Study 049 - It's a Good Life
We're gathering evil kid stories this month, starting with It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby - a story made famous by The Twilight Zone!
Special thanks to reader Albert Lackey! Check out his YouTube page.
Piano music in this episode is adapted from Sevilla by Isaac Albéniz.
Study 045 - The Bloody Chamber - Part 1
Welcome to Angela Carter's take on the Bluebeard legend: The Bloody Chamber!
Special thanks to our reader, Michelle Sawyer!
Here's that intro video with Carter's biographer Edmund Gordon, as well as the New Yorker article referenced.
And here's Rebecca!
Study 041 - The Island of Doctor Moreau - Part 1
Climb aboard as we mount our expedition to The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman - check out the goods at The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!
Learn more about The Raft of the Medusa and all its real-life horror!
That outro song? Why it's Going Down by Pitch Black Manor!
Study 037 - All Cats are Gray
A month of science fiction kicks off with All Cats are Gray by Andrew North, aka Andre Norton! Selections this month are from The Future is Female, edited by Lisa Yaszek.
Grab Dreams in the Witch House for play on the PC now!
Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Staton - check him out on Twitch!
Here is that cover for Witch World - bird suits and rayguns for all!
Study 033 - The Black Abbot of Puthuum
We're joined by Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the podcast Voluminous as we discuss The Black Abbot of Puthuum by Clark Ashton Smith!
Whew! Say THAT five times real fast!
Next up: Revelations in Black by Carl Jacobi
Study 029 - The Stains
Join us as we discuss Robert Aickman's award-winning short story The Stains with special guest, writer/director Jeremy Dyson! Look out for his new novel The Warlock Effect with co-writer Andy Nyman - out this April!
Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Grab something from his Etsy page now!
This episode featured music from Lichen, Moss and Wrack by Fordell Research Unit!
Here is Gary Budden's synopsis from A Personal Anthology.
And here's another take on the story from Reading the Weird at Tor.com.
Next up: How Love Came to Professor Guildea by Robert Hichens
Study 025 - Lamb to the Slaughter
Happy New Year! We're back with the Roald Dahl crime classic Lamb to the Slaughter!
Special thanks to our reader: Heather Klinke!
Next up - Another creepy Dahl: The Landlady
Study 021 - The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth
Join us as we breach The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth by Lord Dunsany!
Special thanks to Greig Johnson - check out his Etsy shop and nab something up for the holidays!
And check out these tracks from the show by musical guest Rags Ov Light:
The House at the Edge of the Woods
Next Up: The Sea and Little Fishes by Terry Pratchett
Study 017 - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
Join the conversation as we discuss The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin!
Special thanks to our reader, Miya Kodama!
And Lovecraft fans, don't forget to tune in to The Horror at Martin's Beach - a new podcast presentation of this classic tale in honor of its 100th birthday!
Study 013 - A Night in the Lonesome October - Part 1
We're kicking off October with the haunt that you want: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny!
Special thanks to our reader, Jason Rainbird!
Next week: Part 2, MORE LONESOMER!
Study 009 - Leaf by Niggle
Acclaimed author J.R.R. Tolkien makes his first appearance on the show with the short story "Leaf by Niggle"!
Special thanks to reader Chad Fess!
Next up: One Other by Manly Wade Wellman
Study 005 - Mimsy Were the Borogoves
We're investigating non-Euclidian geometry once again with Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett!
Special thanks to superstar reader Greig Johnson!
Check out this full reading by William Shatner - it will sicken you!
Next up: Arena by Frederic Brown
Study 001 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
We're launching the rebranded show with Rod Serling's classic tale The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, featured in Stories from The Twilight Zone!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!
Next up: Shadows in Zamboula by Robert E. Howard
Classic Study - Child’s Play
HPPodcraft Airdate: 5/6/2022
We're giving the treatment to Child's Play by Villy Sorensen, the first selection from Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me, edited by Ramsey Campbell.
WARNING: This story involves violence to children by children.
Special thanks to our reader, Chad Fess!
Classic Study - Fondly Fahrenheit
HPPodcraft Airdate: 4/26/2021
We're tracking a killer robot in Alfred Bester's Fondly Fahrenheit, and it's a blast!
Special thanks to reader Conor MacNamara! Read some Fitzroy Lagan at Creepypasta!
Classic Study - The Screwfly Solution
HPPodcraft Airdate: 6/9/2019
Listen in as we discuss The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon!
Special thanks to our reader Heather Klinke!
This author is actually Alice B. Sheldon, also known as James Tiptree, Jr. Check out her story on NPR.
Attack of the Crab Monsters by Lawrence Raab.
Classic Study - The Night Wire
HPPodcraft Airdate: 01/03/2019
Join us as we decode the mysterious transmissions of The Night Wire by H.F. Arnold!
Special thanks to our reader Andrew Leman! Check out all the new offerings at The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
Classic Study - Tsathoggua with Patton Oswalt
HPPodcraft Airdate: 5/4/2018
We're covering Tsathoggua by Michael Shea with special guest PATTON OSWALT!
It's a super-sized, hour-long FREE episode including the vocal stylings of Andrew Leman!
Classic Study - The Fog Horn
HPPodcraft Airdate: 2/1/2018
Listen up! It's The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman.Also thanks to Andrew Murphy for suggesting this story!
Check out this image from the Saturday Evening Post!
Classic Study - Day of the Dragon
HPPodcraft Airdate: 5/6/2017
Folks don't know this, but THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD is a reference to The Day of the Dragon by Guy Endore!
Special thanks to our reader, Wyatt S. Gray, reader of Shadows and Teeth - check it!
Outro Music: The NeverEnding Story by Limahl, remixed by Juan 'sf@gnum' Rojas & cj Josh, music by G. Moroder.