The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast

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A Hyborian Age podcast featuring the works of Robert E. Howard, his pop culture legacy, and other weird fiction.

  1. 4D AGO

    Season 23 Episode 01: Burning Chrome

    Welcome Cromrades to the first episode of our journey down the Neon Road with William Gibson. Before we hop into 'Neuromancer,' we'll first discuss the short story 'Burning Chrome' in the same-titled collection! Join us on the darkened oil-slick streets, won't you?   One Things Joshua: Fleabag, on Amazon! Luke: The Last Invention, from Mills and Warner on The Longview! Jonathan: Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run!   Questions? Comments? Curses? Call us at (859) 429-CROM! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Or, check us out on Apple Podcasts! (or your podcast player of choice!) Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 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/ 'Tyrant' theme by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: 'Run the Jewels' by Run the Jewels. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

    1h 30m
  2. Cromtober 2025 - Hauntings (The Spook House and Dreams in the Witch House)

    10/30/2025

    Cromtober 2025 - Hauntings (The Spook House and Dreams in the Witch House)

    Happy Cromtober, and Happy Halloween! This year, we decided to spend some time around the seasonal Cromtober fire ruminating on hauntings - haunted places, haunted houses, haunted people... with Ambrose Bierce's The Spook House and HP Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch House as discussion fodder. It's a good one.  Stay spooky, Cromrades!

    1h 36m

  3. 10/20/2025

    Season 22 Episode 7: The Vaults of Yoh Vombis

    Welcome Cromrades to the final episode of our Clark Ashton Smith journey. We've loved our time with the poet of Auburn, CA and we hope you are all finding more to read from him. We send him off with a creepy, twisted, parasitic episode focused on "The Vaults of Yoh Vombis". Join us in the shadows won't you...?   Show Notes:  Story http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/231/the-vaults-of-yoh-vombis  Evaluation of CAS stories https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/sifting-the-good-from-the-bad-a-quick-and-dirty-evaluation-of-clark-ashton-smith-stories/ One Things Joshua: Making impactful decisions in The Witcher 3 Luke: In the midst of a Nolan fest and finally watched The Prestige  Jonathan: Finding inner peace with The Question Also... Did you know there's an upcoming CAS Conference in Auburn, CA, in Jan? Check it out!    Questions? Comments? Curses? Call us at (859) 429-CROM! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Or, check us out on Apple Podcasts! (or your podcast player of choice!) Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 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/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: 'Life on Mars' by David Bowie. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

    1h 44m

  4. 09/24/2025

    Season 22 Episode 6: The Dweller in the Gulf

    Hile, Cromrades! We return with a new story, one from MARS! Herein we discuss 'The Dweller in the Gulf,' by none other than Clark Ashton Smith. You can access an open source version of the text here! Join us, won't you?   One Things Jon: No Man's Sky, on a ton of gaming platforms! Josh: Salt and Sanctuary, on a ton of gaming platforms! Luke: Sinners, which is his fave movie of the year (so far)!   Also... Did you know there's an upcoming CAS Conference in Auburn, CA, in Jan? Check it out! Grassroots pulp lit conventions, FTW!!!!!!   Questions? Comments? Curses? Call us at (859) 429-CROM! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Or, check us out on Apple Podcasts! (or your podcast player of choice!) Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 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/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: 'Debaser' by The Pixies. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

    1h 25m

  5. 09/01/2025

    Season 22 Episode 5: Mother of Toads

    Welcome back, Cromrades! We hope you are eagerly anticipating this episode of the big show, where we discuss Clark Ashton Smith's Mother of Toads.    One Things Jon: Tom Scioli's Stan Lee biography "I Am Stan". Josh: The D&D Adventure System board game, "Castle Ravenloft".  Luke: Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields  by Charles Bowden.  Check out the upcoming Clark Ashton Smith Conference in Auburn, CA January 10, 2026!  Questions? Comments? Curses? Call us at (859) 429-CROM! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Or, check us out on Apple Podcasts! (or your podcast player of choice!) Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 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/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: 'Bang Bang' by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nikki Minaj. (This is all Josh's fault.) Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

    1h 19m

  6. 08/10/2025

    Season 22 Episode 4 The Colossus of Ylourgne

    Behold listeners! A colossal Cromcast episode, stuffed with meat and bones and ready for your earholes. Join the crew as they dissect the Clark Ashton Smith tale, "The Colossus of Ylourgne". This tale of revenge and woe is our first foray into Smith's version of France known as Averoigne. Read it here if you dare: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne    One Things Luke: "The Last of Us" on HBO Josh: "LOST" a classic from the aughts Jon: "The Old Man & the Gun" starring Robert Redford.  Questions? Comments? Curses? Call us at (859) 429-CROM! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Or, check us out on Apple Podcasts! (or your podcast player of choice!) Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 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/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: 'Giants Fall' by Miracle of Sound, from the game The Shadow of the Colossus. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

    1h 28m

  7. 07/19/2025

    Season 22 Episode 3: The Dark Eidolon

    Hile, Cromrades! We return with another yarn from Zothique by one Clark Ashton Smith. You can access an open source version of the text here! Join us, won't you?   One Things Jon: John Gwynne's 'The Shadow of the Gods'! Josh: 'Grotten,' by Sunzenaut! Luke: The Smith Circle, a CAS Conference coming 10 Jan 2026!   Questions? Comments? Curses? Call us at (859) 429-CROM! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Or, check us out on Apple Podcasts! (or your podcast player of choice!) Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 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/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: 'Wings Wetted Down' by THE Blue Oyster Cult. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

    1h 31m

  8. 06/23/2025

    Season 22 Episode 2: The Isle of the Torturers

    Hello there, Cromrades! We hope you are hale, healthy, and well rested!  Pray, won't you join us on holiday? We are planning a visit to the island of      One Things Jon: Mike Mignola - Drawing Monsters documentary Josh: Mini Mork Manual - a Mork Borg Solo Experience. Luke: Soundtracks for Reading - Remember the Future by Nektar, or maybe you'd be more interested in some cosmic banjo?   Here is the March 1933 issue of Weird Tales, where The Isle of the Torturers was first published!  Questions? Comments? Curses? Call us at (859) 429-CROM! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Or, check us out on Apple Podcasts! (or your podcast player of choice!) Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 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/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: Vicarious by Tool from their album 10,000 Days. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

    1h 21m
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