Strange Shadows

<p>Hosted by Tim Mendees and Rob Poyton of the Innsmouth Book Club, Strange Shadows is a fortnightly podcast devoted to the weird fiction of Clark Ashton Smith. One of the Trinity of Weird Tales authors, Smith, alongside Lovecraft and Howard, redefined cosmic horror and fantasy fiction. <br /> With his distinct baroque style, Smith's work remains rich, powerful and evocative. Using the five volume Night Shade Press collection of Smith's work as our guide, we will be covering each of his stories in chronological order, as well as screen adaptations and aspects of the author's life. <br />   Occasional guests will be joining us to share their knowledge and opinions about this most poetic of the Weird Tales writers. Episodes are free, with bonus content and other rewards available for patrons - click Subscribe or visit our Patreon page for details. See you in Zothique! </p>

SS4 05 The White Sybil

Send us a text It's a return to Hyperborea with Smith's classic tale of allure and creeping doom. We chat Sybil, the Frost Giant's Daughter, tropigoths, the children of Woolpit, elevated horror and technicolour prose. Oh, and Rob tells the moth joke... Reader: Helena Nash Favourite words: austral, southroun, ells, gracile, preterhuman, eider, machicolate, mellifluous, vacillant. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival The Smith Circle Convention Monster in m...

08-31
01:07:38

SS4 04 The Disinterment of Venus

Send us a text Averoigne draws us into its arms once more as we visit the naughty monks of Périgon for The Disinterment of Venus. We talk Venus, moving statues, Carry On, posterns, Mary Whitehouse, playing the incubus and rumpy monks. Reader: Robbie Dorman Favourite words: peccadilloes, chariness, Circean, maculations, satyriasis, indecorous Download MP3 Auburn CAS Conference IBC Key of Dreams episode Monster In my Bed, Legend ILF25...

08-03
01:17:30

SS4 03 The Star-Change

Send us a text Tim and Rob slip dimensions with Smith's tale of altered perception, The Star-Change. We talk Donner, moonfish, cubism, goblins, Mi-go and creative restrictions. Plus news and the mailbag. Reader: Simon Frazier Nash Favourite words: vocable, Sisyphean, lugubrious, littoral, Lethe, uncongenial exigency Download MP3 Auburn CAS Conference Shadow of Chaos Tim Mendees ILF25 Video ILF Booking Clay Story Sculptor Support the show Contact u...

07-20
01:36:12

SS4 02 The Beast of Averoigne

Send us a text Join us in the summer of 69 as we plunge back into the haunted forest with The Beast of Averoigne. We talk comets, antique demons, Terileptils, goth hair product and The Averoigne Legacy. Plus Tim sings, we check the mailbag and report news of a CAS event in Auburn! Reader: Shelley de Cruz Favourite words: rutilant, pernoctations, consanguinity, Malebolge, corposant, Satanry, Phlegethonian lustre Auburn CAS Conference The Cromcast The Ave...

07-06
01:29:47

SS Reading 3 The City in the Sea

Send us a text Just prior to Season Four starting, here's a reading of Poe's classic tale of underwater doom and decay, The City in the Sea. Download MP3 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 Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

06-08
04:43

SS3 026 Mailbag

Send us a text Season Three concludes with a deep delve into the mailbag. We talk scientifiction, genres, editorial mishaps, Benjamin De Casseres, our favourite Old One, and how to spell Chthuhlhuh. A Cyclopean thanks to all our readers, patrons, and listeners for supporting us - Season Four will commence after we return from a short break in Averoigne. Download MP3 Emperor of Shadows essay Hippocampus Press Star Spawn Painting IB...

05-11
58:55

SS3 025 Season Three Wrap Up

Send us a text Our Auburn correspondent Nils Hedglin joins us for a look back at Season Three. We talk favourite words and stories, least favourite story, Strange Shadows Bingo, Auburn, CAS going to church, and Goat Rock. Plus an exclusive end of season quiz! Download MP3 Nils' CAS blog Quiz Q&A Strange Shadows Bingo Card Wormingford Dragon Window Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbo...

04-27
01:04:10

SS3 024 The God of the Asteroid

Send us a text David D. Perlmutter joins us for our final story of Season 3 - The God of the Asteroid. We talk art vs commerce, the perils of space travel, SETI, U-boats, writing advice and the English class system in space. Reader: James Lovegrove Favourite words: selenite, pestiferous, phasmidae, cryptogamous, serrate Donwload MP3 Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube Blu...

04-13
01:35:27

SS3 023 The Colossus of Ylourgne Part 2

Send us a text 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 innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival In...

03-16
01:09:03

SS3 022 The Colossus of Ylourgne Part 1

Send us a text 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, welkin, energumen, Ialdobaoth. Download MP3 Ramsey Campbell In Innsmouth Al...

03-02
52:23

SS3 020 The Plutonian Drug

Send us a text 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 the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Inn...

02-02
01:25:28

SS3 019 The Double Shadow

Send us a text 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 Download MP3 Double Shadow podcast Leslie Nielsen Top Five Lovecraft...

12-08
01:15:44

SS3 18 Ubbo-Sathla

Send us a text 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 show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Lite...

11-24
01:24:14

SS3 017 The Second Interment

Send us a text 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 Elias 30+ Minutes with HPL The Misktaonic Scale Rawlinson End &nbs...

11-10
01:08:44

SS3 015 The Empire of the Necromancers

Send us a text 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 MP3 Support the show Contact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.com Night Shade Books Patreon...

09-22
01:16:12

SS3 014 The Immortals of Mercury

Send us a text 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 Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Te...

09-08
01:47:19

SS3 013 The Invisible City

Send us a text 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 Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky T...

07-28
01:30:30

SS3012 The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan

Send us a text 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 Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Inns...

07-14
48:03

SS3 011 A Vintage From Atlantis

Send us a text Join us on the high seas for a discussion on Smith's pirate yarn, A Vintage From Atlantis. 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 "hissy" in places. Download MP3 Full Fathom Five The Black Swan Support the show Contac...

06-30
58:46

SS3 10 The Boiling Point

Send us a text 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 Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

06-02
36:37

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