Bandcamp Friday!
Bandcamp Friday!
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Episode 436 – Beyond the Door
Episode 436 - Beyond the Door
This week, we're reviewing one of HPL's favorites: Beyond the Door by J. Paul Suter!
Fifer also really goes on about an article in The Cleveland Plain Dealer, as one does.
Special thanks to our reader, David Moore!
Next up: Men Without Bones
Episode 228 - Haita the Shepard
This week we jump back into some Ambrose Bierce with Haita the Shepard. It's a nice little swim.
NEXT WEEK: Seaton's Aunt by Walter De La Mare.
Episode 149 - The Man Who Went Too Far
Hey there folks - we're doing E.F. Benson's The Man Who Went Too Far.
Next week for subscribers... The Horla!
Episode 129 - The Signal-Man
We're back with a classic tale by Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man!
Special thanks to reader Marty Jopson, science bloke!
Next up: The Great God Pan
Episode 124 - The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society’s Time Machine
Listen in as Andrew Leman of The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society sketches in an outline of the 1890s, then colours it in with YELLOW!
Tune in next week for more Supernatural Horror in Literature!
Episode 119 - Special Thanks & Future Plans
We end this chapter of the podcast by answering some listener questions, reminiscing about the last three years and announcing what's next!
We'll be off next week and releasing a full reading of a Lovecraftian pulp story by Fifer on July 27th.
We kick off the next chapter of the podcast on August 2nd!
THANK YOU EVERYBODY!
Episode 118 - Lovecraft's Last Days and Legacy
Join us as we close out H.P. Lovecraft's personal story.
Most of the information in this show is from S.T. Joshi's H.P. Lovecraft: A Life. Thanks so much to Joshi for all of his research.
You can also watch Pickman's Song here.
Tune in next week when we talk about this show and preview what's up next!
Episode 117 - The Haunter of the Dark - Part 2
We conclude our coverage of The Haunter of the Dark, as well as our coverage of Lovecraft's stories.
This momentous episode is brought to you by The Muse of the Monstrous and Other Tales, a new collection of horror fiction by Stephen Jankiewicz.
Special thanks to Andrew Leman for all of his contributions over the past few years as well as this outstanding reading!
Like that opening jam? Check out Zeitgeist Zero!
And here's Robert E. Howard's biopic, The Whole Wide World.
Episode 115 - The Night Ocean
Vast and lonely is the ocean, and even as all things came from it, so shall they return thereto. In the shrouded depths of time none shall reign upon the earth, nor shall any motion be, save in the eternal waters. And these shall beat on dark shores in thunderous foam, though none shall remain in that dying world to watch the cold light of the enfeebled moon playing on the swirling tides and coarse-grained sand. On the deep’s margin shall rest only a stagnant foam, gathering about the shells and bones of perished shapes that dwelt within the waters. Silent, flabby things will toss and roll along empty shores, their sluggish life extinct. Then all shall be dark, for at last even the white moon on the distant waves shall wink out. Nothing shall be left, neither above nor below the sombre waters. And until that last millennium, as after it, the sea will thunder and toss throughout the dismal night.
--The Night Ocean, by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow
Episode 114 - In the Walls of Eryx
Get LOST In the Walls of Eryx!
Thanks to Steve Brewster for lending us his voice!
Music for this episode is from David Maurice Garrett's album Al Azif - available now for download!
Next week, The Night Ocean.
Episode 110 – Live Show Q & A
Join Chris and Chad back on April 4th with guests Andrew Leman, Corin Zero of Zeitgeist Zero, and Paul MacLean of Yog-sothoth.com for the special Question and Answer session at the end of the live show from April 4th. There might be a few hints to what's happening next with the HPLLP. MIGHT!
Then on the 28th of April Chris will be the Newcastle Travelling Man at 1:00 to sign and to do a talk at 3:00 about ‘Adapting Lovecraft.’ BE THERE!
If you're interested in buying a limited run poster from the live show, they are now available at ArmyOfCats.com!
We'll be back in two weeks with a TRIPLE-FEATURE: Till A’ the Seas, The Battle That Ended the Century and Collapsing Cosmoses
Episode 109 - The Challenge from Beyond - Part 2
Weren't able to make it to the live show in Leeds? Well, now you can hear it in all it's UNEDITED glory! Join Chris and Chad back on April 4th with guests Andrew Leman, Corin Zero of Zeitgeist Zero, and Paul MacLean of Yog-sothoth.com.
And if you're in London on 21st of April, come to the Comica Comic Book Convention and have Chris sign your Lovecraft Anthology: Vol 2 or ANYTHING else! And stick around for the Lovecraft Cabaret that evening where there will be movies, games, music and I.N.J. Culbard doing Lovecraftian Pictionary! The horror!
Then on the 28th of April Chris will be the Newcastle Travelling Man at 1:00 to sign and to do a talk at 3:00 about 'Adapting Lovecraft.' BE THERE!
Next week: The Challenge from Beyond - Part 3: The Q & A!
Episode 108 - The Challenge from Beyond - Part 1
Weren't able to make it to the live show in Leeds? Well, now you can hear it in all it's UNEDITED glory! Join Chris and Chad back on April 4th with guests Andrew Leman, Corin Zero of Zeitgeist Zero, and Paul MacLean of Yog-sothoth.com.
And if you're in York on 14th of April, come on down to the York Travelling Man and have Chris sign your Lovecraft Anthology: Vol 2 or ANYTHING else!
Next week: The Challenge from Beyond - Part 2!
Episode 95 – Through the Gates of the Silver Key
This week, Fifer and Lackey jump Through the Gates of the Silver Key and discover they are both aspects of the same archetype (along with Charo and Carrot Top) .
This week's reader is none other than the amazing Lance Holt!
Don't forget to pick up Reber Clark's excellent score for our Call of Cthulhu reading - available here now!
Next week: Winged Death!
Episode 83 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 7
TEKELI-LI!! It's the thrilling conclusion of At the Mountains of Madness!
We'll be back in two weeks with readings by cool cats Rachel Lackey and Heather Klinke, and then the week after that we're gonna splash into some summer madness with The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Special Thanks to Some Outstanding People:
I.N.J. Culbard for being a special guest - get his graphic novel adaptation here in the U.S. and here in the U.K.!
The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society for their patronage - you can pick up their radio drama adaptation here!
Reber Clark for his fantastic soundtrack, available for sale now!
Joe Fria for dropping some scary-great readings!
Have a great 4th of July everybody - see you in two weeks!
Episode 77 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 1
Don't heed the warnings - join us as we gear up on our expedition into the MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS!
Crew leaders include reader Joe Fria and musician Reber Clark!
Episode 74 - The Whisperer in Darkness - Part 1
We're back with an old favorite, The Whisperer in Darkness!
We're back with an old favorite, The Whisperer in Darkness!
Joining us on our journey into wild Vermont are guest Andrew Leman and reader Matt Foyer, a couple of the folks behind the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's film adaptation, playing at festivals now!
And that's not all - our show is accompanied by musical selections from the film, composed by none other than Troy Sterling Nies!
P.S. - if you haven't caught our pilot/short film The Ward yet, you can see it here!
The Ward
The Ward
Hey folks - we'll be back next week with The Whisperer in Darkness, but in the meantime, you can check out our Lovecraftian sitcom pilot, The Ward!
We've just posted in on YouTube in glorious HD. The channel is here!