This fun little story by H. G. Wells builds on fantastic language and haunted tropes to pull you into the moment.  If you’ve ever experienced an irrational fear of the dark than you will relate to this story. Link to text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23218 To connect or get more info on this series please visit matthewtansek.com

Take a listen to my reading of one of my favorite pieces of prose poetry by H. P. Lovecraft.  A lot of the conceptual pieces for Azathoth as well as many of the other popular mythos concepts owe their origins to this little piece. Apparently, the concept for this recurring mythos entity came to Lovecraft […]

One of the first Clark Ashton Smith stories I ever read.  The Abominations of Yondo is more prose poetry than a well-developed story, but the sheer brilliance of the language and the visceral descriptions of the landscape capture me as few things can.  It really captures the essence of C. A. Smith’s cosmic horror.  I […]

This fantastic horror short story was first published in Weird Tales Magazine in 1926 by H. F. Arnold.  It was popular in its day, and I think stands out as a real gem of the pulps.  I hope you enjoy. Link to text: http://bit.ly/the-night-wire To connect please visit matthewtansek.com

Are you really insisting on bringing that bushel of bananas with you, even though you know we are going to be exploring the origins of the killer ape?  It just seems like a bad idea, that’s all.  This time it’s Edgar Allan Poe’s tale The Murders in the Rue Morgue.   A full episode list […]

Aim for the head, aim for the head!  Henry S. Whitehead’s tale Jumbee is the focus of this month’s episode as we explore the origins of the zombie.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC […]

Better grab your unlicensed particle accelerator because we’re about to go ghost busting with William Hodgeson’s Gateway of the Monster.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to in this episode: Read […]

A brief message concerning the future of the show.

Take cover from the nightly sandstorm as we take a look at H.P. Lovecraft’s The Nameless City, and the origins of the Cthulhu mythos.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, and used under the Attribution 3.0 Unported CC license. Links referred to […]

Boot up that positron brain and juice up your servos because in this episode of Horrorigins we are going to be taking a look at Rossum’s Universal Robots and the origin of the killer robot.   A full episode list and other creative works by me: http://www.matthewtansek.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tanz444 Sound effects in this episode by Erokia, […]