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Averoigne draws us into its arms once more as we visit the naughty monks of Périgon for The Disinterment of Venus. We talk Venus, moving statues, Carry On, posterns, Mary Whitehouse, playing the incubus and rumpy monks.
Reader:  Robbie Dorman
Favourite words: peccadilloes, chariness, Circean, maculations, satyriasis,  indecorous
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Tim and Rob slip dimensions with Smith's tale of altered perception, The Star-Change. We talk Donner, moonfish, cubism, goblins, Mi-go and creative restrictions. Plus news and the mailbag.
Reader: Simon Frazier Nash
Favourite words: vocable, Sisyphean, lugubrious, littoral, Lethe, uncongenial exigency
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Auburn CAS Conference     Shadow of Chaos Tim Mendees

ILF25 Video    ILF Booking   Clay Story Sculptor

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Join us in the summer of 69 as we plunge back into the haunted forest with The Beast of Averoigne. We talk comets, antique demons, Terileptils, goth hair product and The Averoigne Legacy. Plus Tim sings, we check the mailbag and report news of a CAS event in Auburn!
Reader: Shelley de Cruz
Favourite words: rutilant, pernoctations, consanguinity, Malebolge, corposant, Satanry, Phlegethonian lustre
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Auburn CAS Conference    The Cromcast        The Averoigne Legacy

Rambling Syd Rumpo            The Lantern Man of Wicken Fen

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Episode One of Season Four returns us to Averoigne for Smith's tale of revenge from beyond the grave, The Mandrakes. We talk Gahan Wilson, Mandragora, Carry on Abroad, the ghost of Cromwell and the quite remarkable GP Olsen.
Reader:  Ally Wilkes
Favourite words: connubial infelicities, privily, termagant, recreant, quotidian, amatory.
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Innsmouth Excursion, London Squares       Self Publishing Guide

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Just prior to Season Four starting, here's a reading of Poe's classic tale of underwater doom and decay, The City in the Sea.

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Tim runs through some reviews of Smith's work from the likes of HPL, August Derleth, Lillith Loraine, & Benjamin De Casseres.
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Season Three concludes with a deep delve into the mailbag. We talk scientifiction, genres, editorial mishaps, Benjamin De Casseres, our favourite Old One, and how to spell Chthuhlhuh.
A Cyclopean thanks to all our readers, patrons, and listeners for supporting us - Season Four will commence after we return from a short break in Averoigne.
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Emperor of Shadows essay            Hippocampus Press      Star Spawn Painting

IBC Bonus Patron Episode - Our Lady of Darkness 

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Our Auburn correspondent Nils Hedglin joins us for a look back at Season Three. We talk favourite words and stories, least favourite story, Strange Shadows Bingo, Auburn, CAS going to  church, and Goat Rock. Plus an exclusive end of season quiz!
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Nils' CAS blog           Quiz Q&A         Strange Shadows Bingo Card

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David D. Perlmutter joins us for our final story of Season 3 - The God of the Asteroid. We talk art vs commerce, the perils of space travel, SETI, U-boats, writing advice and the English class system in space.
Reader: James Lovegrove
Favourite words: selenite, pestiferous, phasmidae, cryptogamous, serrate
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We read and discuss poems from both Clark Ashton Smith and a writer very influenced by him - WH Pugmire.  Twilight of the Gods, Amithaine,  The Departed City,  The Remorse of the Dead, The Outre Violinist, Destruction, Muse.
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Innsmouth Excursion - Fotheringay Castle

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