This 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

* Originally Published: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1955

* Read it here: https://a.co/d/9oGzdrm

Beer Pairing

* Alec’s Choice: New Holland Brewing Company, Full Circle

* Paul’s Choice: Abomination Brewing Company, Autumnal Harvester

In Today’s Episode

* Introducing The Short Horror Beer Cast drinking game!

* Paul nails his lines like a pro!

* Lots of fruits and veg!

* Umami!

* Alec tells a heartwarming tale of determination and overcoming adversity!

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* Website: shbeercast.com

* Instagram: @paullorello_writer (official SHBC insta coming soon!)

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Credits

* Theme music: “Beer Cast Boogie”, by Paul Lorello, performed by Sid Seizure and the Conniption

* Edited by Alec Chambers

Produced by Sid Seizure

Today 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 Absolution

The Book

* The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

The Music

* Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse (Dig his stuff on YouTube)

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Welcome 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 Pages

Plus, EGOISTE!

Theme song: “Afterparty”, by Paul Lorello, performed by Sid Seizure and the Conniption

Produced by Sid Seizure

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