People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Cosmic Horror, Lovecraft, Weird Fiction
People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight. Join us for our audiobook episodes. Episodes drop weekly.
People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos is a long-running podcast exploring cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the strange worlds inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and his contemporaries. Hosted by DB Spitzer with co-hosts Farmer Dave and Aunt Gore, the show dives into myth, monsters, movies, and the legacy of the Mythos with humor and insight. Join us for our audiobook episodes. Episodes drop weekly.
Episodes

17 hours ago
17 hours ago
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is an 1890 short story by American writer and American Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce
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2 days ago
2 days ago
Weird Tales Double Feature: The Skull and The Bodymaster by Harold Ward.Read in English by Ben TuckerHorror author Harold Ward is perhaps most well-known for his Doctor Death series of stories published in the 1930s. Before that, Ward released a series of horrific and strange stories in the earliest days of Weird Tales magazine. Settle in for a sinister pair of stories that delve into the heart of the macabre! - Summary by Ben Tucker
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3 days ago
3 days ago
The Murder Machine by Hugh B. Cave is a classic 1930 science fiction short story about a device that uses hypnotic thought-waves to turn ordinary people into murderers, first published in Astounding Stories magazine. It's a tale of mind control and murder, where a mad scientist creates a machine that can manipulate the minds of "law-abiding citizens," making them commit violent acts without their conscious will. "Coming Attraction" is a science fiction short story by American writer Fritz Leiber, originally published in the second issue (November 1950) of Galaxy Science Fiction.

4 days ago
Second Variety by Philip K Dick part 2
4 days ago
4 days ago
"Second Variety" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in Space Science Fiction magazine, in May 1953, with illustrations by Alex Ebel. Set in a world where a war between the Soviet Union and the United Nations has reduced most of the world to a barren wasteland, the story concerns the discovery, by the few remaining soldiers left, that self-replicating robots originally built to assassinate Soviet agents have gained sentience and are now plotting against both sides. It is one of many stories by Dick examining the implications of nuclear war, particularly after it has destroyed much or all of the planet.
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5 days ago
Second Variety by Philip K Dick
5 days ago
5 days ago
"Second Variety" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Philip K. Dick, first published in Space Science Fiction magazine, in May 1953, with illustrations by Alex Ebel. Set in a world where a war between the Soviet Union and the United Nations has reduced most of the world to a barren wasteland, the story concerns the discovery, by the few remaining soldiers left, that self-replicating robots originally built to assassinate Soviet agents have gained sentience and are now plotting against both sides. It is one of many stories by Dick examining the implications of nuclear war, particularly after it has destroyed much or all of the planet.
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Friday Jan 30, 2026
The Treader in the Dust/The Love Witch(2016)
Friday Jan 30, 2026
Friday Jan 30, 2026
"The Treader of the Dust" is a short story written by Clark Ashton Smith and first published in the August 1935 issue of Weird Tales.
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Thursday Jan 29, 2026
The Black Kiss by Kuttner and Block
Thursday Jan 29, 2026
Thursday Jan 29, 2026
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Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
The Salem Horror by Henry Kuttner
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
The spirit of dark priestess Abigail Prinn, executed during the Salem Witch Trials, is awakened when a man moves into her old home and uncovers her secret "Witch Room" hidden beneath. In order to wreak her vengeance on the descendants of the townsfolk responsible for her death, Abigail attempts to summon forth a dark evil in the form of the Great Old One known as Nyogtha, using the Witch Room, but is ultimately thwarted by the intervention of occultist Michael Leigh.
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Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
The Red Hand by Arthur Machen
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
Tuesday Jan 27, 2026
"The Red Hand" (1895): short detective/horror story featuring the main characters from The Three Impostors. It focuses on a murder performed with an ancient stone axe. Written by Welsh writer Arthur Machen.
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Monday Jan 26, 2026
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen.
Monday Jan 26, 2026
Monday Jan 26, 2026
The Great God Pan is an 1894 horror and fantasy novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen.
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Friday Jan 23, 2026
The Colour Out of Space/Pearl(2022)
Friday Jan 23, 2026
Friday Jan 23, 2026
"The Colour Out of Space" is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927.
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Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Oscar Schisgall's In Kashla's Garden
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
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