Is today's story about Voodoo or an excellent cocktail? I'll let you guess.

White Zombie was published in the Devil's Drums in 1933

Our Author - Vivian Meik a british citizen born in Calcutta. Trained as an engineer but took to writing later in life. He named this story White Zombie because a movie of the same name had come out a year before and he apparently was a big fan.

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cards and drink strike again

The Footsteps in the Dust first published in 1906 in a volume of The Mistresses of the Macabre

Alice Perrin and british  novelist who was born in India and liked to place her stories in the land of her birth

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Turnips that taste like rum? Sign me up!

The Ghosts Ship was first publish in 1912 with a collection of other stories.

Richard Middleton - a talented bohemian author who lived a tragic life that would have the makings of his own ghost story.

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Ravens are my favorite bird and Poe provides a great spiral into madness. Also a lot of people don't know Ravens actually can learn to speak and sound more human than parrots.


First Published - 1845

Our Author - Edgar Allan Poe - Brilliant, tragic and filled with mystery. Definitely someone who took "write what you know" to heart!

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This puts a whole new twist on the Vacationship!

The Vampire Maid - was first published in in September 1900.

Hume Nisbet - Yes you guessed another Scot! what can I say I have a Scottish Bias. He lived in Australia for a few years and was involved in the theatre and became a painter. He became a prolific illustrator and published is first story 1888.

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Heartbreak can be deadly!

From The Dead - Was first published in a collection of stories called Grim Tales in  1893.

Our Author - E. Nesbit or Edith Nesbit was a author and poet who primarily wrote children's stories but everyone once in awhile would venture into the adult horror genre.

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How about a little swim?

The Man From Honolulu - was first published in The Black Cat a magazine that published shorts stories in 1915.

Lawrence William Pedrose - another mystery author. He seems to have written a lot of short stories for outdoors magazine. Perhaps it is a nom de plume?

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A madman screaming in the night "The Spider" are you brave enough to investigate? I'm not! 

The Spider - First published in 1906  in a collection of short stories called The Weird O' it!

Our Author: Clive Pemberton started his professional life as a stock broker but quickly abandoned that trade to become a journalist. 

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I might be a crazy cat lady but I say well played to the cats in the story, this guy is the worst!
I wanted to bring something special since this is Episode Twenty!! To me Poe is always special he's like the super creepy brother I always wish I had!

The Black Cat was first published August 19, 1843 in the Saturday evening post!

Our Author: Edgar Allan Poe - If you know anything about Poe you will know he struggled with his own issues with Alcohol and it shows up as a down fall in many of his protagonists.  

Please feel free to reach out with your thoughts about this or any episode, about Poe or stories you'd be interested in hearing.

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A rugged Scottish fisherman, a beautiful white witch and the evil eye, what could possibly go wrong...everything?

The White Witch was first published in 1889 in a collection of stories called the weird and wonderful. 

J.E. Muddoch is making his second appearance on the podcast but this time under his own name instead of his nom de plume Dick Donovan. 

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