Addiction To Anxiety (Cyber Midnight Society Book 1) by Jeff Barber *Patron’s Choice* - Episode 243
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Scribando tackles a rare author Patron's Choice this week which we tend not to do that often, since most authors and publicists just fire off an email to any podcast with the word “book” in it and want to be a guest on the show. However, our Patron Jeff seemed to get what was going on here. When asked if he understood the show, he replied: "Honestly, after I had listened to a handful of random episodes both recently and a couple years ago, I think my book might just be on brand for your brand...the book is like an onion with layers and at its core it might be either sweet or stinky...
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The Last Days of Christ the Vampire by J.G. Eccarius - Episode 242
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Sometimes you go to a pool party. Sometimes, that pool party also has a car with a trunk full of books. This was one of those books. Resources & References: Important Show Update: This episode was mostly edited, but did not go through our final editing process because, most unfortunately, Scribando's laptop was lost in Canada yesterday. If any of you live in or near Montreal, we wouldn't mind some help retrieving it (seriously)! The show may need to take on a different character for a few episodes while we get our bearings to deal with this major loss of material. We were about...
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The Footprint Of Mussolini by Errol Murphy: Part II *Patron's Choice* - Episode 241
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This is the continuation of Episode 240. If you haven't listened to that, please go back and do so because otherwise this isn't going to make a ton of sense. If you've ever wanted TBC to be a sleepy podcast to help you drift off into dreamland, you're in luck this episode and the next! Scribando worked really hard on this one but it is really just him retelling history, both real and imagined. Our Patron Miles submitted this as his Patron's Choice this season saying, "This book was originally published online via the website Alternatehistory.com and then was later given an actual published...
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The Footprint Of Mussolini by Errol Murphy: Part I *Patron's Choice* - Episode 240
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If you've ever wanted TBC to be a sleepy podcast to help you drift off into dreamland, you're in luck this episode and the next! Scribando worked really hard on this one but it is really just him retelling history, both real and imagined. Our Patron Miles submitted this as his Patron's Choice this season saying, "This book was originally published online via the website Alternatehistory.com and then was later given an actual published release. Much like a lot of stories on that site, it's broken up into various segments detailing how things have changed leading up to a certain point. I suppose...
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Now That You Have Seen Me by C.L. Roberts - Episode 239
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We're back, we're sober, and another Boston book has appeared on our digital doorstep! Now That You Have Seen Me was submitted to the show by the author herself sometime over the last two years. Every once in a while it's fun to experience Boston-based fiction and it's been a little bit since we've dealt with an unreliable narrator, so we thought we'd take this for a spin this season. In addition to our usual barnyard language, today’s episode includes discussion or mention of drug use, severe mental illness, sex, and just a dash of racism and a pinch of some phobias we gotta' talk about a...
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Star Wars, Star Trek, and the 21st Century Christians by Winkie Pratney *Patron’s Choice* - Episode 238
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At last, we give you the final episode in our alcohol-fueled quadrilogy. Our wonderful Patron Beastwiththeleast mailed us this book of their own free will. Thoroughly in debt to them and their glorious book packages, we selected this one for review this year especially for our dear Beast. As we are far from being biblical scholars ourselves, we're desperately trying to summon Dan McClellan for an assist here to provide a fact check for our own sanity. In addition to our usual barnyard language, today’s episode includes discussion and consumption of alcohol (your hosts are intoxicated after...
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Dontrell's Tales by Dontrel Murphy *Patron's Choice* - Episode 237
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It's another alcohol-infused episode of TBC. Our long-time Ko-Fi Patron KiwiThing requested this book for 2026, so we were obliged to enter TRELLAND - the mishapen world that bubbled forth from a crucible of literary confusion, where popular video game franchises were melted down with Euopean fairytales and random writing exercises! In addition to our usual barnyard language, today’s episode includes discussion and consumption of alcohol (your hosts are intoxicated after sampling cocktails from the book we reviewed last episode in your timeline, but have yet to record in ours). TBC is an...
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Free The Tipple: Kickass Cocktails Inspired by Iconic Women by Jennifer Croll (Illustrated by Kelly Shami) - Episode 236
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You've heard of feminism, right? ... you wanna' drink it? You may recall us saying that we were a bit tipsy in the first episode of this season and would be for a whole four episodes in service to a later terrible book. Today, you meet that book. In addition to our usual barnyard language, today’s episode includes discussion and consumption of alcohol (your hosts are fairly intoxicated after sampling several cocktails from the book). Be forewarned that there's a big ol' vulnerable bummer section where we discuss the death of our family member from 1:54 - 12:49 before the episode properly...
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A Live Reading of The Story of the Beetle Hunter by Arthur Conan Doyle *Special Guests: Antiques Freaks*
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It wouldn't be a new season of TBC without a Victorian visit from the Dig your out of storage and enjoy a live reading of The Story of the Beetle Hunter by Arthur Conan Doyle, all set to the impeccable scoring and sound design talents of . If you'd rather hear a properly acted, serious version of this story, please check out the . In addition to our usual barnyard language, this episode includes irreverant and sexual humor and some bad Victorian ideas and opinions.
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The Midnight Library by Matthew Haig - Episode 235
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Scribando and Bookbarella return! We're a little tipsy for the first four episodes of the season in service to a future TBC episode, so this one is perhaps not our greatest season opener. We try and fail to do a little scientific thinking around particle and quantum physics and sing a fake song for your amusement, though, so there's that. Special Thanks to: Ken from for narrating our cold open for this season for our new photos for our new logo and graphic design Links & References: You can find many episodes about particle physics and other quantum topics we mentioned on ...
info_outlineHappy Halloween! This episode was supposed to air on 11/4, but we figured you'd all appreciate hearing this one a week early in the spirit of the season. The next episode will air on schedule on 11/18, so make sure you check out some older spooky season TBC episodes while you wait:
- The Hog from Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson *Special Guests D & Ken from Antiques Freaks*
- Drag Queen Dino Fighters by MP Johnson *Patron’s Choice*
- Man, F*ck This House by Brian Asman *Patron's Choice*
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in His Adventure on Earth by William Kotzwinkle *Special Guest Mary Parker*
- The Haunted Vagina by Carl Mellick III
- In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt *Patron's Choice*
This week it was Chris's turn to head over to r/horrorlit to pick through more of the sub's worst horror books from 2024. He was lured to The Paleontologist simply based on the thought that ghost dinosaurs seemed an especially funny concept.
In addition to our usual barnyard language, today’s episode includes discussion or mention of child abuse, abduction, and murder; ghosts; implied pedophillia; and the pandemic.
References:
- Terrible Book Club, Episode 79 (2020): Museum of the Living Dead (A Plot-It-Yourself Horror Story) by Hilary Milton: This week it's 1985 and we're two children in an off-brand "Plot-It-Yourself" horror story. Chris wants to die as quickly as possible while Paris chooses life. Paris's microphone is backwards, Chris can't stop creating new lyrics for a bad 90s song, and we play another round of Power Rangers Monster or Weed Strain?
- Vintage Burn Podcast