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The second and concluding part of Arthur Machen's "The Green Book," excerpted from the longer work, "The White People." A young woman has had extraordinary experiences in the Welsh countryside, and now reflects on stories she was told by her nurse and strange rituals she was introduced to. Are these all childish musings, or do they hint at something bigger and darker? Part 2 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second and concluding part of Arthur Machen's "The Green Book," excerpted from the longer work, "The White People." A young woman has had extraordinary experiences in the Welsh countryside, and now reflects on stories she was told by her nurse and strange rituals she was introduced to. Are these all childish musings, or do they hint at something bigger and darker? Part 2 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone, this is a Zero episode of an upcoming project David Heath and DB Spitzer are working on. It is an exploration of the sources of Warhammer 40,000, and their sources. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 23 bonus episodes 1-25 1 The Imperium of Man Dune, Foundation, Roman Empire in space, religious dystopias Edward Gibbon, imperial decline literature, medieval Christendom, future-history fiction 2 Space Marines Starship Troopers, action-movie super soldiers, power armor, comic-book warriors Heinlein military SF, crusading orders, Spartan myth, warrior monks, fascist hero imagery 3 Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard World War movies, Starship Troopers, British war comics, doomed infantry stories H. G. Wells future-war fiction, Kipling, trench literature, boys' military papers, pulp battlefield fiction 4 Adeptus Mechanicus Metropolis, cyberpunk machine cults, mad scientists, techno-priests Gernsback invention fiction, H. G. Wells, Frankenstein, lost-technology stories, mad-science pulp 5 Adepta Sororitas / Ecclesiarchy Hammer horror, warrior nuns, Joan of Arc cinema, witchfinder movies Gothic novels, martyr stories, saint legends, witch-trial pamphlets, religious melodrama 6 The Inquisition The X-Files, witchfinder films, secret-police thrillers, occult detectives M. R. James-style scholars, Blackwood, Machen, witch-hunter tracts, secret-society fiction 7 Rogue Traders Star Trek, Flash Gordon, space pirates, merchant princes Planetary romance, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, colonial adventure fiction 8 Adeptus Custodes Golden demigod bodyguards, imperial palace guards, mythic super-soldiers Achilles, Gilgamesh, sacred kingship, Praetorian Guards, immortal companions of god-kings 9 Adeptus Titanicus Pacific Rim, Gundam, giant robot anime, kaiju movies, walking battleships, cathedral mecha Wells' Martian tripods, “The Land Ironclads,” dreadnoughts, siege engines, bronze giants, golems, sacred statues, war-gods 10 The Horus Heresy Star Wars, fallen Jedi, dark lords, civil-war space opera, tragic chosen ones Milton's Paradise Lost, Lucifer's rebellion, Cain and Abel, Arthur and Mordred, Roman civil wars, succession crises 11 Chaos Space Marines Fallen angels, heavy metal villains, corrupted super-soldiers, black knights, rebel legions Milton's Paradise Lost, Moorcock's Chaos, Byronic rebels, cursed champions, Satanic romance, Gothic villains, revenge tragedy 12 Chaos Daemons Hellraiser, Event Horizon, occult horror, possession films, nightmare dimensions Medieval demonology, grimoires, witch-trial literature, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, occult pulp, weird menace fiction 13 World Eaters / Khorne Conan, gladiator films, berserker metal, chainsaw action horror, grindhouse revenge Robert E. Howard, sword-and-sorcery pulp, berserker sagas, blood cults, Homeric rage, arena spectacle, revenge tragedy 14 Death Guard / Nurgle Zombie plague films, body horror, gross-out comedy, infection horror, fungal rot, swamp monsters Poe's “The Masque of the Red Death,” plague literature, danse macabre, memento mori, corpse folklore, leper saints 15 Thousand Sons / Tzeentch Wizard cults, cursed books, Egyptian sorcerers, cosmic chessmasters, forbidden libraries H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, E. R. Eddison, mummy fiction, forbidden-book stories, Decadent occultism, Renaissance magic 16 Emperor's Children / Slaanesh Glam rock horror, decadent villains, body modification nightmares, cursed artists, aristocratic monsters Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Huysmans, fin-de-siècle decadence, Gothic aristocrats, cursed art, aestheticism 17 Chaos / Imperial Knights Haunted mecha, cursed noble machines, demonic war engines, Gundam, BattleTech, Pacific Rim Gothic castles, cursed armor, haunted inheritance, family-doom melodrama, chivalric romance, sins of the fathers 18 Orks Mad Max, fantasy orcs, biker gangs, football hooligans, British comic violence, slapstick war movies William Hope Hodgson's “The Voice in the Night,” fungus horror, Matango, invasive-species stories, goblins, comic grotesques 19 Tyranids Alien, Aliens, The Thing, bug-war movies, swarm horror, hive minds, biological weapons John W. Campbell's “Who Goes There?”, H. G. Wells' Martians, insect-hive fiction, invasion literature, cosmic naturalism 20 Genestealer Cults Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alien, cult horror, red-scare paranoia films, sleeper cells Hidden-bloodline stories, secret cult pulp, infiltration fiction, changeling folklore, cuckoo-child fears, apocalyptic sects 21 Necrons The Terminator, killer robots, metal skeletons, space undead, immortal android kings Karel Čapek's R.U.R., robot rebellion, automaton fiction, artificial labor nightmares, mummy pulp, Egyptomania, tomb curses 22 Aeldari / Drukhari Tolkien elves, dying space aristocrats, psychic aliens, dark elves, vampire cities, cruel fairy courts Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance's Dying Earth, fairy otherworlds, decadent elder-race fiction, Atlantis, Gothic aristocrats 23 Night Lords Batman turned inside out, The Crow, slasher films, serial-killer thrillers, torture horror, vigilante movies Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Gothic villains, penny dreadfuls, Jack the Ripper panic, Grand Guignol, Dracula, public punishment 24 T'au Empire / Leagues of Votann Clean anime mecha empire, sleek battlesuits, utopian coalitions, space dwarves, hard-SF miners Utopian SF, technocracy fiction, Cold War futures, missionary empire, company towns, mining-company frontier stories, labor colonies 25 REDACTED Spy thrillers, Mission: Impossible, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Manchurian Candidate, The Prisoner, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse John Buchan, Joseph Conrad, G. K. Chesterton, Erskine Childers, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Norbert Jacques, invasion-scare fiction, fifth-column paranoia

Hey everyone, this is a Zero episode of an upcoming project David Heath and DB Spitzer are working on. It is an exploration of the sources of Warhammer 40,000, and their sources. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 23 bonus episodes 1-25 1 The Imperium of Man Dune, Foundation, Roman Empire in space, religious dystopias Edward Gibbon, imperial decline literature, medieval Christendom, future-history fiction 2 Space Marines Starship Troopers, action-movie super soldiers, power armor, comic-book warriors Heinlein military SF, crusading orders, Spartan myth, warrior monks, fascist hero imagery 3 Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard World War movies, Starship Troopers, British war comics, doomed infantry stories H. G. Wells future-war fiction, Kipling, trench literature, boys' military papers, pulp battlefield fiction 4 Adeptus Mechanicus Metropolis, cyberpunk machine cults, mad scientists, techno-priests Gernsback invention fiction, H. G. Wells, Frankenstein, lost-technology stories, mad-science pulp 5 Adepta Sororitas / Ecclesiarchy Hammer horror, warrior nuns, Joan of Arc cinema, witchfinder movies Gothic novels, martyr stories, saint legends, witch-trial pamphlets, religious melodrama 6 The Inquisition The X-Files, witchfinder films, secret-police thrillers, occult detectives M. R. James-style scholars, Blackwood, Machen, witch-hunter tracts, secret-society fiction 7 Rogue Traders Star Trek, Flash Gordon, space pirates, merchant princes Planetary romance, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, colonial adventure fiction 8 Adeptus Custodes Golden demigod bodyguards, imperial palace guards, mythic super-soldiers Achilles, Gilgamesh, sacred kingship, Praetorian Guards, immortal companions of god-kings 9 Adeptus Titanicus Pacific Rim, Gundam, giant robot anime, kaiju movies, walking battleships, cathedral mecha Wells' Martian tripods, “The Land Ironclads,” dreadnoughts, siege engines, bronze giants, golems, sacred statues, war-gods 10 The Horus Heresy Star Wars, fallen Jedi, dark lords, civil-war space opera, tragic chosen ones Milton's Paradise Lost, Lucifer's rebellion, Cain and Abel, Arthur and Mordred, Roman civil wars, succession crises 11 Chaos Space Marines Fallen angels, heavy metal villains, corrupted super-soldiers, black knights, rebel legions Milton's Paradise Lost, Moorcock's Chaos, Byronic rebels, cursed champions, Satanic romance, Gothic villains, revenge tragedy 12 Chaos Daemons Hellraiser, Event Horizon, occult horror, possession films, nightmare dimensions Medieval demonology, grimoires, witch-trial literature, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, occult pulp, weird menace fiction 13 World Eaters / Khorne Conan, gladiator films, berserker metal, chainsaw action horror, grindhouse revenge Robert E. Howard, sword-and-sorcery pulp, berserker sagas, blood cults, Homeric rage, arena spectacle, revenge tragedy 14 Death Guard / Nurgle Zombie plague films, body horror, gross-out comedy, infection horror, fungal rot, swamp monsters Poe's “The Masque of the Red Death,” plague literature, danse macabre, memento mori, corpse folklore, leper saints 15 Thousand Sons / Tzeentch Wizard cults, cursed books, Egyptian sorcerers, cosmic chessmasters, forbidden libraries H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, E. R. Eddison, mummy fiction, forbidden-book stories, Decadent occultism, Renaissance magic 16 Emperor's Children / Slaanesh Glam rock horror, decadent villains, body modification nightmares, cursed artists, aristocratic monsters Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Huysmans, fin-de-siècle decadence, Gothic aristocrats, cursed art, aestheticism 17 Chaos / Imperial Knights Haunted mecha, cursed noble machines, demonic war engines, Gundam, BattleTech, Pacific Rim Gothic castles, cursed armor, haunted inheritance, family-doom melodrama, chivalric romance, sins of the fathers 18 Orks Mad Max, fantasy orcs, biker gangs, football hooligans, British comic violence, slapstick war movies William Hope Hodgson's “The Voice in the Night,” fungus horror, Matango, invasive-species stories, goblins, comic grotesques 19 Tyranids Alien, Aliens, The Thing, bug-war movies, swarm horror, hive minds, biological weapons John W. Campbell's “Who Goes There?”, H. G. Wells' Martians, insect-hive fiction, invasion literature, cosmic naturalism 20 Genestealer Cults Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alien, cult horror, red-scare paranoia films, sleeper cells Hidden-bloodline stories, secret cult pulp, infiltration fiction, changeling folklore, cuckoo-child fears, apocalyptic sects 21 Necrons The Terminator, killer robots, metal skeletons, space undead, immortal android kings Karel Čapek's R.U.R., robot rebellion, automaton fiction, artificial labor nightmares, mummy pulp, Egyptomania, tomb curses 22 Aeldari / Drukhari Tolkien elves, dying space aristocrats, psychic aliens, dark elves, vampire cities, cruel fairy courts Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance's Dying Earth, fairy otherworlds, decadent elder-race fiction, Atlantis, Gothic aristocrats 23 Night Lords Batman turned inside out, The Crow, slasher films, serial-killer thrillers, torture horror, vigilante movies Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Gothic villains, penny dreadfuls, Jack the Ripper panic, Grand Guignol, Dracula, public punishment 24 T'au Empire / Leagues of Votann Clean anime mecha empire, sleek battlesuits, utopian coalitions, space dwarves, hard-SF miners Utopian SF, technocracy fiction, Cold War futures, missionary empire, company towns, mining-company frontier stories, labor colonies 25 REDACTED Spy thrillers, Mission: Impossible, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Manchurian Candidate, The Prisoner, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse John Buchan, Joseph Conrad, G. K. Chesterton, Erskine Childers, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Norbert Jacques, invasion-scare fiction, fifth-column paranoia

For a "Summerween" treat we're visiting this old text from Welsh author Arthur Machen, whose stories Stephen King has referred to as among the scariest written in the English language. "The Green Book" is excerpted from Arthur Machen's The White People. A young woman writes down her beyond-natural experiences in remote areas of Wales and tries to make sense of them through dissecting the fairy tales told to her by her nurse. But are these experiences benign, or dangerous? Part 1 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a "Summerween" treat we're visiting this old text from Welsh author Arthur Machen, whose stories Stephen King has referred to as among the scariest written in the English language. "The Green Book" is excerpted from Arthur Machen's The White People. A young woman writes down her beyond-natural experiences in remote areas of Wales and tries to make sense of them through dissecting the fairy tales told to her by her nurse. But are these experiences benign, or dangerous? Part 1 of 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88 # Name Author Description 65 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake. 66 What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof. 67 The Upper Berth Francis Marion Crawford A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea. 68 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death. 69 The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse. 70 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes. 71 The Yellow Sign Robert W. Chambers An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow. 72 Xelucha M. P. Shiel A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel's dense decadent style. 73 The Red Room H. G. Wells A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost. 74 The Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home. 75 The Harbor-Master Robert W. Chambers A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror. 76 The White People, Pt 1 Arthur Machen The opening of Machen's occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries. 77 The White People, Pt 2 Arthur Machen The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl's secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters. 78 The White People, Pt 3 Arthur Machen The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous. 79 Lost Hearts M. R. James A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children. 80 The Willows, Pt 1 Algernon Blackwood The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape. 81 The Willows, Pt 2 Algernon Blackwood The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien. 82 The Willows, Pt 3 Algernon Blackwood The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence. 83 The Willows, Pt 4 Algernon Blackwood The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale. 84 The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body Lord Dunsany Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction. 85 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence. 86 The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil Clark Ashton Smith A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation. 87 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1 Walter de la Mare The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy's unsettling visit to his friend's house and his terrifying aunt. 88 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2 Walter de la Mare The second half deepens the dread around Seaton's aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88 # Name Author Description 65 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake. 66 What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof. 67 The Upper Berth Francis Marion Crawford A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea. 68 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death. 69 The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse. 70 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes. 71 The Yellow Sign Robert W. Chambers An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow. 72 Xelucha M. P. Shiel A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel's dense decadent style. 73 The Red Room H. G. Wells A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost. 74 The Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home. 75 The Harbor-Master Robert W. Chambers A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror. 76 The White People, Pt 1 Arthur Machen The opening of Machen's occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries. 77 The White People, Pt 2 Arthur Machen The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl's secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters. 78 The White People, Pt 3 Arthur Machen The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous. 79 Lost Hearts M. R. James A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children. 80 The Willows, Pt 1 Algernon Blackwood The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape. 81 The Willows, Pt 2 Algernon Blackwood The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien. 82 The Willows, Pt 3 Algernon Blackwood The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence. 83 The Willows, Pt 4 Algernon Blackwood The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale. 84 The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body Lord Dunsany Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction. 85 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence. 86 The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil Clark Ashton Smith A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation. 87 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1 Walter de la Mare The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy's unsettling visit to his friend's house and his terrifying aunt. 88 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2 Walter de la Mare The second half deepens the dread around Seaton's aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88 # Name Author Description 65 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake. 66 What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof. 67 The Upper Berth Francis Marion Crawford A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea. 68 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death. 69 The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse. 70 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes. 71 The Yellow Sign Robert W. Chambers An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow. 72 Xelucha M. P. Shiel A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel's dense decadent style. 73 The Red Room H. G. Wells A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost. 74 The Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home. 75 The Harbor-Master Robert W. Chambers A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror. 76 The White People, Pt 1 Arthur Machen The opening of Machen's occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries. 77 The White People, Pt 2 Arthur Machen The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl's secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters. 78 The White People, Pt 3 Arthur Machen The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous. 79 Lost Hearts M. R. James A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children. 80 The Willows, Pt 1 Algernon Blackwood The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape. 81 The Willows, Pt 2 Algernon Blackwood The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien. 82 The Willows, Pt 3 Algernon Blackwood The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence. 83 The Willows, Pt 4 Algernon Blackwood The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale. 84 The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body Lord Dunsany Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction. 85 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence. 86 The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil Clark Ashton Smith A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation. 87 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1 Walter de la Mare The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy's unsettling visit to his friend's house and his terrifying aunt. 88 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2 Walter de la Mare The second half deepens the dread around Seaton's aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88 # Name Author Description 65 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake. 66 What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof. 67 The Upper Berth Francis Marion Crawford A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea. 68 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death. 69 The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse. 70 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes. 71 The Yellow Sign Robert W. Chambers An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow. 72 Xelucha M. P. Shiel A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel's dense decadent style. 73 The Red Room H. G. Wells A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost. 74 The Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home. 75 The Harbor-Master Robert W. Chambers A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror. 76 The White People, Pt 1 Arthur Machen The opening of Machen's occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries. 77 The White People, Pt 2 Arthur Machen The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl's secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters. 78 The White People, Pt 3 Arthur Machen The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous. 79 Lost Hearts M. R. James A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children. 80 The Willows, Pt 1 Algernon Blackwood The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape. 81 The Willows, Pt 2 Algernon Blackwood The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien. 82 The Willows, Pt 3 Algernon Blackwood The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence. 83 The Willows, Pt 4 Algernon Blackwood The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale. 84 The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body Lord Dunsany Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction. 85 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence. 86 The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil Clark Ashton Smith A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation. 87 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1 Walter de la Mare The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy's unsettling visit to his friend's house and his terrifying aunt. 88 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2 Walter de la Mare The second half deepens the dread around Seaton's aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88 # Name Author Description 65 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake. 66 What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof. 67 The Upper Berth Francis Marion Crawford A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea. 68 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death. 69 The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse. 70 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes. 71 The Yellow Sign Robert W. Chambers An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow. 72 Xelucha M. P. Shiel A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel's dense decadent style. 73 The Red Room H. G. Wells A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost. 74 The Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home. 75 The Harbor-Master Robert W. Chambers A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror. 76 The White People, Pt 1 Arthur Machen The opening of Machen's occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries. 77 The White People, Pt 2 Arthur Machen The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl's secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters. 78 The White People, Pt 3 Arthur Machen The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous. 79 Lost Hearts M. R. James A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children. 80 The Willows, Pt 1 Algernon Blackwood The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape. 81 The Willows, Pt 2 Algernon Blackwood The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien. 82 The Willows, Pt 3 Algernon Blackwood The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence. 83 The Willows, Pt 4 Algernon Blackwood The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale. 84 The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body Lord Dunsany Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction. 85 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence. 86 The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil Clark Ashton Smith A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation. 87 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1 Walter de la Mare The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy's unsettling visit to his friend's house and his terrifying aunt. 88 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2 Walter de la Mare The second half deepens the dread around Seaton's aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 65-88 # Name Author Description 65 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe A gothic tale of a decaying family, a decaying mansion, illness, obsession, and a terrible burial mistake. 66 What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A strange invisible creature is discovered in a boarding house, turning supernatural terror into a problem of observation, capture, and proof. 67 The Upper Berth Francis Marion Crawford A passenger aboard a ship investigates a cursed cabin where something horrifying appears from the sea. 68 The Death of Halpin Frayser Ambrose Bierce A nightmarish tale of murder, memory, and supernatural revenge, centered on a man lost between dream, guilt, and death. 69 The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling A colonial horror story in which a drunken insult to a sacred image brings a hideous curse. 70 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle An Arctic ghost story about a doomed captain, an obsessed expedition, and something haunting the frozen wastes. 71 The Yellow Sign Robert W. Chambers An artist and his model become drawn into a decadent supernatural mystery involving a sinister symbol and the King in Yellow. 72 Xelucha M. P. Shiel A lush, strange, morbid tale of obsession, death, and uncanny beauty, written in Shiel's dense decadent style. 73 The Red Room H. G. Wells A skeptical man spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers terror without needing a visible ghost. 74 The Shadows on the Wall Mary E. Wilkins Freeman A domestic ghost story where grief, suspicion, and a strange shadow reveal something dreadful within a family home. 75 The Harbor-Master Robert W. Chambers A weird tale of coastal mystery, pursuit, and monstrous transformation, mixing adventure with uncanny horror. 76 The White People, Pt 1 Arthur Machen The opening of Machen's occult horror story, framing forbidden knowledge, childhood innocence, and hidden pagan mysteries. 77 The White People, Pt 2 Arthur Machen The central portion of the story, presenting a young girl's secret diary of strange rites, hidden places, and uncanny encounters. 78 The White People, Pt 3 Arthur Machen The conclusion of the tale, where the innocent-seeming account becomes something much darker and more spiritually dangerous. 79 Lost Hearts M. R. James A young orphan comes to live with an elderly relative and uncovers a cold, scholarly evil involving missing children. 80 The Willows, Pt 1 Algernon Blackwood The beginning of a cosmic nature-horror story about two travelers canoeing down the Danube into a remote and hostile landscape. 81 The Willows, Pt 2 Algernon Blackwood The travelers become increasingly aware that the landscape around them may be alive, watching, and spiritually alien. 82 The Willows, Pt 3 Algernon Blackwood The pressure of the place grows unbearable as natural details become signs of a vast, inhuman presence. 83 The Willows, Pt 4 Algernon Blackwood The conclusion reveals the full terror of the willows: not a simple haunting, but contact with forces beyond human scale. 84 The Hashish Man/The Unhappy Body Lord Dunsany Two short Dunsany pieces: one dreamlike and visionary, the other a strange fable about the body, identity, and dissatisfaction. 85 Fishhead Irvin S. Cobb A grotesque backwoods horror story about an outcast man with fishlike features and a reputation for uncanny violence. 86 The Hashish-Eater, or the Apocalypse of Evil Clark Ashton Smith A visionary prose-poem of cosmic horror, decadent imagery, and apocalyptic evil unfolding through drug-induced revelation. 87 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 1 Walter de la Mare The first half of a quiet psychological ghost story about a boy's unsettling visit to his friend's house and his terrifying aunt. 88 Seaton's Aunt, Pt 2 Walter de la Mare The second half deepens the dread around Seaton's aunt, leaving the horror ambiguous, oppressive, and emotionally cruel.

¿Qué te ha inquietado más de La novela del sello negro? ¿El sello? ¿La teoría de Gregg? ¿Jervase Cradock? ¿O la idea de que ciertos horrores no desaparecen, sino que esperan? En este nuevo episodio de Páginas Oscuras, nos adentramos en La novela del sello negro, una de las piezas más inquietantes, extrañas y sugestivas de Arthur Machen. A medio camino entre el horror arcano, la investigación erudita y la pesadilla de la degeneración, este relato nos arrastra hacia una revelación progresiva en la que lo antiguo, lo monstruoso y lo innombrable parecen seguir latiendo bajo la superficie de la realidad. Un clásico del terror oscuro y enfermizo, donde el miedo no entra de golpe: se insinúa, crece y termina abriendo una grieta hacia algo que tal vez nunca debió ser descubierto. Música y atmósferas utilizadas en este episodio: 1. Dream Cave — House of a Hundred Rooms 2. Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen — Sum of All 3. Dream Cave — Kill Protocol 4. Sound Effects / Ambience, Designed — Ambient Horror Biblioteca utilizada: Epidemic Sound — Music Library & Sound Effects Library. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

The Green Book of Secret Rites is an occult text attributed to ancient magical traditions, presenting rituals, invocations, and esoteric knowledge for those seeking hidden power. Blending mysticism, symbolism, and ceremonial practice, it offers a glimpse into secret rites said to connect practitioners with unseen forces and deeper spiritual truths.

Adam and Pooka discuss the weird fiction of Arthur Machen, Welshman extraordinaire. Do turn of the century horror stories offer anything to modern Mage games? Is this a boon to Victorian Mage Storytellers? Do the powers of darkness really want to redecorate your office? Tune in & hear story ideas, horror commentary and hermetic code names.Show Notes The Great God Pan and ”The White People”, both tied to Machen's reputation in weird fiction. Machen's ties to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a hush-hush British magic club from back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, where folks mixed Rosicrucian ideas, Masonic style, and occult study in hopes of climbing a little closer to the spiritual stars. Reality Deviant Book Club: King in Yellow - Adam and Pooka discuss Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow mythos and other stories. Video on ternary computers - Ternary computing is a 3-state system (−1, 0, + 1 or "trits") offering higher information density, faster processing, and greater energy efficiency than binary. Oldstyle Tales Press - Publisher of classic horror, ghost stories, and weird fiction from Mary Shelley to M. R. James. Annotated and illustrated. The Great God Pan, The White People, and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of Arthur Machen (Oldstyle Tales of Murder, Mystery, Horror, and Hauntings) - This illustrated collection gathers Arthur Machen's finest eerie tales, where hinted-at horrors and hidden sins creep beneath everyday life, revealing a world of dark magic, ancient evil, and the uneasy split between humanity's light and shadow.

Tonight you're invited into the recording room. Tonight's video is a quiet, intimate look at the recording process as I read Chapter One of The Great God Pan (1894) by Arthur Machen while you watch the entire process unfold in real time. You'll see the script as I read, the audio recording in my studio, and even the little pauses, retakes, and moments where the story makes me smile.This is a quieter, more intimate look at how I record stories for the channel; like sitting across the desk while the page slowly becomes a whisper.Once the full story is complete, I will release a polished ASMR audio edition of The Great God Pan with immersive ambience and visuals. These recording sessions will continue to appear here as we work our way through the story together.~The Great God Pan (1894) by Arthur Machen is one of the most influential works of early cosmic and psychological horror. The tale explores forbidden knowledge, the veil between worlds, and the terrifying consequences of seeing too much of reality.Many later writers of cosmic horror, including H. P. Lovecraft, cited Machen as a major influence.If you enjoy relaxing storytelling, classic horror, and quiet creative spaces, you're very welcome here.Thank you for being here ❤️

En esta historia nos adentramos en la inquietante imaginación de Mark Samuels, un autor que no necesita alzar la voz para estremecer. Sus narradores, serenos, cultos, casi siempre hombres solitarios sin familia que los ancle al mundo nos hablan con una calma que desarma. No hay histeria en sus palabras. Solo una deriva lenta hacia algo que no tiene nombre…o que quizá lo tiene, pero preferimos no pronunciarlo. En los relatos de Samuels, la destrucción del cuerpo no es el final. Es el umbral. La enfermedad, la mutilación, la desintegración o incluso la posesión no son simples horrores físicos: son puertas. Y tras ellas espera una revelación perturbadora. Sus protagonistas no solo se enfrentan a lo desconocido; acaban aceptándolo, abrazándolo con una especie de éxtasis terrible, como si la rendición fuese también una forma de iluminación. Maniquíes en aspectos del terror, publicado por primera vez en Tartarus Press en 2003, dentro de The White Hands and Other Weird Tales, encarna esa obsesión tan suya por la frontera entre lo animado y lo inerte, por la posible transferencia de vida a aquello que debería permanecer inmóvil: muñecos de cera, figuras, cuerpos que quizá solo aparentan estar vacíos. Samuels soñaba con formar parte de la tradición gótica que tanto admiraba, junto a autores como Arthur Machen, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Stefan Grabinski o Thomas Ligotti. Y lo consiguió. Lamentablemente, falleció apaciblemente mientras dormía la noche del 2 al 3 de diciembre de 2023, justo cuando se trabajaba en la traducción de esta historia y otras de terror. A Samuels le obsesionaba el mundo de los muertos, su influencia sobre los vivos, las dimensiones ocultas que se pliegan sobre la nuestra sin que lo notemos. Escuchar este relato es asomarse a ese pliegue. ¿Con qué soñó en su última noche? Tal vez con nosotros, mirando fijamente a un maniquí… esperando que parpadee. Y si sientes que estas historias te acompañan, si disfrutas perderte en estas sombras que respiramos juntos… puedes apoyar el podcast y formar parte de este pequeño aquelarre literario. Desde solo 1,99 € al mes puedes hacerte fan. Es un gesto sencillo, casi invisible… pero para mí es como encender una vela más en esta habitación oscura. Tu apoyo ayuda a que el proyecto continúe, a que pueda seguir trayendo relatos, autores, atmósferas y noches que nos ericen la piel. Si quieres que sigamos cruzando dimensiones, si quieres que la próxima historia también encuentre su voz… únete. Porque el terror, cuando se comparte, late más fuerte. Link directo apoyo a Historias para ser Leídas 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! Voz y Sonido Olga Paraíso, música Epidemic Sound licencia premium para este podcast. BIO ❣ Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Disponible 2ª ed. en tapa dura tamaño más grande de mi primer Libro 'Crónicas Vampíricas de Vera' Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/gCg2y5E 🖤 Relato LA ARAÑA, de Hanns Heinz aquí: https://go.ivoox.com/rf/153888962 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

En esta historia nos adentramos en la inquietante imaginación de Mark Samuels, un autor que no necesita alzar la voz para estremecer. Sus narradores, serenos, cultos, casi siempre hombres solitarios sin familia que los ancle al mundo nos hablan con una calma que desarma. No hay histeria en sus palabras. Solo una deriva lenta hacia algo que no tiene nombre…o que quizá lo tiene, pero preferimos no pronunciarlo. En los relatos de Samuels, la destrucción del cuerpo no es el final. Es el umbral. La enfermedad, la mutilación, la desintegración o incluso la posesión no son simples horrores físicos: son puertas. Y tras ellas espera una revelación perturbadora. Sus protagonistas no solo se enfrentan a lo desconocido; acaban aceptándolo, abrazándolo con una especie de éxtasis terrible, como si la rendición fuese también una forma de iluminación. Maniquíes en aspectos del terror, publicado por primera vez en Tartarus Press en 2003, dentro de The White Hands and Other Weird Tales, encarna esa obsesión tan suya por la frontera entre lo animado y lo inerte, por la posible transferencia de vida a aquello que debería permanecer inmóvil: muñecos de cera, figuras, cuerpos que quizá solo aparentan estar vacíos. Samuels soñaba con formar parte de la tradición gótica que tanto admiraba, junto a autores como Arthur Machen, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Stefan Grabinski o Thomas Ligotti. Y lo consiguió. Lamentablemente, falleció apaciblemente mientras dormía la noche del 2 al 3 de diciembre de 2023, justo cuando se trabajaba en la traducción de esta historia y otras de terror. A Samuels le obsesionaba el mundo de los muertos, su influencia sobre los vivos, las dimensiones ocultas que se pliegan sobre la nuestra sin que lo notemos. Escuchar este relato es asomarse a ese pliegue. ¿Con qué soñó en su última noche? Tal vez con nosotros, mirando fijamente a un maniquí… esperando que parpadee. Y si sientes que estas historias te acompañan, si disfrutas perderte en estas sombras que respiramos juntos… puedes apoyar el podcast y formar parte de este pequeño aquelarre literario. Desde solo 1,99 € al mes puedes hacerte fan. Es un gesto sencillo, casi invisible… pero para mí es como encender una vela más en esta habitación oscura. Tu apoyo ayuda a que el proyecto continúe, a que pueda seguir trayendo relatos, autores, atmósferas y noches que nos ericen la piel. Si quieres que sigamos cruzando dimensiones, si quieres que la próxima historia también encuentre su voz… únete. Porque el terror, cuando se comparte, late más fuerte. Link directo apoyo a Historias para ser Leídas 🍻 https://www.ivoox.com/support/552842 ¡¡Muchas gracias por todos tus comentarios y por tu apoyo!! Voz y Sonido Olga Paraíso, música Epidemic Sound licencia premium para este podcast. BIO ❣ Olga Paraíso: https://instabio.cc/Hleidas Disponible 2ª ed. en tapa dura tamaño más grande de mi primer Libro 'Crónicas Vampíricas de Vera' Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/gCg2y5E 🖤 Relato LA ARAÑA, de Hanns Heinz aquí: https://go.ivoox.com/rf/153888962

"The Red Hand" (1895): short detective/horror story featuring the main characters from The Three Impostors. It focuses on a murder performed with an ancient stone axe. Written by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

"The Red Hand" (1895): short detective/horror story featuring the main characters from The Three Impostors. It focuses on a murder performed with an ancient stone axe. Written by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Great God Pan is an 1894 horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Great God Pan is an 1894 horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

"The White People" is a classic, influential horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen, first published in 1904, presented as a young girl's diary detailing her secret initiation into a world of folklore, magic, and otherworldly beings, guided by her nurse, culminating in an abrupt, unsettling ending that suggests a profound, supernatural transformation. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

"The White People" is a classic, influential horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen, first published in 1904, presented as a young girl's diary detailing her secret initiation into a world of folklore, magic, and otherworldly beings, guided by her nurse, culminating in an abrupt, unsettling ending that suggests a profound, supernatural transformation. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Terror (1917) by Arthur Machen is a short horror novel set during World War I, where a series of bizarre and gruesome deaths in rural Wales are linked to animals turning against humans, suggesting a cosmic horror unleashed by the war's disruption of the natural order. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

R.B. Russell, author and founder of Tartarus Press, takes us on a deep dive into the life and works of Welsh author and mystic Arthur Machen.  Ray traces the religious life of Machen, his involvement with the occult society the Golden Dawn, and his friendship with famed occultist A.E. Waite. Ray details Machen's fascination with the esoteric symbolism of the Grail mythology; his role in originating and spreading the supernatural, urban myth of the Bowman; and impact of his notorious horror-fantasy novella ”The Great God Pan”. Ray also shares his reflections on literary theory, the various interpretations of Shakespeare, and the prevalence of psychoanalytic readings of classic genre fiction. … Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep343-the-mystic-arthur-machen-rb-russell Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast'.
 … Topics include: 00:00 - Intro 01:07 - First encounter with the works of Arthur Machen 05:25 - Hill of Dreams and an abiding interest 06:21 - Mysteries of Machen 07:12 - Life of Arthur Machen 09:29 - Involvement with occultism 17:11 - The Great God Pan 22:19 - Machen, Lovecraft, and the mystical 26:17 - Reflections on literary theory 27:26 - Why so many psychoanalytic readings of horror? 29:13 - Historicism vs textualism 31:40 - Shakespeare and classic vs modern productions 34:38 - The Great God Pan needs to be Victorian 35:25 - Machen's involvement in the Golden Dawn 38:43 - Grail Myth as a spiritual path and an early Welsh church 39:26 - Friendship with occultist A.E. Waite 40:05 - The Great Return and the evolution of awe 43:41 - Why were so many writers fascinated by the Grail Myth and King Arthur? 46:15 - Esoteric symbolism of the Grail 48:52 - Links to Roman Britain 49:58 - Machen's Oxford disappointment and subsequent work 53:05 - The Bowmen and urban myths 57:28 - Reading vs collecting books 01:02:27 - Ray's prized item and Machen collection 01:03:34 - Tartarus Press and Machen publishing projects 01:05:28 - Friends of Arthur Machen society 01:07:06 - Faunus journal 01:07:22 - Where to start with Machen for those interested in the occult and mysticism … Previous episode with Ray: - https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/p319-mystery-of-t-lobsang-rampa-rb-russell Find out more about Ray here: - http://tartaruspress.com/russell-rampa.html - https://www.arthurmachen.org.uk/ For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - https://www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi' by Steve James

In keeping with the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, we offer you this expertly crafted submission from our sister podcast Haunted UK Fiction... Find this and over two dozen more stories on Haunted UK Fiction: https://linktr.ee/hauntedukfictionMy father was in a strange mood that day. He welcomed me with genuine warmth and appeared, to me at least, quite comfortable and content in his soft armchair and his cup perched delicately on the left knee. His words, however, were of the most serious sort; he betrayed no emotion by stating the facts clearly and with a certain stiff formality. I was informed that he had something very important to tell… Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Haunted UK Fiction – a sister podcast to The Haunted UK which features original flash fiction, short stories, and novellas with paranormal themes. All stories you will hear were written by a collection of talented writers, authors, and storytellers, both independent and professional.In today's episode we'll be reading The Overcoat, an eerie, spine-tingling tale which was sent in to us by LD Brown. LD Brown lives in the village of Hawkshead, Cumbria with his wife and too many cats. They own a beer shop together. For the past seven years, he has been running Ghost Walks in the village under the name: Tallow Tales; The Hawkshead Ghost Walk. Twice weekly he takes visitors around the village, regaling them with stories of local folklore. This also gives him the opportunity to wear a top hat. In his free time, LD writes horror stories and has been fortunate enough to get a few published here and there. His fiction is influenced by the bleaker side of the Lake District landscape; rainy, dripping woodlands, mosses, tarns, wetlands and their sinister ilk. His literary influences include Arthur Machen, MR James, EF Benson, JH Riddel and Algernon Blackwood. He also enjoys Folk Horror films and Peter Cushing.We truly hope you enjoy this unsettling, atmospheric tale that is reminiscent of times gone by. If you would like to hear more from LD Brown, you can find his contact information, current and upcoming work, both as an author and as a ghostly tour guide, and follow him on social media with the links below:Upcoming Works: LD Brown is hoping to get a collection of his short fiction published in the near future. He has also written a short horror novella which he has been sending to publishers.Social Media Links: Instagram and Facebook @tallowtales              Website: www.kittchen.co.uk/tallowtalesEmail: lukebrown7@hotmail.co.uk If you have an original story that would send a chill down our spines, and you would like to submit it for review, simply send it in to hauntedukfiction@hotmail.com, that's hauntedukfiction@hotmail.com  Until next time, stay safe, and take care. Episode Credits:Story by L.D. BrownNarrated by Steven HollowayScript prepared by Melissa WestProduced by Pink Flamingo Home StudioBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/haunted-uk-podcast--6759967/support.

Esperant el Cometa #35 - El cànon, l'alta cultura i la cultura popular (Novembre 2025)Durada: 156 minuts.En aquest episodi ens endinsem en un debat intens: la relació entre cultura popular i alta cultura.Hem convidat en Joan Rius (@dolcametzina) per analitzar l'evolució d'aquests conceptes, la seva connexió amb la idea de cànon i els factors que modifiquen la seva percepció. Ha resultat una tertúlia més extensa de l'habitual on no ens hem tallat gens ni mica. Esperem que la gaudiu tant com nosaltres!A més, us portem la nostra selecció de novetats i les ressenyes dels llibres següents:Gliff (d'Ali Smith).El gran Déu Pan (d'Arthur Machen).Gaeli i l'home Déu (de Pere Calders).Tria personal (de Pere Calders).Gaudiu de l'episodi mentre arriba el cometa!BSO: Technological Chill Trap, de Abydos MusicVeu de les entradetes: Tatiana Dunyó

Author : Arthur Machen Narrators : Kat Day and Alasdair Stuart Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Shawn Garrett Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “Novel of the White Powder” first appeared in The Three Impostors in 1895. C/W: drug abuse, delusions The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War by Arthur Machen […]

Originally released in 2018 but remixed for your listening pleasure, here's Phil reading Arthur Machen's classic weird tale, "The White People." Happy Halloween! Machen's "The White People" was discussed all the way back in ⁠Weird Studies episode 3⁠. Earlier this week, JF and Phil joined Conner Habib on his podcast to talk all about horror. It was a great conversation and we hope you'll give it a listen. Image: Photo of doll from Auckland War Memorial Museum, via Wikimedia Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a rare surfacing in the contemporary world, JF and Phil discuss a film that has just been released. Bryn Chainey's Rabbit Trap is psychological horror in the tradition of Repulsion, Jacob's Ladder, and Angel Heart. But it is more: a metaphysical film exploring the mystery of sound and the Otherworld of Faerie—an excursion into that weird country, so deftly explored by Arthur Machen and Algernon Blackwood, where wonder and terror perform their eldritch duets. Sign up for JF's new Henri Bergson course, starting September 18, 2025. Support Weird Studies on ⁠Patreon⁠. Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes ⁠1⁠ and ⁠2⁠, on Pierre-Yves Martel's ⁠Bandcamp⁠ page. Visit the Weird Studies ⁠⁠Bookshop⁠⁠ Find us on ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠ Get the T-shirt design from ⁠⁠Cotton Bureau⁠⁠. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, ⁠Cosmophonia⁠. REFERENCES Bryn Chainey, Rabbit Trap Weird Studies, Episode 190 on “The Willows” Alan Crosland (dir.), The Jazz Singer Weird Studies, Episode 150 on “A Fragment of Life” Henri Bergson, Time and Free Will Vladimir Jankelevitch, Music and the Ineffable Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Mysticism of Sound and Music Herman Hesse, Siddhartha J. R. R. Tolkein, The Silmarillion Giles Deleuze, Cinema II   Robert Kirk, The Secret Commonwealth Weird Studies, Episode 120 on Radical Mystery (story of the anti-sound starts at 52 minute mark)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Plant on his journey from Led Zeppelin to his latest album of folk songs. Creator of V for Vendetta and Watchmen, Alan Moore is probably the world's most acclaimed writer of comic books, a medium he now eschews. Moving into novels, he has explored his hometown Northampton in widely praised work like Jerusalem, but his latest - The Great When - is an otherworldly exploration of literary London, inspired by the psychogeography of Iain SInclair and horror writing of Arthur Machen. From Seurat to Van Gogh, we mark a new exhibition at the National Gallery with a dive into the entrancing light and pontillist glow of the neo-impressionists. Co-curator Julien Domercq and art expert Anthea Callen are on to discuss. With the National Short Story Awards approaching, we speak to shortlisted author Emily Abdeni-Holman about her entry, Yair.

Two wonderful guests return to the show, the editor of Plough and Mere Orthodoxy, Susannah (Black) Roberts, and poet and playwright, Jane Scharl. We discuss Rudolf Otto's The Idea of the Holy and the “Numinous”, which is a term he coined in that book. The goal of this discussion is to talk about the concept of the Numinous and where it can be found in fantasy fiction. We specifically discuss the works of C. S. Lewis, Gene Wolfe, Tim Powers, Kenneth Grahame, Arthur Machen, and George MacDonald. We also discuss mysticism in Christianity, holy fear, and much more. If you want to know how an experience of the Numinous can unmake you, then check this episode out!Susannah can be found on Twitter.com at @suzania and her work can be found at https://www.plough.com/ https://mereorthodoxy.com/Susannah Black Roberts (substack)Jane can be found on Twitter.com at @JcScharl and she writes at J.C. Scharl (substack).Jane's poetry and plays can be found on her website,https://jcscharl.com/*************************************************************************************************************Follow me on Twitter @AaronIrberSubscribe to my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@imightbelieveinfaeries7563Subscribe to my Substack - for updates on the show, essays, and more!Donate to my Patreon - I Might Believe in Faeries https://www.patreon.com/imightbelieveinfaeriesLike my Facebook page - I Might Believe in FaeriesBattle Of The Creek by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Logo Art by Linnea Kisby************************************************************************************************************* This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aaronirber.substack.com/subscribe

Of all the flavors of horror, few are as dreadful as that of being lost in the wilderness. In this episode, JF and Phil revisit The Blair Witch Project, the classic 1999 found-footage film that inspired a thousand imitators. What makes this film so gripping, they argue, is the way it lingers over the subtle stages of disorientation in a hostile place, from blithe denial to devastating gnosis. The Blair Witch Project isn't a ghost story so much as a work of cosmic horror. Ultimately, the woods themselves—vast, indifferent, inescapable—are the monster. Support Weird Studies on Patreon. Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 and 2, on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page. Visit the Weird Studies ⁠Bookshop⁠ Find us on ⁠Discord⁠ Get the T-shirt design from ⁠Cotton Bureau⁠. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia. References Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez (dirs.), The Blair Witch Project Gus Van Sant (dir.), Gerry Martin Heidegger, Being and Time Weird Studies, Episode 195 on John Keel Gilbert Simondon, Imagination and Invention Georgio De Chirico, Italian artist Arthur Machen, The White People Jack Zipes, literary scholar Weird Studies, Episode 150 on Arthur Machen's “A Fragment of Life” “Schizophonia” Stanislav Lem, Solaris Andrei Tarkovsky (dir.), Solaris Beyond Yacht Rock Podcast  Shirley Clarke (dir.), The Connection Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 1: The Movement-Image   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which M Night Shyamalan takes over writing duties for a chapter The Winds of Time Podcast: https://windsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/ The Colin Malatrat Museum of Curious Oddities and Strange Antiquities: https://www.amazon.com/Malatrat-Curious-Oddities-Strange-Antiquities/dp/B0BJ4MMW1N Darkhorse Road, and Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVFFLVNL Podcast artwork by Ruth Anna Evans (https://twitter.com/ruthannaevans) Please consider supporting the following: Sister Song https://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donate The Afiya Center https://theafiyacenter.org/donate SPARK: Reproductive Justice NOW http://sparkrj.org/donate/ Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org/take-action-abortion-is-essential/

This episode, we welcome to the podcast, James Machin, to talk about the new edition of The Stark Munro Letters (1895) he has edited for Edinburgh University Press. About James Machin James is a writer, researcher, and editor, whose recent books include the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle's version of The Stark Munro Letters (2024) and The Strange Stories of John Buchan for British Library Publishing (2025). He edited Faunus, the journal of The Friends of Arthur Machen, for over ten years, and has taught at Birkbeck (University of London), the Royal College of Art, and the University of Bedfordshire. He has recently commenced work on the Edinburgh Edition of Round the Fire Stories. The Stark Munro Letters (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) The first new edition of The Stark Munro Letters since the early 1980s Contains detailed introduction and scholarly apparatus Extensive notes explore the historical and biographical references Appendixes that collect original transcriptions of previously inaccessible archival material Ideal for students and scholars interested in Arthur Conan Doyle, medical fiction, popular fiction, autobiographical fiction, and epistolary fiction This is the first scholarly edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's epistolary novel, originally serialised in the Idler, 1894–95, and long out of print. With its first-hand testimony of the life of a doctor at the outset of his career in the late nineteenth century, The Stark Munro Letters will appeal to anyone with an interest in medical history. It is based on his experiences during the eight years he spent as a General Practitioner, before becoming a professional author in 1890. By some way the most autobiographical of Conan Doyle's novels—written at the height of Holmes's popularity—it is also the most personal in terms of presenting his worldview during his formative years, including ruminations on moral philosophy, religion, science, and evolutionary theory. Moreover, it is entertaining and incredibly vivid—a contemporary critic described the mercurial Cullingworth as ‘one of the finest characters Dr. Doyle has yet drawn'. Source: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-stark-munro-letters.html Bibliography The Strange Stories of John Buchan (British Library, 2025) British Weird: Selected Short Fiction 1893 – 1937 (Handheld Classics, 2020) Faunus: The Decorative Imagination of Arthur Machen (Strange Attractor Press, 2019) Of Mud and Flame: A Penda's Fen Sourcebook (MIT Press, 2019) Weird Fiction in Britain 1880–1939 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) The Cosy Room and Other Stories (Tartarus Press, 2017) Also mentioned Margie Deck (ed), Sherlock Holmes Into The Fire (Belanger Books, 2025) https://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Into-Fire-Margie-ebook/dp/B0FJK3H29X Next time on Doings of Doyle We continue with Conan Doyle's medical fiction with a related comic tale, ‘Crabbe's Practice' (1884). You can read the story here. Acknowledgements Thanks to our sponsor, Belanger Books (www.belangerbooks.com), and our supporters on Patreon and Paypal. Image credits: Thanks to Alexis Barquin at The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopaedia for permission to reproduce these images. Please support the encyclopaedia at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com. Music credit: Sneaky Snitch Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ YouTube video created by @headlinerapp.

In which our hero reads a letter

My guest this week is the writer M. John Harrison, who joins me to talk about the rerelease of his 1992 novel The Course of the Heart – a deeply strange and riddling story of grief, friendship, memory and occult magic. We talk about why this book is so personal to him, what he learned from Charles Williams and Arthur Machen, turning his back on science fiction/fantasy and returning to it – as well as how probably the most acclaimed of all his novels, Light, came about after Iain Banks told him he wasn't having enough fun.

My guest this week is the writer M. John Harrison, who joins me to talk about the rerelease of his 1992 novel The Course of the Heart – a deeply strange and riddling story of grief, friendship, memory and occult magic. We talk about why this book is so personal to him, what he learned from Charles Williams and Arthur Machen, turning his back on science fiction/fantasy and returning to it – as well as how probably the most acclaimed of all his novels, Light, came about after Iain Banks told him he wasn't having enough fun.Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts. Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk

In which our hero makes some discoveries The Winds of Time Podcast: https://windsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/ The Colin Malatrat Museum of Curious Oddities and Strange Antiquities: https://www.amazon.com/Malatrat-Curious-Oddities-Strange-Antiquities/dp/B0BJ4MMW1N Darkhorse Road, and Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVFFLVNL Podcast artwork by Ruth Anna Evans (https://twitter.com/ruthannaevans) Please consider supporting the following: Sister Song https://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donate The Afiya Center https://theafiyacenter.org/donate SPARK: Reproductive Justice NOW http://sparkrj.org/donate/ Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org/take-action-abortion-is-essential/

In which our heroes take a constitutional and see the sights. The Winds of Time Podcast: https://windsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/ The Colin Malatrat Museum of Curious Oddities and Strange Antiquities: https://www.amazon.com/Malatrat-Curious-Oddities-Strange-Antiquities/dp/B0BJ4MMW1N Darkhorse Road, and Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVFFLVNL Podcast artwork by Ruth Anna Evans (https://twitter.com/ruthannaevans) Please consider supporting the following: Sister Song https://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donate The Afiya Center https://theafiyacenter.org/donate SPARK: Reproductive Justice NOW http://sparkrj.org/donate/ Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org/take-action-abortion-is-essential/

In which our heroes ruminate on pedagogues, and STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN ON WITH THE STORY. https://windsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/ The Colin Malatrat Museum of Curious Oddities and Strange Antiquities: https://www.amazon.com/Malatrat-Curious-Oddities-Strange-Antiquities/dp/B0BJ4MMW1N Darkhorse Road, and Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVFFLVNL Podcast artwork by Ruth Anna Evans (https://twitter.com/ruthannaevans) Please consider supporting the following: Sister Song https://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donate The Afiya Center https://theafiyacenter.org/donate SPARK: Reproductive Justice NOW http://sparkrj.org/donate/ Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org/take-action-abortion-is-essential/

In which our hero still has not really gotten on with the story, and we hear a theory of dubious scientific merit. https://windsoftimepodcast.podbean.com/ The Colin Malatrat Museum of Curious Oddities and Strange Antiquities: https://www.amazon.com/Malatrat-Curious-Oddities-Strange-Antiquities/dp/B0BJ4MMW1N Darkhorse Road, and Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVFFLVNL Podcast artwork by Ruth Anna Evans (https://twitter.com/ruthannaevans) Please consider supporting the following: Sister Song https://sistersong.nationbuilder.com/donate The Afiya Center https://theafiyacenter.org/donate SPARK: Reproductive Justice NOW http://sparkrj.org/donate/ Center for Reproductive Rights https://reproductiverights.org/take-action-abortion-is-essential/