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The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast has been creating podcasts and audio productions since 2009! Each week, hosts Chad Fifer and Chris Lackey discuss a piece of weird fiction. Our 120 initial shows on the works of H.P. Lovecraft are all FREE, and we continue to produce one free show at the top of every month. You can hear the three remaining shows as well as two bonus monthly shows by subscribing on PATREON!

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    Strange Studies of Strange Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023


    Episode 598 - Ramsey Campbell Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022


    We're joined for a discussion of strange stories by a very special guest, legendary author Ramsey Campbell!

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    Episode 594 - Child's Play

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022


    We're giving the treatment to Child's Play by Villy Sorensen, the first selection from Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me, edited by Ramsey Campbell.

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    Episode 590 - Jerry Jarvis's Wig

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022


    Episode 586 - I Am Legend - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022


    Episode 582 - The Werewolf of Ponkert - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022


    We're welcoming the werewolves of Weird Tales with 1925's The Werewolf of Ponkert!

    Episode 578 - The Master of Rampling Gate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022


    We're stepping over the threshold of 2022 and having a drink with The Master of Rampling Gate by Anne Rice!

    Episode 574 - Nutcracker and Mouse-King - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021


    Join us as we march into the strange world of Nutcracker and Mouse-King by E.T.A. Hoffman!

    Episode 570 - Concerning Corinna

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021


    We're shrieking into a month of SCARY FAIRIES with Concerning Corinna by James Branch Cabell, and we're joined by special guest Ken Hite!

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    THE COLOSSUS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021


    The Colossus was written, directed, and scored by Chad Fifer, with additional audio production by Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions and is based on the short story "The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark  Ashton Smith.

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    Episode 567 - The Hospice - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021


    Join us as we finish up our conversation with writer/director Jeremy Dyson on Robert Aickman's story The Hospice!

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    Episode 566 - The Hospice - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021


    We are thrilled to be joined by writer/director Jeremy Dyson to discuss the brilliant author Robert Aickman and his story The Hospice.

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    Episode 562 – Fat Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 39:44


    Episode 562 - Fat Face Listen on Patreon Patton Oswalt returns to help us size up the Michael Shea classic FAT FACE! Warning: some language and themes not appropriate for younger listeners. Mr. Cannyharme: A Novel of Lovecraftian Terror is available in paperback/kindle or as a limited hardcover. Grab more great stuff at Hippocampus Press! Outro music: Night Creeps by Pitch Black Manor 

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    Episode 562 - Fat Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021


    Patton Oswalt returns to help us size up the Michael Shea classic FAT FACE!

    Episode 558 – The Sandman – Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 37:10


    Episode 558 - The Sandman - Part One Listen on Patreon We're here to lull you into some NIGHTMARES with E.T.A. Hoffmann's weird classic The Sandman! Don't forget to pick up YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE by author J.R. Hamantaschen! Special thanks to reader Levi Nunez of Loot the Body! This episode features Harp Quintet in C Minor by E.T.A. Hoffman as performed by Beethoven Trio Ravensburg. And PRE-ORDERS BEGIN at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT for Pitch Black Manor's new album Night Creeps, featuring the track from the end of the episode: HEATWAVE - exclusive merchandise - don't miss out!

    Episode 558 - The Sandman - Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021


    We're here to lull you into some NIGHTMARES with E.T.A. Hoffmann's weird classic The Sandman!

    Episode 555 – Ooze – Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 29:31


    Episode 555 - Ooze - Part One Listen on Patreon We're taking a dip in some OOZE by Anthony M. Rud - climb in! Special thanks to our reader: PHOOLE! Explore the Phooliverse! Next up: MORE OOZE!

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    Episode 554 – The Monster Maker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 35:55


    Episode 554 - The Monster Maker Listen on Patreon Our month of creature creators begins with The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury! Special thanks to our reader and STILL MOST FAMOUS Miss Trans New England, Lorelai Erisis! Tune in at the end for the new single by Pitch Black Manor - HELLIONS! The new album NIGHT CREEPS will release 8/13, with pre-orders beginning this month - STAY TUNED! Next up: OOZE by Anthony M. Rud

    Episode 554 - The Monster Maker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021


    Our month of creature creators begins with The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury!

    THE COLOSSUS: Chapter One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 17:21


    THE COLOSSUS: Chapter One Listen on Patreon The movie event of the summer begins! Tune in for our souped-up staged reading of THE COLOSSUS: Chapter One - The Flight of the Necromancer! Special thanks to Viking Guitar Productions - you can purchase OBLITERATOR at Bandcamp and watch it be rocked into life on YouTube! Subsequent chapters will be available twice a month for CULTIST subscribers - CHAPTER TWO will be out on the 30th! THE COLOSSUS: CHAPTER ONE - THE FLIGHT OF THE NECROMANCER Produced by HPPodcraft - Strange Studies of Strange Stories Based on "The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith Written, Directed and Scored by Chad Fifer Additional Production and Scoring by Erik Peabody / Viking Guitar Productions Cast: Andrew Leman as THE MOVIE Megan Austin Oberle as Mrs. Daring Scott MacDonell as Mr. Daring Chris Lackey as The Angry Dad Joshua Bentley as The Naysayer Levi Nunez as The Custodian Bill Sebastian as The Cleric Hal Lublin as The Apothecary Chad Fifer as The Enchanter and Gaspard Heather Klinke as Aggie and Jaime Andrews as Istarelle

    Episode 550 – The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 33:46


    Episode 550 - The Shadow Listen on Patreon We didn't ghost ya - YET! We're back with The Shadow by Edith Nesbit! Special thanks to reader Rachel Ford - check out her new podcast FINDING ME AGAIN! And if you want to grab this story and lots of other great weird, go to Oldstyle Tales Press!

    Episode 550 - The Shadow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021


    We didn't ghost ya - YET! We're back with The Shadow by Edith Nesbit!

    Episode 546 – Empire of the Necromancers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 29:07


    Episode 546 - Empire of the Necromancers Listen on Patreon A month of sword-and-sorcery stories kicks off with Clark Ashton Smith's Empire of the Necromancers! Special thanks to reader Levi Nunez - check out LOOT THE BODY at Bandcamp! Next up: The Sunken Land by Fritz Leiber

    Episode 546 - Empire of the Necromancers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021


    A month of sword-and-sorcery stories kicks off with Clark Ashton Smith's Empire of the Necromancers!

    Episode 542 – Black Destroyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 34:51


    Episode 542 - Black Destroyer Listen on Patreon A month of sci-fi monster weirdness kicks off with Black Destroyer by A.E. van Vogt! Special thanks to reader George Woodruff! Check out our bonus episode on Alien. Next up: The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis 

    Episode 542 - Black Destroyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021


    A month of sci-fi monster weirdness kicks off with Black Destroyer by A.E. van Vogt!

    Episode 538 – Vengeance by Proxy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 30:16


    Episode 538 - Vengeance by Proxy Listen on Patreon We are joined by writer Jamie Brittain as we kick off March is for Draculas with the John Wyndham story Vengeance by Proxy! Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Next up: The Man Upstairs by Ray Bradbury

    Episode 538 - Vengeance by Proxy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021


    We are joined by writer Jamie Brittain as we kick off March is for Draculas with the John Wyndham story Vengeance by Proxy!

    Episode 534 – Candide – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 31:04


    Episode 534 - Candide - Part 1 Listen on Patreon The best of all possible podcrafts takes on the best of all possible books: CANDIDE by Voltaire! Special thanks to our reader Levi Nunez. Check out Loot the Body! Next up: More Candide Madness!

    Episode 534 - Candide - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021


    The best of all possible podcrafts takes on the best of all possible books: CANDIDE by Voltaire!

    Episode 530 – The Colossus of Ylourgne – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 27:51


    Episode 530 - The Colossus of Ylourgne - Part 1 Listen on Patreon Happy New Year! We're starting it off right with The Colossus of Ylourgne by Clark Ashton Smith! Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman!  Music for this episode is by Troy Sterling Nies from the Music of Dark Adventure collection - BUY IT NOW! Fifer was not joking about adapting this as a film - the script is halfway done and we will adapt it to audio for you all this year! Check out 1925's Wizard of Oz! Next up: More Ylourgne - and hell, let's do Averoigne stories all month! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

    Episode 530 - The Colossus of Ylourgne - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021


    Happy New Year! We're starting it off right with The Colossus of Ylourgne by Clark Ashton Smith!

    Episode 526 – The Turn of the Screw – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 31:56


    Episode 526 - The Turn of the Screw - Part 1 Listen on Patreon We're kicking off holiday ghost-story season with the Henry James classic THE TURN OF THE SCREW! Special thanks to readers Greig Johnson and Rachel Lackey!

    Episode 526 - The Turn of the Screw - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020


    We're kicking off holiday ghost-story season with the Henry James classic THE TURN OF THE SCREW!

    Episode 522 – Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 30:25


    Episode 522 - Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory Listen on Patreon We're kicking off a whole month of delicious Saki and we're starting with the hits - it's Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory! Special thanks to reader Dylan Hoover, a node in the Tulpa Hivemind! Next up: Gabriel-Ernest and The Music on the Hill 

    Episode 522 - Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020


    We're kicking off a whole month of delicious Saki and we're starting with the hits - it's Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory!

    Episode 518 – The Hound of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 32:26


    Episode 518 - The Hound of Death Listen on Patreon Special thanks to patron Stewart Huntsman, who put us on the scent of The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie! Music from this episode is by Repairer of Reputations from the new album Millvale '02! And while you're grabbing that, don't forget your Halloween soundtrack MONSTER CLASSICS! Extra special thanks to reader Kayla Murphy! Next up: Christie's The Call of Wings 

    Episode 518 - The Hound of Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020


    Special thanks to patron Stewart Huntsman, who put us on the scent of The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie!

    Episode 514 – The Picture of Dorian Gray – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 39:17


    Episode 514 - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part 1 Listen on Patreon It's finally time to unveil THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde! We're joined by a special guest - television writer and Skins creator Jamie Brittain! Exquisite thanks to reader Greig Johnson! Music in this episode: Ballade No.1 Op.23 by Chopin and In the Dark by Bix Beiderbecke.

    Episode 514 - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020


    It's finally time to unveil THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde!

    Episode 510 – The Aquarium

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 31:47


    Episode 510 - The Aquarium Listen on Patreon In honor of the new HBO show, we're plunging back into Lovecraft country with the mythos story The Aquarium by Carl Jacobi. We read this story in Tales of the Lovecraft Mythos. Special thanks to our reader Heather Klinke! Next Up: O, Christmas Tree by W.H. Pugmire and Jessica Amanda Salmonson

    Episode 510 - The Aquarium

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020


    In honor of the new HBO show, we're plunging back into Lovecraft country with the mythos story The Aquarium by Carl Jacobi.

    Bandcamp Friday!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 1:01


    Bandcamp Friday! TODAY ONLY, Bandcamp is waiving their fees in support of artists hit hard by the pandemic. That means that when you buy MONSTER CLASSICS today - 100% of your purchase will go to making rent on the Manor. You can get it now at http://pitchblackmanor.bandcamp.com for $7 (or more if you’re feeling generous). We appreciate each and every monstrous sale! Reviews from listeners: “...a big, spooky ball of fun”  “...like delicious sugary monster breakfast cereal for my ears…” “…delicious pitch black gothy screaming Halloween fun! I love this album." JOIN US and thank you for your time! Sincerely, Pitch Black Manor

    Episode 506 – Queen of the Black Coast – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 32:59


    Episode 506 - Queen of the Black Coast - Part 1 Listen on Patreon THEW-LY kicks off with the Conan classic Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard! Special thanks to our reader - Joshua Bentley! Catch him singing here in the new video for Just Another Werewolf Love Song! Email pitchblackmanor@gmail.com to be notified first when Monster Classics releases later this month! Next up: More CONAN!

    Episode 506 - Queen of the Black Coast - Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020


    THEW-LY kicks off with the Conan classic Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard!

    Episode 502 – Sticks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 36:39


    Episode 502 - Sticks Listen on Patreon Join us as we gather up our thoughts on Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner, available in The Book of Cthulhu 2! Special thanks to our reader, Erik Peabody – audio producer extraordinaire! Check out his goods and services at vikingguitar.com. And if you dig Going Down by PITCH BLACK MANOR, get early access to their upcoming album MONSTER CLASSICS - email us at PitchBlackManor@gmail.com! Next up: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

    Episode 502 - Sticks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020


    Join us as we gather up our thoughts on Sticks by Karl Edward Wagner, available in The Book of Cthulhu 2!

    Episode 500!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 34:41


    Episode 500! Listen on Patreon We've put together a very special variety show to honor our milestone podcast, featuring guests Kenneth Hite, Grieg Johnson, Heather Klinke, Rachel Lackey, and... Andrew Leman? Featuring the voice talents of Levi Nunez and Chris Sarandon! And for the first time in 25 years, a world premiere performance by the greatest goth band of all time, PITCH BLACK MANOR!! For early access to their upcoming album MONSTER CLASSICS - email us at PitchBlackManor@gmail.com!

    Episode 500!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020


    We've put together a very special variety show to honor our milestone podcast, featuring guests Kenneth Hite, Grieg Johnson, Heather Klinke, Rachel Lackey, and... Andrew Leman?

    Bonus 25 - Manimal Pilot

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020


    We're having a look at the pilot for 80s action show Manimal, and it's pretty scary!!

    Lying Vincent Price - Commencement Speech 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020


    It's graduation weekend and everybody's getting in on the action!

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