Nightshade Diary

M.P. Pellicer
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Podcasts of classic ghost and adventure stories, set in lonely churchyards or empty mansions, all in the tradition of classic authors such as M. R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and the most popular sci-fi pulp fiction writers. Narrated by M.P. Pellicer Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

  1. Winged Death | H.P. Lovecraft | Podcast

    5D AGO

    Winged Death | H.P. Lovecraft | Podcast

    "Winged Death" is a 1934 horror short story by H.P. Lovecraft (he was a ghost writer for Hazel Heald, who received partial credit for this story), featuring a scientist's revenge plot using poisonous African flies, which ties into the Cthulhu Mythos through ancient ruins and malevolent entities, blending colonial-era horror with supernatural elements. The story begins with the discovery of a corpse in a South African hotel, with clues pointing to a journal detailing a doctor's plan to kill a rival using disease-carrying insects, leading to a supernatural climax where the doctor becomes a victim of his own creation. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    1 hr
  2. Fishhead and Another Dark Story | Podcast

    APR 21

    Fishhead and Another Dark Story | Podcast

    Fishhead is a 1913 horror short story by American author Irvin S. Cobb, set in the bayous of Reelfoot Lake, about a monstrous, outcast man-fish hybrid and his violent conflict with two local men, noted for its gruesome atmosphere and influence on H.P. Lovecraft. It's considered a classic of weird fiction, praised by Lovecraft himself for its "banefully effective" portrayal of "unnatural affinities" between the creature and the lake's fish.  X Marks the Pedwalk" by Fritz Leiber is a futuristic science fiction story that explores the tensions and violent conflicts between two factions: pedestrians and motorists in a society where the two groups live in starkly divided urban environments. The narrative comically exposes the increasing absurdity in their society's norms and expectations.  Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    29 min
  3. Air Raid | Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction | Podcast

    APR 15

    Air Raid | Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction | Podcast

    Air Raid is a short story by John Varley that won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story.  Set in a post-apocalyptic future where humanity is decimated by disease and deformity, the plot follows a team of reanimated "undead" time travelers who travel back to the past to rescue victims of impending air crashes.  These "Snatch teams" extract healthy passengers from doomed flights (such as a 1979 plane crash) before they die, bringing them forward to Centauri-3 (or "New Earth") to repopulate the dying future world.  The story explores themes of time travel paradoxes, moral ambiguity, and human survival, noting that the rescuers must replace the victims with "wimps" (realistic dummies) to maintain the timeline's integrity.  The story served as the basis for the 1989 film Millennium. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    32 min
  4. Denkirch | Horror Fiction | Podcast

    APR 9

    Denkirch | Horror Fiction | Podcast

    Denkirch is the first published short story by David Drake, originally appearing in the 1967 horror anthology Travellers by Night edited by August Derleth.  It is described as a Lovecraft pastiche and established Drake's early career in horror and weird fiction before he became famous for military science fiction.  Excerpt: "Now I sleep only by day or when the sky is cloudy, and when the stars gleam bright in the heavens I walk little back streets, avoiding other people, for I do not care to be reminded of my humanity and my inevitable fate. My acquaintances think me odd, but they would not understand if I told them that on dear nights the stars speak to me, and that if I did not walk I would go mad. So I walk the lonely streets, and the echoing cadence of my stride helps to muffle the rhythmic whispers, but still my mind is forced back to Denkirch, who proved Man’s unique place in the universe." Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS AT www.EeriePodcast.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    33 min
  5. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Philip K. Dick | Podcast

    MAR 28

    We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Philip K. Dick | Podcast

    We Can Remember It for You Wholesale is a compact but deeply unsettling slice of classic sci-fi—one that bends memory, identity, and reality until none of them feel reliable. Published in 1966 by Philip K. Dick, the story follows Douglas Quail, an ordinary man with an extraordinary obsession: Mars. He dreams of going there, but his life—and his bank account—keep him grounded on Earth. That’s when he turns to a company called Rekal, Inc., which offers something almost too perfect: implanted memories. Why travel to Mars when you can remember that you already have? Quail pays for a customized memory—one where he lived out his fantasy as a secret agent on Mars. But as technicians begin the implantation process, something goes wrong. Or rather… something surfaces. They discover that Quail may already have real memories of Mars—memories that were deliberately erased. ​ From that moment on, the story fractures into paranoia. Authorities move in. Identities blur. Quail can’t tell whether he’s a bored office worker, a former government operative, or something even stranger. Every answer only deepens the mystery. At its core, the story plays with a haunting idea: If your memories can be manufactured… how do you prove who you are? The story was famously adapted into the film Total Recall (1990). Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.com   Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    54 min
  6. Murder in Old Manhattan | Frank Bonham | Podcast

    MAR 17

    Murder in Old Manhattan | Frank Bonham | Podcast

    ​A detective of 1857 didn’t know about fingerprints, and he had to learn a lot about human nature. | Narrated by M.P. Pellicer Frank Bonham was born into a family of writers. His grandfather, a gold camp judge, and his mother were poets. He wrote his first two stories at the age of ten. He suffered from asthma, and while convalescing from an attack, he started to write short stories and submit them to pulp magazines. Phantom Detective Magazine accepted his fourteenth submission. In his first two years as a writer, he produced 100 stories and sold only seven. He worked for a couple of years as a ghost writer for Ed Earl Repp, but then moved on to become a freelance writer, turning out Western stories as he had done for Repp. Eventually, he moved to Hollywood and wrote television scripts and mystery stories. By the time he died in 1989, he had written some five hundred short stories, novellas, and novels. One of his best-known works was the award-winning Durango Street. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.info Eerie News - www.Eerie.News Stranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfiction LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.com MY BOOKS: Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicer Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_Pellicer SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK: https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/ You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles. Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.com Music - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.com Narration always by a human, no A.I. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    38 min
  7. The Shadow from the Steeple | Robert Bloch | Podcast

    MAR 12

    The Shadow from the Steeple | Robert Bloch | Podcast

    The Shadow from the Steeple is a short story by American author Robert Bloch, first published in Weird Tales.  It serves as the third and final installment in a trilogy that began with Bloch’s The Shambler from the Stars (1935) and continued with H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark (1936).  The story concludes the mystery surrounding the Shining Trapezohedron, a powerful artifact central to the Cthulhu Mythos.  ​ The narrative follows Edmund Fiske, a friend of the late Robert Harrison Blake, who embarks on a quest to uncover the fate of Blake after his mysterious death.  Fiske’s investigation leads him to Dr.  Ambrose Dexter, the man who disposed of the Shining Trapezohedron by throwing it into Narragansett Bay.  It remains a significant work in the Lovecraftian tradition, blending cosmic horror with Cold War-era anxieties. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.info Eerie News - www.Eerie.News Stranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfiction LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.com MY BOOKS: Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicer Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_Pellicer SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK: https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/ You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles. Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.com Music - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.com Narration always by a human, no A.I. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    50 min
  8. The Seventh Victim and Another Unexpected Tale | Podcast

    FEB 14

    The Seventh Victim and Another Unexpected Tale | Podcast

    The Sentinel is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It served as the foundational concept for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The story is set in 1996 following Wilson, a veteran selenologist on a lunar expedition. While exploring the Mare Crisium region, he discovers a mysterious, pyramid-shaped structure surrounded by an invisible force-field— clearly not of terrestrial or lunar origin. Wilson theorizes it was —a device placed on the Moon by an ancient, advanced alien civilization to monitor the development of intelligent life across the cosmos.   The Seventh Victim is a science fiction short story by Robert Sheckley. It presents a dystopian future where global warfare has been replaced by a government-sanctioned, televised hunting game called The Big Hunt. In this society, individuals who are prone to violence can voluntarily become hunters, tasked with tracking and killing assigned victims, while later facing the same fate themselves as a victim. The story follows Stanton Frelaine, an experienced hunter preparing for his seventh mission, who is assigned Janet-Marie Patzig, a woman—unprecedented in the game—whose passive acceptance of her fate unsettles him.  The story was heavily reimagined into the 1965 Italian film The 10th Victim starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, followed by two sequels: Victim Prime (1987) and Hunter/Victim (1988). The original short story is considered a foundational influence on later works like The Hunger Games and the live-action game Assassin. Host - M.P. Pellicer www.MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www.MiamiGhostChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www.NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www.StoriesoftheSupernatural.info Eerie News - www.Eerie.News Stranger Than Fiction Stories: www.storiesofthesupernatural.info/strangerthanfiction LISTEN TO ALL MY PODCASTS www.EeriePodcast.com MY BOOKS: Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/marlenepardopellicer Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17113386.Marlene_Pardo_Pellicer SIGN UP FOR MY NEWSLETTER ON SUBSTACK: https://marlenepardopellicer.substack.com/ You can find me on major video and podcast platforms, just look for MP Pellicer or Miami Ghost Chronicles. Hypnosis DIY - https://www.hypnosis-diy.com Music - Pixabay.com, Purple-Planet.com Narration always by a human, no A.I. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

    53 min
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Podcasts of classic ghost and adventure stories, set in lonely churchyards or empty mansions, all in the tradition of classic authors such as M. R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and the most popular sci-fi pulp fiction writers. Narrated by M.P. Pellicer Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.

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  • Creator
    M.P. Pellicer
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    186
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright M.P. Pellicer
  • Show Website
    Nightshade Diary

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