Feedback 048 - Gargoyles All the Time
We're discussing your thoughts on Greek mythology, Arthurian legend, delicious bird seed and MORE! Tune in!
Next up: The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray
Study 168 - Founding Father
A space traveler wrestles with the need for human companionship... and LOSES! Join us as we discuss the pastoral sci-fi story Founding Father by Clifford D. Simak!
Special thanks to reader Jason Compton! You can also catch him on This Week in Retro as well as The Retro Adventurers!
Check out this interview with Simak from the 1971 World Science Fiction Convention in Boston!
Our past Clifford Simak shows: Desertion and The Street That Wasn't There
Up next: The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray
Extra Credit 047 - Poe Talk and Reading with Sean Branney and Andrew Leman
Sean Branney and Andrew Leman of The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society swing by to tell us why they thought it would be fun to audiobook The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe!
Conversation followed by a full reading of The Imp of the Perverse!
Next week: Founding Father by Clifford D. Simak
Study 167 - Changeling
We're investigating a weird tale by Scottish author Dorothy K. Haynes: Changeling, the story of a young girl stolen by a witch and living among the fae.
Special thanks to our reader, France Leigh Hadrysiak!
Next up: An extra credit episode on Poe featuring Andrew Leman and Sean Branney of the HPLHS (plus a bonus full reading)!
Study 166 - The Voyage of King Euvoran - Part 2
We're in the home stretch of The Voyage of King Euvoran by Clark Ashton Smith, wherein we face the horrors of BIRD COURT!
Special thanks to our reader Andrew Leman! New from the HPLHS and featuring Andrew: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Audiobook!
Check out Inside the World Taxidermy Championships
Next up: Changeling by Dorothy K. Haynes and an extra-credit chat with the fellas at the HPLHS!
Feedback 047 - Demon-Possessed Gravy Boats
We're digging through the virtual mailbag for your thoughts on Shirley Jackson, Witches and Sweathog Necromancy! Tune in!
Next up: The Voyage of King Euvoran concludes! Look for it Friday or Saturday at the latest!
Study 165 - The Voyage of King Euvoran - Part 1
A king loses his crown and his bald spot is exposed! Join us as we chart his quest to regain his royalty in The Voyage of King Euvoran by Clark Ashton Smith!
Special thanks to our reader Andrew Leman! New from the HPLHS and featuring Andrew: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Audiobook!
Here's that story about Paul McCartney from Louder.
Next up: The Voyage Concludes!
Extra Credit 046 - Shirley Jackson, Witches and Häxan
We're having a good ramble about Shirley Jackson and witches in media -- plus some NightMan! Grab a pointed hat and join us!
Don't forget to grab SCOPE CREEP by DRACULATER, available May 1st for Bandcamp Friday -- sales go directly to the musicians!
Other mentions in this episode:
11 Things You Probably Didn't Know about Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson: Possibly a Witch, Definitely Played the Zither
The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson
Also, have a look at Thelma!
And of course, NIGHTMAN: Do You Believe in Magic?
Study 164 - Home
A big-city woman learns what it takes to make it in a small town after a run-in with some ghosts in Shirley Jackson's short story Home.
Special thanks to reader Heather Klinke!
Next up: an Extra Credit episode on Shirley Jackson, witchcraft and Häxan!
Study 163 - The Beautiful Stranger
When a woman's husband is replaced by an exact replica, she doesn't really mind -- it's The Beautiful Stranger, another masterpiece from Shirley Jackson's collection Dark Tales.
Special thanks to reader Rachel Lackey of Rachel Watches Star Trek!
Next up: Shirley Jackson's Home as well as Extra Credit on witchcraft!
Feedback 046 - The Scholarly Conversation
We're discussing your thoughts on Necroscope, Elvis impersonators, electric vampires and more. Tune in!
Next up: The Beautiful Stranger and Home by Shirley Jackson + Extra Credit!
Study 162 - All She Said Was Yes
We're kicking off a month of Shirley Jackson stories with All She Said Was Yes, a suburban take on the Cassandra complex from her collection Dark Tales. Boats, bad neighbors and psychics - IT'S AMAZING!
Special thanks to our reader Heather Klinke!
Next up: The Beautiful Stranger and Home
Extra Credit 045 - Vampire Roundup
Bleh bleh HA! We're rounding up some vampire media for discussion, including:
The Strain (TV)
What We Do in the Shadows (movie)
Van Helsing (TV)
Classic Cast: The Shunned House
We're looking back at one of the first vampires we encountered on the show with H.P. Lovecraft's The Shunned House!
Here's a link to the original episode from 4/1/2010!
Special thanks to reader Michael Holmes.
Coming up: extra credit vampire round-up! YEEE HAW!
Study 161 - Necroscope - Part 3
It's the thrilling climax! The dead rise! A big vampire sits up! Join us as we plant a stake in Brian Lumley's Necroscope!
Thanks again to our reader: Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions!
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Next up: All She Said Was Yes by Shirley Jackson
Study 160 - Necroscope - Part 2
The plot thickens and so does the gore in the middle of Brian Lumley's Necroscope! Join us as we examine this crazy novel's vampiric depths!
Thanks again to our reader: Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions!
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Next up: THE THRILLING CONCLUSION!
Feedback 045 - Spiders Domesticate Frogs
We're discussing your comments on Feline February, from the profound to the preposterous!
Study 159 - Necroscope - Part 1
Vampires, espionage, weird sex and math! Join us as we dig into Brian Lumley's Necroscope, a novel about a man who can speak to the dead.
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Special thanks to our reader: Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions!
Next up: Feedback and MORE NECROSCOPING!
Extra Credit 044 - NightMan: Manimal
Manimal teams up with NightMan to fight Jack the Ripper in his last television appearance! IT IS PURE JOY!
Check out NightMan on Tubi!
Study 158 - The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
A ghost cat haunts the English countryside in this sanity-blasting yarn by Agatha Christie -- The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael!
Special thanks to our reader, Paul Maclean! Check out Poirot: Greatest Detective and The Attic (available where ye git yer pawdcasts...)
Get into Reading the Meow!
Want more Agatha? Check out our episodes on The Call of Wings and The Hound of Death!
Next up: MANIMAL, then Necroscope. What more could want?!