Episode 160: T. Chris Martindale's Night Blood

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In a town that is not Salem's Lot, comes a man who is not John Rambo to fight a vampire who is really a vampire. What should we title it? Not First Blood. How about Night Blood! Yeah, that's good.

It's Cocktail Time!

The Hoosier Hot Shot

• Perk some crappy hospital coffee (not the goods stuff).
• Pour into a diner-style mug, leave an inch of space
• Float shot of James Dickel bourbon
• a shot or two of half-and-half
• shot of Kahlua

 

EPISODE 159 : Stephen Gilberts' Ratman's Notebooks

 

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Listen to the Mikes as they nibble that oh so tempting cheese in Stephen Gilbert's Ratmen's Notebooks. It is that time of the year the critters come in from the cold; Why not contemplate some petty revenge?

                                           

It's Cocktail Time.

 RAT POISON

Recipe:

A splash of Vermouth

2 ounces Gin

1 Tbs of Cornichon  Brine      

Place everything in a shaker of ice and shake well, Strain into a martini glass and garnish with a Cornichon.                                  

 

 

 

Episode 158: Nick Cutter's The Troop

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The Mikes pack their gear and head into the woods for some up-close encounters with nature. Worms are nature, right?

It's Cocktail Time!

As the Worm Turns

In a shaker mix

• 2 oz mezcal
• 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
• 1/2 oz ginger juice
• 1 oz agave nectar

strain into ice-filled glass and top with sparkling water. Garnish with worm from bottle.

Episode 157 - Simon Raven's Doctors Wear Scarlet

 

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Continue your studies abroad with the Mikes and Simon Raven's Doctors Wear Scarlet.  Will you graduate Summa Cum Laude? You will if you're a nasty young chap who get's his kicks from having his neck gnawed on.   

Cocktail Time!

Tbe Dick Fountain Cocktail

1 ounce anise flavored liquor

1/2  ounce simple syrup

1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice

one egg white 

Put everything in a shaker of ice, sans egg white. Shake well.  Now add the egg white and shake well. Pour into glass with the ice or strain into a martini glass. Chin chin.

Episode 156: Thomas Disch's The Priest

 

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The Mikes have a confession to make: we read and have thinkings about another Thomas Disch novel. We marvel and cringe at the what goes underneath those cassocks. 

It's Cocktail Time!

No one Drinks the Spanish Inquisition

In a shaker with ice, mix

• 1/2 shot Cointreau
• 1/2 shot calvados

Pour into coupe glass (for up) or rocks glass (for on the rocks). Fill glass with cava and top with a shake or two of bay leaf bitters.

Chin Chin!

Episode 155 - The Only Good Indian by Stephen Graham Jones

  

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Join The Two Mikes but quietly tip toe backwards as they come upon a herd of ghostly elk in Stephan Graham Jones's horror novel  The Only Good Indians.  You can run but the Elk Head Woman will find you and she's going to want to play a mean game of H-O-R-S-E.

It's Cocktail Time!

The Elks Club  ( yes, there is no apostrophe)

1/4 ounce dry vermouth

2  ounces SoCo

Dash bitters

Maraschino Cherry to garnish.

Directions: Shack in an ice filled shaker.  Pour into a high ball glass or strain into a martini glass.