Dweller of the Dark

"McReady raised his head, looked vaguely at the knife in his hand, and dropped it. His laugh was shaky, almost a laugh of relief. “Well, whoever did it can speak up now. He was an inhuman murderer at that—in that he murdered an inhuman. I swear by all that’s holy, Kinner was a lifeless corpse on the floor here when we arrived—but when it found we were going to jab it with the power gadget the...

They walked toward a silver, circular structure that was Gerald’s office. Opening an intricately carved door that matched the Roman depiction of Romulus and Remus back on the planet Earth, he answered, “We protect our flock as best we can. The wildlife can be quite deadly if you drop your guard." --Jeffrey LeBlanc (Crimson Moon)   https://youtube.com/@dwellerofthedark?sub_confirmation=1   htt...

"McReady raised his head, looked vaguely at the knife in his hand, and dropped it. His laugh was shaky, almost a laugh of relief. “Well, whoever did it can speak up now. He was an inhuman murderer at that—in that he murdered an inhuman. I swear by all that’s holy, Kinner was a lifeless corpse on the floor here when we arrived—but when it found we were going to jab it with the power gadget the...

But deep in the seaweed-haunted halls in the green unlighted deep, Inhuman kings await the day that shall break their chains of sleep. And far in a grim untrodden land on a jungle-girded hill, A pillar stands like a sign of Fate, in subtle warning still.   —Robert E. Howard (The Symbol)   https://youtube.com/@dwellerofthedark?sub_confirmation=1   https://youtube.com/shorts/gaZAcayE96s?feature=shar...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2023/04/14/demonic-neural-link-horror-enoch-by-robert-bloch/ Have you ever felt the tread of little feet walking across the top of your skull? Footsteps on your skull, back and forth, back and forth? —Robert Bloch (Enoch)   https://youtube.com/@dwellerofthedark?sub_confirmation=1   https://youtube.com/shorts/gaZAcayE96s?fea...

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‘The cloud passed from below the sun, and light splashed suddenly in all manner of unlikely places. The man went straight on. He felt a touch of puzzling confusion somewhere; this way the copse had of shifting from sunshine into shadow doubtless troubled sight a little.’ —Algernon Blackwood (Ancient Lights)   https://youtube.com/shorts/gaZAcayE96s?feature=share https://youtu.be/3UjTY8cLLPc https:/...

“I dwell with a desire—a longing in my aching heart, you know Centered on that vanished home the snow covered centuries ago The trail is forgotten and lost in blueberry thickets That hasn’t a leaf now to feed our friends the singing crickets The moon rises; the tittering bats tumble and dart through the moonlit trees —Jeffrey LeBlanc (Ghost Mountain)   https://youtube.com/@dwellerofthedark?sub_con...

Jeffrey LeBlanc – Horror Writer (dwellerofthedark.com) “I was in the midst of a dream, or was it a dream? Crimson winds stormed, lightning crashed and seas raged in nightmare Red was the sun—supernova, and the stars swirled infinite in space, Floods from the melted poles submerged the lands muffling the screams For the moon obliterated, no longer controlled the tides” —Jeffrey LeBlanc (Beyond Dark...

“The shelter of even a tomb was welcome in that pitiless tempest, and I was about to enter it when there came a flash of forked-lightning that lit up the whole expanse of the heavens. In the instant, as I am a living man, I saw, as my eyes were turned into the darkness of the tomb, a beautiful woman, with rounded cheeks and red lips, seemingly sleeping on a bier. As the thunder broke overhead, I w...

“Thou art a symbol and a sign To Mortals of their fate and force; Like thee, Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source; And Man in portions can foresee His own funereal destiny; His wretchedness, and his resistance, And his sad unallied existence: To which his Spirit may oppose Itself—and equal to all woes, And a firm will, and a deep sense, Which even in torture can descry Its o...

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This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/12/07/horrifying-bat-tale-wings-of-the-night-jeffrey-leblanc/ “The mountains towered to the ghostly moon Celestial stars shimmered brilliantly in the sky As the bats tittered, and twisted, twisted Across the mountains and the forest upon high Winding and weaving through the vastness of night They sang a devilish tale f...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/12/07/haunting-christmas-horror-lazarus-leonid-andreyev/ When Lazarus rose from the grave, after three days and nights in the mysterious thraldom of death, and returned alive to his home, it was a long time before anyone noticed the evil peculiarities in him that were later to make his very name terrible. His friends a...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/12/07/horrifically-haunting-witchs-tale-the-sea-witch-jeffrey-leblanc/ The Sea Witch Part One I The night winds were a torrent of darkness amongst the sea and foam, The coppery moon heaved as a haunted galleon upon golden waves to roam, The beach trail weaved as a moonlit strand over the skull-white dunes, And the Sea...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/11/12/horrific-lamia-tale-clark-ashton-smiths-the-death-of-ilalotha/ “Moment by moment, as if through the working of some powerful necromancy, there grew upon him a curious hallucination, and it seemed that he was again the lover of those lost nights, and had entered that bower in the palace gardens where Ilalotha wait...

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This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/11/26/haunting-dwarf-tale-jeffrey-leblancs-the-lost-child/ “Come home, my lost child! Embrace the rivers and the wild Dance with dwarves, hand in hand, Forget the human world of weeping, A painful land you will never understand.” —Jeffrey LeBlanc (The Lost Child) https://youtube.com/shorts/gaZAcayE96s?feature=share htt...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/12/07/haunting-christmas-ghost-tale-the-little-match-girl-hans-christian-andersen/ “She lighted another match, and then she found herself sitting under a beautiful Christmastree. It was larger and more beautifully decorated than the one which she had seen through the glass door at the rich merchant’s. Thousands of tape...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/12/07/haunting-ghost-tale-cold-hand/ https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Mountain-Collection-Tales-Poetic-ebook/dp/B0BNLWBRBH/ref=sr_1_3?qid=1670386718&refinements=p_27%3AJeffrey+LeBlanc&s=digital-text&sr=1-3 Warm my hand lives, in the moment kind and caring But reaching for you now, can I do so, deathly chill Fo...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2022/10/30/best-halloween-horror-episode-15-fiery-tales-of-robert-e-howard/ “We were kings of old!" they chanted, "Rulers of a world enchanted; "Every nation of creation "Owned our lordship over men. "Diadems of power crowned us, "Then rose Solomon to confound us, "In the form of beasts he bound us, "So our rule was broken...

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