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Latest Episodes

The Red Room by H.G. Wells
December 01, 2019

This fun little story by H. G. Wells builds on fantastic language and haunted tropes to pull you into the moment.  If you’ve ever experienced an irrational fear of the dark than you will relate

Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft
November 11, 2019

Take a listen to my reading of one of my favorite pieces of prose poetry by H. P. Lovecraft.  A lot of the conceptual pieces for Azathoth as well as many of the other popular mythos concepts owe their

The Abominations of Yondo by Clark Ashton Smith
November 11, 2019

One of the first Clark Ashton Smith stories I ever read.  The Abominations of Yondo is more prose poetry than a well-developed story, but the sheer brilliance of the language and the visceral descript

The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold
November 11, 2019

This fantastic horror short story was first published in Weird Tales Magazine in 1926 by H. F. Arnold.  It was popular in its day, and I think stands out as a real gem of the pulps.  I hope you enjoy.

14 – The Killer Ape
May 29, 2019

Are you really insisting on bringing that bushel of bananas with you, even though you know we are going to be exploring the origins of the killer ape?  It just seems like a bad idea, that’s all.

13 – The Zombie
February 27, 2019

Aim for the head, aim for the head!  Henry S. Whitehead’s tale Jumbee is the focus of this month’s episode as we explore the origins of the zombie.   A full episode list and other creative

12 – Science vs The Occult
January 17, 2019

Better grab your unlicensed particle accelerator because we’re about to go ghost busting with William Hodgeson’s Gateway of the Monster.   A full episode list and other creative works by m

10 – Killer Robots
April 16, 2018

Boot up that positron brain and juice up your servos because in this episode of Horrorigins we are going to be taking a look at Rossum’s Universal Robots and the origin of the killer robot. A