News, Reviews, and Commentary on all forms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror audio. Audiobooks, audio drama, podcasts; we discuss all of it here. Mystery, crime, and noir audio are also fair game.
Narrator Leeman Kessler’s reading of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Unnamable is, at first, marred by an unnecessary and obtrusive sound bed. Then later it is ruined by a series of noises that interfere with Lovecraft’s words. There’s a reason why sidewalks… Read moreThe Unnamable by H.P. Lovecraft (read by Leeman Kessler)
Mr Jim Moon already introduced us to the legendary Hammer studios Chillers series. If you want to learn more about the background and the first three episode of Series 1 read his review here. In order to avoid redundancy I… Read moreReview of Hammer Chillers Season 1: Sticks and Stone, The Devil in Darkness & Don’t Go There
A very good reading of one of H.G. Wells’ long neglected stories, In The Abyss, is now available from LibriVox. James Christopher narrates this pioneering tale of first contact with a submarine civilization and he does it with the skill… Read moreIn The Abyss by H.G. Wells
First published in The Cavalier, January 11, 1913, Fishhead (aka Blood-Brother Of The Swamp Cats) is something of an ancestor to H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth. In a letter published the same year, a 22-year-old H.P. Lovecraft, wrote, regarding… Read moreFishhead by Irvin S. Cobb
Richard Matheson’s first published story, Born Of Man And Woman, is a powerful three page Science Fiction Horror tale written in the form of a diary. An uneducated and abused child, our protagonist, is kept chained in the basement by… Read moreFuture Tense: Richard Matheson’s Born Of Man And Woman
Though I’m of the opinion you should go for the Wayne June version (physical copy HERE or Audible.com HERE) I should point out that the abridged 2010 BBC reading of H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains Of Madness, as read by… Read moreAt The Mountains Of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft (abridged, read by Richard Coyle)