The Weird Tales Podcast

Two star crossed lovers meet o nthe beach and try to outwit the fates.

Another of my favorite poems, and the first one I ever memorized. Jabberwocky, by Lewis Carroll Twitter:Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

In which my wife brings you the context for a famous line you might know. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, by Dylan Thomas

One of my favorite poems from one of my favorite books. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

In which my wife reads "Tulips," by Syivia Plath

A wedding gues has no idea of how strange a turn his life is about to take as he attends his brother's wedding. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, here on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

In which my wife reads The Cloths of Heaven, by W.B. Yates. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

In which I read my absolute favorite poem of all time, Annabel Lee, by Edgar Allan Poe

In which my wife brings you a fable involving the animal she fears the most. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

The first of two Lovecraft poems coming this month. This is Nemesis, which, interestingly enough, can be sung to the tune of Billy Joel's Piano Man. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

In which my wife reads a poem by her favorite poetess.

A stark illustration of the only phrase that is true in all places, all times, when said by anyone regarding any circumstance: This Too Shall Pass.

A fully automated house goes about carrying out its duties, making breakfast, amusing the children, reading poetry. Just another day, really.

It's National Poetry Month! Basically, what that means, is that I'm going to attempt an upload every day of a poem. Sometimes it will be me reading, sometimes my wife. You'll also get your once a week Weird Tale, so if you don't like the poetry, you are absolutely free to delete without listening. But give it a listen. You might find something you didn't even know you liked. Today's poem, which is absolutely supposed to have been uploaded yesterday is "See If I Don't," by P.V. Jeltz

Richard Upton Pickman paints some truly strange and horrifying pictures. Where does his inspiration come from? H. P. Lovecraft, here on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

Gummitch is going to write books. Books that will change the world, and relations between it's two most important beings- cats and humans. He just has one small obstacle to overcome first. Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

A signal-man out in a desolate area has some strange occurrences. He doesn't know if they are a warning... Or a promise. Charles Dickens today on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

On a nocturnal ramble through the city, a man encounters someone he never thought he would see, and descends into a maelstrom of madness. August Derleth here on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

The last question. The most important question. It took all of mankind's existence to be answered, and here we are. Isaac Asimov, on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: @tycho_alhambra Email: [email protected]

A young couple comes into receipt of a mysterious box. It comes with an intriguing offer, but one that has dire implications. Richard Matheson today, on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

A lonely figure travels a dying landscape. What he will find at his destination will either save him or destroy him. R.H. Barlow today on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

A painter and his model spy a strange figure outside their window. And their lives change forever. Robert Chambers here on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

One man's journey to uncover the secrets of the beginning of time lead him to a horrible discovery. And the hounds are released. Frank Belknap Long here on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]

A prisoner dreams of escape, and one day decides to do it. What he finds is darker than his worst nightmares. H.P. Lovecraft today, on the Weird Tales Podcast Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra

Boris Yvain has discovered a formula that turns living things to perfectly formed marble statues and can't wait to try it out on something bigger. His best friend Alec has some reservations about it, but, really, what could possibly go wrong? Robert Chambers on the Weird Tales Podcast [email protected] Twitter: @TychoAlhambra

Mr Dyson witnesses a curious event one day. And so he meets Mr Wilkins, and Mr Wilkins has a tale of terror to tell.

A man seeks solace in a church after reading The King in Yellow. There is an organist, though, who is filled with malevolent hatred and seeks him out. Robert W. Chambers, here on the Weird Tales Podcast

There are three people who are not what they seem to be, or who they say they are. What do they want? And what is their connection to two London artistes, and a Roman coin known as The Gold Tiberius? Arthur Machen here on the Weird Tales podcast

Hildred Castaigne has a destiny. There are just a few people he needs to get out of his way in order to achieve it. Then he, and The King in Yellow will rule forever. Robert W. Chambers here on the Weird Tales Podcast

The king wants to come up with a wonderful prank to pull on all the people attending his masquerade ball, and his much maligned and abused jester Hop-Frog, has just the perfect idea. Edgar Allan Poe on the Weird Tales Podcast

There is an old man with a cataract, and a younger man who REALLY doesn't like it. When the young man has had enough of it, he decides to do something about it. Edgar Allen Poe, on the Weird Tales Podcast.

An Island has appeared where no island has been before. But what is on it? And how can one lone Norwegian sailor stop it?

A police raid in Lousiana leads our hero to a startling discovery: the sculpture that Wilcox gave him is not the only one of its kind in the world, and the true horror of the situation begins to dawn on the horizon.

A distracted artist, strange dreams, and a collection of miscellany found in a dead man's trunk. One young man starts to put together clues that will lead him to a shocking, horrifying revelation about the world.

Something writhes in a basement room of an insane asylum in Guthrie, Oklahoma. But what is it? And what is it's story? Zealia Bishop, on the Weird Tales Podcast

A hangman comes to town. But what does he want? Who is he there for? Maurice Ogden, here on the Weird Tales Podcast

On a dark night, two men go into a graveyard, but only one comes out. What happened to his companion? The Statement of Randolph Carter, on the Weird Tales Podcast

A plague is ravaging the country, but Prince Prospero and his friends are safe in his island fortress. Or are they? Edgar Allan Poe, on the Weird Tales Podcast

There's something in the water at Martin's Beach. Something big. Something patient. Something very, very, angry. Sonia Greene brings a tale of revenge, here on The Weird Tales Podcast

Long ago, a kingdom was founded on the shore of a great lake. Its birth came from blood and sacrifice. Its death came in mist and the moon. What happened to the Kingdom of Sarnath? What doom befell it? H.P. Lovecraft, here on the Weird Tales Podcast.

Fortunato and Montressor have a... complicated history. Today though, during the height of the Carnival season, one of them will finally get the ultimate revenge. Edgar Allan Poe makes his debut on the Weird Tales Podcast.

An old house on an old street in an old village. At the top of the house, an old man plays his cello with increasing wildness. What secrets torment him? What is he so afraid of?