy Endore's The Werewolf of Paris

 

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The Mikes gather once more to talk over a horror book, this time it's one of the earliest classics of werewolf fiction, and are surprised at what parts of werewolf lore it does and does not use. They also had no idea they'd be this shocked by a book this old.

It's cocktail time!

The Hairy Palm

In a shaker with ice, mix:

• 2 oz cognac
• 1 oz Tia Maria
• dash three of orange bitters

strain into glass and garnish with flamed orange peel.