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Hosted by Tim Mendees and Rob Poyton of the Innsmouth Book Club, Strange Shadows is a fortnightly podcast devoted to the weird fiction of Clark Ashton Smith. One of the Trinity of Weird Tales authors, Smith, alongside Lovecraft and Howard, redefined cosmic horror and fantasy fiction.
With his distinct baroque style, Smith's work remains rich, powerful and evocative. Using the five volume Night Shade Press collection of Smith's work as our guide, we will be covering each of his stories in chronological order, as well as screen adaptations and aspects of the author's life.
Occasional guests will be joining us to share their knowledge and opinions about this most poetic of the Weird Tales writers. Episodes are free, with bonus content and other rewards available for patrons - click Subscribe or visit our Patreon page for details. See you in Zothique!

Send us Fan MailJoin us as we plunge into the Martian underworld with Vulthoom! We talk radio drama, characters, Star Wars and Trek, the Smithian trip, fungal clubs, and television.Reader: Shelley de CruzFavourite words: veridical, stridor, anthalite, Trimurti, houris, gnomons, ciceronage, acclivitous.Artwork by JB Lee Download MP3Grooving in Green Innsmouth Literary FestivalMothership Campaign CAS Art panel Stone FlowerSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailIt's as distinctly avian theme this episode as we take flight on The Voyage of King Euvoran. We talk Boris Dulgoth, Carry On/carrion, a surfeit of lampreys, beef wood and, inevitably, tits...Reader: Simon Frazier NashFavourite words: stymphalian, Aepyornis, byssus, involute, quadrireme, flagitious, bastinado, malapert, misericordia, oupires, volutation, passarines, magniloquent.Download MP3Innsmouth Literary Festival Grooving in Green The Innsmouth ForumSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailJoin us for what is widely regarded as Smith's finest tale, The Dark Eidolon. We talk infernal spectacles, noisy neighbours, spectral equines, revenge, film adaptations and SFX.Reader: Simon Frazier NashFavourite words: Simoom, diddered, bezom, guernon, odalisque, capricoles, haliotis, involutate.Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Mothership Campaign The Art of SkinnerMockman Books Pulp Covers Dante's InfernoSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailJoin us for a dark trip into Zothique with Smith's classic The Charnel God. We talk cover art, the parade of nudes, dromedaries, Xuthal and Charlton Heston.Reader: Heather MillerFavourite words: optamites, orotund, necrophagism, adytum, privity, unctuous, chafferer, huckster, noctabulisticDownload MP3Innsmouth Literary Festival Grooving in Green Mothership Campaign Charlton Heston Put His Vest OnSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailJoin us for a journey to the light beyond in CAS' unearthly The Secret of the Cairn. We talk the High Sierras, the Law of Fives, Algol and Alderbaran, angels and mounds. Plus a delve into the mailbag.Reader: Simon Frazier Nash.Favourite words: intercalated, boskage, asphodels, phlox, stelliform, appanage, friable, mortised.Download MP3Concrete Cow Bedford Tabeltop Expo Heather MillerSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailJoin us in the isolated desolation of Genius Loci. We talk Bowman, The Willows, creepy locations, pareidolia, Swamp Thing and more.Reader: Clay Story SculptorFavourite words: inveigle, vampire, tenebrific, coadjutation.Download MP3 Monster in my Bed podcast CAS Circle Youtube Innsmouth Forum Support the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailJoin us for a look at Smith's posthumous collaboration, an unfinished sequel to the classic Gothic novel, Vathek. We talk William Beckford, Shakespeare, the fall of Rome, Disney villains and haunted beds. Plus a delve into the mailbag.Reader: Shelley de CruzFavourite words: effulgent, anthropophagism, sternutationsDownload MP3Grognardia Blog Innsmouth Forum 30+ Minutes with HPLSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailJoin us in the lush undergrowth of Xiccarph as we discuss The Maze of the Enchanter! We talk Argosy magazine, Greek mythology, sorcery and science, Dr Who, Jack Vance and Dungeons & Dragons.Reader: Matt SandersonFavourite words: odalisque, corundum, coigns, gamboge, suzerain, pard, imbricate, encorsel, aigrette.Download MP3CAS Convention Innsmouth ForumSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailIt's subterranean Martian horror this episode, with The Dweller in the Gulf. We talk editors, alpha chaps, hope, interesting villains, plus a delve into the mailbag. Oh, and Tim sings...Reader: Clay Story SculptorFavourite words: ferruginous, objugate, mephitic, fetor, noctilucae, sopor, adumbration.Download MP3CAS ConventionGoth Bats Innsmouth ForumSupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast

Send us Fan MailWe are back in scientifiction territory with Smith's tale of future war, The Dimension of Chance. We talk planes and parachutes, sang froid, Tomfoolery, chaps, space rock, D&D alignment and story lengths.Favourite words: infrangible, leatheroid, rufous, lancelate, pulverous, legerdemain, incertitude and Araucaria.Reader: Shelley de CruzDownload MP3The Smith Circle Convention Innsmouth ForumThe Art of Skinner TomfoolerySupport the showContact us at innsmouthbookclub@outlook.comNight Shade Books PatreonInnsmouth Literary FestivalInnsmouth Book Club Facebook YoutubeBlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart DesignsMonster in my Bed podcast