Clark Ashton Smith’s poem “The Eldritch Dark,” as read by Tim Mucci and filmed by Philip Gelatt: Eldritch Dark by Clark Ashton Smith on Vimeo. This is the first in a series of short poems, both by Smith and others, which we’ve recorded and will be releasing periodically over the next year.
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Episode #12: “The Enchantress of Sylaire”
This week’s episode is on “The Enchantress of Sylaire.” Enchantress was published in the July 1941 issue of Weird Tales. Illustration from Weird Tales most likely by Clark Ashton Smith. The Wikipedia entry for Cromlech has an illustration of a basic one, as well as more complex outlines. A few links here for those interested […]
Episode #11: “Mother of Toads”
This week’s episode is on “Mother of Toads” (abridged version here). As with “Maker of Gargoyles,” we warn listeners that this story does contain sexual assault, in this case against a male. IMDB page for The Theatre Bizarre in which the “Mother of Toads” adaptation Phil mentioned appears (and picture of Richard Stanley). A trailer […]
Episode #10: “The Disinterment of Venus”
A transcription of this episode is now available. This week is a somewhat shorter episode on Smith’s “Disinterment of Venus.” After a number of revisions, this story first appeared in the July 1934 issue of Weird Tales alongside “Through the Gates of the Silver Key” by HPL and E. Hoffman Price and other stories. The […]
Episode #9: “The Holiness of Azédarac”
This week’s episode is on Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Holiness of Azédarac” (originally titled “The Satanic Prelate”). “Holiness” was published in Weird Tales in November of 1933. You can hear H.P. Lovecraft & Clark Ashton Smith discussing the history of Averoigne as used in this story in our two interludes: Lovecraft’s letter to CAS and […]
Episode #8: “The Beast of Averoigne”
In this week’s episode, we’ll be covering The Beast of Averoigne in the version which was published in Weird Tales, May 1933. We’ll also be talking about the differences between this version and the one originally submitted to Weird Tales, which you may enjoy reading as well. Beast of Averoigne illustration created by Mike Mucci. […]
