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.

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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.  

Episode 154: John Peyton Cooke's Out for Blood

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The two Mikes visit old haunts in Chicago and Madison, as they learn the ropes of vampirism and the club scene with new creature of the night.

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Kroba

1 shot calvados

1 shot vodka

1/2 shot kirsch

1/2 shot maple syrup

shake with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Enjoy with herring. Lots and lots of herring.

Episode 153: My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

 

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The Mikes trip on hippie brownies and head into the 1960s and Chicago's Westside in Emil Ferrris's My Favorite Thing is Monsters.  Are monsters real?  Take a look in a reflective storefront window and find out for your damn self.

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Monster Mash

Take fruits that can represent monsters. For example:

Kiwi= The Wolf Man

Strawberry = Dracula

Blueberry = Booberry

Lime = Frankenstein

Muddle fruits with a little sugar in the bottom of a glass. Add ice and pour in as much corn mash whiskey as needed  and top with soda water. Stir and enjoy. Chin Chin.

Episode 152: Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties

 

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Two Mikes and a Linda put on their dancing shoes and head to a party, where all, it seems, is not well. We try to solve the mystery of the crime solvers, learn to say "yes" to the dress (and hear what it has to say in return), and finally pull the ribbon on the whole thing.

It's Cocktail Time!

Difficult at Parties Punch

Freeze ice in a ring, like in a Bundt pan.

Slice a blood orange for garnish.

Then, in a punch bowl, mix:

    3 cups sweet vermouth

    3 cups campari    

Add 1 cup assorted fruit (like Buddah's hand, duryan, ugli, … kidding: just some berries and such)

Pour in 2-3/4 cups prosecco. Stir gently.

Settle ice ring in bowl.

Ladle into those fancy punch cups your grandma left you; garnish with blood orange slice. Commence party.