The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Episode 255 - The Black Stone

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Robert E. Howard puts HPL in a headlock with THE BLACK STONE! Why didn't anybody warn us?!

Episode 251 - The Ghosts of the Future

01 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we cover The Ghosts of the Future by W.J. Clinton! It's a weird one!

Episode 247 - Dracula - Part 1

05 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Have we finally taken on the full novel Dracula by Bram Stoker? Count on it!

Episode 243 - Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad

05 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

No, it's not a werewolf, but it sounds like it could be! Tune in as we talk Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad by M.R. James.

Episode 235 - The Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller

04 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Dunsember begins with the Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller!

Episode 231 - The Minister's Black Veil

07 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in as we have a look under The Minister’s Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne!

Episode 229 - Seaton's Aunt - Part 1

16 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Sit down and join us for some creepy din-din with Seaton's Aunt by Walter de la Mare!

Episode 227 - Leslie S. Klinger Interview

02 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Halloween season! We're kicking off October by interviewing Leslie S. Klinger, author of The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, out this month!

Episode 220 - The Canterville Ghost - Part 1

14 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

We're celebrating Aughost with a read of Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost!

Episode 216 - The House on the Borderland - Part 1

10 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Guys, it's not just The House on the Borderland, it's a HOME on the Borderland, and we're here with reader Jon Hancock to welcome you in!

Episode 211 - In the Abyss

05 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Creatures from the Black La-June kicks off with In the Abyss by H.G. Wells!

Episode 201 – Varney the Vampire

19 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

MARCH IS FOR DRACULAS continues as we storm the first couple chapters of Varney the Vampire!

Episode 199 - The Vampyre - Part 1

06 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

March is for Draculas begins with The Vampyre by Dr. John Polidori. Bleh bleh bleh!

Episode 196 - The Camp of the Dog - Part 1

20 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

There's certainly a lot of camp in The Camp of the Dog by Algernon Blackwood - join us as we examine the story and continue Werewolf History Month!

Episode 194 - The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains - Part 1

07 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

AROOO! We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Captain Frederick Marryat!

Episode 186 - The Diary of a Madman

04 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off Demaupacember with The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant!

Episode 183 – The Dead Valley

14 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Take a trip with us into The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram!

Episode 177 - The Wendigo - Part 1

03 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Journey with us to the Canadian wilderness, where we'll be meeting up with Algernon Blackwoods' creation, The Wendigo!

Episode 173 - Ligeia

04 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by reader Jon Hancock as we admire Ligeia, by Edgar Allan Poe!

Episode 165 - The Dead Smile

03 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We just can't stop smiling, and neither can anybody in this story! It's The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford!

Episode 161 - The Body-Snatcher

05 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Outstanding actor and Oscar nominee Chris Sarandon joins us this week to read Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Body-Snatcher!

Episode 157 - Fishhead

02 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Swim out into the lake with us as we tackle the Irvin S. Cobb classic, Fishhead!

Episode 150 – The Horla – Part 1

14 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we take on the mysterious Guy de Maupassant story The Horla!

Episode 145 - The Mark of the Beast

07 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with Rudyard Kipling’s short story The Mark of the Beast!

Episode 144 – Lovecraft’s Juvenilia – Part 2

24 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re out with that crazy teenage Lovecraft and his stories The Beast in the Cave and The Alchemist!

Episode 143 – Lovecraft’s Juvenilia – Part 1

18 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Puzzle through some of Lovecraft’s first stabs at fiction with us and reader Hazel Holmes!

Episode 142 – The Lair of the White Worm

10 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

The Lair of the White Worm is terrible.

Episode 138 – The Fall of the House of Usher – Part 1

12 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Leman leads the charge as we enter The House of Usher! 

Episode 134 – The Willows – Part 1

08 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we voyage into The Willows by Algernon Blackwood.

Episode 130 – The Great God Pan – Part 1

10 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in, pull away the veil and witness The Great God Pan!

Episode 129 - The Signal-Man

06 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with a classic tale by Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man!

Episode 127 – The Monkey’s Paw

19 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Your wish has come true – we’re covering the W. W. Jacobs classic – The Monkey’s Paw!

Episode 126 – The Yellow Wallpaper

13 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Join us and outstanding reader Heather Klinke as we creep on into The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman!

Episode 125 - Supernatural Horror in Literature - Part 2

06 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we finish up the introduction to Supernatural Horror in Literature.

Episode 124 - The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society’s Time Machine

30 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Listen in as Andrew Leman of The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society sketches in an outline of the 1890s, then colours it in with YELLOW!

Episode 123 – The Yellow Sign

22 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We’re joined by reader Andrew Leman as we try to get a purchase on The Yellow Sign!

Episode 122 – The Repairer of Reputations – Part 2

16 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Come! Join us and be part of the American Dynasty as we return to Robert W. Chamber’s story The Repairer of Reputations from his book, The King i...

Episode 121 – The Repairer of Reputations – Part 1

08 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the HPLLP Premium Feed!

Episode 120 – Supernatural Horror in Literature - Part 1

01 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We dip our toe into Lovecraft's greatest essay!

Original Fiction - One Small, Valuable Thing

25 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

One Small, Valuable Thing was written and read by Chad Fifer.

Episode 119 - Special Thanks & Future Plans

11 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We end this chapter of the podcast by answering some listener questions, reminiscing about the last three years and announcing what's next!

Episode 118 - Lovecraft's Last Days and Legacy

05 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we close out H.P. Lovecraft's personal story.

Episode 117 - The Haunter of the Dark - Part 2

28 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We conclude our coverage of The Haunter of the Dark, as well as our coverage of Lovecraft's stories.

Episode 116 - The Haunter of the Dark - Part 1

21 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Finally covering The Haunter of the Dark!

Episode 115 - The Night Ocean

13 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Vast and lonely is the ocean, and even as all things came from it, so shall they return thereto. In the shrouded depths of time none shall reign upon ...

Episode 114 - In the Walls of Eryx

07 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Get LOST In the Walls of Eryx!

Episode 113 - The Diary of Alonzo Typer

24 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

OMG - we're totally reading your diary, Alonzo Typer!

Episode 112 - The Disinterment

17 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

It's the Duane Rimel with maybe-some-Lovecraft classic The Disinterment!

Episode 111 - "Till A' the Seas," Collapsing Cosmoses, The Battle that Ended the Century

10 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 110 – Live Show Q & A

26 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Join Chris and Chad back on April 4th with guests Andrew Leman, Corin Zero of Zeitgeist Zero, and Paul MacLean of Yog-sothoth.com for the special Qu...

Episode 109 - The Challenge from Beyond - Part 2

19 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Weren't able to make it to the live show in Leeds? Well, now you can hear it in all it's UNEDITED glory! Join Chris and Chad back on April 4th with gu...

Episode 108 - The Challenge from Beyond - Part 1

12 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Weren't able to make it to the live show in Leeds? Well, now you can hear it in all it's UNEDITED glory! Join Chris and Chad back on April 4th with gu...

Reading 8 - The Temple

28 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Read by Andrew Leman. Music and production by Chad Fifer. Recorded at Rocketwerks in Santa Monica, CA.

Reading 7 - The Hound

21 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Hear the call of The Hound with reader Anthony Tedesco!

Episode 107 - The Shadow Out of Time - Part 4

15 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The final chapter in our coverage of The Shadow Out of Time!

Episode 106 - The Shadow Out of Time - Part 3

08 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We're shadowing HPL again, and we're joined by reader Andrew Leman plus composer Reber Clark!

Episode 105 - The Shadow Out of Time - Part 2

01 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

It's just us - and our - Shaaaaadow Out of Time!

Episode 104 - The Shadow Out of Time - Part 1

23 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we 'cast a Shadow Out of Time!

Episode 103 - The Book & The Tree on the Hill

09 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

We're covering The Book and Lovecraft's collaboration with Duane W. Rimel, The Tree on the Hill - how does that grab ya?

Episode 102 - The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast & The Slaying of the Monster

02 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

R.H. Barlow and Lovecraft have some fun together. And we have some fun together with their stories, The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast and The Slaying of t...

Episode 101 - The Evil Clergyman & The Horror in the Burying-Ground

26 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Double-feature time! It's The Evil Clergyman and The Horror in the Burying-Ground (the latter written with Hazel Heald).

Episode 100 - The Thing on the Doorstep - Part 2

19 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

It's our 100th show - we're joined by reader Fred Cross and guest Michael Reaves as we finish looking at The Thing on the Doorstep!

Episode 99 - The Thing on the Doorstep - Part 1

12 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to guest Michael Reaves - read his blog here, check out his film and TV work here & dig on the books here.

Episode 98 - Out of the Aeons - Part 2

15 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We're back to finish Out of the Aeons with guest Ken Hite and reader Marc Majcher!

Episode 97 - Out of the Aeons - Part 1

08 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we go Out of the Aeons with guest Ken Hite and reader Marc Majcher!

Episode 96 - Winged Death

17 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Let Lovecraft and Hazel Heald be the wind beneath your wings... it's Winged Death!

Episode 95 – Through the Gates of the Silver Key

10 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Fifer and Lackey jump Through the Gates of the Silver Key and discover they are both aspects of the same archetype (along with Charo and...

Reading 6 - The Call of Cthulhu

26 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Slide greasily into Halloween with our all-new, feature-length reading of Lovecraft's masterpiece, The Call of Cthulhu, starring the incomparable Andr...

Episode 94 - The Horror in the Museum

20 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Tune in to hear us and guest Brooke Fong wax on about The Horror in the Museum, by H.P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. This week's reader and fan favorite...

Episode 93 - The Man of Stone

06 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

This week we get stoned with HPL and Hazel Heald - it's The Man of Stone!

Episode 92 - The Dreams in the Witch House - Part 3

29 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the shocking conclusion of Dreams in the Witch House!

Episode 91 - The Dreams in the Witch House - Part 2

22 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on a second date with Keziah Mason and her leetle friend - we're having more Dreams in the Witch House!

Episode 90 - The Dreams in the Witch House - Part 1

15 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Turn down the lights and nuzzle up to your speakers - we're sharing some Dreams in the Witch House with guest Kenneth Hite and reader Dave Stinton!

Episode 89 - The Trap

25 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

This week Chad and Chris are caught in The Trap! Another Lovecraft collaboration, this time with Henry S. Whitehead.

Episode 88 - Innsmouth Wrap-Up

18 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we talk with scholars Robert M. Price and Donovan K. Loucks about Innsmouth and other Lovecraftiana!

Episode 87 - The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Part 4

11 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Mr. Burriesci and Mr. Leman once again as we flee from the uncanny valley of Innsmouth.

Episode 86 - The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Part 3

04 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with reader Andrew Leman and guest Matt Burriesci on our voyage into the deep end. CONGRATULATIONS MR. AND MRS. LACKEY!!

Episode 85 - The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Part 2

28 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by guest Matt Burriesci and reader Andrew Leman as we make another visit to that cursed place of all wickedness whar the deep water start...

Episode 84 - The Shadow Over Innsmouth - Part 1

21 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're podcasting a Shadow Over Innsmouth!

Reading 5 - Cool Air

14 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Close your eyes and chill with reader Rachel Ford Lackey as she leads us through Lovecraft's Cool Air.

Reading 4 - The Cats of Ulthar

13 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Dim the lights and slink into some mythic Lovecraft with reader Heather Klinke, as we learn the story of The Cats of Ulthar.

Episode 83 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 7

30 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

TEKELI-LI!! It's the thrilling conclusion of At the Mountains of Madness!

Episode 82 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 6

23 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Special thanks to reader Joe Fria!

Episode 81 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 5

15 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

It's only the very history of mankind!! Tune in to the new show with special guest, author I.N.J. Culbard (check out his graphic novel adaptation -  ...

Episode 80 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 4

08 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Get a glimpse of more madness with guest I.N.J. Culbard, musician Reber Clark and reader Joe Fria!

Episode 79 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 3

01 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

I.N.J. Culbard joins us this week as we uncover the horror at the camp!

Episode 78 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 2

25 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Prepare to receive transmissions from reader Joe Fria, composer Reber Clark and special musical guest Humanoids as we continue our trek up those crazy...

Episode 77 - At the Mountains of Madness - Part 1

19 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Don't heed the warnings - join us as we gear up on our expedition into the MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS!

Episode 76 - The Whisperer in Darkness - Part 3

05 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for the thrilling conclusion in our coverage of The Whisperer in Darkness!

Episode 75 - The Whisperer in Darkness - Part 2

28 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Time to get a good buzz going with our second 'cast on The Whisperer in Darkness!

Episode 74 - The Whisperer in Darkness - Part 1

21 Apr 2011

Contributed by Lukas

We're back with an old favorite, The Whisperer in Darkness!

Episode 73 - Medusa's Coil

31 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Our final story with Zealia Bishop... Thank goodness!

Reading 3 - The Picture in the House

24 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to get creepy with Andrew Leman in this full audio production of The Picture in the House!

Reading 2 - From Beyond

24 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

It's time to explore the hideous air around us! Join reader Bruce Green in this full audio production of From Beyond!

Episode 72 – The Mound – Part 3

17 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Folks, we've finally made it! The final episode on H.P. Lovecraft and Zelia Bishop's The Mound.

Episode 71 – The Mound – Part 2

10 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Step right up and explore the underworld of Tsath! SEE human-unicorn beasts of burden! HEAR thoughts in your head! And FEEL your body phase out of ex...

Episode 70 - The Mound - Part 1

17 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Check out the sites and facts on The Mound with silky-voiced reader Jimmy Akin's photos and facts!

Episode 69 - The Electric Executioner

10 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

This week we cover a team up by the less-than-dynamic duo of H.P. Lovecraft and Adolphe de Castro!

Episode 68 – The Dunwich Horror – Part 4

03 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Our final episode on The Dunwich Horror! Sad to put this behind us, but we must move on.

Episode 67 - The Dunwich Horror - Part 3

27 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Lackey phones in from a deep, shadowy ravine and Leman drops more arcane knowledge as we take a third gander at The Dunwich Horror!