The HorrorBabble Podcast

"The Mezzotint" by M. R. James

Written by British writer, M. R. James, The Mezzotint tells of a strange engraving, with even stranger properties…

"The Testament of Athammaus" by Clark Ashton Smith

"The Testament of Athammaus" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published in the October 1932 issue of Weird Tales Magazine, described as follows: "The state executioner's story of an incredible monstrosity that struck terror to an entire city."

"Piecemeal" by Oscar Cook

"Piecemeal" is a short story by the British author, Oscar Cook. Published in Weird Tales in February 1930, the following sinister synopsis preceded the yarn: “He slipped in a pool of blood that had dripped from the severed head.”

"The Horror Undying" by M. W. Wellman

"The Horror Undying" is a short story by the American author, Manly Wade Wellman. The story first appeared in Weird Tales in May 1936, and was described by the magazine as follows: “A grim and gruesome story of a strange appetite—the tale of a grisly horror.”

"The White Sybil" by Clark Ashton Smith

"The White Sybil" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. The tale was first published alongside David H. Keller's "Men of Avalon" by Fantasy Publications in 1934. "He knew that he had seen the White Sybil, that mysterious being who was rumored to come and go as if by some preterhuman agency in the cities of Hyperborea."

"The Evil Clergyman" by H. P. Lovecraft (2021 Recording)

"The Evil Clergyman" is an excerpt from a letter written by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft in 1933. After his death, it was published in the April 1939 issue of Weird Tales as a short story. The tale centres around an ancient house, in the attic of which a terrible fate met its former occupant.

"Tzo-Lin’s Nightingales" by Ben Belitt

"Tzo-Lin’s Nightingales" is a short story by Ben Belitt. Published in Weird Tales in February 1931, it was given the following intriguing synopsis: "It was an unostentatious little Chinese shop, yet it was the scene of an incredible madness and a weird horror."

"2 B R 0 2 B" by Kurt Vonnegut

Penned by American writer, Kurt Vonnegut, "2 B R 0 2 B" tells of a dystopian future, in which death has become a voluntary act.

"Rats" by M. R. James

"Rats" is a short story by M. R. James. The tale, which first appeared in At Random Magazine in March 1929, tells of the mystery surrounding a locked room in an isolated inn on the Suffolk Coast.

"The Door to Saturn" by Clark Ashton Smith

"The Door to Saturn" is a short story by Clark Ashton Smith that takes place in the fictional prehistoric setting of Hyperborea. First published in the January 1932 edition of Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, the story was described as follows: "Beyond sea and sky the wizard Eibon pursues his outlandish wanderings."