Innsmouth Book Club

Send us Fan Mail We are joined in the Innsmouth Picture House by author Jeremiah Dylan Cook for a viewing of the HBO mythos-noir movie, Cast a Deadly Spell . We talk Cross Plains, HPL's house for sale, Derleth, quiz questions, the creative process, translating script and screen to page, David Warner, ghouls and easter eggs. Jeremiah Website       Cthulhu Mythos Month Interviews     HPL House...

Send us Fan Mail Things get creepy-crawly in Innsmouth as we cover Hanns Heinz Ewers' classic weird tale. We chat Thanatos, Arachne, Clarimonde, the Abyss, "reality" TV, phobias, Dr Who, Tolkien, and the Xmas Spider. WARNING includes theme of suicide. Download MP3 Edwyrdian Tales     Teratocon27        ILF26 Video        Mothership Campaign Support the show Send your questions to in...

Send us Fan Mail Tim and Rob, the Morecambe and Wise of the horror world, take a look back at ILF26 and reveal plans for next year. Yes, the ILF will be celebrating their Fifth Birthday with a full weekend event at Cranfield University Oct 1st-3rd 2027! Keep an eye out for details in the near future. In the meantime a huge thanks again to everyone who attended and contributed to making ILF26 such...

Send us Fan Mail Rob previews ILF26 with news of panels, traders and gaming. Plus a delve into recent mail, including more Mythos games, some Michael Shea news, and vampires! Download MP3    Innsmouth Literary Festival         Lovecraftesque Review Phantasmagoria Magazine   Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in my Bed podcast The I...

Send us Fan Mail In a follow-up to our episode looking at gaming the Mythos, Tim braves the Marsh Amusement Arcade on Innsmouth's historic waterfront to look at a selection of bizarre Lovecraftian video games. From Pinball to dating simulators, if you thought all Lovecraftian video games were survival horror, you are in for a shock! Download MP3 ILF26      Support the show Send your questions...

Send us Fan Mail Our old pal John Houlihan joins us in The Squid Inn as we take a new look at gaming the Mythos. We go back to the early days of Lovecraftian computer games, talk about some new releases, then go on to favourite card and board games. We round off with RPGs, plus tips on game design and building atmosphere at the table (rubber tentacles, anyone?) Finally, it's a dip into Dagon&...

Send us Fan Mail Author, musician and occultist Marco Visconti joins us in the faded splendour of the Gilman Hotel. We talk Kings Cross, Karel Theol, Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, HPL's dreams, Black Stars in Dim Carcosa , the algorithm, occulture, and the failure of social media. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Marco's website          Youtube       Black Stars in Dim Carcos...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the Gilman Hotel, where we chat to author, editor and presenter Trevor Kennedy. We talk Phantasmagoria magazine, Dave Carson, the Golden Age of horror, indie film, martial arts, comedy and horror, daleks, accents, and CGI. Plus the return of Dagon's Sack! Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Phantasmagoria Magazine         Facebook     Bad Dreams & Reflecti...

Send us Fan Mail With Innsmouth in the grip of a heatwave,  we seek refuge in the shadowy library and take a look at Cool Air, one of HPL's three New York tales. We talk Walter Gibson, HPL in exile, adaptations, the HP1 unit, plumbers, Lovecraft in Gotham , and pose the question Sonia Greene and Aleister Crowley, true or false? Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Night Gallery Cool Air S...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the relative coolness of Innsmouth Library for a study of Karl Edward Wagner's outstanding The River of Night's Dreaming . We talk The Vampire Lovers , fetish clubs, The End , KEW in London, Silent Hill and find out what happens when the King in Yellow's car won't start. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival       KEW Dagon interview         The E...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Ye Olde Book Shoppe for an Ambroce Bierce double bill! Our stories are Haita the Shepherd and An Inhabitant of Carcosa. We talk Dod Grile, death, Hastur, Carcosa, Robert Chambers,  Carcassone, Petra, and the lynx. Download MP3 Grooving in Green           Innsmouth Literary Festival The Innsmouth Forum   Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.c...

Send us Fan Mail We venture across the Channel for Robert W Chambers classic, The Demoiselle D'Ys . We parlez Chatto and Windus, Rabelais, Brittany, Ys, Lyonesse  and Dr Who. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival        Chaosium Con     We Want the Gold   Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth Fo...

Send us Fan Mail Award-winning writer, producer, director and artist Mike Lyddon joins us in the Gilman Hotel. We talk HG Wells, remakes, Night Gallery , ghouls and Mike's remarkable documentary Lovecraft In Florida Part One - including the Barlow house, the Ancient City and walking in HPL's footsteps. Download MP3 Mike's Website     Rumble Video (search for Pickman's Model, Th...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Innsmouth Library as we look at an excellent mythos story from Lovecraft circle member Richard F. Searight.  We talk those dreadful Eltdown Shards, TV pyschics, genres, libraries and the end of everything. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival     JB Lee Art Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in my Be...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Innsmouth Library for a delve into Basil Copper's subterranean horror, Shaft Number 247 . We talk Solar Pons, radionics, Paranoia RPG, Corridors anthology, daleks, disco and dreams. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival        Grooving in Green      Corridors Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in...

Send us Fan Mail Lovecraftian scholar Heather Miller drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk True Detective, RPG's, Robert Chambers, haunted landscapes, New Orleans and glitter. Plus ILF26 news and the mailbag. Download MP3 Heather's Blog           Innsmouth Literary Festival     Monster in my Bed podcast Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patre...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we dive into a classic Ramsey Campbell tale, The Inhabitant of the Lake.  We talk the Severn Valley, adaptations, haunted lakes, L'Auberge Rouge, worldbuilding and Aklo. Plus mailbag and news of ILF26! Download MP3 Concrete Cow       Bedford Tabletop Expo       Wyrmwood Blog       Independent Legions Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Innsmouth library as we discuss John Buchan's chilling folk horror classic, No Man's Land. We talk Blackwood magazine, the Highlands, phonetic accents, Northerners, heather ale, Robert E Howard, and books that got away. Download MP3 Delapore Media podcast        Grooving in Green       Dragon's Teeth Gaming channel       The Innsmouth Forum Support the sh...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a look back over our Festive viewing and presents, and a look ahead to 2026. We talk del Torro's Frankenstein , Besson's Dracula , A Christmas Ghost Story, Poe, Machen, UK hauntings, video games and more. Oh, and we unveil our new stage names... Happy New Year! Download MP3 Grooving in Green     Innsmouth Forum     Spiral Con       Quake Models       Ivor Big...

Send us Fan Mail Tim takes a deep dive into the 1996 Lovecraft-inspired first-person shooter, Quake . Along the way, he draws on developer interviews and the original manual to examine the inspirations behind the game's creatures, story, and setting.  Merry Festival to one and all! Download MP3 Sandy Petersen Interview         Smith Circle Conference       Grooving in Green We Want the Gold  ...

Send us Fan Mail Game designer, author and podcaster Matt Sanderson joins us in a somewhat festive Gilman House for a chat. We talk Vampire LARP, conventions, horror RPGs, the appeal of horror, grimoires and gaming trends. Download MP3 Blasphemous Tomes           Smith Circle Conference We Want the Gold          The Innsmouth Forum Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook....

Send us Fan Mail On this visit we dare the New England surf with Elizabeth Bear's excellent Shoggoths in Bloom. We talk War of the Worlds , lobsters, the North Sea, daleks, story endings and also have a delve into the mailbag. Download MP3 Elizabeth Bear       Innsmouth Forum     The Smith Circle Convention       The Art of Skinner    Edwyrdian Tales   Clay Story Scuplture     Sentinel Hill P...

Send us Fan Mail Join Tim in the back room of Ye Olde Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a look at two books, one fictional, one not, both entitled Mysteries of the Worm . This episode looks at both Robert Bloch's mythos tome and the Chaosium collection of his mythos fiction. Along the way, he reads Bloch's afterword in its entirety, looking at the creation of his tales and his relationship with...

Send us Fan Mail It's a Halloween treat today as we visit the Olde Booke Shoppe to discuss Robert Bloch's Notebook Found in a Deserted House. We talk shoggoths, Arthur Machen, druids, Cousin Osbourne, Ramsey Campbell and the possible origin of Dark Young... Download MP3 Innsmouth Forum      Julia Morgan Reading       Grooving in Green Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbook...

Send us Fan Mail Authors John Houlihan and Christopher Michael join us in the Library for a discussion of the Mythos at War. We talk WW2, the Napoleonic era, research and detail, Georgian science, the perils of velcro, modern warfare and cavalry sabres. Download MP3 John Houlihan       Christopher Michael     The Innsmouth Forum ILF25 Quiz     Edwyrdian Tales Support the show Send your questions t...