The Double Shadow

The Double Shadow is a podcast covering the weird fiction writings of American author Clark Ashton Smith. Although currently on hiatus, it has covered Smith’s work chronologically within his cycles or locations, beginning with the Averoigne stories in chronological order, then moving on to Poseidonis, Hyperborea, Zothique. Our podcast takes its name from one of Smith’s stories, “The Double Shadow,” which he also used as the title of a self-published collection of his works.

Episode #47: “The Charnel God”

Mordiggian is the god of Zul-Bha-Sair. And “The Charnel God” is one of Smith’s best stories. Join us for fits of near death, necromancy, and hot ghoul action. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Readings by Joe Scalora. Outro music by Boney Washington.

06-22
41:58

Episode #46: “The Voyage of King Euvoran”

Join us this week as we go on “The Voyage of King Eurovan Euvoran” Justine Jones joins us on this episode. Justine will be illustrating a Clark Ashton Smith zine for Mike Bukowski’s Seventh Church Ministries. Look for that around October. Find Justine’s art on her Tumblr: http://hauntedforests.tumblr.com, her Illustration site: http://justinejonesillustration.tumblr.com/, and on her […]

03-30
58:06

Episode #45: “The Isle of the Torturers”

Happy 2016! Phil’s been working on filming of Laird Barron’s “-30-“, Tim’s been working on writing projects, and Ruth’s been doing some writing and hunting for a new job (success, yay). But we’ve got an episode for you, recorded in the fall but stuck on the editing table, “The Isle of the Torturers.” Our reading […]

01-27
50:50

Episode #44: “Empire of the Necromancers”

After 43 episodes, we arrive in Zothique with a necromantic splash. (Wait, would a necromantic splash involve a lot of…rotted flesh? Ok, maybe not.) That’s right, it’s time for “Empire of the Necromancers“! Our reader this week is Alex Mills. Next time, we’ll take a voyage to “The Isle of the Torturers.” [edit: audio levels […]

07-22
47:55

Episode #43: “The Flower-Women”

This week we take the second of the Maal Dweb stories, The Flower-Women. This week’s reader is Jordan Smith. Music: Kevin MacLeod Outro: Boney Washington

04-01
46:38

Episode #42: “The Maze of the Enchanter”

We’re back this week with the first of the Maal Dweb stories “The Maze of the Enchanter.” This week’s reader is Jordan Smith. The episode of This American Life mentioned is this one’s section vocal fry. Our next show will be “The Flower Women.” From there, we’ll move on to Zothique! Music: Kevin MacLeod Outro: […]

03-18
44:54

Episode #41: “Vulthoom”

As Tim said in our last post, it has been a rough/busy/awesome year for your faithful podcasters. But we’ve got “Vulthoom” for you and we’re scheduling more recording times. Here’s to getting back on schedule in 2015! We’ll be doing Maal Dweb and Zothique after this. Our reader this week is Jordan Smith. Music: Kevin […]

01-20
45:47

Episode #40: “The Dweller in the Gulf”

Yes, we are back with “The Dweller in the Gulf” and have recorded an episode for “Vulthoom” as well! Where were we? Well…a lot of places. Phil was making a movie and Ruth was hunting for a job. But now Ruth has a job, Phil’s got a lot done on the movie, and Tim’s taken […]

06-22
40:03

Episode #39: “The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis”

After a family wedding and some delays, we’re back with “The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis.” Check out this awesome comic of The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis hosted on Eldritch Dark! A listener also sent in this artwork of his, posted on Eldritch Dark. Join us next time for “The Dweller in the Gulf.” Our reader this week […]

03-12
42:13

Episode #38: “Seedling of Mars”

This week, we’re traveling into the ether with “Seedling of Mars.” This is an actual issue of the Salt Lake Tribune from 1912. Make of it what you will: Join us next time for “The Vaults of Yoh Vombis.” Our reader this week is Jordan Smith. Music: Kevin MacLeod

02-05
44:20

Episode #37: “The Devotee of Evil”

This week’s story is “The Devotee of Evil”. Our reader is Olivia Davis. New outro by forum member “Boney Washington.”

01-01
40:58

Episode #36: “Hunters from Beyond”

This week’s episode is “Hunters from Beyond.” Paintings by Goya. Join us next time for The Devotee of Evil. Our reader this week is Jordan Smith. Music: Kevin MacLeod

12-12
34:01

Episode #35: “Beyond the Singing Flame”

This week, we go “Beyond the Singing Flame.” Our reader this time is Jordan Smith. Music: Kevin McLeod

10-30
35:40

Episode #34: “The City of the Singing Flame”

This week, we start the Philip Hastane stories and cover “The City of the Singing Flame.” You can read the original in a flipmag viewer or in PDF. You can also check out the Eldritch Dark combined version. There is also a reading on the Eldritch Dark site, but of the combined version. Next time, […]

10-16
39:12

Epilude #6: Necronomicon Reminiscing and Upcoming Story Order

In this episode/interlude, we talk a bit about what we saw and did at the NecronomiCon(vention) in August and go over what’s next for the podcast, now that we’re done with Hyperborea. The artist Ruth mentioned was Joe Broers, whose work can be found on his deviantART gallery at this point. The Hyperborean book Tim […]

10-02
18:33

Episode #33: “The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles”

A transcription of this episode is available. In this week’s episode, we close Hyperborea with a story from the, err, “master thief” Satampra Zeiros. That’s right, it’s time for the infamous “Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles.” Join us next time as we reflect on the NecronomiCon conference we all went to at the end of […]

09-18
39:01

Episode #32: “The Coming of the White Worm”

We finally present our long-awaited “Coming of the White Worm” episode. Between power failures and illnesses, this was as much a monster to record as it was for Hyperborea. But now we’re recording more and back on track. Our guest is Mike Bukowski, who really does have a fake cult. The Gaspard Du Nord sketch […]

09-04
01:19:32

Interlude #5: “Tim in August”

Progress has been made on our next episode, in that it’s actually finally been recorded and is being worked on. But with travel schedules and projects, we’re a bit behind where we’d like to be. Once we get to September, we hope to be back to the minimum of 2/month and possibly an interlude as […]

08-07
18:52

Interlude #4: “The Doom of America” and Phil

We’ve been having a hell of a time recording the next episode(s). We’re looking forward to doing “Coming of the White Worm” with Michael Bukowski, but scheduling 4 people has been complicated by a power outage one time we tried to record and someone having a bad case of the stomach flu the second time. […]

07-25
18:09

Episode #31: “The Seven Geases” pt. 2

This week, we conclude “The Seven Geases” with returning guest Jason Thompson. We’ve found that editing four voices together as compared to three (as compared to two on other Weird podcasts) takes significantly longer. But while we can’t promise a perfectly predictable schedule, we will keep these coming. Phil was interviewed on Europa Report, which […]

07-04
45:27

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