Study 090 - Love Me Tender
Monster May marches on with some swampy pulp action in Bob Shaw's buggy short story Love Me Tender!
Special thanks to readers Rachel and Chris Lackey of Rachel Watches Star Trek!
Next up: The Dark Eidolon by Clark Ashton Smith
Study 089 - Amina
Ghouls in session with Amina by Edward Lucas White, kicking off a month of monster madness!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman of The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. Pick up those prop maps now!
Next up: Love Me Tender by Bob Shaw
Extra Credit 022 - Exit, Pursued by a Bear
We're getting real about real bears in this episode, plus talking some bear mythology and bears in media!
Fifer borrowed information LIBERALLY from this video: Bear Expert Rates 9 Bear Attacks In Movies And TV
Here's that mutant bear attack from Prophecy!
Learn more about Wojtek, the Polish bear soldier!
Next up: a month of monsters beginning with Amina, a pre-Pickman tale about ghouls by Edward Lucas White!
Study 088 - No Connection
Evolved bears rule America, but their dominance is threatened when evolved chimps show up in No Connection by Isaac Asimov!
Special thanks to reader Levi Nunez of Loot the Body! Back the Kickstarter for GHZ #1: Collaborative Storytelling Comes to MOTHERSHIP now!
Check out the work of Edd Cartier!
Next up: An extra credit episode on... BEARS! Facts, defense, movies and lore. Tune in!
Feedback 022 - Draculater
As if a cat jumped over its grave, vampire month is back, fed by your unholy feedback!
Check out Born Sexy Yesterday from Pop Culture Detective.
And never forget The Colossus!
Study 087 - The Professor's Teddy Bear
Theodore Sturgeon's wholly original monster tale The Professor's Teddy Bear horrifies and mystifies. Good thing we've got Ken Hite along to help us decipher it!
BUY KEN'S BOOKS! Many are available directly from Pelgrane Press.
Special thanks to our reader, Greig Johnson!
Check out the Weird Tales issue in which this story first appeared.
Here's our episode on Sturgeon's swamp-creature story IT.
Other bear stories mentioned in this episode:
"The Third Bear" by Jeff VanderMeer
“Fur” by A.L. Barker
The Taste of Pomegranates” by D.K. Broster
Study 086 - The Command
Hyper-intelligent bear Johnny Black takes on a mad scientist in The Command by L. Sprague de Camp! It's Weird Bear Month!
Special thanks to our reader, Hazel Holmes of the I'm Funnier Than You podcast!
And here is some Advice for Time Traveling to Medieval Europe from Premodernist.
Study 085 - Bears Discover Fire
Weird Bear Month begins with a touching tale by Terry Bisson: Bears Discover Fire!
Special thanks to our reader, Craig Johnson of Chad Vader and Welcome to the Basement!
Next up: The Command by L. Sprague de Camp
Extra Credit 021 - Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Happy Draculeaster! We're closing out the month with a look at Hammer's swashbuckling Captain Kronos as well as a glance at Twins of Evil!
Study 084 - Nellie Foster
August Derleth redeems himself with the excellent vampire story Nellie Foster!
Special thanks to our lovely reader Heather Klinke!
Check out Vampires and Corpses and Cats—Oh My! from the Cuddlywumps Cat Chronicles.
Next up: an extra credit episode on Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter!
Feedback 21 - Everything Has Changed
We're doing a readback of the feedback on our month of sci-fi.
Don't forget to check out STAY GOLD BOOKS in Pittsburgh! Grand opening April 5th and 6th!
Study 083 - Drink My Blood
Richard Matheson returns to the show with a very human vampire story: Drink My Blood!
Special thanks to our reader, Adam Kozlowski!
Next up: Sci-Fi Feedback and Nellie Foster by August Derleth, plus a bonus episode on Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter!
Study 082 - The Skeleton Count
We're taking a skeptical look at The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress, a story from the penny dreadfuls attributed to Elizabeth Caroline Grey.
Special thanks to our reader: Maeve Sawyer!
You can investigate the authorship of this story along with us, starting with these resources:
The Elizabeth Caroline Grey Hoax at Yesterday's Papers
The Many Mrs. Greys from The Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America
This episode features an excerpt from Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin.
Study 081 - School for the Unspeakable
March is for Draculas begins with the Manly Wade Wellman story School for the Unspeakable -- special guest Jamie Brittain in attendance!
Thanks to our reader Marsh Davies -- you can pick up his game TEETH here!
Check out that naughty Weird Tales cover!
And here's all the info you could want on the movie if....
Finally, don't forget to tune into The Crate and Crowbar podcast!
Extra Credit 020 - High Concept: What Is It?
We're talking about our time doing rounds of pitches to studios on "high concept" movies. But what the heck does "high concept" even mean?
Study 080 - Microcosmic God - Part 2
We're back with the conclusion to Theodore Sturgeon's Microcosmic God, and it's action-packed!
Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! You can see all the cool things he's making by joining his Patreon, or grab everything you can from his Etsy page!
Check out They're Made out of Meat by the late, great Terry Bisson!
Next up: Extra Credit - What Does "High-Concept" Mean?
Study 079 - Microcosmic God - Part 1
Join us as we examine Theodore Sturgeon's Microcosmic God - one of the best sci-fi stories of all time!
Special thanks to reader Greig Johnson! You can see all the cool things he's making by joining his Patreon, or grab everything you can from his Etsy page!
Feedback 20 - Nostalgia for Quicksand
We're talking about your takes on vintage weird - it's the feedback show!
Here's that scene from Dunston Checks In. Wow.
Study 078 - The Plattner Story
We're entering the fourth dimension with The Plattner Story by H.G. Wells!
Special thanks to reader Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions. Check out his full reading of our own Chris Lackey's short story SNACK TIME on the Horror Hill Podcast!
What is the Fourth Dimension? by Charles Howard Hinton.
Outro track - OBLITERATOR by Viking Guitar
Intro track - Gnossienne: No. 1 by Erik Satie