Innsmouth Book Club

Send us Fan Mail A selection of Pearl & Scream ads from our visits to Innsmouth Picturehouse. They include: Sallow Tallow Candles Innsmouth Komedy Klub Curl Up and Dye Hair Salon Innsmouth Well Being Centre Innsmouth Recycling (for when you go green) Quint's Boat Tours Now That's What I Call Music 1 Psychic Delia Innsmouth Wigs Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclu...

Send us Fan Mail Tim Mendees reads HP Lovecraft's classic yuletide horror, The Festival. Xmas Reading 1 The Crypts of Memory Xmas Reading 2    The Abomination that Came for Christmas Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth Forum Old Episodes Tim Mendees   Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth  Rob'...

Send us Fan Mail Tim Mendees gives an exclusive reading of his festive tale,  The Abomination that Came for Christmas.  Watch out for our other festive readings too! Xmas Reading 1 - The Crypts of Memory Xmas Reading 3 -  The Festival Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Patreon Youtube BlueSky Monster in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth Forum Old Episodes Tim Mendees...

Send us Fan Mail Tim and Rob host a  chat from Innsmouth in Festival season. We talk shopping in Innsmouth, Tolkien and Lovecraft, ideas and names for writing, and pronunciations, answer live questions from listeners and give a shout out to fellow podcasters. Big thanks again to all our guest, readers, patrons and listeners, wishing you all Happy Holidays! Russell Smeaton           People's G...

Send us Fan Mail With a ghoul infestation at the graveyard and Innsmouth teeming with Festival visitors, we take shelter in the Olde Book Shoppe. There we discuss Ambrose Bierce's weird fiction classic The Damned Thing .  We talk  chaparrals, Predator,  dog's noses, pen names and adaptations. Plus reader comment and news of our live chat session! Creepy #4        Gray Matter podcast    ...

Send us Fan Mail We sneak into the back room of the Esoteric Order of Dagon for a panel discussion on Tolkien's masterpiece from an English perspective. Authors John Houlihan and David Hambling join us, to chat landscape, balrog wings, Cockney trolls, the divine right of kings, World War One and why we don't like Sam... Shadows from Norwood                   David Hambling Amazon  John H...

Send us Fan Mail Author Matthew Davenport drops into the Gilman House for a chat.  We talk shoggoths, super heroes, parkour, filming cosmic horror and Lovecraftian video games. Plus a letter from Dagon's Sack and the latest news! Matthew on Amazon       Matthew on Patreon Feast of Fools live launch         Xylographilia Art Site Support the show Send your questions to innsmouthbookclub@outloo...

Send us Fan Mail We take shelter in Innsmouth Library and discuss Eleanor Scott's folk-horror classic, Randall's Round. We talk 'obby 'osses, pagan rituals, pub names, The Wicker Man and crappy deals with the devil. We also delve into Dagon's spam folder and give news of our next Patron special. Contact us at dagonsack@outlook.com Feast of Friends anthology      Strange Ae...

Send us Fan Mail Here's the first of our Halloween treats! Some Haunted Houses by Ambrose Bierce Read by Tim Mendees Music by Innsmouth Gold Join us live in Innsmouth for a Halloween Youtube chat!  Sunday 30th  Oct, from 8pm UK time we will be streaming live from the Esoteric Order of Dagon! Click here to join us ! IBC on Facebook         IBC on Youtube              Previous Episodes Tim Mend...

Send us Fan Mail We visit Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss what many regard as Robert E Howard's finest story, the Worms of the Earth. We talk Dark Ages and Pictish history, Howard's Mythos, crucifixion, Machen, UK geography, serpent people and Dagon's... anatomy. E-mail us at dagonsack@outlook.com Cimmeria Album  The Cellar of Horrors show       Cast of Cthulhu podcast            ...

Send us Fan Mail We drop by the Gilman Hotel for a chat with Mythos author and science journalist David Hambling. We talk Lovecraftian science, sinister history, movie adaptations, robot dogs,  London gangsters and TS Eliot.  Plus we answer a Dagon's Sack question on the Rings of Power series. E-mail us at dagonsack@outlook.com Shadows from Norwood                   David Hambling Amazon  IBC...

Send us Fan Mail We visit Innsmouth Library to cover our first Caitlin R. Kiernan story - a modern Mythos tale of a mysterious fossil and a classic monster movie! We talk non-linear plots, the perils of public transport, William Alland, and Innsmouth spam. Rob also recounts his Jamesian "dog's ear" experience. The horror... E-mail us at dagonsack@outlook.com IBC on Facebook        ...

Send us Fan Mail We celebrate our 50th episode with a visit from Chris Lackey. One half of the excellent HPL Literary Podcast, Chris is also an actor, writer, animator and keen gamer. We chat LARPs,  filming Cthulhu, life in the UK, the creative impulse, podcasting,  and cults and cultists. There's also mail from Dagon's Sack, asking  what one question would you ask HPL? We'd like t...

Send us Fan Mail We visit the Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece, The Last Feast of Harlequin . We talk Current 93, tramps and clowns, harlequins, mental health issues, Munch's The Scream  and devolution. E-mail us at dagonsack@outlook.com IBC on Facebook         IBC on Youtube              Previous Episodes Innsmouth Gold Kickstart         Thomas Ligotti      ...

Send us Fan Mail On  a sweltering Innsmouth day, we take refuge in the coolness of the Picturehouse for a double feature - Stuart Gordon's Reanimator and From Beyond! We talk pencils, exploitation, 80s computer tech, gooey gore and more. Plus there's a new Pearl & Scream from Gein's Furniture and Upholstery Services... E-mail us at dagonsack@outlook.com IBC on Facebook         I...

Send us Fan Mail Today's visit takes us to Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a discussion on Blackwood's classic of cosmic horror The Willows. We talk folk horror, outdoor claustrophobia, sentient trees, liminal spaces, ghost hunting, the Golden Dawn and occult vs materialism. Plus we answer a Dagon's Sack question about non-Lovecraftian authors! And check out this month's Innsmouth Ne...

Send us Fan Mail We pop into Innsmouth Library for our first Karl Edward Wagner story, which plots mystic swordsman Kane against a werewolf! We talk gothic sword & sorcery, whodunnits,  Charles Manson,  famous wanderers and Robert E Howard. Plus we answer a Dagon's Sack question about Lovecraftian music! IBC on Facebook         IBC on Youtube              Previous Episodes The Last Wolf ...

Send us Fan Mail We hop on over to the Gilman House to meet with Gavin Chappell, author and editor  of Schlock webzine and Lovecraftiana magazine.   We talk vikings, the joys of editing, fanzines and what is Lovecraftian? We also mention real life (mostly feline!) horrors, Tolkien, conspiracy theories and answer a Dagon's Sack question on Lovecraftian mash ups! E-mail us at dagonsack@outlook....

Send us Fan Mail We head on over to Innsmouth Library for a talk by Norse folklore enthusiast Rich Blackett about shapeshifters, werewolves and wolf cults!  We chat about Greek legends,  berserkers,  the werewolf bishop, magic mushrooms, martial arts,  and the origin of the silver bullet myth. There's also a Dagon's Sack question about our favourite werewolves in film and literature. Aro...

Send us Fan Mail We visit Innsmouth Museum to see the latest exhibit and discuss the Lovecraftian aspects of Dr Who. Guests Chris McAuley and Ben Crawford join us as we chat book and comic adaptations, writing for Dr Who, Frobisher the penguin, Venusian Aikido, art vs commerce and more. We also witness the transformation of a guest! All this, plus a Dagon's Sack question about the Pnakotic At...

Send us Fan Mail Hosted by Rob Poyton, Tim Mendees and John Chadwick, the Innsmouth Book Club is a podcast devoted to works of Lovecraftian literature, weird fiction and cosmic horror in general. As well as books, we  review and discuss film, TV, gaming, art and music  and chat with Lovecraftian creatives about their work. Our fortnightly trips take you to Innsmouth's cultural sites, includin...

Send us Fan Mail For today's trip we visit the Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss an often over-looked member of the Lovecraft circle, Henry Kuttner, We read The Graveyard Rats and talk contes cruels, The Descent,  hardboiled Cthulhu and the 1996 Trilogy of Terror II adaptation.  Send your questions in to dagonsack@outlook.com IBC on Facebook         IBC on Youtube       Previous Episodes Nunki...