Cosmic Shenanigans

Recorded at Scares That Care 2019, DEEPER THAN R’LYEH: THE NEW COSMIC HORROR: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s She Walks In Shadows. Victor LaValle’s The Ballad of Black Tom. Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country. Nick Mamatas’s Move Under Ground. How would H.P. Lovecraft react to these (and other) permutations of his mythos, and how do they strengthen cosmic horror moving forward? With Norman Prentiss (moderator), Paul Tremblay, Damien Angelica Walters, Maurice Broaddus, Nick Mamatas, and Mary SanGiovanni.

This week, Mary discusses the cosmic horror film AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.

Mary SanGiovanni reads H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" and discusses its themes and origins.

This week's show focuses on August Derleth's "The Thing That Walked on the Wind," and how it's a bridge of sorts connecting weird fiction past and present, as well as different types of cosmic horror.

Mary discusses Darrell Schweitzer's modern cosmic horror short story from AWAITING STRANGE GODS

Mary discusses Ramsey Campbell's short story collection ALONE WITH THE HORRORS (originally aired as a portion of episode 219 of The Horror Show With Brian Keene).

This week, Mary discusses the modern cosmic horror movie, Black Site

Mary discusses the short story "Bloom" by John Langan, from his new collection "Sefira and Other Betrayals" published in April 2019 by Hippocampus Press

Mary discusses the cosmic horror elements in the painting "The Hands Resist Him" by Bill Stoneham, a painting that is reputedly haunted.

In Part Two of her discussion of urban legends and cosmic horror, Mary talks about places on Earth that people claim contain doorways to other dimensions.

In Part One of a Two part discussion, Mary discusses a variety of urband legends involving people traveling to alternate dimensions, and how they related to cosmic horror.

Mary discusses the story "The City Of The Dreaming God" by Yufuko Senowo (translated by Kathleen Taji), published in The Dreanung God: Lairs Of The Hidden Gods Volume Four, edited by Asamatsu Ken and with an introduction by Robert Price.

Mary discusses the cosmic horror elements of the Conan story "The Tower Of The Elephant" by Robert E. Howard. She is also joined for part of the discussion by author Brian Keene.

In Part Two of their dicussion about video games and cosmic horror, Mary and special guest Matt Wildasin (Grindcast, The Horror Show With Brian Keene) take a look at ALONE IN THE DARK, ALAN WAKE, SILENT HILL, and more.

Mary and special guest Matt Wildasin (The Horror Show With Brian Keene, Grindcast) talk about video games that are inspired by H. P. Lovecraft and Cosmic Horror. In the first part of this two part discussion, games discussed include THE LURKING HORROR, THE ELDER SIGN: OMENS, CALL OF CTHULHU: DARK CORNERS OF THE EARTH, and CALL OF CTHULHU.

Mary reads and then discusses the short story "The Terrible Old Man" by H. P. Lovecraft.

This week's "Best Of" episode features Mary's interview with author Paul Tremblay, originally aired as Episode 17.

For the final episode of 2018, Mary reads the classic cosmic horror story "The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft

Mary concludes her discussion of the history of WEIRD TALES magazine.

Mary discusses the history of Weird Tales magazine (Part One of Two)