Podsothoth: A Lovecraft Book Club Huge Success, LLC

In which Claire and Tod discuss The Shunned House, by HP Lovecraft, first published in the October, 1937 issue of Weird Tales.  And here are some links in case you're a weirdo who reads these show notes.

Link to the Kickstarter project for publishing The Shunned House: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/helios-house/shunned-house

Wikipedia article about The Shunned House, including the Gorey-esque illustration by Virgil Finlay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shunned_House

Girl with All the Gifts trailer, go watch it, it's pretty much my favorite zombie movie, and definitely my favorite fungus movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjGkB_oWTe0

Learn all about Crookes Tubes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube

Subscribe to our other podcast about The Greatest American Hero and also growing up in the 70s and 80s: https://hotforteacher.tv

In which Tod Beardsley reads The Shunned House, by HP Lovecraft, first published in the October, 1937 issue of Weird Tales. Since this is a horror podcast, it may not be for everyone. This reading contains detailed descriptions of 17th, 18th, and 19th Century architecture, a meandering genealogy, several child maladies and deaths, including stillbirth, an infectious madness, eerie fungi and vapors, a vampiric presence, and a rental property which certainly would not meet modern residential building codes. If any of these elements are likely to disturb you unduly, you are urged to skip this episode.

Ambience provided by Haunted House Ambience 4 HOURS.

If you like this episode, feel free to write to us at hideous@podsothoth.club, or hit us up on Mastodon, at @podsothoth@defcon.social.

In which Tod and Claire discuss HP Lovecraft's The Nameless City, which was first published in the November, 1921 issue of The Wolverine. Please know that this is a horror podcast, and may not be suitable for everyone, especially if you have problems with claustrophobia and the 20th Century plunder of archeological sites.

We talked about John Shirley's Lovecraft Alive! from Hippocampus Press and you should buy it and read it.

We also mentioned "The Austin Frog" which is more properly referred to as simply Hi, How Are You.

Here's this year's Human Era Calendar from Kurzgesagt but wait until October or so and they'll print a new one for 12,024. They make great gifts for archeology nerds.

If you need to calculate HE dates on the fly, the Holocene Era Calculator works pretty well.

Also, here's the Arkham Horror AH:TCG expansion, Guardians of the Abyss, which we are convinced is impossible to win. Prove us wrong!

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HP Lovecraft's The The Nameless City, which was first published in the November, 1921 issue of The Wolverine, as read by Tod Beardsley in July of 2023.

Please know that this is a horror podcast, and may not be suitable for everyone. This story in particular contains depictions of amateur, penetrative archeology by an imperialistic foreigner; various supernatural winds and sandstorms; claustrophobia and sightless spelunking; a very frightened camel who presumably dies alone in the desert; the mummified remains of prehistoric lizardmen; a portal to the hollow Earth; and an attack of a million ghosts. If these topics are likely to upset you, please skip this episode.

On the other hand, if you like this episode and this sort of thing, be sure to leave a glowing review on your podcast app of choice. You can get in touch with us directly on Mastodon at @podsothoth@defcon.social, or by e-mailing us at hideous@podsothoth.club.

Ambience for this episode is once again provided by Horror Wind Ambience. Scary Wind Sounds.

In which Tod and Claire discuss The Unnamable, a short story by HP Lovecraft, first published in the July, 1925 issue of Weird Tales. Please know that this is a horror podcast, and may not be suitable for everyone. This is especially true if you have feelings about Cotton Mather.

We discussed the Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather, not the "Christos Magnalia Americana" which is probably the cursed version.

We also played a little of Modular Sessions 9, by Mark Jenkins, and you should defo spend real money and have it shipped to you by real postal mail!

Feel free to strike up a conversation with us! We're on Mastodon at @podsothoth@defcon.social, or email us at hideous@podsothoth.club. We also have a YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Podsothoth for some reason.

In which Tod reads HP Lovecraft's The Unnamable, first published in the July, 1925 issue of Weird Tales. Please know that this is a horror podcast, and may not be suitable for everyone. This story in particular contains depictions of the supernatural and spectral, as well as puritanism and religiosity, an 18th Century hanging, improvised burial rites, New England architecture, and a madness inflicted on a young boy after a terrible discovery. If these topics are likely to upset you, please skip this episode.

Ambience for this episode is provided by Horror Wind Ambience. Scary Wind Sounds.

If you like what you hear, please leave a comment or review on your podcast directory of choice, and you can follow the show on Mastodon at @podsothoth@defcon.social, or email us at hideous@podsothoth.club.