“The Beast in the Cave” by H.P. Lovecraft Published in The Vagrant (1918) “The Horror at Martin’s Beach” by Sonia Greene & H.P. Lovecraft Published 1923 “Mister Scales” by Jenny Ashford Published in Hopeful Monsters (2009) Audio version: https://ia601402.us.archive.org/31/items/malignant-monsters-final-audio/MalignantMonsters_FinalAudio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is now available for purchase in print and ebook formats! … Continue reading 13 O’Clock Presents The Witching Hour: Scary Stories of Malignant Monsters

Drugs! Booze! Adorable felonious animals! It’s all here on this Wednesday edition of the Sidetracks show! Audio version: https://ia601507.us.archive.org/29/items/sidetracks-58-audio/Sidetracks58_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is now available for purchase in print and ebook formats! And now the audio book is available too! Get it here! Click here to sign up for Audible! If you buy my … Continue reading Sidetracks 58: Absinthe, LSD, and Candy-Stealing Bears

On this episode of the Sidetracks show, Tom and Jenny discuss how Pooky bravely tried to frighten away an unauthorized kitty intruder from the backyard, and Tom describes finding out that a guy he knew in the Army recently got convicted of being a mercenary. Cute kitties and global intrigue on one single show! Audio … Continue reading Sidetracks 57: International Mercenaries and Unauthorized Kitties

On this installment of 13 O’Clock, we’re returning to the true crime well to talk about the horrific series of crimes that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia from 1979 through 1981, in which 29 children and young adults were murdered. Wayne Williams was convicted of two of the murders and suspected in 23 others, but there … Continue reading Episode 195: The Atlanta Child Murders

On this Monday installment of the Sidetracks show, Tom and Jenny discuss Tom’s former (and largely undeserved) bad reputation, speculate on some things we might put in our cookbook, and Tom gives some tips on pizza-making. Audio version: https://ia601508.us.archive.org/20/items/sidetracks-56-audio/Sidetracks56_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is now available for purchase … Continue reading Sidetracks 56: Pizza Pointers and Bad Reputations

On this extra-long Mother’s Day edition of Sidetracks, Tom and Jenny go off on LOTS of different tangents, discussing the fifth season of Hoarders on Netflix, a cookbook we’re thinking of doing, the lameness of Stryper, and stories of our goth club exploits. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mommies (of humans and fur children) … Continue reading Sidetracks 55: Cookbooks, Heavy Metal, Poop Hoarders, and Gothic Debauchery

On this 84th installment of the Matinee, Tom and Jenny are discussing three new-ish horror flicks currently streaming: the psychological survival film Witches in the Woods; the Irish disease thriller Sea Fever; and the entertaining teen-angst-with-vampires flick The Shed. Audio version: https://ia601504.us.archive.org/0/items/matinee-84-audio/Matinee84_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is now … Continue reading Matinee 84: Witches in the Woods, Sea Fever, The Shed

On this Saturday installment of the Sidetracks show, Tom gives his opinions on the Travis Walton UFO case and the role that polygraph tests play in determining truth. Also, shoutouts! Audio version: https://ia601403.us.archive.org/24/items/sidetracks-54-audio/Sidetracks54_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is now available for purchase in print and ebook formats! And now the audio book … Continue reading Sidetracks 54: Lie Detectors and Alien Abductions

Happy Friday, everyone! On today’s Sidetracks, inspired by the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy (the movie was sent to us by the awesome Sophie!), we’re discussing the real-life Charlie Bronson, born Michael Peterson, known as the UK’s most famous and most violent criminal. Audio version: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/2/items/sidetracks-53-audio/Sidetracks53_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The … Continue reading Sidetracks 53: Britain’s Most Violent Criminal

On this bizarro installment of the Retrospective, Tom and Jenny are discussing the weird and wonderful 1968 Japanese flick Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, in which a group of Japanese monsters, including a flat-headed kappa and a sentient umbrella with a long tongue, join forces to fight a Babylonian vampire with bird legs who can clone … Continue reading Movie Retrospective: Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare