The Lovecraft Vault

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A HorrorBabble podcast exploring the works of H. P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries, with a special emphasis on Cthulhu Mythos stories.

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Wednesday · 18 min
DAGON: A Dramatic Adaptation
DAGON was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant. This dramatic adaptation takes place on a stormy night in a prison cell, as the protagonist attempts to explain and justify an inexplicable bout of mania.
September 23 · 16 min
Celephaïs by H. P. Lovecraft | A Dream Cycle Story
CELEPHAÏS is a Dream Cycle story, first published in the May 1922 edition of The Rainbow. "In a dream Kuranes saw the city in the valley..."
September 16 · 17 min
The Lady in Gray by Donald Wandrei | A Tale of Cosmic Horror
THE LADY IN GRAY is a short story by the American author, Donald Wandrei. The tale first appeared in Weird Tales in its December 1933 edition, and was described by the magazine as follows: “The story of a strange woman and a loathsome gray slug that came to a sleeper in his dreams..."
September 9 · 1 hr 1 min
Horror at Vecra by Henry Hasse | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
HORROR AT VECRA is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Henry Hasse, first published in The Acolyte, in its Fall 1943 edition. "After losing their way, two travellers arrive in the eerie village of Vecra, where strange books, unsettling dreams, and a sealed crypt hint at something ancient waiting to be unearthed."
September 2 · 1 hr 17 min
The Horror in the Museum by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald
THE HORROR IN THE MUSEUM is a short story ghostwritten by H. P. Lovecraft for Hazel Heald in October 1932, first published in the July 1933 edition of Weird Tales. The story concerns a private wax museum that specialises in the grotesque.
August 26 · 19 min
The Transition of Juan Romero by H. P. Lovecraft
THE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMERO is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, first published in Marginalia, a 1944 Arkham House collection. The story concerns a mine, beneath which is discovered an immense and mysterious chasm.
August 19 · 26 min
The Spirits of the Lake by Alonzo Deen Cole | A Tale of Cosmic Horror
THE SPIRITS OF THE LAKE is a short story by Alonzo Deen Cole, author and director of the 1930s radio series, The Witch's Tale. The story first appeared in the November 1941 edition of Weird Tales. "Was it at the bidding of the 'Old Ones' that slime—loathsome, hideously green—rose from the lake's dreadful depths?"
August 12 · 27 min
The Disinterment by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel
THE DISINTERMENT is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel, first published in the January 1937 edition of Weird Tales. Stricken with a devastating case of leprosy, a man turns to his only friend—an enigmatic surgeon captivated by unorthodox science—in a desperate search for a cure.
August 5 · 25 min
"Till A' the Seas" by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow
"TILL A' THE SEAS" is a post-apocalyptic short story by H. P. Lovecraft and R. H. Barlow. The story, which describes a dying world, was first published in The Californian in 1935.
July 29 · 41 min
The Shadow on the Screen by Henry Kuttner | A Tale of Cosmic Horror
THE SHADOW ON THE SCREEN is a short story by Henry Kuttner, first published in the March 1938 edition of Weird Tales. "A weird story of Hollywood, and the grisly horror that cast its dreadful shadow across the silver screen as an incredible motion-picture was run off."
July 22 · 16 min
The Horror at Martin's Beach by H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia Greene
THE HORROR AT MARTIN'S BEACH is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Sonia H. Greene, first published in the November 1923 edition of Weird Tales as "The Invisible Monster". The story tells of a horrifying creature killed by sailors at sea, and of the resulting act of vengeance on behalf of the creature’s mother.
July 15 · 5 min
Ex Oblivione by H. P. Lovecraft | A Dream Cycle Story
EX OBLIVIONE is a prose poem, first published in The United Amateur in March 1921. It tells of a dying man who finds himself lost in a bizarre dream world.
July 8 · 32 min
Dig Me No Grave by Robert E. Howard | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
DIG ME NO GRAVE is a horror story by American author, Robert E. Howard. The tale was first published in Weird Tales in February 1937. It is sometimes known by the title, "John Grimlan's Debt".
July 1 · 2 hr 48 min
The Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME is a Cthulhu Mythos story, first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. The story follows Professor Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee, who suffers a sudden mental collapse in 1908, losing his memory for five years. During this period, his body is controlled by an unknown intelligence while his own consciousness experiences life in a vast prehistoric era, housed within the body of a member of the Great Race of Yith—an ancient, time-traveling alien species that exchanges minds with beings across time to gather knowledge.
June 24 · 4 min
Azathoth by H. P. Lovecraft | A Dream Cycle Story
AZATHOTH was written in June of 1922, later published in Leaves in 1938. "A terrible pilgrimage to seek the nighted throne of the far daemon-sultan Azathoth."
June 17 · 43 min
The Invaders by Henry Kuttner | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
THE INVADERS is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by Henry Kuttner. Written under the pseudonym Keith Hammond, it was first published in the February 1939 edition of Strange Stories. The tale tells of a unique writer, who accidentally unleashes the hellspawn of a forgotten age upon the Earth.
June 10 · 55 min
The Electric Executioner by H. P. Lovecraft and Adolphe de Castro
THE ELECTRIC EXECUTIONER is a short story by Lovecraft and Adolphe de Castro, first published in the August 1930 edition of Weird Tales. "An investigator for a mining colony finds himself at the mercy of a deranged inventor's bizarre killing machine."
June 3 · 19 min
The Quest of Iranon by H. P. Lovecraft | A Dream Cycle Story
THE QUEST OF IRANON, a Dream Cycle story first published in the July/August edition of Galleon in 1935, tells of a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince.
May 27 · 40 min
The Warder of Knowledge by Richard F. Searight | A Cthulhu Mythos Story
THE WARDER OF KNOWLEDGE is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Richard F. Searight, unpublished during his lifetime. Lovecraft read the story, saying of it: "I like the story exceedingly." It was first published in the 1992 mythos collection, TALES OF THE LOVECRAFT MYTHOS. In pursuit of omniscience, Professor Gordon Whitney dares to summon the ageless Warder of Knowledge, and finds that some secrets are guarded by horrors beyond human imagining.
May 20 · 56 min
The Diary of Alonzo Typer by H. P. Lovecraft and William Lumley
THE DIARY OF ALONZO TYPER tells of an occult researcher, who, following a journey to an abandoned, isolated house in upstate New York, disappears without a trace. The story was first published in the February 1938 edition of Weird Tales.

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