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People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird Fiction
People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird Fiction
Author: DB Spitzer/David Heath/Aunt Gore
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People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight. Join us for our audiobook episodes. Episodes drop weekly.
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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!
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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.
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SHANTAKS/ The Gate
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Shub-Niggurath/Angel’s Egg
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Star Vampires/Lifeforce
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GEEKY CROSSROADS 35
Dave talks David Lynch, sorry about audio quality,
Farmer Dave is still getting a hang of his new computer.
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Edited/Music by DB Spitzer
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Well... I can say that I never saw the cats coming.
interesting but the volume is way too low. I have to crank my player as high as it will go just to make out what is being said