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Sure, you can get book recommendations anywhere — but what about the perfect boozy pairing to go with your deliciously dark read? I’ll let you know what drink goes best with the book I recommend each month (cocktail recipes included), along with some other tidbits like updates on my own writing and some tips from a writing professor.

Some past pairings include:

Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy paired with a Bloody Mary

Sundial by Catriona Ward paired with a Desert Sunrise

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix paired with a Southern Peach Cocktail

Creeping Waves by Matthew M. Bartlett paired with the infamous Sourtoe Cocktail

The Boatman’s Daughter by Andy Davidson paired with a Sazerac

…and many more to come!

Subscribe to Books & Booze with Jo Kaplan

Sure, you can get book recommendations anywhere — but what about the perfect boozy pairing to go with your deliciously dark read? I’ll let you know what drink goes best with the book I recommend each month, along with updates on my own writing.

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Jo Kaplan is the author of IT WILL JUST BE US and WHEN THE NIGHT BELLS RING. Her stories appear in Fireside Quarterly, Black Static, Nightmare Magazine, Vastarien, Horror Library, Nightscript, and elsewhere (sometimes as Joanna Parypinski).