The Double Shadow: A Clark Ashton Smith Podcast

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Episode #24: “The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan”

This week, we’re continuing our Hyperborean adventures with the comedic morality tale “The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan.” UPDATE: We’ve had a wonderful illustration contributed by Robert A Neri Jr, of both Avoosl and the monster. There is still one more week to get in

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Episode #23: “The Door to Saturn” pt. 2

This week, we’re finishing up “A Door to Saturn.” Our reader is still @JoeScalora, a longtime listener and the first non-guest reader we’ve had for the podcast. Thanks for all the positive feedback we’ve gotten for him, we’re planning to ask him to read from time-to-time in the future! As a reminder, we’re giving away […]

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Episode #22: “The Door to Saturn” pt. 1

A transcription of this episode is now available. This week, we’re doing the first half of Smith’s “A Door to Saturn.” Our reader is @JoeScalora, a longtime listener and the first non-guest reader we’ve had for the podcast. We’re doing a giveaway of The Weird, a fantastic compendium of Weird tales. It’s huge and we’ve […]

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Episode #21: “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros”

A transcription of this episode is available. This week, we’ll be doing our first Hyperborean episode, “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros.” To see the rest of the Hyperborean stories, check out the list on our about page. We have our first guest in this episode, Jason Thompson, a.k.a Mockman or @khyungbird. Jason is the author […]

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Episode #20: Poetry of Atlantis

We’re ending this cycle with a little of Clark Ashton Smith’s poetry, read by Jordan Smith. “Atlantis“ “Bond“ “The Muse of Atlantis”“ “Tolometh“ Next time, we start Hyperborea with “The Tale of Satampra Zeiros” and a special guest! Music by Erdenstern.

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Episode #19: “The Death of Malygris”

This week, we conclude the stories of Poseidonis with “The Death of Malygris.” The story was originally rejected from Weird Tales because it (or that draft) too-closely resembled a prose poem, but it was accepted and published in April 1934. Tim found this awesome track called “The Death of Malygris” by Aperion Project. Next time, […]

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