The HorrorBabble Podcast

”The Marmot” by Allison V. Harding

"The Marmot" is a short story by the American author, Allison V. Harding. The work was first published in the March 1944 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, and was described as follows: "Such a harmless looking tiny creature—but animals possess strange abilities beyond our ken!”

”The Fearsome Touch of Death” by Robert E. Howard

"The Fearsome Touch of Death" is a short story by Robert E. Howard. In the story, first published in the February 1930 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, a man spends a night alone with a corpse.

”The Thing in the Weeds” by William Hope Hodgson

"The Thing in the Weeds" is a Sargasso Sea horror story by the British writer, William Hope Hodgson, first published in the January 1913 edition of The Story-teller.

”The Rose-Colored Glasses” by Thomas Kent West

Written by American writer, Thomas Kent West, The Rose-Colored Glasses is the tale of a mysterious pair of glasses, the wearing of which affects one's perception in a most curious manner...

”A Question of Identity” by Robert Bloch

"A Question of Identity" is a short story by Robert Bloch (writing as Tarleton Fiske). The story, which tells of a man's quest to recall an uncertain past, first appeared in the April 1939 edition of Strange Stories -- "No pang of hunger nor torment of thirst can stifle the questions of who, where and what!"

”The Shadow on the Moor” by Stuart Strauss

"The Shadow on the Moor" by Stuart Strauss first appeared in Weird Tales in February 1928. The magazine described the tale as: "A creepy tale of the pre-Druidistic ruins of England—out on the moor were dancing, and strange wild music, and death.”

”In the Vault” by H. P. Lovecraft

"In the Vault" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 18, 1925 and first published in the November 1925 issue of the amateur press journal Tryout.

”The Night They Crashed the Party” / A Weird Tale by Robert Bloch

"The Night They Crashed the Party" is a short story by American author, Robert Bloch, first published by Weird Tales Magazine in 1951. The story tells of a party, in which the guests, expecting to watch a televised wrestling match, are subjected to an unsettling and impromptu live broadcast.

”In the World’s Dusk” by Edmond Hamilton

"In the World's Dusk" is a short story by Edmond Hamilton. The story first surfaced in the March 1936 edition of Weird Tales magazine, and was described as follows: “A gripping tale of the last survivor of the human race and his attempts to repopulate the world…”

”What Is It?” / Flash Fiction by Charles M. Morris

"What Is It?" is a work of flash fiction by the one-time Weird Tales author, Charles M. Morris. The story first appeared in the magazine in its January 1933 edition, and was described as follows: “Retribution, swift and terrible, struck the man who had committed the sin of Cain…”