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Episode 467 - The Loved Dead
Episode 467 - The Loved Dead
Join us as we delicately and <gulp> lovingly examine The Loved Dead by C.M. Eddy and H.P. Lovecraft!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman of the AMAZING LEMANS!
Next up: ASHES
Episode 466 - The Battery
Episode 466 - The Battery
Patton Oswalt returns to help us connect with the Michael Shea story The Battery!
Warning: some language and themes not appropriate for younger listeners.
Can’t get an affordable copy of Copping Squid? Check out Demiurge: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Shea!
Next up: The Loved Dead by C.M. Eddy and H.P. Lovecraft!
Episode 462 - The Invisible Man - Part 1
Episode 462 - The Invisible Man - Part 1
We're back at long last! It's The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells!
Audio will improve throughout the month...
Thanks to reader Greig Johnson. Listen to Dr. Snake and the Snake Doctors!
AND MEET US AT NECRONOMICON! We have a live show on Saturday at Noon, and then a party at 8:30 PM the same night! GET INTO IT!
Episode 458 - The Pool
Episode 458 - The Pool
Patton Oswalt is back to talk Michael Shea in the summer party classic The Pool!
Warning: some language and themes not appropriate for younger listeners.
Don't forget to pick up your copies of The Ghost Box and The Ghost Box II from Hingston and Olsen! You deserve it!
Can't get an affordable copy of Copping Squid? Check out Demiurge: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Shea!
Next up this month: On the Slab by Harlan Ellison
Bonus 14 - Alien
Bonus 14 - Alien
Tune in as we discuss the 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien!
Coming soon: The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson!
Episode 454 - The Screwfly Solution
Episode 454 - The Screwfly Solution
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.
Episode 450 - Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Episode 450 - Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Patton Oswalt joins us once again to discuss the Michael Shea porno-revenge tale Nemo Me Impune Lacessit!
Warning: some language and themes not appropriate for younger listeners.
Can't get an affordable copy of Copping Squid? Check out Demiurge: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Shea!
Next Up: The Novel of the White Powder
Episode 446 - In Amundsen's Tent
Episode 446 - In Amundsen's Tent
Join us as we take a peek In Amundsen's Tent by John Martin Leahy!
Special thanks to our reader, Edward E. French. Listen to a full reading of this story on his YouTube page: Fiction Fantastique!
Don't forget to pick up the Merkabah Rider books by Edward M. Erdelac - available in print or ebook!
Here's that Bob Gay analysis of this story on Famous (and Forgotten) Fiction!
And tune into BBC America tonight to watch the Lackeys host a Spock-a-Thon!
Next up: The Bells of Oceana
Episode 442 - A Rose for Emily
Episode 442 - A Rose for Emily
Join us as we chat about William Faulkner's classic story A Rose for Emily!
Special thanks to our reader K.J. Middlebrooks!
Next up: The House of Sounds by M.P. Shiel
Bonus 9 - Asperger's Syndrome & Lovecraft's Universe
Bonus 9 - Asperger's Syndrome & Lovecraft's Universe
Join us as we interview independent scholar Lars G. Backstrom, who walks us through his own experiences with Asperger's syndrome and relates them to Lovecraft's characters and universe.
Learn more about Auticon, the firm that exclusively hires employees on the autistic spectrum.
Comments show coming this week!
Episode 434 - The Night Wire
Episode 434 - The Night Wire
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.
Next up: The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner
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!