Strange Shadows

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We read and discuss six of Smith's poems -  Shadow of Nightmare, Kingdom of Shadows, The Witch with Eyes of Amber, November, To Howard Philips Lovecraft, and HPL. We talk nuns, silent movies, autumn, August Derleth, funerals, and Pnath.
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Our Auburn correspondent Nils Hedglin joins us to discuss a tale of botanical body horror! We talk sepulchers, the Moody Blues, plant people, occult sign-offs and discover Strange Shadows Bingo!
Favourite words: Lianas, sanious, epyphitic, etiolated, impedimenta, baleful, loquacious
Guest reader James Conrad
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Strange Shadows Bingo    Pingu's The Thing    Richard Corben  

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Tim and Rob chat with the Innmsouth Literary Festival 24 Guest of Honour, Charles Stross

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Join us in far-future Zothique as we discuss The Empire of the Necromancers! We talk magic circles, cocaine, Benny Hill, D&D, Frankenstein, and give a brief history of necromancy. Plus HPL at the cinema, listener feedback and the answer to how skeletons communicate...
Guest reader:  David D Perlmutter
Favourite words:  contumelious, lich, arrogate, sere, dubitable
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We are joined by David D Perlmutter to discuss CAS' Immortals of Mercury. We chat editors, art vs commerce, Smith's vocabulary, alien morality, RPGs, dreams, creative writing and Ropey Kelp.
Favourite words: Mazeppa, libration, rugate, noctilucent, salamandrine
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Rob Poyton reads Artemis, The Return of Hyperion, and The Sea-Gods. 
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Tim and Rob field Patron questions about CAS and about themselves! We talk favourite stories, Smith's saucy verse, vocabulary, inspirations and The Fugs.
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Key of Dreams   Isle of the Torturer        The Fugs     Jeff Vandermeer

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Join us for a trek into the desert as we search for The Invisible City. We chat dodgy publishers, Genghis Khan,  Aurora monster kits, Star Trek, alien pets, goth cybermen and fountain pens.
Guest reader:  Nigel Watson
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Tailes from the Cryptkeeper

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We plunge back into Hyperborea with one of Smith's most published stories. We talk the word weird, world building, snakes, Venus fly trap and Gibbelins.
Favourite words: acidulous, obstreperous, chatoyance, fugacity, retiarii, unctuous, oleaginous.
Guest reader: David Cartwright
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Join us on the high seas for a discussion on Smith's pirate yarn, A Vintage From Atlantis. We talk Captain Kidd, the Jolly Roger, pirate films, heists, beach parties, Atlantean hangovers, plus Smith's saucy letters!
Favourite words: Rechabite, Amontillado, panakins, slumdegullions, coistrel
We had a few technical difficulties in recording, so the audio is a little "hissy" in places.
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Full Fathom Five        The Black Swan

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