The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast

Climb up! We're taking a ride on The Phantom Rickshaw by Rudyard Kipling!

Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society joins us to discuss deep ocean exploration, cryptozoology, scheming criminals, and much much more!

Creatures from the Black La-June kicks off with In the Abyss by H.G. Wells!

It's PhantasMay Day! We kick off The Ghosts of May with Mrs. Lunt by Hugh Walpole!

We're having Some Words with a Mummy by Edgar Allan Poe! Won't you listen in?

March is for Draculas begins with The Vampyre by Dr. John Polidori. Bleh bleh bleh!

This episode is brought to you by Delta Green: Tales from Failed Anatomies Kickstarter!

AROOO! We're kicking off Werewolf History Month with The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Captain Frederick Marryat!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We're back with The Red Room by H.G. Wells!

We kick off Demaupacember with The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant!

Get into The Suitable Surroundings by Ambrose Bierce!

Happy Halloween! Tune in as we examine Lovecraft's sonnet series Fungi from Yuggoth - live in Providence!

Journey with us to the Canadian wilderness, where we'll be meeting up with Algernon Blackwoods' creation, The Wendigo!

We're joined by reader Jon Hancock as we admire Ligeia, by Edgar Allan Poe!

Episode 169 - The Red Hand - Part 1 Listen on Patreon This week, we're giving a weak, awkward high-five to The Red Hand by Arthur Machen! Special thanks to our reader, Tony Barroso! If you can make it to Providence this August, please join us at The NecronomiCon! Thanks to Troy Sterling Nies for providing the music - grab some of his tunes at Bandcamp! Want to make new friends? How about The Friends of Arthur Machen?

Episode 165 - The Dead Smile Listen on Patreon Happy 4th of July! We just can't stop smiling, and neither can anybody in this story! It's The Dead Smile by F. Marion Crawford! Special thanks once again to our outstanding reader, Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society! Here are some clips from The Man Who Laughs set to music by They Might Be Giants. Next week: The Face – E.F. Benson

Episode 161 - The Body-Snatcher Listen on Patreon Outstanding actor and Oscar nominee Chris Sarandon joins us this week to read Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Body-Snatcher! Want to learn more about Burke and Hare? This is the internet - there's a web site dedicated to them! Our opening sample was from the film The Body-Snatcher, an early Robert Wise flick and a tour-de-force by Karloff. Check it out! We'll be back next week with The House and The Brain by Edward Bulwer Lytton. Subscribe to tune in! (And don't forget to pick up our graphic novel Deadbeats while you're at it; or even a soundtrack!)

Episode 157 - Fishhead Listen on Patreon Swim out into the lake with us as we tackle the Irvin S. Cobb classic, Fishhead! Special thanks to guest Matt Burriesci (with his own special guest, Violet) and reader Andrew Leman. There are always fishy things happening at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society! Thanks so much to everybody who donated to the Kickstarter - there are still a few days to go! We'll be back talking mummies next week!

Episode 153 - The Damned Thing Listen on Patreon Ambrose Bierce month kicks off with The Damned Thing! Special thanks to our reader, Mr. Steve Brewster! OUR KICKSTARTER IS HERE! Help us get to Providence for the NecronomiCon the weekend of August 22nd, where we hope to do a live show and record convention coverage. Wanna get into the show? This is how you buy tix. Can't make it but want to be a part of the action? This is how ya do it! We appreciate your support. Back it HERE!

Episode 149 - The Man Who Went Too Far Listen on Patreon Hey there folks - we're doing E.F. Benson's The Man Who Went Too Far. Next week for subscribers... The Horla!