Robert Bloch was a prolific writer in many genres. As a young man he was encouraged by his mentor H. P. Lovecraft, and was a close friend of Stanley G. Weinbaum. Besides hundreds of short stories and novels he wrote a number of television and film scripts including several for the original Star Trek. In 1959 Bloch wrote the novel Psycho which Alfred Hitchcock adapted to film a year later. He received the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and he is a past president o ...
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The AboutSF AUDIO podcast is a collection of recordings of SF short stories and interviews with notable figures in the field of Science Fiction. Please visit the AboutSF website ( AboutSF.org and AdAstra-SF.com ) if you are interested in reading a story for the AboutSF podcast.
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In What’s Left of Philosophy Gil Morejón (@gdmorejon), Lillian Cicerchia (@lilcicerch), Owen Glyn-Williams (@oglynwil), and William Paris (@williammparis) discuss philosophy’s radical histories and contemporary political theory. Philosophy isn't dead, but what's left? Support us at patreon.com/leftofphilosophy
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"The Creeper in the Crypt" by Robert Bloch
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"The Creeper in the Crypt" is a short story by American writer, Robert Bloch. First appearing in Weird Tales in July 1937, the story tells of an unusual case of kidnapping in witch-haunted Arkham.By HorrorBabble
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"The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh" is a short story by the little-known author, H. Sivia. First appearing in the October 1937 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "DeBrugh was dead, but he still regarded his promise as a sacred duty to be fulfilled."By HorrorBabble
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Vampire Ballad: Jeffrey LeBlanc’s 'Cajun Moonlight Tears' for 'One Scotch, One Bourbon, & One Beer'
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#vampire #ballad #horror #horrorstory #horrorcommunity #JudasMill #HWA #musicOne drink one dance under skiesOne bourbon one night no disguiseOne scotch one tear that falls nearRaise your glass one last cheer--Jeffrey LeBlanc (Cajun Moonlight Tears)https://youtu.be/Ozx8wHFJ0FIhttps://youtu.be/dHgTVFNGEBghttps://youtu.be/Zbxkhjlu_Cshttps://youtube.co…
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VAMPIRE WARNING: Jeffrey LeBlanc’s 'Devil's Down in Judas Mill' #vampires #music #Eagles #horror
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#vampire #Eagles #shorts #horror #horrorstory #horrorcommunity #JudasMill #HWA #musicDevil’s down in Judas MillWanting my heart wanting my soul stillTill the last star’s declineThis vixen will take more than my wine--Jeffrey LeBlanc (Devil's Down in Judas Mill)https://youtu.be/Ozx8wHFJ0FIhttps://youtu.be/dHgTVFNGEBghttps://youtu.be/Zbxkhjlu_Cshttps…
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HAUNTING DEATH HORROR: 'The Dance of Death' by Algernon Blackwood
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#horrorstories #weirdtales #Death #algernonblackwood #horror #dance #book #horrorcommunity #horrorstory #HWA #books “Yes, I am ready,” she said quietly, looking straight into his eyes; “but what a long time you were in coming. Was it such a great effort to leave?” The form of the question struck him as odd, but he was too happy to pause. He became …
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Robert E. Howard's 'Witchfire': A Fiery Collection
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#horror #horrorstories #RobertEHoward #horrorstory #Satan #books #music #writing #jeffreyleblanc'With tentacles like serpents writhed afar,And waving in a dusky dragon light Great moths whose wings unholy tapers char.Red memory on memory, tier on tier, Builds up a tower, time and space to span;Through world on world I rise, and sphere on sphere,To …
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"The Man Who Lost His Head" by Thomas Burke
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"The Man Who Lost His Head" is a short story by the English author, Thomas Burke, first published in the Blue Book Magazine, November 1935. "Something had happened which didn't happen; something out of nature; something against the sun."By HorrorBabble
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We’re back and we’re catching up with our reading again. Specifically, in this episode, we seem to be reading in bed. You’d think that such a common pastime wouldn’t merit much discussion, yet somehow we... The post Media Catch-Up – Books appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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We’re back and we’re catching up with our reading again. Specifically, in this episode, we seem to be reading in bed. You’d think that such a common pastime wouldn’t merit much discussion, yet somehow we... The post Media Catch-Up – Books appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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92 | What is Liberalism? Part V. Robert Nozick’s Libertarian Reveries
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In this episode, we discuss Robert Nozick’s libertarian political philosophy as presented in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. We consider his challenges to leftist thought, especially the sort of left liberalism championed by the likes of John Rawls. We take seriously his demand for an argument for egalitarianism and his critique of patter…
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Medieval Vampire Horror: 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' by John Keats
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I unleashed a new song introduction called 'Winter's Kiss, Winter Fang' #vampire #horror #horrorcommunity #medieval #knight #horrorstory #horror #horrorstories 'She took me to her elfin grot,And there she gaz'd and sighed deep,And there I shut her wild sad eyesSo kiss'd to sleep.And there we slumber'd on the moss,And there I dream'd, ah woe betide!…
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Psychic Brain Eating Vampires: 'The Thought Monster' by Amelia Reynolds Long
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#vampire #braineater #horror #horrorstories #psychic #mentalvampire #horrorstory #books #fiendwithoutaface #horrorcommunity #sciencefiction 'There were no marks of violence on the body; only that expression of horrific revulsion at unspeakable things.'--(Amelia Reynolds Long)https://youtu.be/Hsjplw_54Iw?si=S5D9YYjTVWlrLfYChttps://youtube.com/shorts…
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"The Shattered Timbrel" by Wallace J. Knapp
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"The Shattered Timbrel" by American author Wallace J. Knapp, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1935. The story tells of a desperate scientist, whose experiments in resurrection yield unfortunate results…By HorrorBabble
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We’re back and we’re under the influence. Sure, the alien entity taking up residence in our heads may not technically be a demon, but that feels like an academic distinction right now. It’s little comfort... The post Possession in Call of Cthulhu appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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We’re back and we’re under the influence. Sure, the alien entity taking up residence in our heads may not technically be a demon, but that feels like an academic distinction right now. It’s little comfort... The post Possession in Call of Cthulhu appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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"The Coming of the White Worm" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Coming of the White Worm" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale, which was first published in the April 1941 issue of Stirring Science Stories, and sometimes includes the subtitle, "Chapter IX of the Book of Eibon", concerns the victim of a monstrous entity’s scourg…
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In this episode, we tackle the concept of violence as it appears in the revolutionary and anticolonial work of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. Throughout the episode we link together Fanon’s endorsement of revolutionary violence against colonial domination with his work as a psychiatrist. How could Fanon argue for the necessity of violenc…
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"The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft
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"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. First published in National Amateur in its March 1922 edition, the story tells of a peculiar musician who occupies the attic room of an ancient house.By HorrorBabble
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We’re back and we’re dabbling with dark forces. If Late Night With the Devil has taught us anything, it’s that achieving fame and fortune is just a matter of striking the right bargains. Sure, that’s... The post Late Night With the Devil appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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We’re back and we’re dabbling with dark forces. If Late Night With the Devil has taught us anything, it’s that achieving fame and fortune is just a matter of striking the right bargains. Sure, that’s... The post Late Night With the Devil appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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IMMORTAL HAUNTING HORROR: 'For the Love of a Phantom' (BOOK NARRATION INTRODUCTION) by Jeffrey LeBlanc
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These is my original narration, and book written by me. The narration is straight forward to promote the new book. Everything you see and hear are one hundred percent by me. #Ghost #Phantom #vampire #mystery #romance #horrorstory #horror #musicI am still alive! I am still alive!But I am not the sameYou can see the truthOh, immortal soul no one is t…
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The Best Halloween Poems–Episode 27: Robert Ervin Howard’s “Dead Man’s Hate”
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This episode is also available as a blog post: http://dwellerofthedark.com/2021/10/27/the-best-halloween-poems-episode-27-robert-ervin-howards-dead-mans-hate/--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dweller-of-the-dark/support
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IMMORTAL HAUNTING HORROR: 'For the Love of a Phantom' by Jeffrey LeBlanc
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#Ghost #Phantom #vampire #mystery #romance #horrorstory #horror #musicI am still alive! I am still alive!But I am not the sameYou can see the truthOh, immortal soul no one is to blameFate has played its partIn matters of the heart-- Jeffrey LeBlanc (For the Love of a Phantom)https://youtube.com/@dwellerofthedark?sub_confirmation=1https://youtu.be/f…
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Written by British writer, M. R. James, The Mezzotint tells of a strange engraving, with even stranger properties…By HorrorBabble
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In our recent episode on injury and disease in Call of Cthulhu, we mentioned the strength drain ability of Dark Young. Good friend of the Good Friends Frank Delventhal, AKA Strongman Frank, got it touch... The post Special: Strength Drain and Recovery With Frank Delventhal appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.…
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In our recent episode on injury and disease in Call of Cthulhu, we mentioned the strength drain ability of Dark Young. Good friend of the Good Friends Frank Delventhal, AKA Strongman Frank, got it touch... The post Special: Strength Drain and Recovery With Frank Delventhal appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.…
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90 | Ecological Materialism and Logistical Strategy w/ Dr. Jeff Diamanti
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In this episode, we are joined by Jeff Diamanti to discuss what it looks like to watch the climate change. Our conversation shifts from analytical, aesthetic, and political perspectives, as we turn our attention from critical raw materials to the future cartographies already being carved out. We explore Jeff’s notion of the terminal as the kind of …
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"The Testament of Athammaus" by Clark Ashton Smith
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"The Testament of Athammaus" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published in the October 1932 issue of Weird Tales Magazine, described as follows: "The state executioner's story of an incredible monstrosity that struck terror to an entire city."…
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Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu
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We’re back and we’re damaged. Send help. Main Topic: Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu This episode, we’re looking at how injury, disease, poisons, and other physical hazards work in Call of Cthulhu. Being... The post Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu
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We’re back and we’re damaged. Send help. Main Topic: Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu This episode, we’re looking at how injury, disease, poisons, and other physical hazards work in Call of Cthulhu. Being... The post Injury and Disease in Call of Cthulhu appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 5/5)
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*This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 4/5)
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Part 5 will follow May 17th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 3/5)
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Part 4 will follow May 16th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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89 TEASER | G.A. Cohen's Analytical Red Sublime
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In this episode, we discuss essays from throughout G.A. Cohen’s philosophical career. Cohen is known as one of the founders of Analytical Marxism, so we talk about what this tradition in Marxist thinking is about and how it handles the problems of political let-down and disillusionment that affect us all. We also get into his polemics against the l…
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 2/5)
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Part 3 will follow May 15th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft (2024 Recording, 1/5)
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Part 2 will follow May 14th at 8PM UK. *This is the second HorrorBabble recording of TSoI* Forming part of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH tells the strange story of an unnamed student, whose visit to a decrepit Massachusetts seaport—the crumbling town of Innsmouth—leads to a number of shocking and personal revelations……
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"Piecemeal" is a short story by the British author, Oscar Cook. Published in Weird Tales in February 1930, the following sinister synopsis preceded the yarn: “He slipped in a pool of blood that had dripped from the severed head.”By HorrorBabble
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We’re back and we’re spinning the wheel of misfortune. R’lyeh Roulette is not a game to be entered into casually. While you might not place bets in the normal manner, there is still much at... The post R’lyeh Roulette IV appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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We’re back and we’re spinning the wheel of misfortune. R’lyeh Roulette is not a game to be entered into casually. While you might not place bets in the normal manner, there is still much at... The post R’lyeh Roulette IV appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.By Paul Fricker, Matthew Sanderson and Scott Dorward
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88 | On Late Fascism w/ Alberto Toscano
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In this episode, we are joined by Alberto Toscano to talk about his analysis of contemporary far-right movement and ideology. We discuss his new book Late Fascism and consider the strategic and rhetorical downsides of analogizing the present moment to past instantiations of fascist politics in Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy. We try to get a gri…
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"The Horror Undying" is a short story by the American author, Manly Wade Wellman. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1936, and was described by the magazine as follows: “A grim and gruesome story of a strange appetite—the tale of a grisly horror.”By HorrorBabble
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"The White Sybil" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published alongside David H. Keller's "Men of Avalon" by Fantasy Publications in 1934. "He knew that he had seen the White Sybil, that mysterious being who was rumored to come and go as if by some preterhu…
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Call of Cthulhu Deities — Shudde M’ell, Yibb-Tstll and Bugg-Shash
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We’re back and we’re suckling. This is more difficult than you might think, at least when Yibb-Tstll is involved. Even once we get past all those pesky nightgaunts, there’s the whole, um, moving target aspect... The post Call of Cthulhu Deities — Shudde M’ell, Yibb-Tstll and Bugg-Shash appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.…
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Call of Cthulhu Deities — Shudde M’ell, Yibb-Tstll and Bugg-Shash
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We’re back and we’re suckling. This is more difficult than you might think, at least when Yibb-Tstll is involved. Even once we get past all those pesky nightgaunts, there’s the whole, um, moving target aspect... The post Call of Cthulhu Deities — Shudde M’ell, Yibb-Tstll and Bugg-Shash appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.…
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