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Hosted by Tim Mendees and Rob Poyton of the Innsmouth Book Club, Strange Shadows is a fortnightly podcast devoted to the weird fiction of Clark Ashton Smith. One of the Trinity of Weird Tales authors, Smith, alongside Lovecraft and Howard, redefined cosmic horror and fantasy fiction. With his distinct baroque style, Smith's work remains rich, powerful and evocative. Using the five volume Night Shade Press collection of Smith's work as our guide, we will be covering each of his stories in chronological order, as well as screen adaptations and aspects of the author's life. Occasional guests will be joining us to share their knowledge and opinions about this most poetic of the Weird Tales writers. Episodes are free, with bonus content and other rewards available for patrons - click Subscribe or visit our Patreon page for details. See you in Zothique!

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SS5 O1 The Dark Age

2026/10/04

Send us Fan Mail Season Five kicks off with Smith's post-apocalyptic tale of science vs. savagery. We talk Richard A. Lupoff, Dr Who, barbarism, the perils of science, 80s TV ads and gargling port. Reader: Simon Frazier Nash Favourite words: Sybaritic. plashing, coign, ploughshares, dogwood. Download MP3 Edwyrdian Tales Teratocon27 ILF26 Video ILF26 Photos Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS Reading 5 The Death of Malygris

2026/08/23

Send us Fan Mail As a taster for Season 5, Rob presents a reading of The Death of Malygris. Art by Skinner. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Forum Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS Reading 4 The Charnel God

2026/07/19

Send us Fan Mail A reading from Rob Poyton of our favourite story from Season Four, The Charnel God. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Continuum 26 Innsmouth Forum Grooving in Green Illustration by Serhiy Krykun Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 20 Season Wrap Up

2026/07/05

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a look back over Season Four! We choose our favourite and least favourite stories, and talk pig farms, art vs commerce, General Tabasco, the Brundage covers, the FJ Ackerman debate, trolls, nudes and what is weird? Favourite favourite words@ pythonamorph, mumiyah, tenebrific, volutation, leatheroid, maculations. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Continuum 26 Innsmouth Forum Grooving in Green Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 19 The Flower Women

2026/06/07

Send us Fan Mail Our last story of Season Four sees us back in Xiccarph where Maal Dweb attempts to overcome his ennui by aiding The Flower Women. We talk Raymond Reddington, writing a series, bored gods, Dr Who, Star Trek, Lorelei, wilting goths and mullets. Reader: Simon Frazier Nash Favourite words: depredators, hodden, abnegation, matrass, psammite, canorous, concamerated, lucent. Download MP3 Raymond Reddington Innsmouth Forum Grooving in Green Innsmouth Literary Festival Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 18 Weaver in the Vault

2026/05/24

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Zothique for a trip into the catacombs to meet the Weaver in the Vault. We talk relics, dromedaries, potholing, earthquakes, spider gods, D&D, and Red Sonja. Reader: Simon Frazier Nash Favourite words: leman, terebinth, divagations, concamerated, benignant, mumia, vicinage, syanite. Download MP3 Innsmouth Forum Grooving in Green Innsmouth Literary Festival Close Encounters We Want the Gold review JB Lee Art Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 17 Vulthoom

2026/04/26

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we plunge into the Martian underworld with Vulthoom! We talk radio drama, characters, Star Wars and Trek, the Smithian trip, fungal clubs, and television. Reader: Shelley de Cruz Favourite words: veridical, stridor, anthalite, Trimurti, houris, gnomons, ciceronage, acclivitous. Artwork by JB Lee Download MP3 Grooving in Green Innsmouth Literary Festival Mothership Campaign CAS Art panel Stone Flower Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 16 The Voyage of King Euvoran

2026/04/12

Send us Fan Mail It's as distinctly avian theme this episode as we take flight on The Voyage of King Euvoran. We talk Boris Dulgoth, Carry On/carrion, a surfeit of lampreys, beef wood and, inevitably, t**s... Reader: Simon Frazier Nash Favourite words: stymphalian, Aepyornis, byssus, involute, quadrireme, flagitious, bastinado, malapert, misericordia, oupires, volutation, passarines, magniloquent. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Grooving in Green The Innsmouth Forum Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 15 The Dark Eidolon

2026/03/29

Send us Fan Mail Join us for what is widely regarded as Smith's finest tale, The Dark Eidolon. We talk infernal spectacles, noisy neighbours, spectral equines, revenge, film adaptations and SFX. Reader: Simon Frazier Nash Favourite words: Simoom, diddered, bezom, guernon, odalisque, capricoles, haliotis, involutate. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Mothership Campaign The Art of Skinner Mockman Books Pulp Covers Dante's Inferno Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 14 The Charnel God

2026/03/15

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a dark trip into Zothique with Smith's classic The Charnel God. We talk cover art, the parade of nudes, dromedaries, Xuthal and Charlton Heston. Reader: Heather Miller Favourite words: optamites, orotund, necrophagism, adytum, privity, unctuous, chafferer, huckster, noctabulistic Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Grooving in Green Mothership Campaign Charlton Heston Put His Vest On Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 13 The Secret of the Cairn

2026/02/15

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a journey to the light beyond in CAS' unearthly The Secret of the Cairn. We talk the High Sierras, the Law of Fives, Algol and Alderbaran, angels and mounds. Plus a delve into the mailbag. Reader: Simon Frazier Nash. Favourite words: intercalated, boskage, asphodels, phlox, stelliform, appanage, friable, mortised. Download MP3 Concrete Cow Bedford Tabeltop Expo Heather Miller Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 12 Genius Loci

2026/02/01

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the isolated desolation of Genius Loci. We talk Bowman, The Willows, creepy locations, pareidolia, Swamp Thing and more. Reader: Clay Story Sculptor Favourite words: inveigle, vampire, tenebrific, coadjutation. Download MP3 Monster in my Bed podcast CAS Circle Youtube Innsmouth Forum Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 11 The Third Episode of Vathek

2026/01/18

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a look at Smith's posthumous collaboration, an unfinished sequel to the classic Gothic novel, Vathek. We talk William Beckford, Shakespeare, the fall of Rome, Disney villains and haunted beds. Plus a delve into the mailbag. Reader: Shelley de Cruz Favourite words: effulgent, anthropophagism, sternutations Download MP3 Grognardia Blog Innsmouth Forum 30+ Minutes with HPL Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 10 The Maze of the Enchanter

2025/12/14

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the lush undergrowth of Xiccarph as we discuss The Maze of the Enchanter! We talk Argosy magazine, Greek mythology, sorcery and science, Dr Who, Jack Vance and Dungeons & Dragons. Reader: Matt Sanderson Favourite words: odalisque, corundum, coigns, gamboge, suzerain, pard, imbricate, encorsel, aigrette. Download MP3 CAS Convention Innsmouth Forum Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast

SS4 09 The Dweller In The Gulf

2025/11/30

Send us Fan Mail It's subterranean Martian horror this episode, with The Dweller in the Gulf. We talk editors, alpha chaps, hope, interesting villains, plus a delve into the mailbag. Oh, and Tim sings... Reader: Clay Story Sculptor Favourite words: ferruginous, objugate, mephitic, fetor, noctilucae, sopor, adumbration. Download MP3 CAS Convention Goth Bats Innsmouth Forum Support the show Contact us at [email protected] Night Shade Books Patreon Innsmouth Literary Festival Innsmouth Book Club Facebook Youtube BlueSky Tim Mendees Innsmouth Gold Dragon's Teeth Gaming Channel Graveheart Designs Monster in my Bed podcast