Innsmouth Book Club

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...

Send us Fan Mail We celebrate HPL's birthday in the Gilman Hotel with games designer and podcaster Scott Dorward. We talk on-line gaming, scenario design, Milton Keynes, quantifying the Mythos, new perspectives on gaming and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias. Download MP3 Blasphemous Tomes             Concrete Cow 25          The Smith Circle Conference       ILF25 Support the show Send your...

Send us Fan Mail Game designer and author Helena Nash pops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk the Isle of Wight, wax museums, Red Nails , Robert Rankin, mash ups, Scarred for Life , Dr Who, collecting comics, writing for RPGs and more! Download MP3 Helena's RPGs     Crooked Dice     Rivers of London ILF25 Booking     ILF25 T-shirts       Innsmouth Showdown Brading Wax Museum     The Am...

Send us Fan Mail Horror author Robbie Dorman joins us in the Gilman Hotel to discuss his work, literary forms, rural vs urban horror, derelictions, seaside towns, and discovering new writers. Plus we pay tribute to Ozzy... Download MP3 Rob's Facebook video      ILF25 Eventbrite  Ulthar film Kickstart       CAS Conference 26 Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com...

Send us Fan Mail Horror author James H Longmore drops in to the Gilman Hotel in a sweltering Innsmouth.  We chat book covers, James Herbert, analogue vs digital, comedy in horror, centipedes, Joe Pasquale and writing for films. Plus news of a great CAS event in Auburn and a new book release! Download MP3 James H Longmore        Hellbound Books Auburn CAS Conference       Continuum Games Convention...

Send us Fan Mail Stoker Award nominated author Ally Wilkes joins us in a distinctly chilly Innsmouth. We chat polar exploration, research, survival horror, YA Lovecraft, occult conspiracies and reclaiming HPL. Download MP3 Ally Wilkes' Site        Continuum 2025 Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in my Bed podcast The Innsmout...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a nautical excursion in the North Pacific with William Hope Hodgson's chilling The Voice in the Night . We talk Houdini, hanky panky, The Nightlands , cordyceps, mi-go maps, Matango and more. Plus news and a delve into the mailbag. Download MP3 Matango         Suspicion     Nightshade Press     Sargasso Chaosium Con         The Video Pirates     Royston Vasey Supp...

Send us Fan Mail In which we return to the Innsmouth Picture Palace for some classic, grim British horror - 1972's Death Line . We talk London Underground, Soho adventures, Donald Pleasance, tragic monsters, teabags, funerals and CHUDs. Pearl & Scream: Innsmouth Travel Download MP3 Who Killed Bambi? Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube Blue...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined at the Gilman House by performer, composer and artist Alia Synesthesia. We chat scoring films, vampires, The Lost Opera, found footage audio, the function of horror, and more. Download MP3 Alia Synesthesia       The Lost Opera       Nosferatu trailer Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in my Bed podcas...

Send us Fan Mail Prolific author James Lovegrove drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk Sherlock Holmes, the Mythos, Marvel, Victorian slang, Eastbourne, Conan, Firefly and more. Download MP3 James Lovegrove website                     The Cthulhu Casebooks Star Spawn of Cthulhu build Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in...