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Alethia Phrikodes is a long poem by H.P. Lovecraft. The title, by the way, is from Greek, and means “Frightful Truth.” Following the title there is a short line, in Latin, reading: “Omnia risus et omnis pulvis et omna nihil.”… Read moreAlethia Phrikodes by H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft’s claimed that his celebrated novelette, The Rats In The Walls, was “too horrible for the tender sensibilities of a delicately nurtured publick.” The Weird Tales editor, who accepted it, described it as the best his magazine had ever… Read moreProtecting Project Pulp: The Rats In The Walls by H.P. Lovecraft
Part of the Fungi From Yuggoth sequence of sonnets, this poem, The Port, is one of two featuring the mouldering town of Innsmouth, Massachusetts (as depicted in H.P. Lovecraft’s novella The Shadow Over Innsmouth). It also places the seaport town… Read moreThe Port by H.P. Lovecraft
The SFFaudio Podcast #214 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft; read by the fabulous Mike Bennett. This is a complete and unabridged reading of the novella (3 hours 2 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #214 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
My favourite audiobook narrator, Wayne June, has recorded and released as a FREE MP3 AUDIOBOOK one of the greatest horror tales ever written. The Willows was H.P. Lovecraft’s favourite story. He wrote this about it: “In delineating the extremes of… Read moreThe Willows by Algernon Blackwood FREE AUDIOBOOK (for a limited time)
The SFFaudio Podcast #209 – The Door In The Wall by H.G. Wells, narrated by Jason Mills (from LibriVox). This is a complete and unabridged reading of the short story (40 minutes) followed by a discussion of it. Participants in… Read moreThe SFFaudio Podcast #209 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Door In The Wall by H.G. Wells