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Episode 426 - Hop-Frog
Episode 426 - Hop-Frog
POEVEMBER kicks off with the Edgar Allan Poe classic Hop-Frog!
Buy A Deep Horror That Was Very Nearly Awe by J.R. Hamantaschen now!
Special thanks to our reader, Bruce Green!
Next week: The Cask of Amontillado
Episode 419 - A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Episode 419 - A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Tune in as we discuss some magic realism in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel García Márquez!
Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Staton! Check him out in The Toybox - available September 18th!
Next up: Three Skeleton Key by George G. Toudouze
Episode 418 - Copping Squid
Episode 418 - Copping Squid
Hey, you guys party? Cool - check it out: This ticket booth worker wants to talk Michael Shea's Copping Squid. And it's totally Patton Oswalt!
Wait wait don't hit it yet. Listen to this: OUR READER IS K.J. MIDDLEBROOKS!
Next up: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
What? I'm way too squidded out to hear a title like that man.
Bonus 4 - Strategies
Bonus 4 - Strategies
We set up scenarios and describe our strategies to deal with them - from superpowers and magic to friendships and pants-pooping. TUNE IN!
Episode 416 - Don't Look Now - Part 1
Episode 416 - Don't Look Now - Part 1
Don't look - LISTEN! We're covering Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier!
Special thanks to ace reader Barbara Ford!
Episode 410 - Dagoniad
Episode 410 - Dagoniad
Actor/comedian Patton Oswalt is back again to discuss Michael Shea's DAGONIAD! OH YEAH!
Special thanks to reader Heather Klinke!
Featuring an excerpt by reader Andrew Leman from our third episode: Dagon!
Check out Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film!
Next up: An Account Of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street by Sheridan Le Fanu!
Episode 406 - Mimic
Episode 406 - Mimic
We're back covering Mimic by Donald A. Wollheim!
Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson!
Next up: The Vegetable Man by Luigi Ugolini.
Bonus 1 - Lovecraftian Film & TV
Bonus 1 - Lovecraftian Film & TV
By your request, we’re talking Lovecraftian Film and TV!
Let us know what films and TV shows we missed and we'll catch up on the next comments show. Thanks for tuning in and supporting the show!
Episode 404 – Bartleby, the Scrivener - Part 1
Episode 404 – Bartleby, the Scrivener - Part 1
We’d PREFER that you listen to our show on Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville!
Episode 402 - Tsathoggua
Episode 402 - Tsathoggua
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!
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Episode 398 - The Painted Skin, The Haunted House & Spitting Water
Episode 398 - The Painted Skin, The Haunted House & Spitting Water
Creep into April with The Painted Skin and other weird tales by Pu Songling! Various translations of these stories appear online - but they are also available in Penguin's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman - as always - check out the good stuff at HPLHS.org!
Next week: The Charnel God by Clark Ashton Smith!
Episode 394 - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Part 1
Episode 394 - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Part 1
We've got The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and the only cure is to read MORE!
Jump in and support the last hours of Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics - or regret it in hell!
Special thanks to our reader Matt Young - please check out his metal band HeKz.
Next weekle, more Jekyll!
Episode 391 - Nightfall - Part 1
Episode 391 - Nightfall - Part 1
Join us for a night of infinite stars - it's Nightfall by science fiction legend Isaac Asimov!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman.
Also thanks to Dave Machin for suggesting this story!
Next week: THE STARS UNVEILED!
Episode 390 - The Fog Horn
Episode 390 - The Fog Horn
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!
Next up: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov
Episode 387 - The Lurker at the Threshold - Part 1
Episode 387 - The Lurker at the Threshold - Part 1
Time to get a-lurkin'! We're jumping into the "H.P. Lovecraft" novel called The Lurker at the Threshold (which is actually by August Derleth).
Special thanks to our kick-ass reader, Anthony Tedesco!
Next up: More Lurkin'!
Episode 384 - Who Goes There? - Part 1
Episode 384 - Who Goes There? - Part 1
We're ringing in the holidays as we cover Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, the basis for John Carpenter's The Thing!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman! Don't forget to grab Dark Adventure Radio Theatre's The Rats in the Walls from the HPLHS store!
Want another perspective on the story? Check out The Things by Peter Watts.
Next up: More Who Goes There?
Episode 378 - All Hallows
Episode 378 - All Hallows
We kick off a week of Walter de la Mare with All Hallows - tune in!
Don't forget to grab your Cthulhu Christmas Cards at Kickstarter!
Special thanks to Wesley Slover for music from his album Impressions of the Miskatonic!
EXTRA special thanks to our reader, Rachel Lackey - check out Rachel Watches Star Trek!Next week: Out of the Deep
Episode 374 - The Werewolf of Paris - Part 1
Episode 374 - The Werewolf of Paris - Part 1
It's Werewolf History Month, and we’re taking on The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore!
Special thanks to our reader, Erwann G. Marshall!
We'll be back with more werewolf goodness next week!
Episode 370 - Ancient Sorceries - Part 1
Episode 370 - Ancient Sorceries - Part 1
Hey you crazy cats! We're back and covering Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood.
Special thanks to our reader - the one and only Greig Johnson!
Tune in to Rachel Watches Star Trek.
Get your hands on Fear Boys with Bugs.
Next week: MORE SORCERY!
Episode 366 - The Events at Poroth Farm - Part 1
Episode 366 - The Events at Poroth Farm - Part 1
We're winding up the summer with the T.E.D. Klein novella The Events at Poroth Farm - get into it!
Special thanks to our awesome guest, Ken Hite! Please check out and support his Kickstarter for Tour de Lovecraft: The Destinations!
Who was that reader? Why that was none other than Andrew Staton! Check him out in Clowntown!
We'll be back next week with more Poroth Farm - subscribe and tune in!