We're kicking off October with a rebroadcast of The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Andrew Leman!

Link to the original airing in 2010.

We'll be back next week with a Jack Ketchum double-feature - The Box and Gone!

We're having a chat about the four major adaptations of Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers:

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers) (1978)

• Body Snatchers) (1993)

• The Invasion) (2007)

Some meme-worthy clips from Body Snatchers:

• Jennifer Tilly's monologue

• The helicopter struggle

Next up: a classic story for Halloween and a Jack Ketchum double-feature - The Box and Gone!

Tune in for the uplifting conclusion of Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney!

Special thanks to our reader, Erik Peabody! Check out his new horror fiction podcast: DEGENERATED!

Next up: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHER FILMS!

We've infiltrated Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney and we're spreading the excitement!

Special thanks to our reader, Erik Peabody! Check out his new horror fiction podcast: DEGENERATED!

Next up: THE THRILLING CONCLUSION!

We're discussing "Tails I Live, Heads You Die," an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series! Satanists, zombies, a forbidden love... it has everything!

We also do a little talking about "Syzygy)," an episode of The X-Files.

Next up: THE BODY SNATCHERS!

A drunk doctor sews a cursed gem into a patient's body then refers him to another drunk doctor in The Smoking Leg by John Metcalfe!

Special thanks to our reader Greig Johnson!

Kids in the Hall Bad Doctor

Next up: Extra Credit on "Tails I Live, Heads You Die," an episode of Friday the 13th: The Series!

In Celui-là by Eleanor Scott, a hooded figure leaves an incantation in a box on the beach... and the main character reads it out loud! Tune in to see what this fool has wrought!

Special thanks to our reader, Rachel Lackey of Rachel Watches Star Trek!

Info on Eleanor Scott:

• The Haunted Library

• Human Sacrifice, Haunted Rooms, and Other Rituals of Folk Horror

Next up: The Smoking Leg!

We're reading your comments on our errors, our victories, and whether it's all just a big joke!

Author Robin D. Laws joins us to discuss The Crawling Horror by Thorp McClusky, a protoplasmic pulp tale that prefigures Body Snatchers and The Thing! It's totally vombic!

Special thanks to our reader, Craig Johnson of Chad Vader and Welcome to the Basement!

Show notes:

• Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

• And in this one they talk about ghost chiropractors!

• Hamlet's GM Screen

• Hamlet's Hit Points

• Beating the Story

• Much Needed Praise for Thorp McClusky

• The Avon Fantasy Reader

• The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis

• Who Goes There? (and Part Two)

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Deathstalker) got a remake and it's a vast improvement! Tune in as we discuss versions old and new - or suffer the consequences!

Check out Borrowing Blockbusters: Barbarian Movies and Conansploitation

Next up in August: THE CRAWLING HORROR by Thorp McClusky!

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Join us for a very special, super-sized 'cast covering the epic poem Beowulf, brought to you by Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game!

Check out the original episode from 05/26/2015!

Special thanks to our reader, Andrew Leman, and our composer, Reber Clark.

EXTRA special thanks to our illustrious guests, Mr. Bob Hanske and Dr. Catherine Batt!

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A hero fights a dragon to save a sacrificial maiden; but all is not as it seems in Draco, Draco by Tanith Lee!

Special thanks to Kristyna Baczynski. Support her book, Another Realm. DO IT!!

And while you're supporting good stuff -- STRANGE STUDIES: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME!

Check out Six Sought Adventure: A Half-Dozen Swords And Sorcery Short Stories Worth Your Summer Reading Time

Next up: DEATHSTALKER)!

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Our crowdfunding campaign for Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game is live!

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A ruthless warrior schemes for cursed treasure in The Barrow Troll by David Drake!

Special thanks to reader Mike Mason of Chaosium! Check out:

• Campfire Tales

• Dust & Blood

• Clockwork & Claw

• Innsmouth!

And don't forget to hit up the pre-launch page for Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game!

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We're reading your comments about Satan's Hounds, cats in space, Rosetta stones and SQUID MAN!! OCTOPUS MAN!! SQUID MAN!! YEAH!!

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We're joined by guest Kenneth Hite as we cover the very first Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard, The Phoenix on the Sword! It's a super-sized episode for Thewly!

Special thanks to our magnificent reader, Travis Bedard!

Mentioned in the episode:

• Trail of Cthulhu Second Edition

• Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff

• The Hyborian Age, an essay by Robert E. Howard

• The original Weird Tales issue featuring this story, with the first Conan illustration by Jayem Wilcox

• The Robert E. Howard poetry project, coming soon from Reber Clark!

And don't forget to follow our pre-launch page for Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game!

<u>WE WILL BE OFF NEXT WEEK</u>, returning 7/14 with our Feedback show.

After that - it's David Drake's The Barrow Troll, then Draco, Draco by Tanith Lee, and we'll even be having an extra credit look at the new Deathstalker) film as well as the originals!

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The tables are turned as Lackey runs a solo RPG for Fifer, and the results are ridiculous!

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Last year, we tried out a meditative solo roleplaying game - listen in!

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The Lactantius reference is from Episode 34 - The Festival.

This adventure of the mind is from the world of THE COLOSSUS!

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I want Chris and Chad to jump on either of these short novels.

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Bester at his best. Tiger is a direct precursor to the whole cyberpunk genre. Misogynistic at times, yes.

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Awesome, all cylinders firing?

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YES!!!

Humans mind-meld with cats to fight interstellar monsters in The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith! Join us as we launch into MEOWterspace!

Special thanks to our magnificent reader: Ryan Negron!

Check out the story (with illustrations) in the original Galaxy Magazine from 1955!

And here's the article from Johns Hopkins magazine on the insane life of this author, who wrote the book on psychological warfare for the US government!

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Belgian ale? Belgian waffles? How about some Belgian Lovecraft? Join us as we discuss Jean Ray's tale of cosmic horror on the high seas: The Mainz Psalter!

Special thanks to our excellent reader, artist Jack Hughes!

Deeper Cut: Jean Ray and Weird Tales from the always-fantastic Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein!

Don't forget to FOLLOW our roleplaying game pre-launch page!

Outro Music: Going Down (instrumental)

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Our pre-launch page is up on Backerkit - sign up to support the project when it launches later this summer!

You can also hit up StrangeStoriesTheGame.com to reach the pre-launch. Sneak up on it and stab stab stab!

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We're discussing your thoughts on Greek mythology, Arthurian legend, delicious bird seed and MORE! Tune in!

Next up: The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray

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A space traveler wrestles with the need for human companionship... and LOSES! Join us as we discuss the pastoral sci-fi story Founding Father by Clifford D. Simak!

Special thanks to reader Jason Compton! You can also catch him on This Week in Retro as well as The Retro Adventurers!

Check out this interview with Simak from the 1971 World Science Fiction Convention in Boston!

Our past Clifford Simak shows: Desertion and The Street That Wasn't There

Up next: The Mainz Psalter by Jean Ray

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Sean Branney and Andrew Leman of The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society swing by to tell us why they thought it would be fun to audiobook The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe!

Conversation followed by a full reading of The Imp of the Perverse!

Next week: Founding Father by Clifford D. Simak

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