“The Turn of the Screwdriver” – The Book Report

Oct 16
The HorrorFatale

“The Turn of the Screwdriver”,50 Dark and Twisted Literary Cocktails – Inspired by Anne Rice, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and Other Legendary Gothic Authors

Written by Iphigenia Jones
Ulysses Press
Released July 2024

Here’s a book that shakes up some dark and brooding cocktails with 50 drink recipes inspired by your favorite gothic horror books, including Interview with a Vampire, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, and Wuthering Heights—a perfect gift for booklovers and mixologists!

Perfect for book nerds, horror fans, and those who celebrate Halloween all year round, The Turn of the Screwdriver is the ultimate gift to give your favorite goth or anyone obsessed with Wednesday Addams, Stephen King, and more gothic greats.

Get out a chilled glass and prepare to get chills down your spine with these sinisterly scrumptious cocktails. There’s a cocktail for every dark and twisted soul out there, including:

  • THE HAUNTING OF HIGHBALL HOUSE (The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson)
  • THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GREY GOOSE (The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde)
  • THE LEGEND OF SLUSHY HALLOW (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving)
  • HER BRANDY AND OTHER PARTIES (Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado)
  • MEXICAN HOT GOTHALATE (Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
  • LESTAT’S BLOODY SAZERAC (Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice)
  • AND MANY MORE!

“There is something about gothic literature that pairs nicely with a well-made drink,” author Iphigenia Jones says. “Perhaps it is the atmosphere of a cold drink in one hand while a storm rages in the novel, or the bitterness of alcohol paired with a doomed protagonist’s regret, or maybe it is the liquid courage we need in order to dare turn the pages. In this book, we provide the absolute best pairings of book and cocktail to enhance the experience of these famous tales.”

Enough from the publishers, here’s our opinion. Let me nerd out now, I love this book. The takes on the names for the cocktails are creative and fun. Jones pays amazing attention to details and does an excellent job with each description and narrative for each period or chapter in this book. The recipes are great and easy to follow for even the novice “bartender.” Also, it is a bonus that the photographs of the cocktail are beautifully done.

About the Author
Iphigenia Jones is an enigmatic entity that communicates through the whispers of spiders. An expert on all things macabre, Iphigenia knows many intimate secrets of the Addams Family and has written two books on the subject. In her free time, Iphigenia enjoys exploring hidden staircases, solving mysteries, and perfecting hexes.

The Turn of the Screwdriver was released July 2024 and is available at Amazon and wherever books are sold.