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CAS enthusiast and  Sacramento resident Nils Hedglin joins us  for some unique insight into  Smith's home town. We chat local history, Auburn tours,  landscape, flora and fauna,  Smith's sculptures,  Howard Days, and more. 

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The Leopard Lily         Howard Days           The Garden of Fear 

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Tim delves into Dawnward Spire, Lonely Hill, to bring us the story of an argument that raged in the letters column of  The Fantasy Fan fanzine... vintage flame wars!
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Smith goes all Lovecraft with this tale of dark family secrets at Tremoth Hall. We talk the Necronomicon, inference, disappointment rooms, the ideal Goth night out, Slough and more.
Favourite words: adyta, dubiety, ululation, sough.
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Smith goes full technicolour in this episode's story, the Demon of the Flower. We talk fan wars, triffids, pigeons, invasive plants, Bowie and weird pets. Plus news from  Auburn!
Reader:  Gavin  Chappell
Favourite words: turgescent, phylacteries, sacerdotalism, addorsed, tutelary, cockadrills
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Richard Corben CAS          Nils' Blog             Rollright Stones

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We blast off into the cosmos again with a Smithian epic, The Eternal World. We talk time travel, Yes album covers, alien abduction, eyes on tentacles and architectural piles.
Favourite words: arachanidan, televisic, irruption, Brobdingnagian, monition, Laocun,
Reader: Alexandra Beaumont
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Wonder Stories       Martin's Photos 

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We return to Mars for a top tier Smith story, The Vaults of Yoh Vombis. We chat atmosphere, hats, Star Trek, health & safety, Dr Who, mummies and vampires and Billy Connolly.
Reader: Shelley de Cruz
Favourite words: teocalis, gneissic, tabu, filiate, adumbration, turgescent.
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The Miskatonic Scale                LOG Cavern Guide

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We cover Smith's one and only play, a necromantic tale set in Zothique! We talk Samuel Loveman, cuckolds, garottes, Zothique and Lieutenant Pigeon.
Favourite words: all of them!

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This episode we cover a CAS tale with a unique genesis  - The Seedling of Mars. We talk 50s sci fi, space food, san loss, G-force and biblical floods
Favourite words: piliated, telluric, pereration, refection, inchoate, promulgated, ultrasensational
Reader: Peter Laws
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This episode we cover a rare direct sequel with Beyond the Singing Flame. We talk the rules of writing, liminal spaces, wormholes, proprioception and find a record number of band names in just one sentence.
Reader: Stef Hoyle
Favourite words: veridical, contiguous, madder, fortalice, scoriac, empyrian

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We return to Averoigne, to discuss The Maker of Gargoyles. We talk Le Stryge, gargoyles and grotesques, Derleth, endings, genius loci, clowns and Rob attempts to speak French.
Favourite words: grotesqueries, aspergillus, peregrinations, catafelque, potations
Reader:  Shelley de Cruz of Graveheart Designs
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