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Hosted by Tim Mendees and Rob Poyton of the Innsmouth Book Club, Strange Shadows is a fortnightly podcast devoted to the weird fiction of Clark Ashton Smith. One of the Trinity of Weird Tales authors, Smith, alongside Lovecraft and Howard, redefined cosmi

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    SS3 027 CAS Reviews

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 22:56


    Send us a textTim runs through some reviews of Smith's work from the likes of HPL, August Derleth, Lillith Loraine, & Benjamin De Casseres.Download MP3Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    SS3 026 Mailbag

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 58:55


    Send us a textSeason Three concludes with a deep delve into the mailbag. We talk scientifiction, genres, editorial mishaps, Benjamin De Casseres, our favourite Old One, and how to spell Chthuhlhuh.A Cyclopean thanks to all our readers, patrons, and listeners for supporting us - Season Four will commence after we return from a short break in Averoigne.Download MP3Emperor of Shadows essay            Hippocampus Press      Star Spawn PaintingIBC Bonus Patron Episode - Our Lady of Darkness Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    SS3 025 Season Three Wrap Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 64:10


    Send us a textOur Auburn correspondent Nils Hedglin joins us for a look back at Season Three. We talk favourite words and stories, least favourite story, Strange Shadows Bingo, Auburn, CAS going to  church, and Goat Rock. Plus an exclusive end of season quiz!Download MP3     Nils' CAS blog           Quiz Q&A         Strange Shadows Bingo CardWormingford Dragon WindowSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    SS3 024 The God of the Asteroid

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 95:27


    Send us a textDavid D. Perlmutter joins us for our final story of Season 3 - The God of the Asteroid. We talk art vs commerce, the perils of space travel, SETI, U-boats, writing advice and the English class system in space.Reader: James LovegroveFavourite words: selenite, pestiferous, phasmidae, cryptogamous, serrateDonwload MP3Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 61:19


    Subscriber-only episodeSend us a textWe read and discuss poems from both Clark Ashton Smith and a writer very influenced by him - WH Pugmire.  Twilight of the Gods, Amithaine,  The Departed City,  The Remorse of the Dead, The Outre Violinist, Destruction, Muse.Download MP3Innsmouth Excursion - Fotheringay CastleContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    SS3 023 The Colossus of Ylourgne Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 69:03


    Send us a textWe are joined by our friends from 30+Minutes with HPL podcast  to conclude our look at Smith's classic tale of necromantic vengeance, the Colossus of Ylourgne. We chat  Ikea, wicker men, Bond villains, Universal movie castings, Talos and Dungeons and Dragons.Download MP3 Alfredo; A Tragedy audio drama       The Colossus by HPLLPSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    SS3 022 The Colossus of Ylourgne Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 52:23


    Send us a textWe are joined by our friends from 30+Minutes with HPL podcast for a look at Smith's classic tale of necromantic vengeance, the Colossus of Ylourgne. In Part 1 we chat medieval news, ghoulish iniquities, end times, Bosch and Bruegel, and Rob reveals the new best historical name ever.Reader: Ramsey CampbellFavourite words: invultation, omening, horripilation, moiety, athanor, welkin, energumen, Ialdobaoth.Download MP3Ramsey Campbell In Innsmouth        Alfredo; A Tragedy audio dramaSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    SS3 021 The Supernumerary Corpse

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 67:38


    Send us a textWe delve into Smith's tale of jealousy and poison, The Supernumerary Corpse.  We talk poisoners, Margrave, choice insults, bumble bees and Theatre of Blood. Plus listener correspondence.Reader: James ConradFavourite words: usufruct, perspicacity, cupidity, stertorous, irremeable.Download MP330+ Minutes with HPL PodcastSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books Innsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky PatreonTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

    SS3 020 The Plutonian Drug

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 85:28


    Join us for a jaunt through space and time with a pinch of Smith's The Plutonian Drug. We talk Farquar, LSD, romantic poets, Pluto, Banshee Chapter,  and time travel -  and meet Shamanic Basil!Reader: Shelley de CruzFavourite words: eloignment, syncope, decrescent, colloid, petrific, discorporateDownload MP3Abstract Eye  ftr Don Airey  Monster in My Bed PodcastSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 71:25


    Subscriber-only episodeWe look at one of Smith's poetry anthologies and read and discuss six poems. Song of the Necromancer, Warning, Harlot of the World, The Dark Chateau, Exorcism and Zothique.Download MP3Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Xmas Reading 7 - Selected Poems

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 9:15


    Robert Poyton reads a selection of poems - Nyaghoggua by Robert AW LowndesTo Clark Ashton Smith by HP LovecraftThe Winter Moonlight by Clark Ashton SmithThe Eldritch One by Pauline BrookerZothique by Clark Ashton SmithThe Outsider's Song  and Muse  by WH PugmireDownload MP3Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Xmas Reading 6 - Christmas with the Lovecraft Circle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 26:38


    Join Tim in the Ye Olde Innsmouth Bookshop for a delve into the correspondence between the circle at Festival Time and any seasonal works they may have put out. Includes a reading of Christmas poems by H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, R.H. Barlow, & Clark Ashton Smith, along with various greeting cards and letters. Tim also inflicts a selection of Innsmouth cracker jokes upon us... you have been warned...Download MP3Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 019 The Double Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 75:44


    Join us in Poseidonis for Smith's classic story of creeping terror, The Double Shadow. We chat rituals, King Kull, fart machines, The Double Shadow podcast, fear and loathing, and Rob unleashes his best mummy impression. Plus listener feedback and news of ILF 25!Favourite words: orichalchum, triremes, seines, samite, byssus, purulence, infrangible, thuribles.Reader:  CJ HooperDownload MP3Double Shadow podcast   Leslie Nielsen   Top Five Lovecraft FilmsSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 18 Ubbo-Sathla

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 84:14


    Join us in the primordial ooze as we discuss Smith's mythos classic, Ubbo-Sathla! We talk conspiracy theories, Poe, Mu and Thule, Azathoth and Rob's trip to Averoigne.Reader: Matthew Wood, Edwyrdian TalesFavourite Words: dinornis, vermiculated, recherche, demiurge, inveigle, calamite, cicads.Download MP3IBC95 - Talking Lovecraft       Averoigne Photos Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 017 The Second Interment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 68:44


    We pay tribute to the late Scott Connors before discussing one of Smith's more gruesome tales, The Second Interment. We chat Poe, premature burial, the SPPBBA, Magbane, yew trees, pallbearers and Tim gives us his best Skeksis impression.Favourite words: mordant, dolorous, syncope, Aeonian, stertorous, infra-mundane.Download MP3Nils Hedglin zine     Good Friends of Jackson Elias   30+ Minutes with HPL The Misktaonic Scale   Rawlinson End      Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 55:44


    Subscriber-only episodeWe read and discuss six of Smith's poems -  Shadow of Nightmare, Kingdom of Shadows, The Witch with Eyes of Amber, November, To Howard Philips Lovecraft, and HPL. We talk nuns, silent movies, autumn, August Derleth, funerals, and Pnath.Download MP3Kingdom of Shadows documentary Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 16 The Seed from the Sepulcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 87:13


    Our Auburn correspondent Nils Hedglin joins us to discuss a tale of botanical body horror! We talk sepulchers, the Moody Blues, plant people, occult sign-offs and discover Strange Shadows Bingo!Favourite words: Lianas, sanious, epyphitic, etiolated, impedimenta, baleful, loquaciousGuest reader James ConradDownload MP3Strange Shadows Bingo    Pingu's The Thing    Richard Corben  Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 45:20


    Subscriber-only episodeTim and Rob chat with the Innmsouth Literary Festival 24 Guest of Honour, Charles StrossCharles StrossContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 015 The Empire of the Necromancers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 76:12


    Join us in far-future Zothique as we discuss The Empire of the Necromancers! We talk magic circles, cocaine, Benny Hill, D&D, Frankenstein, and give a brief history of necromancy. Plus HPL at the cinema, listener feedback and the answer to how skeletons communicate...Guest reader:  David D Perlmutter Favourite words:  contumelious, lich, arrogate, sere, dubitableDownload MP3Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 014 The Immortals of Mercury

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 107:19


    We are joined by David D Perlmutter to discuss CAS' Immortals of Mercury. We chat editors, art vs commerce, Smith's vocabulary, alien morality, RPGs, dreams, creative writing and Ropey Kelp.Favourite words: Mazeppa, libration, rugate, noctilucent, salamandrineDownload MP3 Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS Reading 2 Three Poems by CAS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 4:38


    Rob Poyton reads Artemis, The Return of Hyperion, and The Sea-Gods.  Download MP3Music by Innsmouth GoldSupport the Show.Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 51:35


    Subscriber-only episodeTim and Rob field Patron questions about CAS and about themselves! We talk favourite stories, Smith's saucy verse, vocabulary, inspirations and The Fugs.Download MP3Key of Dreams   Isle of the Torturer        The Fugs     Jeff VandermeerContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 013 The Invisible City

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 90:30


    Join us for a trek into the desert as we search for The Invisible City. We chat dodgy publishers, Genghis Khan,  Aurora monster kits, Star Trek, alien pets, goth cybermen and fountain pens.Guest reader:  Nigel WatsonDownload MP3Tailes from the CryptkeeperDreamer on the Nightside IBC Bonus EpisodeSupport the Show.Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3012 The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 48:03


    We plunge back into Hyperborea with one of Smith's most published stories. We talk the word weird, world building, snakes, Venus fly trap and Gibbelins.Favourite words: acidulous, obstreperous, chatoyance, fugacity, retiarii, unctuous, oleaginous.Guest reader: David CartwrightDownload MP3 hereSupport the Show.Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 011 A Vintage From Atlantis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 58:46


    Join us on the high seas for a discussion on Smith's pirate yarn, A Vintage From Atlantis. We talk Captain Kidd, the Jolly Roger, pirate films, heists, beach parties, Atlantean hangovers, plus Smith's saucy letters!Favourite words: Rechabite, Amontillado, panakins, slumdegullions, coistrelWe had a few technical difficulties in recording, so the audio is a little "hissy" in places.Download MP3Full Fathom Five        The Black SwanSupport the Show.Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 52:22


    Subscriber-only episodeCAS enthusiast and  Sacramento resident Nils Hedglin joins us  for some unique insight into  Smith's home town. We chat local history, Auburn tours,  landscape, flora and fauna,  Smith's sculptures,  Howard Days, and more.  Clark Ashton Smithery                             Spiral Tower Press TriAPA The Leopard Lily         Howard Days           The Garden of Fear Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 10 The Boiling Point

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 36:37


    Tim delves into Dawnward Spire, Lonely Hill, to bring us the story of an argument that raged in the letters column of  The Fantasy Fan fanzine... vintage flame wars!Download MP3Support the Show.Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

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    SS3 09 The Nameless Offspring

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 79:23


    Smith goes all Lovecraft with this tale of dark family secrets at Tremoth Hall. We talk the Necronomicon, inference, disappointment rooms, the ideal Goth night out, Slough and more.Favourite words: adyta, dubiety, ululation, sough.Download MP3Support the Show.Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 08 The Demon of the Flower

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 73:58


    Smith goes full technicolour in this episode's story, the Demon of the Flower. We talk fan wars, triffids, pigeons, invasive plants, Bowie and weird pets. Plus news from  Auburn!Reader:  Gavin  ChappellFavourite words: turgescent, phylacteries, sacerdotalism, addorsed, tutelary, cockadrillsDownload MP3Richard Corben CAS          Nils' Blog             Rollright StonesSupport the Show.Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 07 The Eternal World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 68:19


    We blast off into the cosmos again with a Smithian epic, The Eternal World. We talk time travel, Yes album covers, alien abduction, eyes on tentacles and architectural piles.Favourite words: arachanidan, televisic, irruption, Brobdingnagian, monition, Laocun,Reader: Alexandra BeaumontDownload MP3Wonder Stories       Martin's Photos Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 Ep 6 The Vaults of Yoh Vombis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 86:57


    We return to Mars for a top tier Smith story, The Vaults of Yoh Vombis. We chat atmosphere, hats, Star Trek, health & safety, Dr Who, mummies and vampires and Billy Connolly.Reader: Shelley de CruzFavourite words: teocalis, gneissic, tabu, filiate, adumbration, turgescent.Download MP3The Miskatonic Scale                LOG Cavern GuideSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 72:41


    Subscriber-only episodeWe cover Smith's one and only play, a necromantic tale set in Zothique! We talk Samuel Loveman, cuckolds, garottes, Zothique and Lieutenant Pigeon.Favourite words: all of them!Download MP3Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 05 The Seedling of Mars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 80:10


    This episode we cover a CAS tale with a unique genesis  - The Seedling of Mars. We talk 50s sci fi, space food, san loss, G-force and biblical floodsFavourite words: piliated, telluric, pereration, refection, inchoate, promulgated, ultrasensationalReader: Peter LawsDownload MP3  Other Side of the Moon coverSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 04 Beyond the Singing Flame

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2024 90:25


    This episode we cover a rare direct sequel with Beyond the Singing Flame. We talk the rules of writing, liminal spaces, wormholes, proprioception and find a record number of band names in just one sentence. Reader: Stef HoyleFavourite words: veridical, contiguous, madder, fortalice, scoriac, empyrianSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 03 The Maker of Gargoyles

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2024 93:08


    We return to Averoigne, to discuss The Maker of Gargoyles. We talk Le Stryge, gargoyles and grotesques, Derleth, endings, genius loci, clowns and Rob attempts to speak French.Favourite words: grotesqueries, aspergillus, peregrinations, catafelque, potationsReader:  Shelley de Cruz of Graveheart DesignsDownload MP3Phlegethon the band   Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 02 The Holiness of Azédarac

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2024 69:36


    Our study of Volume Three of the Night Shade Press series begins with The Holiness of Azédarac. We talk medieval naughtiness, Deep Purple, Moloch, jouissance, James Branch Cabell and sequels.Reader - John Houlihan of ModiphiusFavourite words -  aspirate, missals, Erebean turpitude, bituminious, sable vans, lubriciousnessDownload MP3Les Edwards - Bishop of Ximes            Appendix N Podcast  Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS3 01 The Emperor of Dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 75:56


    Season Three opens with a look at the 2018 CAS documentary, The Emperor of Dreams.  We chat influence, Carnegie, libraries, rude trees, drugs, Crater Ridge, outsiders and adaptations.Download MP3Hippocampus PressSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 60:49


    Subscriber-only episodeTim and Rob chat holiday viewing - including the Ghost Story for Christmas - interesting presents, plans for 2024 and video games.Download MP3Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Xmas Reading - A Prehistory of Tsathoggua

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 9:19


    We read an extract from Dawnward Spire, Lonely Hill, in which Lovecraft  relates to Smith something of the prehistory of the mysterious toad god, TsathogguaDownload MP3Hippocampus PressSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS Season 2 Wrap Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2023 68:44


    Tim and Rob look back over Season 2 and choose our favourite words and stories.  Plus chat about prequels,  dinosaur bones,  letters to Weird Tales, second-hand bookshops and gyroscopes.Download MP3Innsmouth Excursions  -  Plymouth Barbican      MR James Country   WoolpitVoluminous PodcastSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS2 Ep14 The Hunters From Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 87:50


    We reach the final story in Vol 2 of the Night Shade set, and what a great one to round off Season 2! We talk Goya, bookshops, purple, reincarnation, and HPL sitting on the dock of the bay...Reader: Shelley de Cruz  Graveheart DesignsFavourite words: atelier, adumbration, nympholepsy, toque, animadversionsDownload MP3Goya's The FolliesPlymouth Barbican Innsmouth Excursion                     Innsmouth Gold StoreSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS2 Ep13 - The Letter From Mohaun Los

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2023 86:58


    Join us as we  plunge into the depths of time and space with more scientifiction from CAS.  We talk railroading, Dr Who, petrol pumps, outer space, Kagemusha and robot wars.Favourite words: emmets, pismires, luridities, hispid, mitrailleuse, concertionsGuest reader:  Mike MasonDownload MP3Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories         Voluminous PodcastSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 32:10


    Subscriber-only episodeTim and Rob chat to the wonderful Ramsey CampbellDownload MP3 YoutubeContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS2 E12 A Captivity in Serpens

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2023 98:27


    This episode we  continue the ether-ship Alcyone's five year mission with a look at Smith's longest story, A Capitivity in Serpens.  We chat action vs character, aliens,  space westerns, creepy forests, Star Trek and Star wars and West Ham vs Man Utd...Guest reader: Shelley de Cruz  Graveheart DesignsFavourite words: spraddling, nacreous, aerophytes, annelids, bouleversement, farinaceousDownload MP3Appendix N podcast             The Great Ferry Battle of 1986Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 49:41


    Subscriber-only episodeFrom Innsmouth Literary Festival 2023Chair -  Rob PoytonPanel -  Zoe Burgess-Foreman, Mike Mason, Tom Campbell, TL WiswellDownload MP3YoutubeContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 40:05


    Subscriber-only episodeFrom Innsmouth Literary Festival 20203Chair -    Tim MendeesPanel -  Simon Bleaken, Anna Smith Spark, David Hambling, Alexandra Beaumont, Paul FrickerDownload MP3Watch on YoutubeContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    S2 E11 The Testament of Athammaus

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 83:40


    Athammaus,  Athammaus, oh oh... Tim and Rob return to Hyperborea and discover the reason for the fall of Commorium. We talk executions and executioners,  cannibalism,  dreams, and discover a word that rhymes with Dracula.Reader: Greig JohnsonFavourite words: fulvous, contumelious, alabastine, exudation, maugreDownload MP3Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS Reading 1 Three Poems by CAS

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 7:49


    Rob Poyton reads In the Desert,  Sinbad It Was Not Well to Brag, and Revenant.Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS2 10 City of the Singing Flame & The Good Embalmer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2023 87:27


    We cover two stories, the classic City of the Singing Flame, and The Good Embalmer. We chat geology, Freud, Star Trek, Dr Who, the London Underground, J Vernon Shea and discover just who is Randy Candle. Guest reader Mark Griffin 30 Minutes+ with HP Lovecraft podcastFavourite words: scoriac, pursy, Anakim, abdominous, jocose, rubicund.Download MP3COTSF artwork    Randy CandleSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2023 69:42


    Subscriber-only episodeWe take a look at the only three CAS screen adaptations we know of - Return of the Sorcerer, from Night Gallery.  Mother of Toads from Richard Stanley. And The Last Incantation from Lurker Films.Download MP3PGTCM Andrew Migliore interviewContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

    SS209 The Return of the Sorcerer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 100:46


    We are joined by David, Mark and Richard of 30 Minutes+ with HP Lovecraft podcast to discuss a Smithian classic, Return of the Sorcerer. We talk Alone in the Dark, alternate endings, body parts, rugs, good vibrations, rugs, will power,  carrion booty and rugs.This episode was sponsored by the Auburn Rug Emporium.Guest reader:  Jeff Goad. Appendix N Book Club Favourite words: incubi, recrudescence, aquilinity,  manifold cleavage, and oudine.Download MP3Dragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comInnsmouth Literary FestivalNight Shade Books Facebook Youtube PatreonDragon's Teeth Gaming ChannelTim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Graveheart Designs

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