People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird Fiction

People's Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos S15BE 1-23(February) CONTENTS VOL. I, No. 1&2 CONTENTS Jan & Feb, 1930 EDITORIAL Jan 1930   7 An Introduction to a New and Unique Magazine. THE BEETLE HORDE VICTOR ROUSSEAU 8 Only Two Young Explorers Stand in the Way of the Mad Bram's Horrible Revenge—the Releasing of His Trillions of Man-sized Beetles upon an Utterly Defenseless World. (Part One of a Two-part Novel.) THE CAVE OF HORROR CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 32 Screaming, the Guardsman Was Jerked Through the Air. An Unearthly Screech Rang Through the Cavern. The Unseen Horror of Mammoth Cave Had Struck Again! PHANTOMS OF REALITY RAY CUMMINGS 46 Red Sensua's Knife Came up Dripping—and the Two Adventurers Knew that Chaos and Bloody Revolution Had Been Unleashed in that Shadowy Kingdom of the Fourth Dimension. (A Complete Novel.) THE STOLEN MIND M. L. STALEY 75 What Would You Do, If, Like Quest, You Were Tricked, and Your Very Mind and Will Stolen from Your Body? COMPENSATION C. V. TENCH 92 Professor Wroxton Had Disappeared—But in the Bottom of the Mysterious Crystal Cage Lay the Diamond from His Ring! TANKS MURRAY LEINSTER 100 Two Miles of American Front Had Gone Dead. And on Two Lone Infantrymen, Lost in the Menace of the Fog-gas and the Tanks, Depended the Outcome of the War of 1932. INVISIBLE DEATH ANTHONY PELCHER 118 On Lees' Quick and Clever Action Depended the Life of "Old Perk" Ferguson, the Millionaire Manufacturer Threatened by the Uncanny, Invisible Killer.   Feb 1930 H. W. WESSOLOWSKI   Painted in Water-colors from a Scene in "Spawn of the Stars."     OLD CROMPTON'S SECRET HARL VINCENT 153 Tom's Extraordinary Machine Glowed—and the Years Were Banished from Old Crompton's Body. But There Still Remained, Deep-seated in His Century-old Mind, the Memory of His Crime.     SPAWN OF THE STARS CHARLES WILLARD DIFFIN 166 The Earth Lay Powerless Beneath Those Loathsome, Yellowish Monsters That, Sheathed in Cometlike Globes, Sprang from the Skies to Annihilate Man and Reduce His Cities to Ashes.     THE CORPSE ON THE GRATING HUGH B. CAVE 187 In the Gloomy Depths of the Old Warehouse Dale Saw a Thing That Drew a Scream of Horror to His Dry Lips. It Was a Corpse—the Mold of Decay on Its Long-dead Features—and Yet It Was Alive!     CREATURES OF THE LIGHT SOPHIE WENZEL ELLIS 196 He Had Striven to Perfect the Faultless Man of the Future, and Had Succeeded—Too Well. For in the Pitilessly Cold Eyes of Adam, His Super-human Creation, Dr. Mundson Saw Only Contempt—and Annihilation—for the Human Race.     INTO SPACE STERNER ST. PAUL 221 What Was the Extraordinary Connection Between Dr. Livermore's Sudden Disappearance and the Coming of a New Satellite to the Earth?     THE BEETLE HORDE VICTOR ROUSSEAU 229 Bullets, Shrapnel, Shell—Nothing Can Stop the Trillions of Famished, Man-sized Beetles Which, Led by a Madman, Sweep Down Over the Human Race.     MAD MUSIC ANTHONY PELCHER 248 The Sixty Stories of the Perfectly Constructed Colossus Building Had Mysteriously Crashed! What Was the Connection Between This Catastrophe and the Weird Strains of the Mad Musician's Violin?     THE THIEF OF TIME CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 259 The Teller Turned to the Stacked Pile of Bills. They Were Gone! And No One Had Been Near!     Sponsored by: Copper Cow Coffee Vietnamese Pour Over Coffee Donner Musical Instuments Student Instruments  Glarry Guitars Inexpensive Guitars  Golden Goat CBD CBD & Delta 8 Edibles    Share a Sale Get your podcast or website Sponsored Taza Stone Ground Chocolate Podbean Amazon Apple Stitcher Facebook Our Patreon

    COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSO   Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Manape the Mighty."   THE MAN FROM 2071 SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT 295 Out of the Flow of Time There Appears to Commander John Hanson a Man of Mystery from the Forgotten Past.   MANAPE THE MIGHTY. ARTHUR J. BURKS 308 High in Jungle Treetops Swings Young Bentley—His Human Brain Imprisoned in a Mighty Ape. (A Complete Novelette.)   HOLOCAUST CHARLES WILLARD DIFFIN 356 The Extraordinary Story of "Paul," Who for Thirty Days Was Dictator of the World.   THE EARTHMAN'S BURDEN R. F. STARZL 375 There is Foul Play on Mercury—until Danny Olear of the Interplanetary Flying Police Gets After His Man.   THE EXILE OF TIME RAY CUMMINGS 386 Larry and George from 1935, Mary from 1777—All Are Caught up in the Treacherous Tugh's Revolt of the Robots in the Time World of 2930. (Part Three of a Four-Part Novel.)   THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 416 A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories.   2022-2023 episodes “THE PEOPLE OF THE MONOLITH”/HPLHH Call of Cthulhu PHILLIPS, WARD/Dunwich Horror(1970) PICKMAN, RICHARD UPTON/Alien PNAKOTIC FRAGMENTS/Hellboy (2004)  PNAKOTUS/Cabin in the Woods QUACHIL UTTAUS/The Thing Form Out Space/The Thing/Who goes there REVELATIONS OF GLAAKI/Night of the Living Dead(OG) RHAN-TEGOTH/Texas Chain Saw Massacre(OG) R’lyeh/The Evil Dead(OG) SARKOMAND/Fire Walk with Me SARNATH/Hellraiser(OG) SATAMPRA ZEIROS/Silent Hill(OG) SENTINEL HILL/Noroi SHAGGAI/Maribeto SHOGGOTH/Possession (1981 SHANTAKS/ The Gate SHINING TRAPEZOHEDRON/Jacob’s ladder Shub-Niggurath/Angel’s Egg Shudde-M’ell/Dune(1984) The Silver Key/Bubba Ho Tep Silver Twilight/JDatE Star Vampires/Lifeforce Starkweather-More Expedition/Exorcist 3 Starry Wisdom Cult/It Follows     Sponsored by: Copper Cow Coffee Vietnamese Pour Over Coffee Donner Musical Instuments Student Instruments  Glarry Guitars Inexpensive Guitars  Golden Goat CBD CBD & Delta 8 Edibles    Share a Sale Get your podcast or website Sponsored Taza Stone Ground Chocolate Podbean Amazon Apple Stitcher Facebook Our Patreon

Dave Talks 2025 part 1

After London; Or, Wild England: In Two Parts: Part 1 – The Relapse into Barbarism; Part II – Wild England is a novel by Richard Jefferies, published in 1885 by Cassell and Company. It is an early work of science fiction, set in near future England, near sunk London, a century after a mysterious disaster caused the fall of modern civilization and reverted English society to the medieval level. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

 The Bodymaster by Harold Ward. Read in English by Ben Tucker Horror author Harold Ward is perhaps most well-known for his Doctor Death series of stories published in the 1930s. Before that, Ward released a series of horrific and strange stories in the earliest days of Weird Tales magazine. Settle in for a sinister pair of stories that delve into the heart of the macabre! - Summary by Ben Tucker Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is an 1890 short story by American writer and American Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]

 Weird Tales Double Feature: The Skull and The Bodymaster by Harold Ward. Read in English by Ben Tucker Horror author Harold Ward is perhaps most well-known for his Doctor Death series of stories published in the 1930s. Before that, Ward released a series of horrific and strange stories in the earliest days of Weird Tales magazine. Settle in for a sinister pair of stories that delve into the heart of the macabre! - Summary by Ben Tucker Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Murder Machine by Hugh B. Cave is a classic 1930 science fiction short story about a device that uses hypnotic thought-waves to turn ordinary people into murderers, first published in Astounding Stories magazine. It's a tale of mind control and murder, where a mad scientist creates a machine that can manipulate the minds of "law-abiding citizens," making them commit violent acts without their conscious will.  "Coming Attraction" is a science fiction short story by American writer Fritz Leiber, originally published in the second issue (November 1950) of Galaxy Science Fiction.  

"Second Variety" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in Space Science Fiction magazine, in May 1953, with illustrations by Alex Ebel. Set in a world where a war between the Soviet Union and the United Nations has reduced most of the world to a barren wasteland, the story concerns the discovery, by the few remaining soldiers left, that self-replicating robots originally built to assassinate Soviet agents have gained sentience and are now plotting against both sides. It is one of many stories by Dick examining the implications of nuclear war, particularly after it has destroyed much or all of the planet. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]  

"Second Variety" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in Space Science Fiction magazine, in May 1953, with illustrations by Alex Ebel. Set in a world where a war between the Soviet Union and the United Nations has reduced most of the world to a barren wasteland, the story concerns the discovery, by the few remaining soldiers left, that self-replicating robots originally built to assassinate Soviet agents have gained sentience and are now plotting against both sides. It is one of many stories by Dick examining the implications of nuclear war, particularly after it has destroyed much or all of the planet. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]  

"The Treader of the Dust" is a short story written by Clark Ashton Smith and first published in the August 1935 issue of Weird Tales.   Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]  

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The spirit of dark priestess Abigail Prinn, executed during the Salem Witch Trials, is awakened when a man moves into her old home and uncovers her secret "Witch Room" hidden beneath. In order to wreak her vengeance on the descendants of the townsfolk responsible for her death, Abigail attempts to summon forth a dark evil in the form of the Great Old One known as Nyogtha, using the Witch Room, but is ultimately thwarted by the intervention of occultist Michael Leigh. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

"The Red Hand" (1895): short detective/horror story featuring the main characters from The Three Impostors. It focuses on a murder performed with an ancient stone axe. Written by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

The Great God Pan is an 1894 horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

"The Colour Out of Space" is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927.   Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]  

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Before Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard created Kull the Conqueror, revealed later by Howard to be an ancestor of Conan. Kull, like Conan is a vicious and bloodthirsty barbarian but in some ways is a more contemplative and thoughtful character. In these, the first two Kull stories Howard published, we find Kull dealing with a conspiracy to murder him by a race of shapeshifting lizard people in "The Shadow Kingdom" and we see Kull contemplating his place in the world and even his own reality as he becomes ensnared in the wicked plot of a magician in "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thume". Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

Oscar Schisgallon's Death Pit from the November 1923 Weird Tales. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]    

"The White People" is a classic, influential horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen, first published in 1904, presented as a young girl's diary detailing her secret initiation into a world of folklore, magic, and otherworldly beings, guided by her nurse, culminating in an abrupt, unsettling ending that suggests a profound, supernatural transformation. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link]