The HorrorBabble Podcast

”The Hollow Moon” / A Story of Lunar Vampires by Everil Worrell

"The Hollow Moon" is a work of horror/sci-fi by the great Everil Worrell. First appearing in Weird Tales in May 1939, it was given the following synopsis: “A fascinating tale of a lunar vampire and strange icebergs in the Pacific Ocean.”

”Man in a Hurry” by Alan Nelson

"Man in a Hurry" is a classic Weird Tale by Alan Nelson, having first appeared in the magazine in its May 1944 edition. "For 20 years the pudgy little man was always hurrying, as though to some appointment for which he was already late…"

”The Impossible Adventure” / A Curious Discovery in Greece by H. T. W. Bousfield

The Impossible Adventure" is a short story by H. T. W. Bousfield. The work first appeared in Weird Tales in November 1940, and concerns a set of curious notes retrieved following the death of a man's uncle.

”The Seeking Thing” / by Janet Hirsch

"The Seeking Thing" by Janet Hirsch, first appeared in the February 1964 edition of Robert A. W. Lowndes’ Magazine of Horror. The story tells the account of a man who runs over something strange in the middle of the road.

”Fog Country” by Allison V. Harding

"Fog Country" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The work was first published by Weird Tales in its July 1945 edition, and tells of a peculiar mist that occasionally settles over a small, coastal town.

”The Treader of the Dust” / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Clark Ashton Smith

"The Treader in the Dust" is a short story by American author Clark Ashton Smith. The story introduces Quachil Uttaus and the Testament of Carnamagos to the Cthulhu Mythos, in relation to the tale of an unnamed character who obtains the forbidden tome from a sinister book-seller.

”Doctor Satan” by Paul Ernst

"Doctor Satan" is a short story by the American author, Paul Ernst. First appearing in Weird Tales in August 1935, the enigmatic Doctor Satan was described as ‘the world's weirdest criminal—an immensely wealthy man, who has turned to crime to satisfy his longing for thrills.’ There are 8 stories in the Doctor Satan series, with the titular character up against numerous challenges, pitted against his nemesis, the criminologist, Ascott Keane. This is the first story in the series.

”A Ghost Story” by Mark Twain / Based on the ”Cardiff Giant”

"A Ghost Story" is a short story by the American writer Mark Twain. The tale is based upon the Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous hoaxes in United States history. It was a 10-foot-tall purported "petrified man" uncovered in 1869, by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, New York.

”Music of the Stars” / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Duane W. Rimel

"Music of the Stars" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Duane W. Rimel. The tale, which first appeared in The Acolyte in its Spring 1943 edition, tells of a musician who claims to have discovered an ancient and terrible form of music.

”The Sixth Tree” / A Classic Weird Tale by Edith L. Stewart

"The Sixth Tree" by Edith L. Stewart was first published in the May-June-July 1924 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, and was described as follows: “This is a tale of the weirdest game that ever was played.”