Lucky sevens, baby! And what better way to celebrate our new season than with giant man-eating plants? Damien demos Salami Whips, Ryan tries (and fails) to defend John Carter, and Jess throws side eye to quicksand. Ahhhh, we missed you. Welcome to Whiskey and the Weird, a podcast exploring the British Library Tales of the Weird series! This season, we're pollinating plots from our seventh book in the collection, ‘Evil Roots: Killer Tales of the Botanical Gothic,’ edited by Daisy Butcher (yes, really!). In this episode, our featured story is: The American's Tale by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading Leech by Hiron Ennes; drinking Westward Whiskey Single Malt.
Damien is reading The Necromancer's House by Christopher Buehlmann; drinking Hibiki Japanese Harmony.
Ryan is reading Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke; drinking a mint julep.
If you liked this week’s story, watch The Eyes of My Mother (2016; dir. Nicolas Pesce)
Up next: "The Giant Wistaria" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!
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