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The Red Room by H.G. Wells
This fun little story by H. G. Wells builds on fantastic language and haunted tropes to pull you into the moment. If you’ve ever experienced an irrational fear of the dark than you will relate
Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft
Take a listen to my reading of one of my favorite pieces of prose poetry by H. P. Lovecraft. A lot of the conceptual pieces for Azathoth as well as many of the other popular mythos concepts owe their
The Abominations of Yondo by Clark Ashton Smith
One of the first Clark Ashton Smith stories I ever read. The Abominations of Yondo is more prose poetry than a well-developed story, but the sheer brilliance of the language and the visceral descript
The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold
This fantastic horror short story was first published in Weird Tales Magazine in 1926 by H. F. Arnold. It was popular in its day, and I think stands out as a real gem of the pulps. I hope you enjoy.
14 – The Killer Ape
Are you really insisting on bringing that bushel of bananas with you, even though you know we are going to be exploring the origins of the killer ape? It just seems like a bad idea, that’s all.
13 – The Zombie
Aim for the head, aim for the head! Henry S. Whitehead’s tale Jumbee is the focus of this month’s episode as we explore the origins of the zombie. A full episode list and other creative
12 – Science vs The Occult
Better grab your unlicensed particle accelerator because we’re about to go ghost busting with William Hodgeson’s Gateway of the Monster. A full episode list and other creative works by m
10 – Killer Robots
Boot up that positron brain and juice up your servos because in this episode of Horrorigins we are going to be taking a look at Rossum’s Universal Robots and the origin of the killer robot. A