Welcome back, Cromrades! Join us as we dig up some corpses, perform some long-researched alchemical processes, and bring the spark of life to the dead! We dig into the first third of Mary Shelley's seminal novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus this week. Will we take care of our creature or cut it loose and let it do as it will? Tune in and find out! One ThingsJon:

Greetings, travelers! We spend just a little bit more time with Drac, discussing the classic Dracula (1931) and the divisive Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Join us!One ThingsJonathan: Mowing through 'Busiek's Thunderbolts!'Luke: Blew through Stephen King's 'On Writing!'Josh: Getting into some John Cena in 'Peacemaker!'Questions? Comments? Curses?Call us at (859) 429-CROM!You know you want to

If you hear wolves in the distance, pay no heed to them for far greater evils are afoot in the ultimate episode of The Cromcast's reading of Dracula. We join the cabal of Dracula hunters as they chase their vampiric quarry back to his homeland in an attempt to destroy him for good. Not just because he's a blood-sucking nuisance, but so they can save beloved Mina's soul! Tune in for all of

Welcome back to our castle, Cromrades! Enter freely, and leave something of the happiness you bring! This week, we bring you a discussion of the middle section of Dracula by Bram Stoker, covering the events of chapters 9 through 18. Lucy is attacked by unseen forces in the night, eventually succumbs to the darkness calling her, and the formation of a party to take the battle to Dracula. This part

Welcome to Transylvania! We kick off Season 15 with a discussion of the first chunk of Bram Stoker's "Dracula," setting the stage for a trip down The Gothic Road! Join us!One ThingsJonathan: Mowing through Kirkman's 'Invincible,' in omnibus fashion!Luke: Listening to a favorite album from 2021, 'The Year of the Horse!'Josh: Getting into the catalog of Hermodr, most recently with 'The Sea of

Hello Cromrades! We are proud to announce the release of The Cromcast Chronicle #2! This is a free PDF that will be hosted on the blog (thecromcast.blogspot.com) and we hope you will check it out. You can find fiction, an RPG module, and a dash of articles and reviews all intermixed with some wonderful art. It's our holiday gift to you!Access The Cromcast Chronicle #2 here!What's that? You missed

On today's show, we conclude our reading and interpretation of Chester Himes' "Cotton Comes to Harlem". This hardboiled look at a caper gone horribly wrong in Harlem has been a great read and we think a perfect capstone to our tour of hardboiled fiction. Tune in to find out how Coffin Ed and Gravedigger wrap up the case of the missing Back to Africa money and just how far they are willing to go

Welcome back to the Hardboiled Road, Cromrades! Our path takes us to Harlem, where a smooth talking con man's operations are being foiled all around him, and Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones seek to return the swindled money to the families it was stolen from. It's Cotton Comes to Harlem, a novel by Chester Himes! We dig in to the first half of the book this week, and talk about Himes, his life,

Welcome back, Cromrades! For Halloween 2021, we have a mega-episode for you all about vampires! Listen here as we discuss 'Dracula's Guest' by Bram Stoker, 'A Rendezvous in Averoigne' by Clark Ashton Smith, and 'The Horror from the Mound' by Robert E. Howard!One ThingsJon: 'The Enchanted World' Series, by Time-Life Books!Josh: The Muppets' 'Haunted Mansion!'Luke: Planet X Games! You can back '

On this episode of The Cromcast, we host a cinema night in celebration of hardboiled cinema for our hardboiled season. We chose to watch "Mildred Pierce" starring Joan Crawford, Luke did some extra credit and read the story by James Cain and watched the Kate Winslet miniseries as well!This is a sordid tale of murder, capitalism, the patriarchy, and desire all wrapped up in a box. If you