Gates of Imagination

The Miskatonic University is organizing an expedition to Antarctica, to explore regions yet unknown to any other expedition before. What the scientists will discover there will exceed their wildest expectations, bringing upon them unspeakable horror, death, and madness. While Howard Phillips Lovecraft was fascinated with Antarctic expeditions since childhood, it was likely a mundane event that ins...

Enter a world of adventure, treasure, and terror in this gripping tale of a member of a 1541 conquistador group who breaks away from his comrades and ventures alone into the uncharted territory of Oklahoma. There he discovers legends of an underground kingdom and is lured by visions of great riches. His journey leads him to encounter both wonder and horror beyond his wildest imagination. Series: C...

In the summer of 1927, Vermont was ravaged by floods that swept away not only buildings but also strange, otherworldly bodies. When tales of these bizarre occurrences reach the curious mind of Professor Albert N. Wilmarth, he begins a correspondence with Henry Wentworth Akeley, a researcher from Vermont who claims that the flood washed up the bodies of extraterrestrial beings mining an unknown met...

Walter Gilman, a mathematics student at Miskatonic University, moves into the infamous Witch House attic. Soon, he begins experiencing increasingly bizarre dreams featuring an old witch and her rat-like familiar, leading to his ability to perceive hyperdimensional space. But as his dreams turn into nightmares, strange events unfold in Arkham. In Dreams in the Witch House, Howard Phillips Lovecraft...

Settling down in Oklahoma, Audrey and Walker Davis appear to be living the American dream. But when Audrey kills a rattlesnake nest near their home, Walker's fear of snakes is only surpassed by his belief in the legend of Yig, the serpent god who seeks revenge on those who harm his "charges." As tensions rise and Walker becomes convinced they will face a terrible punishment, their marriage is push...

In the rural town of Arkham, a strange meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it a bizarre and otherworldly color that infects everything it touches. As the local residents begin to experience strange and terrifying phenomena, they realize that the color is not of this world and that it possesses an insidious intelligence that seeks to destroy all life on Earth. With each passing day, the mad...

A short history of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's most famous book. Written as a help so that the author does not get lost in the facts that he scattered after the stories he wrote. The piece was written on both sides of a letter received from William J. Bryant. Series: Cthulhu Mythos Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gates-of-imagination--6962309/support .

"The Strange High House in the Mist" is a haunting tale of cosmic horror by HP Lovecraft, the master of the macabre. Set in the isolated town of Kingsport, the story follows a curious adventurer who becomes obsessed with the enigmatic and foreboding house that stands atop a cliff shrouded in mist. As he seeks to uncover the secrets of the strange high house, he discovers that its inhabitants are n...

A piece of a never-finished story. It tells the story of a young man who is obsessed with secret knowledge. Lord Natham, an elderly nobleman with strange fears, draws his interest. When the boy shows him the Necronomicon, he begins telling him about his ancestor, the commander of a Roman legion stationed in Britain. Series: Cthulhu Mythos Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.co...

"The Festival" is a short story by the acclaimed horror author H.P. Lovecraft, first published in 1925. A man who travels to a small New England community to take part in an enigmatic festival that has been celebrated for centuries. However, as the night wears on, the man discovers that the festival is steeped in dark, ancient rituals and horrifying, otherworldly power. Series: Cthulhu Mythos Beco...

"Azathoth" is a short story by the influential horror author H.P. Lovecraft, first published in 1922. The story explores the concept of a chaotic and indifferent universe ruled by a blind and mindless deity, Azathoth, who exists at the center of all creation. Lovecraft's vivid descriptions of otherworldly horrors and his unique blend of science fiction and cosmic horror have made him a beloved fig...

A story about two grave robbers who treat looting graves as a hobby. Each of their results is the result of perfection both technically and artistically. Once, when they indulge in their passions in Holland, they steal something from one of the tombs that they should not have touched. Series: Cthulhu Mythos Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gates-of-imagination--...

"The Nameless City" was first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal, The Wolverine. The story is set in an ancient, abandoned city in the Arabian desert, where an unnamed narrator, an archaeologist, discovers a series of ancient tablets that reveal the city's history. A classic example of Lovecraft's horror literature, "The Nameless City," focuses on ancient, otherworld...

The tale of the Whateley family, who resided in the dilapidated Dunwich. They have been the focus of countless rumors ever since Lavinia, the albino daughter of Old Whatley, the family patriarch, gave birth to twins from an unidentified father. To the surprise of the residents, one of the kids, Wilbur, is developing incredibly quickly. The second kid has never been seen. Old Whatley passes away so...

One of the most well-known Outer God, Nyarlathotep, makes his literary debut. A prose poem that is a record of a dream. The narrator is encouraged by a friend to see a show of an extraordinary "traveling showman or lecturer who lectured in public auditoriums and aroused general fear and heated discussions about his exhibitions". Series: Cthulhu Mythos Become a supporter of this podcast: https://ww...

We invite you to listen to the most famous of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's stories "The Call of Cthulhu". The story is a horror classic, written in 1926 and published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. It is also the only Lovecraft story in which the iconic Great Old One lying underwater appears in person. For many of us, this story was the first contact with the prose of H.P. Lovecraft and...