The HorrorBabble Podcast

"Hollywood Horror" is a short story by the American author, Paul Ernst. It is the third story in Ernst's DOCTOR SATAN series (Weird Tales, October 1935). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Hedge" by Alfred I. Tooke, first took shape in the December 1935 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale was described as follows: "A quaint little story, about the gardener who spent his whole life clipping a hedge." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Horror at Vecra" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Henry Hasse, first published in The Acolyte, in its Fall 1943 edition. "After losing their way, two travellers arrive in the eerie village of Vecra, where strange books, unsettling dreams, and a sealed crypt hint at something ancient waiting to be unearthed." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Pool of the Stone God" is a short story by Abraham Merritt, writing as W. Fenimore. In the tale, which was first published in AMERICAN WEEKLY in September 1923, a professor relates the circumstances surrounding an encounter with a strange statue on a remote island in the Pacific… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" is a short story by American author, Clark Ashton Smith, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in November 1931. The story tells of a thief and his companion in search of treasure in the former capital of Hyperborea. Unfortunately, something ancient and terrible watches over the temple the pair intend to loot… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Gray Rider" by American author, Charles Hilan Craig, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in November 1927. The story tells of a famous racing driver, who is about to be put to the test, one last time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Shadow on the Screen" is a short story by Henry Kuttner, first published in the March 1938 edition of Weird Tales. "A weird story of Hollywood, and the grisly horror that cast its dreadful shadow across the silver screen as an incredible motion-picture was run off." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Survivors" is a short story by Algernon Blackwood, first published in his 1935 collection, SHOCKS. "After a dramatic accident, a man wanders through London observing subtle but unsettling changes in himself and the world around him." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Xeethra" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the December 1934 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange tale about a goatherd who had been king in the olden days, and how he regained and lost again his kingship." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Crib of Hell" is a short story by Arthur Pendragon, first published in Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1965. "He could never erase from his memory the evil face of the child of horror . . . the loathsome thing that waited in . . . the Crib of Hell." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Would you like to immerse yourself in the world of weird fiction? The grimy weird is speculative fiction at its finest — a realm of horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy. Coming to you from SpectreVision Radio, is The HorrorBabble Podcast. We produce recordings of stories by the pioneers of the genre — H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard — while breathing new life into forgotten classics penned by lesser-known authors. With new recordings published twice weekly — Tuesdays and Fridays — you’ll encounter Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, from the Nameless City to the Colour Out of Space; Clark Ashton Smith’s Zothique, where cosmic entities linger in a dying world; Robert E. Howard’s legendary tales of Bran Mak Morn and Conan; and everything else weird fiction has to offer: baffling beasts and deadly bargains, haunted houses and polar terrors, caverns and crypts, dreams and nightmares, vampires and werewolves… the list goes on. If you have a taste for the macabre, you’re certain to find something to satisfy your ghoulish appetite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Dispossession" is a short story by the English author, C. H. B. Kitchin, published in the 1929 anthology, SHUDDERS. "A carefree London man is shaken when sudden blackouts and missing days begin to fracture his routine life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The People of the Pit" by A. Merritt, first appeared in All-Story Weekly in its January 1918 edition, and tells of a man's return from a terrifying voyage into the depths of the Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Spirits of the Lake" is a short story by Alonzo Deen Cole, author and director of the 1930s radio series, The Witch's Tale. The story first appeared in the November 1941 edition of Weird Tales. "Was it at the bidding of the 'Old Ones' that slime—loathsome, hideously green—rose from the lake's dreadful depths?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Weaver in the Vault" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the January 1934 edition of Weird Tales. "A story of the weird and ghastly-beautiful horror that came upon the searchers in the eery tombs of Chaon Gacca." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Twister" is a short story by the American writer, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, first published in the January 1940 edition of Weird Tales. "Ghostly was the village where the newly wedded couple stopped for gasoline, and weird was their experience there." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Tomb-Spawn" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the May 1934 edition of Weird Tales. "A tale of a star-spawned monstrosity, and the eldritch magic of a powerful king and wizard." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Dr. Muncing, Exorcist" is one of two stories concerning the titular character by the American author, Gordon MacCreagh, first published in the September 1931 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror. "A confident exorcist investigates a family plagued by a formless, creeping dread." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Cave of Spiders" is a short story by the little-known Weird Tales author, William R. Hickey. The story was first published in the November 1928 issue of the magazine. "An expedition into the haunted heights of the Peruvian Andes yields a tale of ominous signs, forbidden passions, and a death far stranger than the survivors first claimed." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Secret of the South Pole" is a tale of Antarctica by the little-known Irish author, Hamilton Drummond, first published in the April 1902 edition of The Windsor Magazine. "Three castaways encounter a centuries-lost ship from the polar depths, its silent cabin holding hints of a strange fate no living man can explain." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"My Father, the Cat" is a short story by American author, Henry Slesar. As described by Fantastic Universe in December 1957: Here is an off-trail story that is guaranteed to make some of you take a very searching second look at some of the young men you know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Buzzards" is a short story by Edward Lucas White, first published in the July 25th 1908 edition of The Bellman. "In the shadow of circling buzzards and mounting dread, a young woman races against fate across a sun-scorched Virginia farm." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"At the Gate", by the little-known author, Myla Jo Closser, offers an answer to the long-held question: what happens to our beloved dogs when they (and we) pass on? The tale first appeared in the March 1917 edition of CENTURY MAGAZINE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Rendezvous in Averoigne" is the second story in Clark Ashton Smith's Averoigne series, first published in the April-May 1931 edition of Weird Tales. "An unusual host was the Sieur du Malinbois—a strange story of the undead." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Phantom Woman", which is generally regarded as a traditional British ghost story, first appeared in Bob Holland’s 1904 collection, Twenty-Five Ghost Stories. The tale tells of a man and his inexplicable attraction to a mysterious lady glimpsed in the window of an old house.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Lead Soldiers" is a short story by Robert Barbour Johnson, first published in the December 1935 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange doom closed round the Dictator who sought to achieve his destiny through a bloody war." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Red Shadows" is a Solomon Kane story by Robert E. Howard, first published in the August 1928 edition of Weird Tales. Described as follows: "Thrilling adventures and blood-freezing perils—red shadows on black trails—savage witchcraft and the Black God." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Aquarium" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Carl Jacobi, first published in DARK MIND, DARK HEART in 1962. "When a painter and her friend move into a spacious London house, the strange aquarium left behind by its former owner begins to exude an influence both unnatural and terrifying." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Vine Terror" is a short story by Howard Wandrei, first published in the September 1934 edition of Weird Tales. Described as follows: "An unusual weird-scientific tale, about vegetable vampires that lusted for animal and human food." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Silver Knife" is a short story by American author, Ralph Allen Lang, which first appeared in Weird Tales in January 1932 -- one of three tales the writer contributed to the magazine throughout the 1930s. The story tells of a man pursued by a wolf across the polar wastes of the far north. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Diary of a Madman" is a short story by French author, Guy de Maupassant. The tale is told through a series of diary entries, detailing the intimate thoughts of an undiscovered murderer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Shining Hand" is an 1889 ghost story by Dick Donovan (James Edward Preston Muddock). "On a storm-swept night at a desolate inn near Solway Moss, a travelling merchant loses his trusted servant and a fortune in gold." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The White Villa" is a horror short story by American author, Ralph Adams Cram, first published in his book, Black Spirits and White, in 1895. The story tells of two travellers exploring southern Italy, who are forced to spend the night in a remote, haunted villa, after missing the last train to Naples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Accursed Isle" is a short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, first published in the November 1933 edition of Weird Tales. "A hideous fear clutched the hearts of the seven castaways on that accursed isle as they were slain, one by one." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Whispers" is a short story by Robert S. Carr, first published in Weird Tales in April 1928. "In the festering swamps of Taggardsville, something unseen stirs in the night." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Eighth Green Man" is a weird tale by the Cornish author, Gladys Trenery, writing as G. G. Pendarves. First appearing in Weird Tales in its March 1928 edition, the story was described as follows: "An uncanny horror befell the guests of the innkeeper when the Green Men held their revels." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Sagasta's Last" is a short story by Carl Jacobi, first published in the August 1939 edition of Strange Stories. "An augmented eye pierces the mist-wall that rises skyward from the grave!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Stranger from Kurdistan" is a short story by E. Hoffmann Price, first published in the July 1925 edition of Weird Tales. "An enigmatic stranger infiltrates a secret gathering of devil-worshipers in the haunted depths of an ancient tower." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Lens-Shy" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales contributor, W. M. Clayton. The story first surfaced in the June-July edition of the magazine in 1939, and tells of the odd circumstances surrounding a photographer of the dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Source of It" is a 1953 Weird Tale by the little-known author, Glen Malin. Appearing in the magazine's July edition, the story concerns the diary entries of a man who believes he is in possession of a very curious power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Witch in the Fog" by Alexander Faust first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1938. The magazine described the tale as: "A brief tale of thuggee—and a beautiful English girl." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Man-Trap" by Hamilton Craigie, first snapped its leaves in the November 1925 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale was described as follows: “A monstrous plant makes its kill.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First published in the May 1943 edition of Astounding Science-Fiction, Henry Kuttner's "Ghost" tells of an attempted exorcism at a centre of science in Antarctica. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Smith: An Episode in a Lodging-House" is a short story by Algernon Blackwood, appearing in his 1906 anthology, The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories. "There was something very strange about the man who lived on the floor above the doctor." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Decay" is a short story by the British author and conservationist, John Moore. The story was first collected in The Third Omnibus of Crime in 1934. "Walking between his larches today, Mr. Cotter recognized them all as old friends." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Law of the Hills" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales author, Grace M. Campbell, first published in the August 1930 edition of the magazine. "A tragic, tender tale of the slim white shape that ran with a wolf-pack over the snow." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Thing in the Tree" is a short story by the little-known author, Harold Standish Corbin. The story first appeared in the February 1927 edition of Ghost Stories. "What influence could make a tree take on human characteristics?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Father's Vampire" is a short story by Alvin Taylor and Len J. Moffatt, first published in the May 1952 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. "Father collected things—but he wasn’t at all in a rut as to what he collected." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In Terror of Laughing Clay" is the first of four stories concerning the fictional ghost hunter, Mark Shadow. Written by the Scottish author, Robert W. Sneddon, the story first appeared in the October 1926 edition of Ghost Stories. "No scientists experimenting ten thousand years could make a lump of potter's clay live—and yet——" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The God with Four Arms" is a work of weird fiction by the English writer, H. T. W. Bousfield, first appearing in his 1939 anthology, The God with Four Arms and Other Stories. "A shady man, owed a small fortune, takes his frustrations out on a rare bronze idol, with sinister consequences." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Vignette" is the very last short story penned by British author, M. R. James. It tells of a haunted plantation, allegedly influenced by real events experienced by James as a boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Burned House" is a ghost story by Vincent O'Sullivan, first published in The Century Magazine in its October 1916 edition. In the story, a man recounts his eerie experience in a Lake District village where he witnessed a ghostly house fire and a hanging body, only to find no trace of them the next day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Swooping Wind" is a short story by American author Wilford Allen, which first appeared in Weird Tales in December 1927. The tale focuses upon a scientist who has a strange connection to the winds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Spectre of Rislip Abbey" is an 1899 ghost story by Dick Donovan, published in his TALES OF TERROR anthology. "Then I was still further amazed—I might almost say dumfounded—by seeing a hand, only a hand, slowly draw the panel into its place again." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Ordeal of Wooden-Face" is a rare tale by the American author, Hal K. Wells. The story first appeared in Weird Tales back in January 1932, and was described by the magazine as follows: “His dead eyes came to life when he saw the young American stagger into the bungalow like a specter out of the past.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The 19 Club" is a mystery story by the English writer, A. J. Alan, first published in Alan's 1932 anthology, A. J. Alan's Second Book. “He asked who we were and the people down below couldn’t tell him because they didn’t know—they said they had no information about us of any kind.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Grinning Ghoul" is a short story by the American author, Robert Bloch. First appearing in Weird Tales back in June of 1936, the story was described as follows: "A story of stark horror in the subterranean depths beneath the tomb." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Croatan" is a short story by Malcolm Ferguson. First published in Weird Tales in July 1948, Croatan concerns the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony. "Creatures summoned from outer eons, our masters by an eternity of time and progress." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Worm" is a short story by the American writer, David H. Keller. The story was first published in the March 1929 edition of Amazing Stories. "The floor, cut through, disappeared into the Thing's maw and with it the red hot stove." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Dark Demon" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Robert Bloch, first published in the November 1936 edition of Weird Tales. “The strange story of a man who communed too closely with things from beyond space.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Phoenix on the Sword" is a Conan the Cimmerian novelette by Robert E. Howard, first published in the December 1932 edition of Weird Tales. "A soul-searing story of a fearsome monster spawned in darkness before the first man crawled out of the slimy sea." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Fisherman's Special" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales author, H. L. Thomson. The story appeared in the August 1939 edition of the magazine. "I caught myself up short when I heard him say 'werewolves'." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Second Interment" is a short story by the American writer, Clark Ashton Smith. The story first appeared in the January 1933 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, and concerns the terrible fate of an ailing figure by the name of Uther Magbane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Bitter Gold" is a short story by the little-known author B. C. Bridges. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in December 1931, was described as follows: “The old man and his wife needed money—a brief, grim tale of Siberia.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Decoy" is a short story by Algernon Blackwood and Wilfred Wilson, first published in the 1921 collection, The Wolves of God and Other Fey Stories. “John Burley sought to dispel the ugly superstition that clung to the unlovely house.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"By One, by Two, and By Three" is a short story by the British writer, Adrian Ross -- aka Stephen Hall (real name, Arthur Reed Ropes). The tale, which first appeared in the December 1887 edition of Temple Bar, concerns a curious character by the name of Angus Macbane, whose dislike of a wealthy uncle is expressed in the most unwholesome of ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Night and Silence" is a short story by the French author, Maurice Level. First appearing in Weird Tales in February 1932, the story was described as follows: “They seemed to personify Age, Night and Silence.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Dark Castle" is one of two short stories penned by the little-known author, Marion Brandon. First appearing in the September 1931 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, the story was described as follows: “The spirit of Archenfels broods ominously over the two stranded travelers in the deserted castle.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Silver Bullet" is a short story by the American author, P. A. Whitney. First published in the February 1935 issue of Weird Tales Magazine, the story was described as follows: “An eldritch tale of horror, of a terrible adventure on Loon Mountain, and a talisman that was potent in the old days against witches and warlocks.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Out of the Sea" is a 1904 horror story by the English author, A. C. Benson. "It was a beast—a beast about the size of a goat. I never saw the like—yet I did not see it clear; I but felt the air blow, and caught a whiff of it—it was salt like the sea, but with a kind of dead smell behind." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Sorcerer's Jewel" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Robert Bloch, first published in the February 1939 edition of Strange Stories, under the pseudonym, Tarleton Fiske. “Those forms were spawned in the nightmares and dreams of the Pit." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Dead Woman" is a short story by American author, David H. Keller, first published in the April 1934 edition of Fantasy Magazine. “Eerie and flesh-crawling revelations form this shocking kaleidoscope of a mind crying NOT GUILTY.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Graveyard Rats" is a short story by American author, Henry Kuttner. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in March of 1936, tells of a cemetery caretaker, who, unfortunately, has been tasked with the extermination of a colony of monstrous rats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The House That Remembered" is a short story by Jonathan Cruise, first published in The 27th Pan Book of Horror Stories in 1986. In the story, a young American couple inherit a decrepit country house in rural Ireland–a house with a questionable history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Lost" is a short story by the little-known author, Alice-Mary Schnirring. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in July 1943, takes place on the marshes, by the dark and forbidding Atlantic Ocean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Terror by Night" is a short story by E. F. Benson, published in his 1912 collection, THE ROOM IN THE TOWER. “Some people call them ghosts, some conjuring tricks, and some nonsense.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"His Brother's Keeper" is a work of flash fiction by the author and military analyst, George Fielding Eliot. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in September 1931, tells of a not-so-typical case of jealousy between two brothers… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Guard in the Dark" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding, first appearing in Weird Tales in its July 1944 edition. "There was a reason why the boy demanded toy soldiers, a reason to be found only in the treacherous dark." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Late Mourner" is a short story by Julius Long. It was given the following description when it first appeared in the March 1934 edition of Weird Tales: “John Sloan received a shock when he looked upon the face in the coffin…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"No Eye-Witnesses" is a August 1932 Weird Tale by the American author, Henry S. Whitehead. "Everard Simon had a weird experience in Flatbush when his shoes were caked with blood and forest mold from the slaying of Jerry the Wolf." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Worms of the Earth" is a Bran Mak Morn story by Robert E. Howard. As described by Weird Tales in its November 1932 edition: "A grim, shuddery tale of the days when Roman legions ruled in Britain—a powerful story of Bran Mak Morn, king of the Picts, and a gruesome horror from the bowels of the earth." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Transition of Juan Romero" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in Marginalia, a 1944 Arkham House collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Terror" is a horror short story by French author, Guy de Maupassant. The story tells of an individual who has taken the decision to marry due to an overbearing fear of loneliness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Theft of the Thirty-Nine Girdles" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The story, which is the second story to feature the character Satampra Zeiros, was first published under the title, THE POWDER OF HYPERBOREA, in the March 1958 edition of Saturn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The House Party at Smoky Island" is a short story by Canadian author, L. M. Montgomery. The tale first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in August 1935. The story revolves around an unusual house party in the wilds of central Ontario, in which ghost stories are exchanged. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Time-Fuse" is a short story by the English author, John Metcalfe. Published in the 1931 collection "Judas and Other Stories", tells of a séance hosted by a lady with a more than casual interest in spiritualism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Up Under the Roof" is a short story by American writer, Manly Wade Wellman, which first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1938. The tale tells of something stalking the space between the roof-peak and the ceiling, in an old, shabby house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Tropical Horror" is a short story by William Hope Hodgson. First published in The Grand Magazine in its June 1905 edition, the tale tells of a ship attacked by a monstrous sea creature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"King of the Forgotten People" is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first appearing in Magazine of Horror in its Summer 1966 edition, incorrectly titled, VALLEY OF THE LOST. The story tells of Jim Brill, and his strange journey into the hidden city of Khor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Man of Stone" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. Published in the October 1932 issue of Wonder Stories, it tells of two friends who go in search of several peculiarly life-like stone statues in the remote Adirondack Mountains of New York.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Demon of the Flower" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. First published in the December 1933 edition of Astounding Stories, the story tells of a desperate king's attempt to save his betrothed from an unusually macabre fate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh" is a short story by the little-known author, H. Sivia. First appearing in the October 1937 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "DeBrugh was dead, but he still regarded his promise as a sacred duty to be fulfilled." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Man Who Lost His Head" is a short story by the English author, Thomas Burke, first published in the Blue Book Magazine, November 1935. "Something had happened which didn't happen; something out of nature; something against the sun." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Creeper in the Crypt" is a short story by American writer, Robert Bloch. First appearing in Weird Tales in July 1937, the story tells of an unusual case of kidnapping in witch-haunted Arkham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Shattered Timbrel" by American author Wallace J. Knapp, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1935. The story tells of a desperate scientist, whose experiments in resurrection yield unfortunate results… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Coming of the White Worm" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale, which was first published in the April 1941 issue of Stirring Science Stories, and sometimes includes the subtitle, "Chapter IX of the Book of Eibon", concerns the victim of a monstrous entity’s scourge, and his quest to unravel the secret of the beast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. First published in National Amateur in its March 1922 edition, the story tells of a peculiar musician who occupies the attic room of an ancient house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written by British writer, M. R. James, "The Mezzotint" tells of a strange engraving, with even stranger properties… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Testament of Athammaus" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published in the October 1932 issue of Weird Tales Magazine, described as follows: "The state executioner's story of an incredible monstrosity that struck terror to an entire city." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Piecemeal" is a short story by the British author, Oscar Cook. Published in Weird Tales in February 1930, the following sinister synopsis preceded the yarn: “He slipped in a pool of blood that had dripped from the severed head.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Horror Undying" is a short story by the American author, Manly Wade Wellman. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1936, and was described by the magazine as follows: “A grim and gruesome story of a strange appetite—the tale of a grisly horror.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The White Sybil" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published alongside David H. Keller's "Men of Avalon" by Fantasy Publications in 1934. "He knew that he had seen the White Sybil, that mysterious being who was rumored to come and go as if by some preterhuman agency in the cities of Hyperborea." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story. The tale centres around an ancient house, in the attic of which a terrible fate met its former occupant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Tzo-Lin’s Nightingales" is a short story by Ben Belitt. Published in Weird Tales in February 1931, it was given the following intriguing synopsis: "It was an unostentatious little Chinese shop, yet it was the scene of an incredible madness and a weird horror." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Penned by American writer, Kurt Vonnegut, "2 B R 0 2 B" tells of a dystopian future, in which death has become a voluntary act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Rats" is a short story by M. R. James. The tale, which first appeared in At Random Magazine in March 1929, tells of the mystery surrounding a locked room in an isolated inn on the Suffolk Coast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Door to Saturn" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. First published in the January 1932 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, the story was described as follows: "Beyond sea and sky the wizard Eibon pursues his outlandish wanderings." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Mist-Monster" is a short story by Granville S. Hoss. Published in Weird Tales in February 1928, it was described as follows: "A weird mist billowed up from the cave—and horrible was the thing that it did." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Living Eyes" is a May 1953 Weird Tale by the American author, Justin Dowling. "Mrs. Weir might die; her eyes would live forever..." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Keeping His Promise", which first appeared in Blackwood's 1906 collection, The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, tells of an unusual pact, and a visit from an old friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Urbanite" is a short story by the little-known author, Ewen Whyte. First published in the January 1950 edition of Weird Tales, it was described as follows: “The great City is never still, for even when it sleeps under darkness it stirs unceasingly with nightmare thoughts.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Mother of Toads" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith, originally featured in the July 1938 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The story tells of a young apothecary's assistant and his encounters with an unusual witch in the deep forest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, first published in the San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, Dec 25, 1886. The story, which tells of the wanderings of a man through a strange desert, introduces several elements to the Cthulhu Mythos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Feast in the Abbey" is a short story by American author Robert Bloch. First published in Weird Tales in January 1935, the story tells of a macabre horror encountered in a strange monastery deep in the woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Thing From the Grave" is a short story by the American writer, Harold Ward. First published in the July 1933 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: "A goose-flesh story of the hideous fate that befell a judge who had sentenced a murderer to death." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Strange High House in the Mist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue of Weird Tales. It concerns a character traveling to the titular house which is perched on the top of cliff which seems inaccessible both by land and sea, yet is apparently inhabited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Through the Alien Angle" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Elwin G. Powers. Little is known about the author, nor the publication history of the story, though ISFDB suggests it was written in 1941. The brief yarn tells of a man and his quest for a book that will assist him with a class paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Number 13" is a short story by the British author, M. R. James, from his 1904 anthology, Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary. Something in room 13 is keeping the guests at The Golden Lion awake at night… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Out of the Jar" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Charles R. Tanner. First appearing in the February 1941 edition of Stirring Science Stories, the tale was given the following synopsis: “Are you inquisitive too? Do you want to know things? Too many things?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Immeasurable Horror" is a science fiction horror story written by Clark Ashton Smith. It tells of an expedition to Venus, and of the weird and wonderful flora and fauna encountered there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The House of the Nightmare" is a ghost story by the American author, Edward Lucas White. First appearing in Smith's Magazine in its September 1906 edition, the story tells of a man forced to spend the night at a remote country house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Haita the Shepherd" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, first published in The Wave, Jan 24, 1891. The story, which tells of the naive worshipper of the god, Hastur, introduces several elements to the Cthulhu Mythos." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Gray Killer" is a short story by Everil Worrell. First appearing in Weird Tales in its November 1929 edition, the story was given the following synopsis: “Through the wards of a hospital slithered a strange, horrifying creature, carrying shocking death to his victims…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Artist and the Door" is a short story by the American author, Dorothy Quick. It was first published in the November 1952 edition of Weird Tales. "The house and contents had been exorcised of evil—but maybe the door had been left open, the holy words lost outside." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Medusan Madness" is a short story by the British author, E. H. Visiak. It was first published in the 1934 anthology, New Tales of Horror by Eminent Authors. "The tall woman continued to stalk in the side-path, looking queer and ghostly in the distance..." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Tunnel" is a short story by the British author, John Metcalfe. First published in "The Outlook" in March 1925, the story tells of a man, wrongly imprisoned, who spends years digging a tunnel to freedom… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Gong Ringers" by the mysterious author, Hasan Vokine, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in January 1926. The story tells of a band of travellers, who unwittingly stumble upon a trap set by the most unlikely of suspects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Casting the Runes" is a short story by M. R. James, first published in his 1911 collection, More Ghost Stories. In the story, a researcher for the British Museum investigates a curse connected to a curious paper on the subject of alchemy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Vale of the Corbies" by American author Arthur J. Burks, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in November 1925. The story tells of a man and his terrible nightmares, involving an unkindness of ravens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Chuckler" is a short story by Donald Wandrei. The tale, inspired by Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter", first appeared in Fantasy Magazine in its September 1934 edition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Cairn on the Headland" is a short story by the American author, Robert E. Howard. First appearing in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror in its January 1933 edition, the story tells of a troubled historian, who discovers an ancient, shunned cairn on the outskirts of Dublin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavours to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Thirteen Phantasms" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. The work, which first appeared in the March 1936 edition of The Fantasy Magazine, tells of a series of strange visions that torment a sick man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Skeleton Lake: An Episode in Camp" is a short story by British author, Algernon Blackwood. In the tale, men on a moose hunting trip in Canada find a dead man washed ashore at Skeleton Lake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Sea Curse" by American author Robert E. Howard, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in May 1928. The magazine described the tale as follows: “John Kulrek and Lie-lip Canool felt the baneful force of the old woman’s curse—a weird tale of the sea.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In the Dark" by Minnesotan author Ronal Kayser, first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in August 1936. The story tells of man's desperate confession in the face of something strange and vengeful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Believers" is a short story by American speculative fiction writer, Robert Arthur, which first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in July 1941. The story tells of a radio host who takes the decision to broadcast a live show from the confines of crumbling, haunted mansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Resurrection of the Rattlesnake" is an October 1931 Weird Tales by the Californian author, Clark Ashton Smith. “A brief story of the terror that lurked in Avilton’s library and the tragic event that ensued.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Horror in the Museum" is a short story ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for Hazel Heald in October 1932, published in 1933. The tale takes place in a private wax museum that specialises in the grotesque. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Secret of Kralitz" is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by Henry Kuttner. The tale, which first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1936, was described as follows: “A story of the shocking revelation that came to the twenty-first Baron Kralitz.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Witch In-Grain" is a macabre tale of black magic by the English writer, R. Murray Gilchrist, first published in the National Observer in 1893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Curse of the House" is a short story by Robert Bloch, first published in Strange Stories, February 1939. "Twelve generations of evil incarnate rise to avenge the abode of secrets forbidden!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Underbody" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1949, and was described as follows: “A thing that was not a man, yet could not be anything else…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Tobermory" is a short story by British author, Saki. What if cats could speak? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Murder Man" is a short story by Ewen Whyte. First published in the November 1949 edition of Weird Tales, the story was given the following synopsis: "The one perfect thing in an unbelievably imperfect life would be this perfect killing." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Fire in the Galley Stove" is a horror story of the sea by the little-known author and captain, William Outerson. First appearing in the May 1937 edition of The Atlantic Monthly, the story tells of a terrible attack on the crew of the ship 'Unicorn'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Human Chair" is a short story by Japanese author and critic Edogawa Ranpo. It was published in the October 1925 edition of the literature magazine Kuraku. Text translated by James B. Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Lupa" is a short story by the American author, Robert Barbour Johnson. First appeared in Weird Tales in its January 1941 edition, the story was described as follows: "Lupa Dzarkas was a tender, lovable woman—but what was that shape of horror that was found dead on the couch in her room?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Doom of the House of Duryea" by American author Earl Peirce, Jr., first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in October 1936. In the story, a man and his father are keen to put to rest certain dark legends concerning their ancestry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Shingler" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales writer, E. L. Wright. The tale first appeared in the magazine in its January 1941 edition. "Next time you have work done on your house, be sure you don’t get the Shingler!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Horror at Martin's Beach" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia H. Greene, which first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1923. The story tells of a horrifying creature killed by sailors at sea, and of the resulting act of vengeance on behalf of the creature’s mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Ghost Hunt" is a short story by the British writer, H. Russell Wakefield. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in March 1948. "Twice before the Ghost Hunters had tried unsuccessfully to find their quarry. This was the third—and LAST—attempt!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Demons of the Film Colony" by Theodore LeBerthon first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1932. The story was described by the magazine thusly: "A gigantic hoax was perpetrated on the author by 'Dracula' Lugosi and 'Frankenstein' Karloff." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Six Flights to Terror" is a short story by Manly Banister. The story first appeared in the September 1946 edition of Weird Tales, with the following description: "It was a dead thing, and dead things should be buried—but how do you bury a building?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Oval Portrait" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Red Balloon" is a short story by Q. Patrick (the pen name of detective fiction writers Richard Wilson Webb and Hugh Callingham Wheeler). The story first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1953. “Only facts would interest the head of the Homicide Bureau; not fantasy.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Country House" is a horror story by the little-known author, Ewen Whyte. First published in the September 1949 edition of Weird Tales, the story was described as follows: “A strange rendezvous with the beauty of the country … and the terror of the darkness!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Levitation" is a short story by American writer Joseph Payne Brennan. It tells of the final performance of a disgruntled hypnotist, and the fate of his reluctant volunteer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Jonah" by Guy Pain, first surfaced in Weird Tales in its August 1925 edition. It tells of a disreputable bosun, and a murder, with a touch of maritime superstition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Blind Man's Buff" is a short story by H. Russell Wakefield, first published in Others Who Returned in 1929. It's a cheap piece of real estate, but there's a very good reason Mr. Cort is getting such a fabulous deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Haunter of the Graveyard" is a Cthulhu Mythos tale by J. Vernon Shea, first published in Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos in 1969. It tells the story of a TV presenter who encounters a malign spirit in a cemetery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Case of Eavesdropping" is a tale by British author, Algernon Blackwood, from his "The Empty House" collection. In the story, a man, who believes himself to be the only tenant in an old house, continually hears brash and vicious arguments in the room next door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Death in Twenty Minutes" is a Weird Tale penned by Charles Henry Mackintosh. The story deals with Doctor Graeme, an individual who could have never known how his death's-head spider plot would redound on his own head. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Eyes for the Blind" is a short story by the English author, Frederick Cowles. The tale first appeared in his 1936 collection, The Horror of Abbot's Grange and Other Stories. “Who had not heard of John Dangerfield? The monster had been convicted of the most vile crimes. His mania was to attack unsuspecting persons, often children, and gouge out their eyes…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Colour Out of Space" is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927. In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of Arkham, Massachusetts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Suicide in the Study" first appeared in Weird Tales in its June 1935 edition. It tells of a modern sorcerer, and his efforts to obtain a state of 'dual personality'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Interlopers" is a short story by British author, Saki. The tale takes place in the dramatic Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe, wherein a pair of feuding landowners vow to put an end to one another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Blood Drips: An Unsolved Mystery" is a short horror story by British writer, Dick Donovan (aka James Edward Preston Muddock). The story first appeared in Donovan’s 1889 collection, Stories, Weird and Wonderful, and tells of an old, dilapidated house, haunted by something terrible and mysterious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Furnished Room" is a short story by American author, O. Henry. In the story, the new tenant of a timeworn apartment seeks to discover the identity of its previous occupant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Clutching Hands of Death" is a short story by the prolific Weird Tales author, Harold Ward. As described in the March 1935 edition of WT: “A tale of terror—of a weird surgical operation performed in France—and a ghastly horror that stalked by night…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Demon Spell" is a short story by Scottish-born novelist and artist, James Hume Nisbet. The tale tells of a strange seance, a rare coin, and a Kandian dagger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Floor Above" is a short story by the one-time Weird Tales author, M. Humphreys. Having first appeared in the May 1923 edition of the magazine, the story tells, through a series of diary entries, of a man's troubling stay with an old friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Old Bugs" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, probably written shortly before July 1919. It was first published in the Arkham House book The Shuttered Room and Other Pieces (1959). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Look" is a short story by the French writer, Maurice Level. The story, which first appeared in the French publication, Le Journal, in 1906, tells of a dreadful deed committed by a man and his wife… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Coat" is a short story by English civil servant, A. E. D. Smith. The tale appeared in Famous Fantastic Mysteries in December 1952, and tells of a curious item of clothing encountered in an old chateau.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Voice in the Dawn" (also known as "The Call in the Dawn") is a Sargasso Sea story by the British writer, William Hope Hodgson, first published in The Premier Magazine, November 1920. A strange voice greets the crew at dawn... but from where does it originate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Theater Upstairs" is a short story by Manly Wade Wellman. The work was first published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales, and was described as follows: “A weird and uncanny story about a motion-picture show, in which dead actors and actresses flickered across the silver screen…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Crooked Smile" is a short Weird Tale by the little-known author, Bryan Irvine. In the story, a man seeks retribution, with unfortunate consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"House of the Griffin" is a short story by Will Garth, the 'house pseudonym’, used by numerous Strange Stories authors, including August Derleth, Edmond Hamilton, and Henry Kuttner, to name but a few. The story first appeared in Strange Stories in its October 1939 edition. “Forces of Terror Strike from, the Void to Be Stayed Only by Stronger Forces for Good!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Seance" is a ghost story by the American author, Ronal Kayser. As the title suggests, the story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in April 1936, tells of an unusual seance conducted by a fake medium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Haunted Dolls' House" is a short story by British author, M. R. James. The tale first appeared in the British magazine, Empire Review, in March of 1923, and tells of an individual who acquires a curiously low-priced antique dolls’ house, complete with a family of ‘ghostly’ figurines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Brain-Eaters" is a short story by the American author, Frank Belknap Long. First published in the June 1932 edition of Weird Tales, the story tells of dead men who sat in a boat, and a weird horror from four-dimensional space… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Phantom Coach" is a classic ghost story by English author, Amelia B. Edwards (1831-1892). The tale tells of a young man who becomes lost on the moors during a snow storm. He seeks shelter with a strange and reclusive scientist, who tells him of a stage coach that might be able to take him home... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Hunters from Beyond" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith. Highly reminiscent of Lovecraft’s Pickman’s Model, the tale first appeared in the October 1932 edition of STRANGE TALES OF MYSTERY AND TERROR. “Living gargoyles, most hideous, come to the sculptor Sincaul from outland realms of evil.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Green Meadow" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson. The tale, which first appeared in The Vagrant in 1927, tells of a small notebook discovered within a meteorite in Maine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Night of Horror" is a short story by the British writer, Dick Donovan. The tale, which first appeared in Donovan’s 1899 collection, TALES OF TERROR, is a classic ghost story, set in a haunted castle in the remote hills of Wales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Hey, You Down There!" is a short story by Harold Rolseth. Little is known about the author. It tells of a peculiar discovery at the bottom of a dried up old well… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The House of the Golden Eyes" is a short story by the little-known author, Theda Kenyon, first published in the September 1930 edition of Weird Tales. “There was something bloated, parboiled to a dull red, sliding toward him…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Return to the Sabbath" is a short story by Robert Bloch. The work, which first appeared in Weird Tales in its July 1938 edition (and published under the pseudonym, Tarleton Fiske), is a tale of Hollywood, and something gruesome that emerged from a burial crypt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Destroying Horde" is a short horror story by the American author, Donald Wandrei. Described as "a tale of giant one-celled organisms spawned in a chemist’s laboratory, and an orgy of hideous death", the story was originally published in the June 1935 edition of Weird Tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Cats of Ulthar" is a Dream Cycle short story written by American fantasy author H. P. Lovecraft in June 1920. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Marmot" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The work was first published in the March 1944 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, and was described as follows: "Such a harmless looking tiny creature—but animals possess strange abilities beyond our ken!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Fearsome Touch of Death" is a short story by Robert E. Howard. In the story, first published in the February 1930 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, a man spends a night alone with a corpse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Thing in the Weeds" is a Sargasso Sea horror story by the British writer, William Hope Hodgson, first published in the January 1913 edition of The Story-teller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Written by American writer, Thomas Kent West, "The Rose-Colored Glasses" is the tale of a mysterious pair of spectacles, the wearing of which affects one's perception in a most curious manner... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"A Question of Identity" is a short story by Robert Bloch (writing as Tarleton Fiske). The story, which tells of a man's quest to recall an uncertain past, first appeared in the April 1939 edition of Strange Stories -- "No pang of hunger nor torment of thirst can stifle the questions of who, where and what!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Shadow on the Moor" by Stuart Strauss first appeared in Weird Tales in February 1928. The magazine described the tale as: "A creepy tale of the pre-Druidistic ruins of England—out on the moor were dancing, and strange wild music, and death.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In the Vault" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 18, 1925 and first published in the November 1925 issue of the amateur press journal Tryout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Night They Crashed the Party" is a short story by American author, Robert Bloch, first published by Weird Tales Magazine in 1951. The story tells of a party, in which the guests, expecting to watch a televised wrestling match, are subjected to an unsettling and impromptu live broadcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"In the World's Dusk" is a short story by Edmond Hamilton. The story first surfaced in the March 1936 edition of Weird Tales magazine, and was described as follows: “A gripping tale of the last survivor of the human race and his attempts to repopulate the world…” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices