Episode 68 - 2020 Halloween Special "The Whisperer in Darkness" Part 2

 

Episode 68: (10/27/2020)

  • Welcome, Listeners to the 2020 BSSH Halloween Special - Part II!

  • This is part 2 of a 3-part series. If you missed the beginning of the story, please go back and check out episode 67! 

  • When we left off in the last episode, our narrator had just begun corresponding with an intellectual recluse in the wild Vermont hills about strange sightings and evidence of otherworldly beings there. Creatures whose formerly benign aloofness, had now grown to more sinister-feeling. attention directed upon the men themselves. 

  • A special thank you to Owen Swerkstrom (Hidden Oaks Podcast & Chunky Milk Productions) for his audio work on this episode!

  • For a free read-along copy of the story on Project Gutenberg, click HERE

  • Thank you for listening! I hope you enjoy! 

Episode 67 - 2020 Halloween Special "The Whisperer in Darkness" Part 1

 

Episode 67: (10/25/2020)

  • Welcome, Listeners to the 2020 BSSH Halloween Special - Part I!

  • This episode kicks off our 2020 Halloween feature presentation! We're sticking with Lovecraft this month, though this story is from later in Howard's career than the previous episode's tale.

  • This story took Lovecraft longer to write than many of his other works. He toiled over it from February 24th to September 26th, 1930. The ideas behind it go back to at least 1927 when Lovecraft first visited Vermont. He loved the beauty of the state and its untouched wilderness so much that he felt compelled to write an essay entitled "Vermont - A First Impression". Whole passages of this work are incorporated into today's story.

  • The setting of the country farmhouse is based on the abodes of two of his friends Vrest Orton and Arthur Goodenough. Lovecraft even included the discovery of Pluto into the story - something that was announced to the world one month after he began writing the story. It first appeared in Weird Tales Magazine in August 1931. 

  • A special thank you to Owen Swerkstrom (Hidden Oaks Podcast & Chunky Milk Productions) for his audio work on this episode!

  • For a free read-along copy of the story on Project Gutenberg, click HERE

  • Thank you for listening. Enjoy! 

Episode 66 - "The Alchemist" by H.P. Lovecraft

 
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Episode 66: (10/16/2020)

  • “The Alchemist” by H.P. Lovecraft

  • Lovecraft wrote this story when he was 18-years-old a in 1908. It’s an interesting little tale, different from a lot of his other works. I hope you enjoy!

  • Stay tuned for Halloween Feature Presentations later this month!

  • Thanks for listening everyone!

Episode 53 - Special Hidden Oaks Sneak Preview!

  • Episode 53: (04/15/2020)

    • Special sneak preview of the new upcoming podcast Hidden Oaks written by Patrick W. Marsh, Owen Swerkstrom and Robert Daun, with original music by David Schwartz, and read by…me!

    • For more information about Patrick W. Marsh, check him out HERE

    • For more information about David Schwartz, check him and his music out HERE

    • For more information on how to call Owen Swerkstrom directly - listen to the credits of the show, I tell you how there.

    • For more information about me, contact me at bobsshortstoryhour@gmail.com

    • Stay tuned next week for another sneak peak into Hidden Oaks coming out Wednesday, April 22nd!

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Episode 33 - A Story About Us

  • Episode 32 - Matt’s Birthday Banter Episode: (11/25/2018)

    • Happy Birthday to special guest Matthew Hogan

    • We are joined by friends Clara and Chris and special call in guests Ben Trapp and Eli

    • Banter, Stories about us, A History of the Banana Republic, and a short story by Matt Hogan

Author Matt Hogan (Left) and Your Host (Right)

Author Matt Hogan (Left) and Your Host (Right)