EPISODE · Jun 21, 2026 · 1H 4M
S9E8: He Walked Around the Horses by H. Beam Piper
from Whiskey and the Weird · host Damien Smith, Jessica Berg, Ryan Whitley
Bar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is watching Hallow Road (2025, dir by Babak Anvari); drinking Oak Aged Watermelon Kolsch by Ommegang.Damien is reading Angel Down by Daniel Kraus; drinking Bondstone Toasted Barrel Bourbon.Ryan is reading There Is No Anti-Memetics Division by QNTM; drinking The Obituary (dry gin martini with an absinthe wash). If you liked this week’s story, watch Total Recall (1990; dir. Paul Verhoeven). Heck, watch it even if you didn't like this story. Up next: "The Rose Wall" by Joyce Carol Oates Special thank you to Dr Blake Brandes for our Whiskey and the Weird music! Like, rate, and follow! Check us out @whiskeyandtheweird on Instagram, Threads & Facebook, and at whiskeyandtheweird.com
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Pulitzer prize winning fiction, the return of the zeppelin, cats signaling the apocalypse, and Guses across the multiverse. Plus, aged watermelon Kölsches! Welcome to Whiskey and the Weird, a podcast exploring the British Library Tales of the Weird series! This season, we're pondering what could have been with our ninth book in the vast collection, Roads of Destiny: And Other Tales of Alternative Histories and Parallel Realms, edited by Alasdair Richmond. In this episode, our featured story is: "He Walked Around the Horses" by H. Beam Piper.
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S9E8: He Walked Around the Horses by H. Beam Piper
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