Strange Shadows

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by our friends from 30+Minutes with HPL podcast   to conclude our look at Smith's classic tale of necromantic vengeance, the Colossus of Ylourgne. We chat  Ikea, wicker men, Bond villains, Universal movie castings, Talos and Dungeons and Dragons. Download MP3 Alfredo; A Tragedy audio drama         The Colossus by HPLLP Support the show Contact us at innsmouthboo...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by our friends from 30+Minutes with HPL podcast for a look at Smith's classic tale of necromantic vengeance, the Colossus of Ylourgne. In Part 1 we chat medieval news, ghoulish iniquities, end times, Bosch and Bruegel, and Rob reveals the new best historical name ever. Reader: Ramsey Campbell Favourite words: invultation, omening, horripilation, moiety, athanor,...

Send us Fan Mail We delve into Smith's tale of jealousy and poison, The Supernumerary Corpse .  We talk poisoners, Margrave, choice insults, bumble bees and Theatre of Blood. Plus listener correspondence. Reader: James Conrad Favourite words: usufruct, perspicacity, cupidity, stertorous, irremeable. Download MP3 30+ Minutes with HPL Podcast Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@out...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a jaunt through space and time with a pinch of Smith's The Plutonian Drug. We talk Farquar, LSD, romantic poets, Pluto, Banshee Chapter ,  and time travel -  and meet Shamanic Basil! Reader: Shelley de Cruz Favourite words: eloignment, syncope, decrescent, colloid, petrific, discorporate Download MP3 Abstract Eye  ftr Don Airey   Monster in My Bed Podcast Support...

Send us Fan Mail Robert Poyton reads a selection of poems -   Nyaghoggua by Robert AW Lowndes To Clark Ashton Smith by HP Lovecraft The Winter Moonlight by Clark Ashton Smith The Eldritch One by Pauline Brooker Zothique by Clark Ashton Smith The Outsider's Song   and Muse   by WH Pugmire Download MP3 Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmo...

Send us Fan Mail Join Tim in the Ye Olde Innsmouth Bookshop for a delve into the correspondence between the circle at Festival Time and any seasonal works they may have put out. Includes a reading of Christmas poems by H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, R.H. Barlow, & Clark Ashton Smith, along with various greeting cards and letters. Tim also inflicts a selection of Innsmouth cracker jokes upon u...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Poseidonis for Smith’s classic story of creeping terror, The Double Shadow. We chat rituals, King Kull, fart machines, The Double Shadow podcast, fear and loathing, and Rob unleashes his best mummy impression. Plus listener feedback and news of ILF 25! Favourite words: orichalchum, triremes, seines, samite, byssus, purulence, infrangible, thuribles. Reader:  CJ Hooper D...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the primordial ooze as we discuss Smith's mythos classic, Ubbo-Sathla! We talk conspiracy theories, Poe, Mu and Thule, Azathoth and Rob's trip to Averoigne. Reader: Matthew Wood, Edwyrdian Tales Favourite Words: dinornis, vermiculated, recherche, demiurge, inveigle, calamite, cicads. Download MP3 IBC95 - Talking Lovecraft       Averoigne Photos  Support the sh...

Send us Fan Mail We pay tribute to the late Scott Connors before discussing one of Smith's more gruesome tales, The Second Interment . We chat Poe, premature burial, the SPPBBA, Magbane, yew trees, pallbearers and Tim gives us his best Skeksis impression. Favourite words: mordant, dolorous, syncope, Aeonian, stertorous, infra-mundane. Download MP3 Nils Hedglin zine     Good Friends of Jackson...

Send us Fan Mail Our Auburn correspondent Nils Hedglin joins us to discuss a tale of botanical body horror! We talk sepulchers, the Moody Blues, plant people, occult sign-offs and discover Strange Shadows Bingo! Favourite words: Lianas, sanious, epyphitic, etiolated, impedimenta, baleful, loquacious Guest reader James Conrad Download MP3 Strange Shadows Bingo     Pingu's The Thing     Richard...

Send us Fan Mail Join us in far-future Zothique as we discuss The Empire of the Necromancers ! We talk magic circles, cocaine, Benny Hill, D&D, Frankenstein, and give a brief history of necromancy. Plus HPL at the cinema, listener feedback and the answer to how skeletons communicate... Guest reader:  David D Perlmutter Favourite words:  contumelious, lich, arrogate, sere, dubitable Download MP...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by David D Perlmutter to discuss CAS' Immortals of Mercury. We chat editors, art vs commerce, Smith's vocabulary, alien morality, RPGs, dreams, creative writing and Ropey Kelp. Favourite words: Mazeppa, libration, rugate, noctilucent, salamandrine Download MP3 Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth L...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Poyton reads Artemis, The Return of Hyperion , and The Sea-Gods.  Download MP3 Music by Innsmouth Gold Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club             Facebook           Youtube BlueSky                      Tim Mendees                     Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a trek into the desert as we search for The Invisible City . We chat dodgy publishers, Genghis Khan,  Aurora monster kits, Star Trek, alien pets, goth cybermen and fountain pens. Guest reader:  Nigel Watson Download MP3 Tailes from the Cryptkeeper Dreamer on the Nightside IBC Bonus Episode Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books P...

Send us Fan Mail We plunge back into Hyperborea with one of Smith's most published stories. We talk the word weird, world building, snakes, Venus fly trap and Gibbelins. Favourite words: acidulous, obstreperous, chatoyance, fugacity, retiarii, unctuous, oleaginous. Guest reader: David Cartwright Download MP3 here Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books P...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on the high seas for a discussion on Smith's pirate yarn, A Vintage From Atlanti s. We talk Captain Kidd, the Jolly Roger, pirate films, heists, beach parties, Atlantean hangovers, plus Smith's saucy letters! Favourite words: Rechabite, Amontillado, panakins, slumdegullions, coistrel We had a few technical difficulties in recording, so the audio is a little &quot...

Send us Fan Mail Tim delves into Dawnward Spire, Lonely Hill , to bring us the story of an argument that raged in the letters column of  The Fantasy Fan fanzine... vintage flame wars! Download MP3 Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club             Facebook           Youtube BlueSky                     ...

Send us Fan Mail Smith goes all Lovecraft with this tale of dark family secrets at Tremoth Hall. We talk the Necronomicon, inference, disappointment rooms, the ideal Goth night out, Slough and more. Favourite words: adyta, dubiety, ululation, sough. Download MP3 Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club  ...

Send us Fan Mail Smith goes full technicolour in this episode's story, the Demon of the Flower. We talk fan wars, triffids, pigeons, invasive plants, Bowie and weird pets. Plus news from  Auburn! Reader:  Gavin  Chappell Favourite words: turgescent, phylacteries, sacerdotalism, addorsed, tutelary, cockadrills Download MP3 Richard Corben CAS           Nils' Blog             Rollright Ston...

Send us Fan Mail We blast off into the cosmos again with a Smithian epic, The Eternal World . We talk time travel, Yes album covers, alien abduction, eyes on tentacles and architectural piles. Favourite words: arachanidan, televisic, irruption, Brobdingnagian, monition, Laocun, Reader: Alexandra Beaumont Download MP3 Wonder Stories        Martin's Photos   Support the show Contact us at innsm...

Send us Fan Mail We return to Mars for a top tier Smith story, T he Vaults of Yoh Vombis . We chat atmosphere, hats, Star Trek, health & safety, Dr Who, mummies and vampires and Billy Connolly. Reader: Shelley de Cruz Favourite words: teocalis, gneissic, tabu, filiate, adumbration, turgescent. Download MP3 The Miskatonic Scale                 LOG Cavern Guide Support the show Contact us at inn...

Send us Fan Mail This episode we cover a CAS tale with a unique genesis  - The Seedling of Mars. We talk 50s sci fi, space food, san loss, G-force and biblical floods Favourite words: piliated, telluric, pereration, refection, inchoate, promulgated, ultrasensational Reader: Peter Laws Download MP3  Other Side of the Moon cover Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shad...

Send us Fan Mail This episode we cover a rare direct sequel with Beyond the Singing Flame . We talk the rules of writing, liminal spaces, wormholes, proprioception and find a record number of band names in just one sentence. Reader: Stef Hoyle Favourite words: veridical, contiguous, madder, fortalice, scoriac, empyrian Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books...

Send us Fan Mail We return to Averoigne, to discuss The Maker of Gargoyles . We talk Le Stryge, gargoyles and grotesques, Derleth, endings, genius loci, clowns and Rob attempts to speak French. Favourite words: grotesqueries, aspergillus, peregrinations, catafelque, potations Reader:  Shelley de Cruz of Graveheart Designs Download MP3 Phlegethon the band    Support the show Contact us at innsmouth...

Send us Fan Mail Our study of Volume Three of the Night Shade Press series begins with The Holiness of Azédarac. We talk medieval naughtiness, Deep Purple, Moloch, jouissance , James Branch Cabell and sequels. Reader - John Houlihan of Modiphius Favourite words -  aspirate, missals, Erebean turpitude, bituminious, sable vans, lubriciousness Download MP3 Les Edwards - Bishop of Ximes             Ap...