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.
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
The horrors of medieval witchery in rural France! Hear Mr. Jim Moon narrate the “darkly erotic” Mother Of Toads, originally censored in its Weird Tales publication, Mr. Jim Moon reads it in its “full uncut glory.” Mother Of Toads By… Read moreHypnobobs: Mother Of Toads by Clark Ashton Smith
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
The City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe Lo! Death has reared himself a throne In a strange city lying alone Far down within the dim West, Where the good and the bad and the worst and the best… Read moreThe City In The Sea by Edgar Allan Poe
First published in Famous Fantastic Mysteries, October 1947, this poem has never been reprinted. Dark Waters by M. Ludington Cain The spring moon swells the river, The Waters clutch like hands Where willow branches quiver Above the pebbly sands. But… Read moreDark Waters by M. Ludington Cain