Study 097 - Turkhana Knives
Happy 4th of THEWLY!! We're kicking off a month of sword-and-sorcery stories with a tale about Charles Saunders' IMARO!
Special thanks to reader Osahon Orchard!
Next up: Rogues in the House, featuring CONAN!
Extra Credit 024 - War of the Worlds Adaptations
Join us for a discussion of the MANY War of the Worlds adaptations!
Listen here to Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast.
And here is the uncut interview between Orson Welles and H.G. Wells.
And of course - the 1978 Jeff Wayne musical!
WILL OUR PODCAST HOSTS RETURN?!?!?!
Study 096 - The War of the Worlds - Part 4
Behold! Man has come back into his own on the final episode of The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells!
Please support our excellent reader: Greig Johnson!
Study 095 - The War of the Worlds - Part 3
Can you survive our third episode on The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells?
Please support our excellent reader: Greig Johnson!
Feedback 024 - Giant Skeleton Unity
We're reading your comments on a month of monstrous monsters!
Study 094 - The War of the Worlds - Part 2
MARTIANS INVADE! Get all the news NOW on The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells!
Please support our excellent reader: Greig Johnson!
Learn more about Jetpack Man!
To be continued...
Study 093 - The War of the Worlds - Part 1
Nobody would have believed in the early years of the 21st century that we'd be celebrating 15 years of podcasting with The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, yet here we are!
Please support our excellent reader: Greig Johnson!
Review our conversation with Mason Starr - a Missions Operations Specialist who operates cameras aboard the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers ON MARS!
Also referenced: THE XIPÉHUZ!
And check out this seductive illustration of H.G. Wells playing war games on the floor.
Next up: More WAR OF THE WORLDS!
Extra Credit 023 - Godzilla
We conclude Monster May by chatting about the king of them all: GODZILLA!
Next up: The War of the Worlds
Study 092 - The Dark Eidolon - Part 2
We're back and more powerful than ever! Let's conclude The Dark Eidolon by Clark Ashton Smith!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!
Check out those escaped horses!
In the Garden of Earthly Delights
Outro music for this episode and the last brought to you by Pitch Black Manor!
Study 091 - The Dark Eidolon - Part 1
We're going full-on demonic fantasy with The Dark Eidolon by Clark Ashton Smith!
Special thanks to reader Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society!
Here's that Weird Tales illustration.
Next up: MORE DARKNESS
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!
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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!