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The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast

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A Hyborian Age podcast featuring the works of Robert E. Howard, his pop culture legacy, and other weird fiction.

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Cromtober 2021 - A Trio of Vampire Tales

The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast ·

2021/10/24

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 '

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Season 14 Episode 5: Hardboiled Cinema with Mildred...

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2021/10/14

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

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Relive Cromtober Nights of Yore!

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2021/10/06

Hi gang, it's starting to feel a bit spooky these evenings, huh? We'll have Cromtober 2021 content out for you soon enough, but in the spirit of the season, we wanted to put all our links to all our past Cromtober episodes in one place for easy access:Cromtober 2014, Part I:"The End of the Story," by Clark Ashton SmithCromtober 2014, Part II:"The Music of Erich Zann" by Howard

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Season 14 Episode 4: 'The Big Sleep' Part Two

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2021/09/28

Cromrades, are you ready to go deep on the finale of The Big Sleep? Double crosses, plot twists, blackmail, murder, and dirty money - sound hard boiled enough for ya? Why don't you fill up your lowball with rye and kick back with us as we finish up our discussion of this classic tale by Raymond Chandler?One ThingsJon: Sandman comics by the incomparable Neil Gaiman.Josh: The Sixth Gun and

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Season 14 Episode 3: 'The Big Sleep' Part One

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2021/09/12

Welcome back, Cromrades! We're headed to the West Coast to check in on Philip Marlowe. For this episode we're tackling the front end of Raymond Chandler's 'The Big Sleep!'One ThingsJonathan: Paul M.M. Cooper's 'Fall of Civilizations' Podcast!Josh: Bo Burnham's 'Inside!'Luke: The S&S books of Schuyler Hernstrom!Questions? Comments? Curses?You know you want to follow us onTwitter!

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Season 14 EP2: Cleaning up Poisonville in "Red...

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2021/08/23

Welcome back to these dark, dank alleys. Today we're heading back to Poisonville, MT to see what the heck the Continental Op is gonna do about all these sons of guns. We dive in to a discussion about the Howardian aspects of this tale and how the Op deals with civilization/is a tool of civilization. There's murder, laudanum, and the national guard and more! You'll have to tune in to get it

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Season 14 EP 1: The Continental Op stars in Part one...

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2021/07/22

Our first stop in Season 14 is a little 'burg called Personville up in Montana, as seedy and corrupt as they come. We'll be meeting up with our buddy, we just call him the Continental Op- no need for first names.So, join us as we dive into hardboiled fiction by starting with Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest" also known as "The Cleansing of Poisonville". There's a real rogue's gallery of

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Season 14: The Hardboiled Alley

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2021/07/21

To prep for the next season, we hope you will take a look at the story list below! There are lots of detectives, mean streets, and day drinking for you to see in the Hardboiled Alley!Season 141. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett- Meet up with the Continental Op as he takes on the corrupt burg of Poisonville!2. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler- Philip Marlowe gets tangled up with a rotten

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Howard Days 2021 - All the Audio in One Place!!!

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2021/07/06

Hi everyone! In order to get the full Howard Days experience out to as many folks as possible, we wanted to do one more thing... We have put the 4+ hours of audio recordings of the event in a shareable folder so that folks can access them all at once, and all in once place! Get the full complement of audio recordings byclicking here!If you enjoy these recordings, or you have ever enjoyed a

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Howard Days 2021 - Porchlight Poetry!

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2021/07/06

Hile, Cromrades! We're rounding our our audio recordings from Howard Days 2021! For this episode, we present the second portion of 'Porchlight Poetry' from Saturday, June 12th. Here, we have various attendees reciting their favorite Howard poems!!!If you enjoy this recording, or you have ever enjoyed a REH story (and you know you have!), please consider donating to Project Pride. Whether it's $1,

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Howard Days 2021 - Cimmeria!

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2021/07/06

Hile, Cromrades! We're rounding our our audio recordings from Howard Days 2021! For this episode, we present the first portion of 'Porchlight Poetry' from Saturday, June 12th. For this episode, we have a multilingual recitation of Howard's 'Cimmeria.'If you enjoy this recording, or you have ever enjoyed a REH story (and you know you have!), please consider donating to Project Pride. Whether it's

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Howard Days 2021 - The Roy Thomas Interview!

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2021/06/29

Hile, Cromrades! We're back with another recording from Howard Days 2021! For this episode, we present 'The Roy Thomas Interview' from Saturday, June 12th. The guest of honor is interviewed by John Cimino.If you enjoy this recording, or you have ever enjoyed a REH story (and you know you have!), please consider donating to Project Pride. Whether it's $1, $5, or more, anything you can do to

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Howard Days 2021 - When Conan Went Public!

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2021/06/22

Hile, Cromrades! We're back with another recording from Howard Days 2021! For this episode, we present a recording of the keynote speech from the Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet from Friday, June 11th. The guest of honor is Roy Thomas, and introductory remarks are offered by Rusty Burke.If you enjoy this recording, or you have ever enjoyed a REH story (and you know you have!), please

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Howard Days 2021 - REH in the Comics!

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2021/06/16

Hile, Cromrades! What a whirlwind, Howard Days 2021 has come and went! For this episode, we present a recording of the panel, 'REH in the Comics.' This conversation from Friday, June 11th, at the First United Methodist Church in Cross Plains, Texas. The panel focuses on the history of Robert E. Howard’s characters and stories presented in a comic book format. Mark Finn moderates Roy Thomas, Fred

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Cromcast Rewind - Howard Days 2016 Interviews with...

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2021/06/04

Hile, Cromrades! In just a few short days Howard Days will be upon us! In the spirit of the season, we thought we'd take a minute to revisit just a portion of our recordings from The Cromcast's attendance of the big event back in 2016... This 'rewind episode' features interviews with Indy Cavalier and Rusty Burke waxing about the genesis of REHUPA and Howard Days, and then after is a discussion

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Season 13, Episode 10: Bloodstone, Part III and...

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2021/05/17

Hail, Cromrades! We return for a final discussion of 'Bloodstone' and wrap up our season on the Left-Handed Path! We mention Brian Murphy's essay juxtaposing 'Bloodstone' and 'Lord of the Rings' quite a bit... Find it here!One ThingsJon: 'The Snowman' by Jo Nesbo. Scandanavian neo-noir!Josh: 'Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe' by Thomas Ligotti. Depressive horror!Luke: 'Prequelle' by Ghost.

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Season 13 Episode 9: A Conversation with John F. Mayer

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2021/04/23

Welcome back, Cromrades! This episode is special for us, we have a nearly two hour conversation with John F. Mayer, a friend of Karl Edward Wagner's from back in the day and an insightful, creative person in his own right! We talk about Karl's inspirations for Kane, some Appalachian horror, what it was like to hang with Karl back in the day, and John's efforts to keep the Wagner literary

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Season 13 Episode 8: Bloodstone Part Two

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2021/03/23

Greetings, Cromrades! Today, The Cromcast Crew returns with a further analysis of "Bloodstone" by Karl Edward Wagner in part two of our three part reading. We venture deeper into the local politics, hear the low rumbling of a frog army, and try to unravel the Gordian knot of Kane's machinations. Join us for a weird story and some weird discussion!One ThingsLuke: Educate yourself in

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Season 13, Episode 7: Bloodstone, Part I

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2021/03/03

Hail, Cromrades! We return with another episode as we continue down the Left-Handed Path! Here we discuss the front chunk of 'Bloodstone.' Be sure to check out our story list for details and links to ebooks!One ThingsJon: Ostrander and Mandrake's run on the 'Martian Manhunter.' Get into some funny books!Josh: Tim Burton 'Batman' films... You're due for a re-watch!Luke: 'Ummon,' by Slift. Give

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Season 13, Episode 6: Sing A Last Song of Valdese

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2021/02/16

Welcome back, Cromrades! The winter is long and cold, and we have a chilling tale of vengeance for you to read in this season of darkness. Buckle up, and prepare to Sing A Last Song of Valdesewith us. You know how it goes, don't you? Just in case you don't, we invited our pal Rusty Burke to join us for the chorus. So loosen up those vocal cords and hum a few bars with us, won't you?

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