The Double Shadow: A Clark Ashton Smith Podcast

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Episode #18: “A Vintage from Atlantis”

A transcription of this episode is available. This week, we have a more modern pirate story in which a merry band encounter “A Vintage from Atlantis.” This story originally appeared in the September 1933 issue of good ole Weird Tales, alongside stories by authors including: Robert E. Howard, Hugh B. Cave, and (we kid you […]

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Episode #17: “The Double Shadow”

This week, The Double Shadow does…”The Double Shadow“! This story was first accepted by Strange Tales, which then folded before publishing. Smith published it himself in 1933 in a volume titled The Double Shadow with “The Maze of the Enchanter,” “The Voyage of King Euvoran,” “A Night in Malnéant,” “The Devotee of Evil,” and “The […]

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Episode #16: “A Voyage to Sfanomoë”

A transcription of this episode is available. This week, we escape the sinking continent of Poseidonis on A Voyage to Sfanomoë.” Voyage is the second of Smith’s Poseidonis stories and the first we’ve had so far in the podcast with scientists instead of magicians or necromancers. It was published in the August 1931 issue of […]

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Episode #15: “The Last Incantation”

A transcription of this episode is available. Welcome to Poseidonis! The About page has been updated with our new list of stories. Today we start off with “The Last Incantation.” Unicorn head by Robert A Neri Jr. or Ranger Games We’ve jumped back in time to June of 1930, when this story was published in […]

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Episode #14: Au Revoir, Averoigne

This week is our last in Averoigne. We talk about the three major synopses from the Eldritch Dark and a little biographical and critical information. Synopses: “Queen of the Sabbat,” “The Werewolf of Averoigne,” and “The Sorceress of Averoigne | The Tower of Istarelle.” The essay Phil referenced is “Into the Woods: The Human Geography […]

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Episode #13: “The Satyr”

This week, we’re covering the last published Averoigne story, “The Satyr” along with its variant conclusion. The poet referenced in the story was Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585), who was a member of the group of French poets known as La Pléiade. The phrase we were looking for from the Podcast to the Curious was the […]

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