Innsmouth Book Club (Innsmouth Gold)
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| 05 May 2022 | Ep42: The Graveyard Rats | 00:59:43 | |
For today's trip we visit the Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss an often over-looked member of the Lovecraft circle, Henry Kuttner, We read The Graveyard Rats and talk contes cruels, The Descent, hardboiled Cthulhu and the 1996 Trilogy of Terror II adaptation. IBC on Facebook IBC on Youtube Previous Episodes Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold John Chadwick Art Graveheart Designs Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 07 May 2022 | Introduction | 00:01:44 | |
Hosted by Rob Poyton, Tim Mendees and John Chadwick, the Innsmouth Book Club is a podcast devoted to works of Lovecraftian literature, weird fiction and cosmic horror in general. As well as books, we review and discuss film, TV, gaming, art and music and chat with Lovecraftian creatives about their work. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 21 May 2022 | Ep.43: Dr Who | 01:23:42 | |
We visit Innsmouth Museum to see the latest exhibit and discuss the Lovecraftian aspects of Dr Who. Guests Chris McAuley and Ben Crawford join us as we chat book and comic adaptations, writing for Dr Who, Frobisher the penguin, Venusian Aikido, art vs commerce and more. We also witness the transformation of a guest! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 04 Jun 2022 | Ep 44: Werewolves! | 01:11:14 | |
We head on over to Innsmouth Library for a talk by Norse folklore enthusiast Rich Blackett about shapeshifters, werewolves and wolf cults! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 18 Jun 2022 | Ep45: Gavin Chappell - Lovecraftiana | 01:06:11 | |
We hop on over to the Gilman House to meet with Gavin Chappell, author and editor of Schlock webzine and Lovecraftiana magazine. We talk vikings, the joys of editing, fanzines and what is Lovecraftian? We also mention real life (mostly feline!) horrors, Tolkien, conspiracy theories and answer a Dagon's Sack question on Lovecraftian mash ups! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 02 Jul 2022 | Ep46: Reflections for the Winter of my Soul | 01:16:29 | |
We pop into Innsmouth Library for our first Karl Edward Wagner story, which plots mystic swordsman Kane against a werewolf! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 16 Jul 2022 | Ep47: The Willows | 01:21:16 | |
Today's visit takes us to Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a discussion on Blackwood's classic of cosmic horror The Willows. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 30 Jul 2022 | Ep 48: Reanimator and From Beyond | 01:18:30 | |
On a sweltering Innsmouth day, we take refuge in the coolness of the Picturehouse for a double feature - Stuart Gordon's Reanimator and From Beyond! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 13 Aug 2022 | Ep 49: The Last Feast of Harlequin | 01:17:55 | |
We visit the Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss Thomas Ligotti's masterpiece, The Last Feast of Harlequin. We talk Current 93, tramps and clowns, harlequins, mental health issues, Munch's The Scream and devolution. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 27 Aug 2022 | Ep 50: Chris Lackey | 01:07:24 | |
We celebrate our 50th episode with a visit from Chris Lackey. One half of the excellent HPL Literary Podcast, Chris is also an actor, writer, animator and keen gamer. We chat LARPs, filming Cthulhu, life in the UK, the creative impulse, podcasting, and cults and cultists. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 10 Sep 2022 | Ep 51: From Cabinet 34, Drawer 6 | 01:12:24 | |
We visit Innsmouth Library to cover our first Caitlin R. Kiernan story - a modern Mythos tale of a mysterious fossil and a classic monster movie! We talk non-linear plots, the perils of public transport, William Alland, and Innsmouth spam. Rob also recounts his Jamesian "dog's ear" experience. The horror... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 24 Sep 2022 | Ep 52: David Hambling | 01:16:25 | |
We drop by the Gilman Hotel for a chat with Mythos author and science journalist David Hambling. We talk Lovecraftian science, sinister history, movie adaptations, robot dogs, London gangsters and TS Eliot. Plus we answer a Dagon's Sack question on the Rings of Power series. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 08 Oct 2022 | Ep53: Worms of the Earth | 01:40:52 | |
We visit Innsmouth Book Shoppe to discuss what many regard as Robert E Howard's finest story, the Worms of the Earth. We talk Dark Ages and Pictish history, Howard's Mythos, crucifixion, Machen, UK geography, serpent people and Dagon's... anatomy. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 22 Oct 2022 | Halloween Special 01 | 00:54:29 | |
Here's the first of our Halloween treats! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 05 Nov 2022 | Ep54: Randall's Round | 01:27:50 | |
We take shelter in Innsmouth Library and discuss Eleanor Scott's folk-horror classic, Randall's Round. We talk 'obby 'osses, pagan rituals, pub names, The Wicker Man and crappy deals with the devil. We also delve into Dagon's spam folder and give news of our next Patron special. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 19 Nov 2022 | Ep 55: Matthew Davenport | 01:13:59 | |
Author Matthew Davenport drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk shoggoths, super heroes, parkour, filming cosmic horror and Lovecraftian video games. Plus a letter from Dagon's Sack and the latest news! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 03 Dec 2022 | Ep56: Lord of the Rings - an English Perspective | 00:58:10 | |
We sneak into the back room of the Esoteric Order of Dagon for a panel discussion on Tolkien's masterpiece from an English perspective. Authors John Houlihan and David Hambling join us, to chat landscape, balrog wings, Cockney trolls, the divine right of kings, World War One and why we don't like Sam... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 17 Dec 2022 | Ep.57: The Damned Thing | 01:13:47 | |
With a ghoul infestation at the graveyard and Innsmouth teeming with Festival visitors, we take shelter in the Olde Book Shoppe. There we discuss Ambrose Bierce's weird fiction classic The Damned Thing. We talk chaparrals, Predator, dog's noses, pen names and adaptations. Plus reader comment and news of our live chat session! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 Dec 2022 | Festival in Innsmouth | 00:59:20 | |
Tim and Rob host a chat from Innsmouth in Festival season. We talk shopping in Innsmouth, Tolkien and Lovecraft, ideas and names for writing, and pronunciations, answer live questions from listeners and give a shout out to fellow podcasters. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 23 Dec 2022 | Xmas Reading 2 - The Abomination That Came for Christmas | 00:19:31 | |
Tim Mendees gives an exclusive reading of his festive tale, The Abomination that Came for Christmas. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 25 Dec 2022 | Xmas Reading 3 - The Festival | 00:24:22 | |
Tim Mendees reads HP Lovecraft's classic yuletide horror, The Festival. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 31 Dec 2022 | Innsmouth Picturehouse - Pearl and Scream Ads | 00:08:54 | |
A selection of Pearl & Scream ads from our visits to Innsmouth Picturehouse. They include: Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 14 Jan 2023 | Ep58: Greig Johnson | 01:01:35 | |
We are joined at the Gilman House by writer, actor, producer and musician Greig Johnson. We talk the English seaside, adapting Lovecraft, Woody Brown, the mysteries of social media, Dr Who and satire. There's also a Dagon's Sack question on dating the Great Old Ones, plus first news of the forthcoming Innsmouth Literary Festival! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 11 Feb 2023 | Ep 59: C.T. Phipps | 01:20:55 | |
Author CT Phipps drops by at the Gillman House. We talk mixing genres, winning/not winning in the Mythos, representation, editing anthologies, gaming, superheroes and vampires. Plus a Dagon's Sack question on Godzilla, and news of the Innsmouth Literary Festival. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 25 Feb 2023 | Ep 60: Queens of the Abyss | 01:26:58 | |
We mark Women in Horror Month by covering two stories from the excellent Queens of the Abyss, Women of the Weird collection. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 11 Mar 2023 | Ep 61: Man Size in Marble | 01:20:00 | |
For today's tour we hop into Innsmouth Library to visit a Victorian classic - Edith Nesbit's Man Size in Marble. We chat Victorian schooling, lurking in graveyards, local folklore, Fenland skies and page counts. Plus news of the Innsmouth Literary Festival and listener comments. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 25 Mar 2023 | Ep62: 30+ Minutes with HP Lovecraft | 01:15:23 | |
30+ Minutes with HP Lovecraft podcast hosts David Guffy, Richard Wilson, & Mark Griffin drop by the Gillman House. We chat Lovecraftian games and adaptations, ST Joshi, Kentucky Folklore, HPL's culinary tastes and more. Plus a Dagon's Sack question on our current reading recommendations and latest news of the Innsmouth Literary Festival Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 08 Apr 2023 | Ep63: Graeme Patrick and Stef Hoyle | 01:13:52 | |
We drop by the Gillman Hotel for a delve into the world of Call of Cthulhu role playing with guests Graeme Patrick and Stef Hoyle. We talk investigative RPGs, handling horror in gaming, pacing and mood, online gaming and favourite scenarios. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 22 Apr 2023 | Ep64: The Horror From the Hills | 01:35:26 | |
We hop into Innsmouth Book Shoppe to read Frank Belknap Long's classic, The Horror from the Hills. We talk old books, interdimensional beings, acromegaly, how deities evolve and Faugnian follow ups. Plus the elephant in the room (tower), Yag Kosha. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 06 May 2023 | Ep 65: Alexandra Beaumont | 01:13:32 | |
We hop on over to the newly renovated Gilman Hotel to chat with author Alexandra Beaumont, We talk Tudor astrology, diversity in fiction, Cthulhu larping, local folklore and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 5: Dreamer on the Nightside | 01:02:20 | |
Tim and Rob stumble on a secret room in Innsmouth Library, leading to the discovery of a copy of Dreamer on the Nightside, in which Frank Belknap Long describes his life and times with HPL. We chat long letters, their first meeting, the Kalem Club, the mummy's curse, Sonia Greene, how HPL spoke, stationery and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 01 From Beyond | 00:40:40 | |
Tim takes us into the "secret space" at the rear of Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a Patron Bonus episode, where we discuss HPL's classic From Beyond. We talk sleep paralysis, the pineal gland, normality, breaking on thru and more.... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 02 Ghost Hunter | 00:55:46 | |
A special bonus episode, John Chadwick talks about his work with ghost hunting groups. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 03 Innsmouth Chat | 01:07:32 | |
We conduct our first live chat from Innsmouth and are joined by Miguel Fliguer, Chris Karr and Aaron Vlek. We answer some of your questions, and talk about recent movies, live readings, cultist motivations and more! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 04 History of the Necronomicon | 00:56:38 | |
We delve into HPL's essay on the history of the Necronomicon, and chat Crowley, the Atlantis of the Sands, band names, non-euclidean yoga, Mr Worm and John Dee. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 SS Bonus 01 Loveman and Fan Mail | 00:56:32 | |
We take our first dive into the correspondence between Smith, Lovecraft and Derleth. We discuss Lovecraft's first letter to Smith and talk Samuel Loveman, Oriental Stories, art vs commerce, modesty, crazy fan mail and read Smith's poem Lichens. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 SS Bonus 02 Bierce and Florida | 00:49:09 | |
Tim and Rob delve into the CAS letters again in this Patron episode. We talk the disappearance of Ambrose Bierce, Lovecraft in Florida, CAS on MR James, the Skull of Doom and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 May 2023 | 🔒 SS Bonus 03 Crosswords and Mythos | 00:50:41 | |
Tim and Rob take another dive into the CAS letters again in this Patron episode. We talk structure of the Mythos, return addresses, Smithian crosswords, strange sculptures, and YA fantasy. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 26 May 2023 | 🔒 SS Bonus 04 Pens and Realism | 00:49:54 | |
As well as the HPL correspondence, this episode we also delve in the letters between CAS and Richard W. Dodson. We talk pens, Smith's "vocabulary recipe," realism in weird fiction, and read an HPL poem. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 03 Jun 2023 | Ep 66: Black Man with a Horn | 01:35:43 | |
We drop into to the Olde Book Shoppe to discuss TED Klein's classic novella, Black Man with a Horn. We talk album covers, uncanny valley, English etiquette, William Seabrook and detective Lovecraft. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 17 Jun 2023 | Ep 67: Dagon | 01:21:42 | |
We seek refuge from the heat in the cool darkness of the Innsmouth Picture House. After the latest Pearl & Scream advert, we watch Steward Gordon's 2001 classic, Dagon, then chat nature vs nurture, dodgy B&B rooms, Bruce Campbell, two stroke... oil, and Lovecraftian humour. Plus an extra special Dagon's Sack with a letter from TED Klein! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 01 Jul 2023 | Ep68: The Tree Men of M'Bwa | 01:17:33 | |
The sun is shining in Innsmouth, so we take you into the local park for a picnic and a chat about Donald Wandrei's classic The Tree Men of M'Bwa. We talk ice cream, colonialism, fox vs seagull, portals, puns and legal battles. Plus listener feedback on the film Dagon and Lovecraftian video games. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 15 Jul 2023 | Ep69: Simon Bleaken | 00:53:33 | |
Author Simon Bleaken drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk Egypt, cosmic horror, atmosphere vs character, fandom, AI and reviews. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 29 Jul 2023 | Ep70: Paul Fricker | 01:34:05 | |
Writer, podcaster and game designer Paul Fricker drops by the Gillman House for a chat and a plate of whelks. We talk Call of Cthulhu 7th edition, writing scenarios, podcast tech, horror as entertainment, conventions and the mysteries of Milton Keynes. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 12 Aug 2023 | Ep 71 Revelations in Black | 01:33:20 | |
We nip into Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a look at Carl Jacobi's vampire classic Revelations in Black. We talk pronunciations, graveyard lurking, heliotrope, Rosie Lugosi and guard dogs. We also learn why Tim hates vampire stories, plus an excellent Dagon's Sack question on Lovecraft's personality. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 26 Aug 2023 | Ep72: Innsmouth Chat | 01:06:44 | |
With Innsmouth closed due to birthday celebrations, we take time out for some patron questions. Joining us are Paul Fricker of the Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast, and Mark Griffin of the 30+ Minutes with HPL podcast. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 01 Sep 2023 | 🔒 SS Bonus 05 - CAS Adaptations | 01:09:42 | |
We take a look at the only three CAS screen adaptations we know of - Return of the Sorcerer, from Night Gallery. Mother of Toads from Richard Stanley. And The Last Incantation from Lurker Films. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 09 Sep 2023 | Innsmouth Reading 5: In the Vault | 00:23:16 | |
Innsmouth is still closed due to holidays, so for this week here is a reading of HPL's In the Vault by Tim Mendees Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 23 Sep 2023 | Ep73 Black Armada Games | 01:23:04 | |
Joshua Fox and Becky Annison of Black Armada Games drop into the Gilman Hotel to tell us about their new game, Lovecraftesque. We talk RPG settings, CoC in Japan, the Satanic Panic, creative destruction, ritual, Games Workshop and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 02 Oct 2023 | 🔒 Bonus ILF23 Panel One - The Weird Tradition | 00:40:05 | |
From Innsmouth Literary Festival 20203 Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 04 Oct 2023 | 🔒 Bonus ILF23 Panel Two - The Weird Influence | 00:49:41 | |
From Innsmouth Literary Festival 2023 Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 07 Oct 2023 | Ep74: Key of Dreams | 01:08:46 | |
We are joined at the Gilman House by Laura Langrish and Ivan Carić, for a chat about Key of Dreams, an amazing new Lovecraftian immersive experience. We talk horror movies, dreams, RPGs, LARP, jump scares, licking wallpaper and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 16 Oct 2023 | 🔒 Bonus ILF23 - Ramsey Campbell Interview | 00:32:10 | |
Tim and Rob chat to the wonderful Ramsey Campbell Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 21 Oct 2023 | Ep 75: A Night in Lonesome October | 01:21:26 | |
Join us as we brave Innsmouth at Halloween for a look at Roger Zelazny's classic A Night in Lonesome October. We talk Gahan Wilson, Jack the Ripper, familiars, animation and monster mash-ups. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 04 Nov 2023 | Ep76: Mike Mason | 01:05:20 | |
With Tim off hunting rare tomes, Rob is joined at the Gilman House by Mike Mason of Chaosium. Chat includes old seaside towns, Call of Cthulhu, scenario design, conventions, game settings and HPL as a keeper. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 18 Nov 2023 | Ep 77: HPL TV - Red Dwarf | 01:21:37 | |
For the first in our new HPL TV series, Tim chooses the classic sci-fi comedy, Red Dwarf. We talk last man on Earth, Bottom, anti-heroes, the Despair Squid, SFX and twonks. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 02 Dec 2023 | IBC78: HPLTV - UFO | 01:27:00 | |
Once again we visit the TV lounge at the Squid Inn to continue our look at Lovecraftian telly. This time, it's the Gerry Anderson's 1970 classic, UFO. We talk supermarionation, purple hair, future music, Dr Who, Kirk-fu, ouija parties, Triune Brain theory and cats. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 23 Dec 2023 | Xmas Reading 4 - The Battle of the Century | 00:27:44 | |
Tim takes us through a story by RH Barlow and HP Lovecraft that features some familiar characters.... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 31 Dec 2023 | 🔒 Bonus Episode - A Festive Chat | 01:00:49 | |
Tim and Rob chat holiday viewing - including the Ghost Story for Christmas - interesting presents, plans for 2024 and video games. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 06 Jan 2024 | Xmas Reading 5 - Fritz Leiber on HP Lovecraft | 00:12:27 | |
For our final festive reading of the season, Tim dips into Fritz Leiber & H.P. Lovecraft - Writers of the Dark from Wildside Press. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 Jan 2024 | Ep79: HPL TV - True Detective Season One | 01:12:08 | |
Author John Houlihan joins us for the next in our HPL TV series - True Detective, Season One. We chat Sticks, Ligotti, Chambers, serial killers, police work and Southern gothic. Includes talk on dark themes. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 03 Feb 2024 | Ep 80: Brian Lumley | 01:02:18 | |
We pay our respects to the late Brian Lumley with an overview of his work, plus a look at his short story De Marigny's Clock. We talk August Derleth, Dagon fanzine, interpreting the Mythos and Titus Crow. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 17 Feb 2024 | Ep 81: HPL TV - Ash vs Evil Dead | 01:08:55 | |
Stef Hoyle and Graeme Patrick join us in the TV Lounge at the Squid Inn to watch Ash vs Evil Dead! We talk video nasties, the Necronomicon, splatstick, RPGs, and action quips. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 02 Mar 2024 | Ep 82: Peter Laws | 01:24:55 | |
We drop by the Gilman Hotel for a chat with author, podcaster and Fortean Times columnist Peter Laws. We talk being weird, the paranormal, the nature of horror, fandom, AI, religion and serial killers. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 16 Mar 2024 | Ep 83: Equoid | 00:59:23 | |
Join us at Innsmouth library as we discuss Equoid, Charles Stross' Laundry Files novella. We talk locations, snails, magick, conspiracies and the dangers of googling. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 30 Mar 2024 | Ep 84 Zoe Burgess-Foreman | 01:10:11 | |
Author, artist and researcher Zoe Burgess-Foreman drops by the Gilman Hotel. We chat Lovecraft, anime, sex and horror, remakes, indie art, comics and bums! Contains adult themes. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 13 Apr 2024 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 6: Fungi From Yuggoth Part 1 | 00:46:12 | |
Tim and Rob return to the secret room in Innsmouth Library for the first in a Patron bonus series on HPL's sonnet cycle, Fungi From Yuggoth. We chat sonnets, drugs, mi-go, Dreamlands and Planet X. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 27 Apr 2024 | Ep85: Thomas Campbell | 01:13:53 | |
The Gilman Hotel welcomes Lovecraftian writer and film maker Thomas Campbell in for a chat. We talk Alien, Mythos erotica, making movies, community, adapting HPL and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 11 May 2024 | Ep86: On Writing | 01:30:18 | |
Authors Alexandra Beaumont and Gavin Chappell join us in the Squid Inn for an in-depth chat on writing weird fiction. We talk plotting, developing characters, world building, publishing and more! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 26 May 2024 | Ep87 Haunter of the Dark | 01:34:35 | |
We visit Innsmouth Library to discuss Lovecraft's last written work, Haunter of the Dark. We chat sequels, Tesla, peeping, Nyarlathotep, the Book of Dzyan, shopping lists and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 09 Jun 2024 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 7 - Fungi From Yuggoth Part 2 | 00:52:28 | |
Join Tim and Rob in the private members room of Innsmouth Library as we continue our delve into HPL's sonnet cycle with the first three fungi in the collection. We chat fungi or funji, bookshops, attics, cordyceps, Yog Sothoth and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 23 Jun 2024 | Ep88: Masque of the Red Death | 01:31:45 | |
We mark the passing of film maker extraordinaire Roger Corman with a look at the 1964 classic Masque of the Red Death. We talk pulp cinema, AIP, Jane Asher, Nicolas Roeg, plagues, wafting drapes, vaseline, birds of prey and goth roulette. Plus the latest Pearl & Scream! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 07 Jul 2024 | Ep 89: The Black Tome of Alsophocus | 01:10:24 | |
Join Tim and Rob in Innsmouth Library as they discuss an unfinished HPL story that was completed by a modern author! We chat Fungi From Yuggoth, Fomalhaut, bookshops, Azathoth, A-Ha and the Arkham Prod... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 21 Jul 2024 | Ep 90 David Cartwright | 01:24:08 | |
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| 04 Aug 2024 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 8 - Fungi From Yuggoth Part 3 | 00:51:39 | |
We invite you once again into the private members room of Innsmouth Library to continue our delve into HPL's sonnet cycle . We cover the next four sonnets and chat dreams, Greek myth, nostalgia, Lovecraft's lamp and confirmation that Tim is from Pluto.... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 01 Sep 2024 | Ep91 Key of Dreams Revisited | 01:16:47 | |
Laura Langrish and Dan Osbaldeston from Key of Dreams join us in Innsmouth Theatre to discuss the latest developments in their unique Lovecraftian investigation experience. We talk Machen, spreadsheets, immersion, the Mythos sandbox, Dickens, emotional content and, of course, tweed... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 15 Sep 2024 | Ep92 The Lamp of Alhazred | 00:52:04 | |
Join us in Isnnmouth Library as we read Lovecraft's last known piece of correspondence, which formed the basis for August Dereleth's poignant memorial story, The Lamp of Alhazred. We talk James F. Morton, Fungi from Yuggoth, Providence, and nostalgia. Plus a last call for Innsmouth Literary Festival 24! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 06 Oct 2024 | 🔒 ILF24 Charles Stross Interview | 00:45:20 | |
Tim and Rob chat with the Innmsouth Literary Festival 24 Guest of Honour, Charles Stross Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 06 Oct 2024 | IBC93 Bazaar of the Bizarre | 01:31:09 | |
Join us in the world of Newhon for Fritz Leiber’s classic, Bazaar of the Bizarre. We talk Sword & Sorcery, Lankhmar, Dungeons and Dragons, fetish clubs, Goth home furnishings and HPL’s advice. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 19 Oct 2024 | 🔒 ILF24 Panel One - Location, Location, Location | 00:43:34 | |
The first panel at ILF24 was entitled Location, Location, Location - the importance of setting in weird fiction. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 20 Oct 2024 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 9 - Fungi From Yuggoth Part 4 | 01:15:05 | |
We continue our study of HPL's sonnet cycle with The Port, The Courtyard, The Pigeon Flyers and The Well. We chat Marblehead, Salem, landscape and architecture, mad organists, balrog wings, Hells Kitchen, Thog and Manchester. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 03 Nov 2024 | Ep 94 Pigeons From Hell | 01:41:03 | |
Join us in Innsmouth library for a look at Robert E Howard's superb tale of Southern gothic! We talk Piney Woods, Boggy Creek, ghouls, zuvembies, Boris Karloff's Thriller and ask why are old ladies so scary? Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 17 Nov 2024 | Ep 95 Talking Lovecraft | 01:18:10 | |
Join us in the olde Innsmouth Theatre as we welcome comedian and poet CJ Hooper and spoken word performer Matthew Wood of Edwyrdian Tales. We chat live Lovecraft, LARPs, pronunciation, comedy, martial arts, improvisation and vampires. Plus - the Return of Dagon's Sack! Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 01 Dec 2024 | Ep 96 Nosferatu | 01:15:36 | |
Join us in Innsmouth Picture House for a look at all things Nosferatu - from the 1922 classic to the forthcoming re-make. We chat Murnau, Schreck, litigation, Expressionism, Enochian, Klaus Kinski, music scores, stage SFX and goths. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 15 Dec 2024 | Ep97 O Christmas Tree | 01:27:22 | |
We brave Innsmouth at Festival season and dart quickly into the Library for a look at WH Pugmire's tale of Yule horror, O Christmas Tree. We talk stockings, zines, JA Salmonson, retcons, Lewis & Clark, and Xmas decorations. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 21 Dec 2024 | Xmas Reading 6 - Christmas with the Lovecraft Circle | 00:26:38 | |
Join Tim in the Ye Olde Innsmouth Bookshop for a delve into the correspondence between the circle at Festival Time and any seasonal works they may have put out. Includes a reading of Christmas poems by H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, R.H. Barlow, & Clark Ashton Smith, along with various greeting cards and letters. Tim also inflicts a selection of Innsmouth cracker jokes upon us... you have been warned... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 29 Dec 2024 | Xmas Reading 7 - Selected Poems | 00:09:15 | |
Robert Poyton reads a selection of poems - Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 12 Jan 2025 | Ep 98 New Year Chat | 01:10:36 | |
Join us in a post-festive Innsmouth for our New Year chat. We reveal the contents of our stockings - including Alone in the Dark, Bureau of Investigation, Cthulhu Unmasked and more. We also review the 2024 GSFC Woman of Stone, and Robert Egger's Nosferatu. Plus Tim unveils his Anthony Hopkins impression... Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 26 Jan 2025 | Ep 99 Eraserhead | 01:27:48 | |
We mark the passing of genius film maker David Lynch with a look at his 1977 masterpiece Eraserhead. We talk Bolex, paper rounds, industrial music, haircuts, meeting the family, the song In Heaven and Doodahs. Plus we catch up on our mailbag. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 09 Feb 2025 | 🔒 IBC Bonus 10 - Fungi From Yuggoth Part 5 | 01:09:00 | |
We continue our study of HPL's sonnet cycle with The Howler, Hesperia, Star-Winds, Antarktos and The Window. We talk Zoar, the Salem witch trials, Fomalhaut, Roerich, frozen worms and the Dreamlands. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 23 Feb 2025 | Ep 100 Ramsey Campbell | 01:16:47 | |
The marvellous Ramsey Campbell drops in to help us celebrate our Centenary episode! We talk new works, settings, Solomon Kane, TV adaptations, The Three Stooges, Universal monsters, humour and erotica in horror, a personal haunting and more Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 10 Mar 2025 | Ep101 Innsmouth Tales | 01:22:49 | |
We drop into the Olde Library to discuss Innsmouth as a setting and some of our favourite tales of the old sea port. We chat origins and themes, Cornwall, urban decay, Stephen Jones, The Slime Beast, writing Innsmouth and more. Plus ILF news, a delve into the mailbag and a reading of the Innsmouth Sonnet. The Hunger streaming The Hunger DVD Nosferatu Retrospective Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||
| 23 Mar 2025 | Ep 102 Christopher Michael | 01:18:05 | |
Author Christopher Michael drops by the Gilman House for a chat about his excellent debut novel Tomb of the Black Pharaoh. We talk OSS, Woman in Black, soccer hooligans, the mythos and Egypt, HPL at Xmas, Florida Man, Silky the Worm and more. Send your questions to dagonsack@outlook.com | |||