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The Double Shadow is a podcast covering the weird fiction writings of American author Clark Ashton Smith. Although currently on hiatus, it has covered Smith’s work chronologically within his cycles or locations, beginning with the Averoigne stories in chronological order, then moving on to Poseidonis, Hyperborea, Zothique. Our podcast takes its name from one of Smith’s stories, “The Double Shadow,” which he also used as the title of a self-published collection of his works.

The Double Shadow Tim Mucci, Philip Gelatt, Ruth Tillman

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    • 4.8 • 5 Ratings

The Double Shadow is a podcast covering the weird fiction writings of American author Clark Ashton Smith. Although currently on hiatus, it has covered Smith’s work chronologically within his cycles or locations, beginning with the Averoigne stories in chronological order, then moving on to Poseidonis, Hyperborea, Zothique. Our podcast takes its name from one of Smith’s stories, “The Double Shadow,” which he also used as the title of a self-published collection of his works.

    Episode #47: “The Charnel God”

    Episode #47: “The Charnel God”

    Mordiggian is the god of Zul-Bha-Sair. And "The Charnel God" is one of Smith's best stories. Join us for fits of near death, necromancy, and hot ghoul action.



    Music by Kevin MacLeod.



    Readings by Joe Scalora.



    Outro music by Boney Washington.

    • 41 min
    Episode #46: “The Voyage of King Euvoran”

    Episode #46: “The Voyage of King Euvoran”

    Join us this week as we go on “The Voyage of King Eurovan Euvoran”

    Justine Jones joins us on this episode. Justine will be illustrating a Clark Ashton Smith zine for Mike Bukowski’s Seventh Church Ministries. Look for that around October. Find Justine’s art on her Tumblr: http://hauntedforests.tumblr.com, her Illustration site: http://justinejonesillustration.tumblr.com/, and on her Instagram: @tean_witch. Buy her awesome Dark Souls t-shirt, too!

    Music by Kevin MacLeod.

    Readings by B B Wolfe.

    • 58 min
    Episode #45: “The Isle of the Torturers”

    Episode #45: “The Isle of the Torturers”

    Happy 2016! Phil’s been working on filming of Laird Barron’s “-30-“, Tim’s been working on writing projects, and Ruth’s been doing some writing and hunting for a new job (success, yay). But we’ve got an episode for you, recorded in the fall but stuck on the editing table, “The Isle of the Torturers.”

    Our reading this week is Raychel A. Wagner.

    Music by Kevin MacLeod.

    Outro by Tyler Crook.

    • 50 min
    Episode #44: “Empire of the Necromancers”

    Episode #44: “Empire of the Necromancers”

    When these necromantic bros set out on a post-apocalyptic tour, they stumble into a kingdom nobody's using... for now.

    • 47 min
    Episode #43: “The Flower-Women”

    Episode #43: “The Flower-Women”

    Maal Dweb, bored of his stone women and limitless power, decides to explore a growing planet of his solar system.

    • 46 min
    Episode #42: “The Maze of the Enchanter”

    Episode #42: “The Maze of the Enchanter”

    We’re back this week with the first of the Maal Dweb stories “The Maze of the Enchanter.”

    This week’s reader is Jordan Smith. The episode of This American Life mentioned is this one’s section vocal fry.

    Our next show will be “The Flower Women.” From there, we’ll move on to Zothique!

    Music: Kevin MacLeod

    Outro: Boney Washington

    • 44 min

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