Cromtober 2022 Episode 2: Dickens' 'The Signalman' and Leiber's 'Belsen Express'

Hile, Cromrades! We return for our second spooktacular episode for this October. Our Halloween festivities this year are focused on spectral locomotives! For this episode we read Dicken's 'The Signalman' and Leiber's 'Belsen Express.' Heady talk around the firepit await you!

One Things

Josh: Is absolutely DIGGING some Scott Oden, particularly 'A Gathering of Ravens!' If you are new to Scott's work, this is a great place to start. If you are looking for a shorter, free option to check out this author, be sure to check out his entries in Issues 4 and 5 of Whetstone. You will NOT regret it!

Jonathan: Getting cosmic with some 'Kirby and the Forgotten Land!'

Luke: Lovin' on some Type O Negative, and has been relistening to the Requiem Metal Podcast. Check Episodes 265 and 266 for a great 10-hour effort to work through their oeuvre. Also be sure to check out Radical Research for other heady criticism. These dudes are 1000% legit deep-dives into metal and prog.

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The Cromcast S15 EP 10: The Gothic Road Finale!

Hile, Cromrades! We gather a final time on the end of our Gothic Road. Join us as we put some final nails in the coffin of this season!

One Things

Jon: Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics!

Josh: Jason Aaron's take on Thor: God of Thunder!

Luke: Barry on HBO (he just can't quit it).

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Cromtober 2021 - A Trio of Vampire Tales

Welcome back, Cromrades! For Halloween 2021, we have a mega-episode for you all about vampires! Listen here as we discuss 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker, 'A Rendezvous in Averoigne' by Clark Ashton Smith, and 'The Horror from the Mound' by Robert E. Howard!

One Things

Jon: 'The Enchanted World' Series, by Time-Life Books!

Josh: The Muppets' 'Haunted Mansion!'

Luke: Planet X Games! You can back 'King Tut's Rootin' Tootin' Weird West Extravabonanza' here!

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Season 13, Episode 1: Karl Edward Wagner's Kane in Undertow

Hail, Cromrades! We return for our 13th season! Here we have our inaugural episode for a season on Karl Edward Wagner's Kane, tackling the story Undertow! Be sure to check out our story list for details and links to ebooks!

One Things

Jon: A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal by Anthony Bourdain

Josh: Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts by Brown & Brown

Luke: Primal's Second Season

The iconic Warner paperbacks of the books we'll be tackling this season, with the killer Frazetta covers! If you've not visited lately, go to www.frazettagirls.com and treat yo'self!

Up next... The next story is Two Suns Setting. It's a cool change-up from what we saw in this first story!

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Announcing Season 13 - The Left-Handed Path of Karl Edward Wagner's Kane!

 Hi all, in prep for the new season, we wanted to spell out our reading list we'll follow as we meet Karl Edward Wagner's Kane. It's a pretty easy approach to things, in that we're reading one short story collection, and one novel. The reading list will follow Night Winds first, and then we'll tackle Bloodstone! Specifically, here's the order of things:

1. Undertow (in Night Winds)
2. Two Suns Setting (in Night Winds)
3. The Dark Muse (in Night Winds)
4. Raven's Eyrie (in Night Winds)
5. Lynortis Reprise (in Night Winds)
6. Sing a Last Song of Valdese (in Night Winds)
7. Bloodstone

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Cromtober 2020 - Halloween Traditions, Part 1: The Halloween Game

Welcome back Cromrades. Cromtober 2020 begins, and finds your three intrepid pulp podcasting heroes discussing the traditions and trappings of Halloween... This week, Luke submits 'The October Game' by Ray Bradbury. Join us, won't you?

One Things

Jon: Unsolved Mysteries

Josh: Old Gods of Appalachia

Luke: The Second World Fantasy Awards, an older anthology of fiction.

Next time: Pumpkins, carvin', 'n traditions!

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Season 11, Episode 4: Old Garfield's Heart, with Rusty Burke!

Welcome back, Cromrades! Good to see you out here on the dusty Western Road. We just made camp and were about to drink some whiskey beside this here campfire and listen to our pal Rusty Burke tell some stories. Why don't ya join us?  This week's tale is a Robert E. Howard weird western about an old cowboy who hasn't aged in going on a hundred years! Come listen in to learn the secret of Old Garfield's Heart!

It was fun catching up with Rusty and hearing his take on one of his favorite of Howard's western stories. Hopefully it won't be long before he joins us again, a little further down the trail!

Art by Jim and Ruth Keegan. So good!

One Things: 
Rusty: The upcoming "Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration" exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA. The exhibition will run from June 6 - Sept 7 2020. If you go, let us know how it was!
Jon: Behind the Bastards podcast, which examines historical "bad guys".
Luke: Genesis: The Best...Compilation + the song Supper's Ready
Josh: The Apocrypals podcast. Join Benito and Chris on a Biblical adventure, as two non-believers read through the Bible but aren't jerks about it.

Up Next: Dorothy Johnson's classic story "A Man Called Horse". (read it here!)

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Cromtober 2019 - Tailypo & Others

We just can't quit you, Cromtober! We're back for one more episode, wherein we are just gathered around the fire and telling some spooky stories... Join us, won't you?

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Cromtober 2019 - Fear, Part III: Beyond the Light

Welcome back Cromrades. Cromtober continues, and finds your three intrepid pulp podcasting heroes trapped within The Witch's hut, where their own worst fears are being used against them! This week, Josh discusses his fear of the unknown - not the darkness itself, but what lies concealed within it - in the context of H.P. Lovecraft's story "The Outsider."

Join us, won't you?

One Things

Jon: The Big Book of the Unexplained by Doug Moench

Josh: Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King

Luke: Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner

Next time: Wine & Witches returns! 

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Cromtober 2019 - Fear, Part I - Infinity

Welcome, Cromrades! It's our favorite time of the year, the season of Cromtober! This year, we go a little free-form with a discussion of our fears. For this first episode (click here) we use HPL's poem, "Nemesis," as a lynchpin for our discussion. Find it here!

One Things
Jon: Anthony Bourdain's 'Hungry Ghosts'
Josh: Final Fantasy Tactics
Luke: Shirley Jackson's 'We have Always Lived in the Castle'

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Season 9 Episode 7: The Weirdification of "The Fire of Asshurbanpal" and The Dark Man Journal with Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney and Jason Ray Carney!

This is a big 'un! We were lucky enough to have Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney and Jason Ray Carney sit in with us for our discussion of "The Fire of Asshurbanpal," which progressed through a variety of iterations as written by Robert E. Howard. Beyond this, we have great discussions about this year's Howard Days, Jason and Nicole's contributions there, and spend some time talking about The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard and Pulp Studies. Jason and Nicole are taking over the reins from the most recent issue (10.1) onward, so there is a lot of discussion about where this journal is going! Tune in!

Misc. Things
- See here for the Facebook page for The Dark Man, where you can find about about submission deadlines and other info!

- See here for the Imaginary Worlds episode featuring Nicole Emmelhainz, alongside other REH scholars!

- See here for Ben Friberg's extensive video coverage of REH Days! Thanks so much for this continued service, Ben!

- See here for Jason Ray Carney's blog, which is loaded with all kinds of pulp and lit crit goodness!

- See here for the Pulp Studies section of the Popular Culture Association!

One Things
Nicole: The TV show, Longmire!
Jason: The Sorrows of Young Werther, and the Byronic Hero!
Jon: Lost Christianities, by Bart Ehrman!
Josh: Crusader Kings, which is easily accessible at Good Old Games!
Luke: The Books of Blood, by Clive Barker!

Next time... We get expansive when we tackle "Nekht Semerkhet," and get to talk about Kentucky's own Andrew J. Offutt!

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Cromtober 2018 Part 3: Wine and Witches (It's Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus!)

Welcome back, our Witches and Warlocks! For this episode of Cromtober content our favorite powerful sorceresses, the Brides of the Cromcast, hit the studio for a discussion about their favorite movie to watch during Spooky Season - 1993's Hocus Pocus, directed by Kenny Ortega, and starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, and Vinessa Shaw. Other topics include nostalgia, depictions of witches in popular culture, and baking inspired by The Great British Bake-Off! 

One Things Liz: Celebrating birthdays - particularly her own! (Happy birthday, Liz!)  Ashleigh: The Binge Mode Harry Potter podcast!  Kara: NBC's The Good Place (Also available to stream on Netflix!)  Email and let the ladies know your thoughts on Hocus Pocus, nostalgia, etc. What things from your youth are you nostalgic for?  Next time: Will our heroes get their final Cromtober content together in time? And will they escape or placate The Witch? 

Smart money is on The Witch!

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Cromtober 2018 Part Two: Dorothy Quick's "The Witch's Mark"

Welcome, Cromrades! It's our favorite time of the year, the season of Cromtober! This year, we focus on the witch in pulp stories and in this episode we discuss Dorothy Quick's "The Witch's Mark," originally appearing in Weird Tales in January of 1938. Misc. sources from this episode include:

Phil Ford and J.F. Martel's podcast, Weird Studies

Terence Handley's blog, Tellers of Weird Tales

One Things
Jon: Eric Von Danikan's "Chariots of the Gods"
Josh: Benito Cereno and Chris Sims's biblical podcast, Apocrypals
Luke: Henry Mazzeo's "Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural"

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Cromtober 2018 Part One: Howard and Poe

Welcome, Cromrades! It's our favorite time of the year, the season of Cromtober! This year, we focus on the witch in pulp stories and selected two stories that might not ordinarily be thought of as witch stories - "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allen Poe, and "Sea Curse" by Robert E. Howard.  The folkloric link between black cats and witches is well known. And "Sea Curse" features a character that strikes the figure of the crone-like witch, contrasted with many of Robert E. Howard's other presentations of witches.   What are your thoughts? Is "The Black Cat" a witch story per se? Does old Moll from "Sea Curse" strike you as a witch figure? Let us know!

One Things Jon: Reddit Unsolved Mysteries Josh: The history podcast Our Fake History, especially episode #37 featuring Robert Johnson and a certain crossroads transaction. Luke: Joe Hill's novel NOS4A2, and Joe Hill in particular. Questions? Comments? Curses?

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Season 7, Episode 7: The Black Stone (Epic Closer for Season 7)

Greetings, Cromrades! This week we conclude our seventh season with a discussion of REH's The Black Stone. It's free on Project Gutenburg or, if you're on the hunt for an audio retelling of the story, check out an older post by SFF Audio. They give some great shout-outs to podcasts that narrated The Black Stone. Their post also presents some additional art inspired by the story! Here's the  cover art for Bantam's 1979 edition of the "Wolfshead" collection...

This widely-lauded "Cthulhu mythos" story was first published in Weird Tales in November of '31... We think this is a tremendous story! While there are arguments to be made about its derivative qualities (see this well-written essay by Price), this is as much a tale that exhibits "Howardian" themes as those typically associated with Lovecraft....

One Things

Jon: Magic for Humans on Netflix.

Josh: Aw...Crap, A Hellboy Podcast and the Hellboy Book Club Podcast.

Luke: Trilogy by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

Also... Be sure to check out "The Terrible Parchment" by Manly Wade Wellman, as recommended Rusty Burke!

Next time... Cromtober!

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Season 7, Episode 4: The Book of Eibon!

Hello again, Cromrades! We meander a bit with this episode, but after a solid front-end covering bourbonz, books, TV, and podcasts, we finally get into a big discussion of three Clark Ashton Smith stories, namely The Door to Saturn, Ubbo-Sathla, and The Coming of the White Worm.

As referenced in our episode, below are two of CAS's depictions of Tsathoggua!

One Things
Jon: Priceless, by Wittman and Shiffman
Josh: Retrogaming podcasts, including Retronauts and Watch Out for Fireballs, and Graveyard Duck!
Luke: Sharp Objects, both the HBO series and the book!

Next time we'll cover De Vermis Mysterious, as referenced in Bloch's Shambler in the Stars and Lovecraft's The Haunter of the Dark.

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Season 7, Episode 3: Have You Found The Yellow Sign?

 “I cannot forget Carcosa where black stars hang in the heavens; where the shadows of men's thoughts lengthen in the afternoon, when the twin suns sink into the lake of Hali; and my mind will bear for ever the memory of the Pallid Mask. I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth—a world which now trembles before the King in Yellow.” 

 - Robert W. Chambers, "The Repairer of Reputations".

Cover of the 1895 edition.

Hello again, Cromrades! We trust that you have been keeping up with your reading. This particular book is most enlightening. Tell us - Have you found The Yellow Sign? This week, we take on Robert W. Chambers' influential collection of short stories, THE KING IN YELLOW. It's easy to see how these tales influenced the authors we've discussed thus far on the show, from Lovecraft to Howard to Smith and beyond. We focus our discussion on THE YELLOW SIGN, but other stories from the collection are also considered.

Note: This episode contains spoilers for True Detective, Season One! They start at around the 60 minute mark, if you want to avoid them!

Extra Resources

Listen to The Repairer of Reputations on the Tales to Terrify podcast, and The Yellow Sign on Pseudopod!

Consider whether life is worth living and the notion of anti-natalism while you listen to David Benatar on Waking Up with Sam Harris.

Do Slenderman and other creepypastas spring forth from the same fount as pulp grimoires like The Necronomicon?

Should THE KING IN YELLOW be considered a weird fiction grimoire in the same way as The Necronomicon? Let us know what you think!

One Things
Jon: The Nintendo Switch, and Mario Kart! Who is your go-to kart racer?
Josh: Supergods, by Grant Morrison. (But is it a grimoire?)
Luke: Zeal & Ardor's 2018 album Stranger Fruit.


Next time: Klarkash-Ton tells us of The Book of Eibon. What terrible wisdom lies within the pages of this dread tome?  Questions? Comments? Curses?
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Cromtober 2017, Part III: Spooky Dreams

Welcome, Cromrades! Quick, inside! The moon still shines bright, but is beginning to set low on the horizon... We just have to hold out 'til morning! Until then, how about one more round of stories to pass the time? This time we're keeping it simple, and talking through some of the dreams that still haunt the recesses of our minds...

Van Gogh's Starry Night from 1889... But you knew that, right?

One Things
Jon: Haunted Heartland, by Michael Norman!
Josh: Spookiest Stories Ever... by Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown!
Luke: Haunted Kentucky, by Alan Brown!

Next time... Where will we be? We'll be starting down the ROAD TO LANKHMAR!

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Cromtober 2017, Part II: Terrifying Tales by Ambrose Bierce and Laird Barron!

Welcome, Cromrades! Quick, inside! The rising full moon brings with it things no mortal man would wish to meet alone. We'll have to wait here for morning. Until then, how about some stories to pass the time?

The moon shed a ghostly light upon us as we recorded this episode... 

First, we have a terror of a tale by Ambrose Bierce, called "The Damned Thing." An invisible beast roaming the land? Surely you jest...

Ambrose Bierce, by J.H.E. Partington

Second, a yarn recounting a hunting competition, told as only Laird Barron can tell. But the quarry is no mere stag, friends. No, the hunters bite off more than they can chew in pursuing Blackwood's Baby.

Luke's pre-show sketch.

Perhaps some whiskey will calm your nerves as these tales unfold... And perhaps a silent prayer that the sun will rise and cleanse the land of its devils, or at least provide a temporary reprieve...

And if morning never comes? Banish the thought! Focus instead on One Thing.

Jon: Phantom Encounters, a Time Life book. Get information that could save your life! Or your afterlife..?
Josh: Universal Monster movies - Perfect for this time of year!
Luke: Prime Evil, a top notch horror anthology! Read something scary!

Next time... Traversing a Dreamscape, trapped in a Nightmare... What is the scariest dream you ever had? Tell us!

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Cromtober, Part III: Robert E. Howard's "The Cairn on the Headland"

Oh, hello there! Good evening. It's such a pleasant night here on the headland, isn't it? I do so much enjoy being here in the evenings. My doctor tells me the ocean air is good for my convalescence, so I try to make it out here before the sun sets. It's so peaceful, an almost timeless quality to the landscape, don't you agree? It's almost unbelievable to think of the barbarous battle that spilt so much blood here nearly a millennium ago...

Hugh Frazer's Battle of Clontarf (1826)

And so our Cromtober 2014 shenanigans draw to a conclusion! In our third episode we tackle Robert E. Howard's The Cairn on the Headland! It was first published in Strange Tales in 1933. If you don't have a copy of the story to read, check it out here for free! While you're at it, make sure you read up a little bit on the Battle of Clontarf! Or listen to Dan Carlin's Hardcore History episode on this era of history. That guy knows his stuff!!!

And we had a plethora of spooky 'One Things' as we head into the homestretch for Halloween....

Jon: the zany Bruce Campbell vehicle, Bubba Ho-Tep!

Josh: the Paul W.S. Anderson cult favorite, Event Horizon!

Luke: Another seasonal text, The Book of Hallowe'en!

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Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The spooky organ intro comes from (we think) the public domain (via the YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2RP1GivOqo). Our epic closer is the tail-end of Agalloch's Ghosts of the Midwinter Fires. Agalloch are AMAZING, and their song absolutely fits into our pagan Norse discussions, don't you think? We hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work! All music was obtained legally. And seriously, go pick up some of Agalloch's discography. Check out Marrow of the Spirit or, their newest, The Serpent and the Sphere!

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