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The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 17. Graveyard ShiftThis week on The Short Horror Beer Cast, we’re getting rodential with an obscure little up-and-coming writer by the name of Stephen King. Spoilers ahead, so read the story first if that'll blow your skirt up. Story InfoTitle: "Graveyard Shift"Author: Stephen KingOriginally Published: Cavalier, October 1970Beer PairingAlec's choice: Narragansett Brewing Co, The Famous Narragansett LagerPaul's choice: Left Hand Brewing Co, Wake up DeadIn this episodeCreepy basements!Paul misinforms the public!Alec gets attacked by a bat!2025-07-151h 05The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 16. Dance of the DeadThis week on The Short Horror Beer Cast, we’re rockin’ with Richard Matheson’s kooky, kwazy dystopian world of happy fun times!Spoilers ahead, so read the story first if you're precious like that.Story InfoTitle: "Dance of the Dead"Author: Richard MathesonOriginally Published: Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3, 1955Beer PairingAlec's choice: 3 Floyds Brewing, Zombie DustPaul's choice: False Hope Brewing, Negative OutlookIn this episodeMore impressions!Alec’s war story!We talk shit about Stephen King!Links...2025-06-2550 minThe Short Horror Beer CastEp. 15. The EmissaryThis week on The Short Horror Beer Cast, we’re diggin’ on Dog. That’s right, it’s Ray Bradbury again, wagging a tail—er, uh—weaving a tale of terror. Spoilers ahead, so read the story first if you're precious like that.Story InfoTitle: "The Emissary"Author: Ray BradburyOriginally Published: Dark Carnival, 1947 (re-published as The October Country)Get it here: https://a.co/d/cqO8n7RBeer PairingAlec's choice: New Holland Brewing, The PoetPaul's choice: Hair of the Dog Brewe...2025-06-1148 minThe Short Horror Beer CastBONUS EPISODE: The Lost WordsIn this bonus mini-ep, we dive into our dusty dictionaries to dig on some of our favorite words that have fallen out of fashion. Paleologisms, if you will. (And we know you will.) Some words are due for a comeback, and today they’re getting their shot!Theme song: “Afterparty”, by Paul Lorello, performed by Sid Seizure and the ConniptionEdited by Alec ChambersProduced by Sid SeizureFollow us:Subscribe at our official siteFacebookInstagram2025-05-2325 minThe Short Horror Beer CastEp. 14. Free Dirt, Part IIThis week on The Short Horror Beer Cast, we’re gettin diggy wit it once again with "Free Dirt"—Bradbury style, baby! Spoilers ahead, so read the story first if you're precious like that.Story InfoTitle: "Free Dirt"Author: Ray BradburyOriginally Published: Quicker Than the Eye, 1996Get it here: https://a.co/d/cqO8n7RBeer PairingAlec's choice: Founders Brewing Co., Mortal BloomPaul's choice: Flying Dog, DogtoberfestWhat We Talk AboutPaul nails his beer AND his l...2025-05-2044 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 13. Free Dirt, Part IThis week on The Short Horror Beer Cast, we’re cracking open “Free Dirt” by Charles Beaumont and pairing it with two beers that go down smoother than a buttered gerbil. This is Part 1 of a two-parter! Sort of. We’ll explain when you get here. Till then, you can expect our usual mix of literary over-analysis, pop culture nerdery, and tangents about [insert Gen-X grievance].Spoilers ahead, so read the story first if you're precious like that.Story Info* Title: "Free Dirt"* Author: Charles Beaumont* Orig...2025-05-0649 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 12. The Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarToday we look at Poe’s masterpiece of mesmeric, macabre, malodorous morbidity while masticating malt from murky mugs!Also, Irish antics! Swooning students! And how we nearly inhaled ourselves into early graves!The Beers* Paul’s choice: Aurora Brewing Company, Fresh to Death* Alec’s choice: Dragonmead Brewery, Final AbsolutionThe Book* The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan PoeThe Music* Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse (Dig his stuff on YouTube)Follow Us:* Alec Chambers* Paul Lorello* Fa...2025-04-2945 min
The Short Horror Beer CastBONUS EPISODE: Our Favorite Dark MusicWelcome to the afterparty! In this follow-up to Episode 10, we bring you the darkest music we could think of in a moment’s notice without pre-thought, forethought, or intuition of any kind. Nevertheless, you’ll love what we chose:* S. Prokofiev, Montagues and Capulets* Johnny Cash, Hurt* The Beach Boys, ‘Til I Die* The Talking Heads, The Overload* Nina Simone, Strange Fruit* The Keith Jarrett Trio, My Back PagesPlus, EGOISTE!Theme song: “Afterparty”, by Paul Lorello, performed by Sid Seizure and the Co...2025-04-2230 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 11: Cool AirGrandpa Lovecraft is back with another delightful tale. Fill yer tub with ice and crack open a cold one. Doctor’s orders. We’re gettin shiv’ry wittit. Also, Surströmming! Paul gets another bad taste in his mouth! And Alec becomes a keyboard warrior!The BeersPaul’s choice: Freigeist Bierkultur, Smoke and Ice Sixpoint Brewery, The CrispAlec’s choice: Arbor Brewing Company, Cold Excursion IPAThe Book* The H. P. Lovecraft Collection: Deluxe 6-Book Hardcover Boxed Set, H.P. Lovecraft, Arcturus Collector’s ClassicsThe Musi...2025-04-1541 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 10: The Music of Erich ZannWe kick off Season Two with everyone's favorite racist uncle, H.P. Lovecraft!Join us as we witness our poor narrator endure the worst soundtrack since Moulin Rouge. Get a front row seat to Erich Zann's All-Star Celebrity Hootenanny!Also, the plausibility of ghosts! Keith Emerson's Moog! And Paul offends 15,448 people in a single rant!The Beer* Paul’s choice:* Twin Fork Beer Co., Crescendo* Alec’s choice:* Griffin Claw Brewing Company, Sin Repent Repeat Pączki StoutThe Book* The H. P...2025-03-2558 min
The Short Horror Beer CastTRAILER: It's The Short Horror Beer Cast... Season TWO!Greetings, mofos!So here’s the deal. Season 1 was a test run to see if we could actually do this thing. Turns out, we sorta can. At any rate, we're having fun, and that's all that counts. (That's not all that counts.) This season, Season 2, is actually our first real season, the one where we finally figured stuff out. But to avoid the crises of schemata that will inevitably result from renaming all of Season 1's episodes to something like Season Naught Point One, Two, Three, etc., we're forging ahead and merely regarding Season 1 as ou...2025-03-1102 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 8: The Boarded WindowNOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS: This is a toned-down, less special-effecty version of the show we uploaded as a treat on New Year’s Eve. That glitzier edit was a one-time dealio, you see. But the show’s more or less the same. If you listened to it already, we hope you liked it and urge you to listen again. And bring a friend. And take notes this time. What the hell are we paying you for, anyway? Enjoy!Ever find yourself alone in a cabin with a corpse? Maybe you fared better than our good friend Murl...2025-01-0343 min
The Short Horror Beer CastBONUS EPISODE: A Very Special Beer Cast ChristmasAh, ‘tis the season of warmth, of joy, of strict atomization of humbug, of all things wintery and blazing with good humor, benevolence, comfort, and extreme pessimism regarding the futility of all human existence…Yes, we're covering the king of bad tidings, Thomas Ligotti, by discussing his masterpiece of unnerving horror, "The Frolic."Also, terrible Christmas gifts! Alec meets the Night Hag! Paulie Wren's Christmas Story! And more from Santa's big ol' bag o' podcast maunderings!Come for the obscure references, stay for the obscure allusions—as we celebrate the Yuletide with very strong...2024-12-241h 06
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 7: SoftWe’re back with a banger by F. Paul Wilson. Join us at the end of the world with the most hideous disease to befall humankind since ABBA. Plus, rats! Paul Newman! Mutant bunnies! And more!Make no bones about it, this one’ll get under your skin.The Beer* Paul’s choice: Unibroue, La Fin Du Monde* Alec’s choice: Short’s Brewing Company, Soft Parade Founder’s Brewing Company, All Day IPAThe Book* Masques, J.N. Willamson, ed.The Music2024-12-0353 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 6: Dance of the FrogsHop on over and settle in for a night of batrachian terror! It’s anthropologist Loren Eiseley’s masterful foray into fiction, or so we’re inclined to believe. We took a leap with this one, dissecting something toadily new, warts and all. Also, more impressions! How to pronounce “Schuykill”! And we unveil the catchy new jingle: “Is it Horror?”Enjoy!The Beer* Paul’s choice: First State Brewing Co, Cosmic Imbalance* Alec’s choice: Arbor Brewing Company, Loner HandThe Book* Loren Eiseley, The Star Thrower2024-09-2443 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 5: Down ThereUhhhhh, today we're, eh-huh, going Down There, hhhuh-huh, huh-huh… So join us as we explore the depths of a certain office building and the horrors that lie within. Also, Anglophilia, more sucking sounds, Paul's very weird obsession, and more!Keep your area clean and join us for some workplace thrills!The Beer* Paul’s choice: Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale* Alec’s choice: Dark Horse Brewing Co, Smells Like a Safety MeetingThe Book* Ramsey Campbell, Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fi...2024-09-0350 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 4: The JarJoin us as we gaze into The Jar, by the one and only Ray Bradbury! Plus, swamp sounds, a 1940s alert, more podcast spinoff ideas, and fair to middling impressions! You really don't want to miss this one. The Beer* Paul’s choice: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, Hazy Little Thing (served in a mason jar)* Alec’s choice: North Peak Brewing Co, Dauntless Oktoberfest LagerThe Book* Ray Bradbury* The October CountryThe Music* Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse YouT...2024-07-0250 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 3: FritzchenWake up and smell the hamster cage, because today we're heading to the pet shop for "Fritzchen," a creepy little weird tale by Charles Beaumont, featuring a truly bizarro creature and a psychopathic monster of a child. Fun for some of the whole family!Plus, Greg Brady's rival, and a podcast spinoff idea!The Beer* Paul’s choice: Smuttynose Brewing Co, Old Brown Dog * Alec’s choice: Great Lakes Brewing Co, Return of the Lake Erie MonsterThe Books* Charles Beaumont* Perchance to Dream: Selected Stor...2024-07-0232 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 2: Smoke GhostToday we pour over “Smoke Ghost”, by the incomparable Fritz Leiber Jr. Also, Paul mangles the German language, Alec can’t hear himself, and we introduce the 1940s alert!The Beer* Paul’s choice: Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier* Alec’s choice: Altes Original Detroit LagerThe Books* Fritz Leiber Jr.* Selected Stories* Conjure WifeThe Music* Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/@IronCthulhuApocalypseFollow Us:* Alec Chambers* Paul Lorello...2024-07-0233 min
The Short Horror Beer CastEp. 1: Gray MatterWhat’s the worst taste you’ve ever had in your mouth? We discuss our top picks and talk about “Gray Matter”, by horror gem Stephen King. Bring your corn cob and settle in for a swig!The Beer* Paul‘s pairing choice: Budweiser (Not gonna link it. You know where to find the damn swill.)* Alec’s pairing choice: Founder’s Dirty B*****dBooks Mentioned:* Night Shift, by Stephen King* Gray Matter and Other Stories From Night Shift, by Stephen King, read by John Glover* Salem’s...2024-06-0335 min