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Nightshade Diary

M.P. Pellicer

Podcasts of classic ghost and adventure stories, set in lonely churchyards or empty mansions, all in the tradition of classic authors such as M. R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and the most popular sci-fi pulp fiction writers. Narrated by M.P. Pellicer

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Wednesday · 49 min
Betelgeuse Bridge and Another Story of an Unexpected Arrival | Podcast
Date in the City Room is a punchy, short story published in Weird Tales, January, 1938 by Talbot Johns. It blends a classic supernatural twist with a gritty, fast-paced journalism setting. The story takes place late at night in a frantic metropolitan...
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August 21 · 1 hr 36 min
Medusa's Coil | Z.B. Bishop & H.P. Lovecraft | Cthulhu Mythos | Podcast
A powerful and compelling tale of brooding horror that deepens and broadens to the final catastrophe—an unusual and engrossing novellete by the author of "The Curse of Yig". Medusa's Coil" by Zealia B. Bishop and H. P. Lovecraft is a short story...
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August 14 · 30 min
The Horror in the Hold and Two Other Stories of Revenge | Podcast
A mutinous Spaniard slithers into the shadow-soaked hold of an English ship with powder, vengeance, and heresy on his tongue. But in the stinking dark beneath the deck, blades whisper, loyalties bend, and something far worse than steel seems to be...
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August 8 · 44 min
The Real Road to Church | Robert Aickman | Podcast
Discover the haunting depth of Robert Aickman’s "The Real Road to the Church." Explore how a lonely woman's isolation transforms into a profound supernatural awakening in this unique, emotionally resonant masterwork of weird fiction. Host - M.P....
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July 27 · 38 min
Black Iron and Another Tale of Unearthly Encounters | Podcast
"Black Iron" is a dark fantasy/heroic fantasy short story by David Drake. The story is part of a loosely connected sequence featuring the character Vettius and his friends —veterans and citizens of the classical Greco-Roman world who encounter...
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June 17 · 1 hr 13 min
Mrs. Lorriquer | Henry S. Whitehead | Podcast
Mrs. Lorriquer is a short story by Henry S. Whitehead, published in Weird Tales in April 1932. The narrative centers on a kind, courteous woman named Mrs. Lorriquer who is possessed by the spirit of a vicious gambler. This possession makes her...
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June 13 · 1 hr 26 min
The Black Beast | Henry S. Whitehead | Podcast
A supernatural tale set in the West Indies featuring occult detective and reporter Gerald Canevin. A shuttered house with many secrets, is finally let to an unsuspecting family, that soon learn why it has remained unoccupied for decades. Gerald...
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May 29 · 1 hr 7 min
The Thing on the Doorstep | H.P. Lovecraft | Podcast
The Thing on the Doorstep is a horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in the January 1937 issue of Weird Tales. It is a key work in the Cthulhu Mythos universe, inspired by a 1928 dream Lovecraft recorded in his commonplace book. ...
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May 13 · 1 hr 41 min
The False Prophet | Ancient World Mystery Story | Podcast
The False Prophet by David Drake is a short story by David Drake set in the waning days of the Roman Empire. It features his recurring classical Roman-era characters, Vettius (a ruthless soldier) and Dama (a witty merchant). The narrative follows the...
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May 10 · 52 min
The Cloak and Another Dark Tale | Podcast
Dragon the Book is a short story by David Drake. A wizard pursues a book held in the arms of a rival, long dead. But everything has its price; greed for power acts as a blindfold to the actual cost. The Cloak is a short story by Robert Bloch, first...
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May 1 · 1 hr
Winged Death | H.P. Lovecraft | Podcast
"Winged Death" is a 1934 horror short story by H.P. Lovecraft (he was a ghost writer for Hazel Heald, who received partial credit for this story), featuring a scientist's revenge plot using poisonous African flies, which ties into the Cthulhu Mythos...
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April 21 · 29 min
Fishhead and Another Dark Story | Podcast
Fishhead is a 1913 horror short story by American author Irvin S. Cobb, set in the bayous of Reelfoot Lake, about a monstrous, outcast man-fish hybrid and his violent conflict with two local men, noted for its gruesome atmosphere and influence on...
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April 15 · 32 min
Air Raid | Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction | Podcast
Air Raid is a short story by John Varley that won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where humanity is decimated by disease and deformity, the plot follows a team of reanimated "undead"...
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April 9 · 33 min
Denkirch | Horror Fiction | Podcast
Denkirch is the first published short story by David Drake, originally appearing in the 1967 horror anthology Travellers by Night edited by August Derleth. It is described as a Lovecraft pastiche and established Drake's early career in horror and...
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March 28 · 53 min
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Philip K. Dick | Podcast
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale is a compact but deeply unsettling slice of classic sci-fi—one that bends memory, identity, and reality until none of them feel reliable. Published in 1966 by Philip K. Dick, the story follows Douglas Quail, an...
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March 17 · 38 min
Murder in Old Manhattan | Frank Bonham | Podcast
A detective of 1857 didn’t know about fingerprints, and he had to learn a lot about human nature. | Narrated by M.P. Pellicer Frank Bonham was born into a family of writers. His grandfather, a gold camp judge, and his mother were poets. He wrote his...
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March 12 · 49 min
The Shadow from the Steeple | Robert Bloch | Podcast
The Shadow from the Steeple is a short story by American author Robert Bloch, first published in Weird Tales. It serves as the third and final installment in a trilogy that began with Bloch’s The Shambler from the Stars (1935) and continued with H.P....
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February 14 · 53 min
The Seventh Victim and Another Unexpected Tale | Podcast
The Sentinel is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It served as the foundational concept for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The story is set in 1996 following Wilson, a veteran selenologist on a lunar expedition....
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February 7 · 1 hr 9 min
The Fly | Sci-Fi Horror Story | Podcast
The Fly is a science fiction horror story by George Langelaan, first published in the 1957 issue of Playboy magazine. The story follows François Delambre, who receives a phone call from his sister-in-law, Hélène, confessing to killing her husband,...
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January 31 · 3 hr 27 min
The Hound and Another Eldritch Tale | H.P. Lovecraft
The Hound is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft published in the 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It is notable for containing the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional grimoire, the Necronomicon, and is considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The...
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