We're back, and we brought arboreal seduction, LOTR and Ferngully throwbacks, Japanese lagers and s'mores! JK, no s'mores. 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 Woman of the Wood by Abraham Merritt.
Bar Talk (our recommendations):
Jessica is reading The September House by Carissa Orlando; drinking pFriem Japanese lager.
Damien is reading Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; drinking Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
Ryan is reading Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds; drinking Blair Athol 12.
If you liked this week’s story, check out FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992; dir. Bill Kroyer).
Up next: The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson
Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music!
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