Caledonian Gothic

Stay at home, stay weird.

Continuing this small isolation run of some of our favourite horror/weird tales, we are pleased to present In The Penal Colony, from the Cockroach King himself, Franz Kafka, originally written in 1919.

Content Warning: detailed descriptions of torture.

Uses the public domain translation by Ian Johnston: http://web.archive.org/web/20041204170925/http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/kafka/inthepenalcolony.htm

The first of a few Isolation Tales to keep you entertained while shackled in your dank dungeons.

First, one I have been been meaning to do for ages, and my favourite slice of cosmic horror, The Music of Erich Zann by HP Lovecraft.

A story of bells ringing in the snow, written by Soren Narnia.

In which a pantry is raided, a photocopier is fixed, and a tape is recorded.

It's a beautiful day, so we go to the beach and try to get you out of that rut...

In which a dream is had, a door is found, and a hiding place discovered.

In which a holiday is taken, answers are found, and a gift is given; an origin story.

Recorded live on location at The Stage Hotel, Nottingham

In which a festival is celebrated, a thirst is quenched, and a road trip goes on too long.

In which tea is made, a splinter is suffered, and ice cream is purchased.

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Contains samples of "Circus Freak" and "Rusty Wheel" by Tim Kahn released under Creative Commons Attribution License from freesound.org

There are secret places that you pass every day.

It is time for one of them to open...