Staring Into the Abyss: A Podcast
Staring Into The Abyss podcast is a round-table discussion of all things horror. Join hosts and authors Richard Gerlach, Matt Brandenburg, and Villimey Mist as they discuss a horror story of the week, along with the latest releases in horror films, television, games, and literature every Thursday.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 83 minutes
- Episodes
- 210
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Below
Are you ready kids? The Abyss gang is all back and this week they have special guest Laurel Hightower to fly high with the Mothman and discuss her newest Below. Before that they check out Moon Knight…
Low Kill Shelter
Hey hey hey! Join most of the gang on this week's Abyss as they discuss Low Kill Shelter by Porpentine Charity Heartscape with Eve Harms. Before that they take a look at the great Starship Troopers, …
A Woman Built by Man
Hey ya the gang is back! This week they are joined by S.H. Cooper to deep dive into the excellent anthology A Woman Built by Man. Before that they discuss the popular Elden Ring, check out Scream 202…
For Emmy
Welcome back to the Abyss! This week we hang out in a bookstore to find thin places with Mary SanGiovanni's For Emmy. Before that we have a little weather talk, D&D talk, a spoiler free discussion on…
Sweetgrass Blood
Ahoy-hoy Abyss listners! Join the gang as they learn the secrets of basket weaving and poetry when discussing Eden Royce's Sweetgrass Blood, which can be found in Nightmare Magazine. Before that, the…
The Ballad of Black Tom
Oh dang the Abyss gang is checking out Red Hook and things are getting crazy! Join them as they discuss Victor LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom. They also take a look at Six Four from Hideo Yokoyama…
Ring Shout
Yo yo yo! This week the Abyss gang tackles P. Djèlí Clark's Ring Shout. They also take a detour to discuss Ozark, Nightmare Alley, and the Futurama revival. In between all of that they look at Adam N…
Spermjackers From Hell
Is that title correct? Hell yes it is! Get ready to toss your mind into the gutter with the Abyss gang as they celebrate Valentine's Day early with Christine Morgan's Spermjackers From Hell. Things g…
Criterium
Yo, what up! Join the abyss as they take a bike ride into addiction with Tyler Jones' Criterium. They also explore Archive 81, laugh at John Cena and Peacemaker, fall in love with Christi Nogle's Beu…
Cannibal Creator
Yo! On this week's dive into the Abyss author Chad Lutzke joins us to discuss his Italian Cannibal explotation novel Cannibal Creator. We take a look at Netflix's Archive 81, explore the woods in Ste…
The Nest
The big 1-0-0 for the Abyss! Celebrate 100 episodes with the crew as they dig deep into the archive to cover for the second time Gregory A. Douglas' The Nest. Get ready for some cockroach goodness as…
The Best of 2021
The Abyss returns for 2022! Join us for our first new episode of the year as we talk about Dexter: New Blood, Eric Raglin's ANTIFA SPLATTERPUNK anthology, and the latest volume of Vasterian.
Then, w…
The Wicked Rex of the West
Author and YouTube personality Edward Lorn (writing as Ward Nerdlo) joins us in the Abyss alongside his The Wicked Rex of the West co-author, Daron Kappauff, for our last episode of 2021! In this spo…
Ad Majorem Satanae Gloriam
This week in the Abyss, we're talking about the Dash Cam movie confusion, The Bad Book anthology edited by John F.D. Taff, Almost Ruth by Tyler Jones, more thoughts on Catriona Ward's The Last House …
Velocity
Author and Nictitating Books publisher Sean M. Thompson joins us in the Abyss to discuss fast food, tie-in fiction, Twitter tagging etiquette, and Kathe Koja's short story, "Velocity," from her colle…
Havoc
Author Mike Thorn returns to the Abyss for a wide-ranging discussion about depression, the perils of social media, and "Havoc," the opening story from his latest collection, Peel Back and See.
Befor…
The Ceremonies
This week in the Abyss, we're discussing the much-vaunted and supposedly classic 80s horror tome, The Ceremonies, by T.E.D. Klein.
We also review Shudder's Thai horror mockumentary, The Medium, Hunte…
Flight 389
This week in the Abyss, we're discussing Greater Ventriloquist Jon Padgett's recently published short story, "Flight 389," from Nightmare Magazine Issue 109, and its larger connections to Padgett's w…
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Author and podcaster Matt Wildasin returns to the Abyss for some trick-or-treating as we discuss Bentley Little's lost Nightmare on Elm Street novelette, "Miles To Go Before I Sleep," from the 1991 a…
Patient Zero
Nightmare Yearnings author Eric Raglin joins us to discuss Tananarive Due's classic plague story, "Patient Zero," which revolves around a little boy in hospital quarantine.
Before we get to that, tho…