A transcription of this episode is now available. Thanks to Night Shade Books, we’re very excited to announce our show’s first giveaway! We’re giving away copies of The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith, Book of Cthulhu (short stories) edited by Ross Lockhart, Best Horror of the Year v.4 edited by Ellen Datlow (pub. 2012), […]
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Episode #3: “A Rendezvous in Averoigne”
A transcription of this episode is available. This week covers “A Rendezvous in Averoigne,” the second story in Clark Ashton Smith’s Averoigne Cycle. Rendezvous was first published in the April/May 1931 issue of Weird Tales, alongside Robert E. Howard’s “The Children of the Night” and H.P. Lovecraft’s poem “Alienation” (#32 from Fungi from Yuggoth). The […]
Interlude #2: HPL’s Reply to CAS
Transcription of this letter excerpt H.P. Lovecraft’s letter to Clark Ashton Smith, Dec. 13 1933 Here is Lovecraft’s response to Smith’s previous letter. Perhaps by way of apology for correcting his friend’s mistake, Lovecraft delves into the fictional Roman history of Averoigne. This letter truly highlights HPL’s talent for verisimilitude and world-building. Read by Tim. Enjoy!
Interlude #1: Letter from CAS to HPL
Transcription of the episode Clark Ashton Smith’s letter to H.P. Lovecraft, Dec. 4 1933 While doing research for the show—picture us hunched over dusty books in an old library, a single desk lamp lighting a cavernous room filled with tomes and an aged librarian hovering in the darkness—we stumbled upon a set of letters from Clark […]
Episode #2: “The End of the Story”
A transcription of this episode is available. “The End of the Story” was first published in Weird Tales in May of 1930. (picture from Dark in the Dark) If you’re looking for more lamia, “Lamia” by John Keats. The novel Phil mentioned was The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. This is a novel […]
Now available on iTunes!
Just a quick update to say that you can now subscribe on iTunes, either by searching for us in the iTunes store or by opening this link in your browser and clicking to open in iTunes (probably faster, because iTunes store search sucks). Updated: And thanks to Jason for the reminder that for those who […]
