People’s Guide to the Cthulhu Mythos: Horror Stories, Weird Fiction, and Film Reviews
DB Spitzer/David Heath/Aunt Gore
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.
Episodes
The Horla, Part 2 Guy de Maupassant
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Story Author Synopsis Foreword Joseph Lewis French An introduction to the anthology and its selection of classic tales of horror and suspense. The Horla, Part 1 Guy de Maupassant A French gentleman experiences increasingly disturbing sensations and unexplained occurrences in his home. He begins to suspect that an invisible being is watching him and exerting control over his life. The Horla, Part 2 Guy de Maupassant The narrator's obsession with the unseen entity intensifies as he searches for proof of its existence. His attempts to escape its influence lead him toward increasingly desperate and destructive decisions. A Terrible Night William Clark Russell A voyage at sea becomes a terrifying experience when violent weather and extraordinary natural phenomena threaten the passengers and crew. The Torture by Hope Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam A prisoner condemned by the Spanish Inquisition discovers what appears to be an opportunity to escape. His desperate pursuit of freedom reveals a particularly cruel form of psychological torture. What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A man sleeping in a supposedly haunted boardinghouse is attacked by an invisible creature. After capturing the mysterious assailant, he and his companions attempt to understand what they have discovered. The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling An Englishman in colonial India desecrates a religious shrine and suffers an apparently supernatural curse. His companions struggle to reverse his horrifying transformation. The Temple of Isis Richard Marsh An encounter with a mysterious woman leads into a frightening world of ancient Egyptian religion, secret rituals, and supernatural danger. An excerpt from The Beetle. The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition awakens in a dungeon where elaborate instruments of torture threaten his life. He must overcome terror and exhaustion to survive. The Vampire Bram Stoker In an excerpt from Dracula, the dying Renfield reveals his connection to Count Dracula and the vampire's terrifying influence, exposing the danger facing Mina Harker. The Avengers, Part I Arthur Conan Doyle A man and a young girl, stranded in the American wilderness, are rescued by members of a religious community. Their survival comes at the price of accepting a new life under strict religious authority. The Avengers, Parts II & III Arthur Conan Doyle Years later, the young woman's love for an outsider comes into conflict with the demands of her community. Religious pressure, threats, and forced marriage threaten to destroy her future. The Avengers, Parts IV & V Arthur Conan Doyle The consequences of persecution and betrayal culminate in tragedy. A survivor undertakes a relentless campaign of vengeance against those responsible.
The Horla, Part 1 by Guy de Maupassant
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Story Author Synopsis Foreword Joseph Lewis French An introduction to the anthology and its selection of classic tales of horror and suspense. The Horla, Part 1 Guy de Maupassant A French gentleman experiences increasingly disturbing sensations and unexplained occurrences in his home. He begins to suspect that an invisible being is watching him and exerting control over his life. The Horla, Part 2 Guy de Maupassant The narrator's obsession with the unseen entity intensifies as he searches for proof of its existence. His attempts to escape its influence lead him toward increasingly desperate and destructive decisions. A Terrible Night William Clark Russell A voyage at sea becomes a terrifying experience when violent weather and extraordinary natural phenomena threaten the passengers and crew. The Torture by Hope Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam A prisoner condemned by the Spanish Inquisition discovers what appears to be an opportunity to escape. His desperate pursuit of freedom reveals a particularly cruel form of psychological torture. What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A man sleeping in a supposedly haunted boardinghouse is attacked by an invisible creature. After capturing the mysterious assailant, he and his companions attempt to understand what they have discovered. The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling An Englishman in colonial India desecrates a religious shrine and suffers an apparently supernatural curse. His companions struggle to reverse his horrifying transformation. The Temple of Isis Richard Marsh An encounter with a mysterious woman leads into a frightening world of ancient Egyptian religion, secret rituals, and supernatural danger. An excerpt from The Beetle. The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition awakens in a dungeon where elaborate instruments of torture threaten his life. He must overcome terror and exhaustion to survive. The Vampire Bram Stoker In an excerpt from Dracula, the dying Renfield reveals his connection to Count Dracula and the vampire's terrifying influence, exposing the danger facing Mina Harker. The Avengers, Part I Arthur Conan Doyle A man and a young girl, stranded in the American wilderness, are rescued by members of a religious community. Their survival comes at the price of accepting a new life under strict religious authority. The Avengers, Parts II & III Arthur Conan Doyle Years later, the young woman's love for an outsider comes into conflict with the demands of her community. Religious pressure, threats, and forced marriage threaten to destroy her future. The Avengers, Parts IV & V Arthur Conan Doyle The consequences of persecution and betrayal culminate in tragedy. A survivor undertakes a relentless campaign of vengeance against those responsible.
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Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Story Author Synopsis Foreword Joseph Lewis French An introduction to the anthology and its selection of classic tales of horror and suspense. The Horla, Part 1 Guy de Maupassant A French gentleman experiences increasingly disturbing sensations and unexplained occurrences in his home. He begins to suspect that an invisible being is watching him and exerting control over his life. The Horla, Part 2 Guy de Maupassant The narrator's obsession with the unseen entity intensifies as he searches for proof of its existence. His attempts to escape its influence lead him toward increasingly desperate and destructive decisions. A Terrible Night William Clark Russell A voyage at sea becomes a terrifying experience when violent weather and extraordinary natural phenomena threaten the passengers and crew. The Torture by Hope Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam A prisoner condemned by the Spanish Inquisition discovers what appears to be an opportunity to escape. His desperate pursuit of freedom reveals a particularly cruel form of psychological torture. What Was It? Fitz-James O'Brien A man sleeping in a supposedly haunted boardinghouse is attacked by an invisible creature. After capturing the mysterious assailant, he and his companions attempt to understand what they have discovered. The Mark of the Beast Rudyard Kipling An Englishman in colonial India desecrates a religious shrine and suffers an apparently supernatural curse. His companions struggle to reverse his horrifying transformation. The Temple of Isis Richard Marsh An encounter with a mysterious woman leads into a frightening world of ancient Egyptian religion, secret rituals, and supernatural danger. An excerpt from The Beetle. The Pit and the Pendulum Edgar Allan Poe A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition awakens in a dungeon where elaborate instruments of torture threaten his life. He must overcome terror and exhaustion to survive. The Vampire Bram Stoker In an excerpt from Dracula, the dying Renfield reveals his connection to Count Dracula and the vampire's terrifying influence, exposing the danger facing Mina Harker. The Avengers, Part I Arthur Conan Doyle A man and a young girl, stranded in the American wilderness, are rescued by members of a religious community. Their survival comes at the price of accepting a new life under strict religious authority. The Avengers, Parts II & III Arthur Conan Doyle Years later, the young woman's love for an outsider comes into conflict with the demands of her community. Religious pressure, threats, and forced marriage threaten to destroy her future. The Avengers, Parts IV & V Arthur Conan Doyle The consequences of persecution and betrayal culminate in tragedy. A survivor undertakes a relentless campaign of vengeance against those responsible.
The Most Dangerous Game/Ready or Not(2019)
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 23 Movies & Stories 1. Sinners (2025) Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world. Complete YouTube reading 2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover. Complete YouTube reading 3. Ready or Not (2019) Story: “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell Wealthy predators turn the hunting of a human being into sport and tradition. Complete YouTube reading 4. Blade II (2002) Story: “The Room in the Tower,” E. F. Benson A recurring nightmare leads to a room occupied by a ravenous female vampire. Complete YouTube reading 5. Obsession (2026) Story: “The Birth-Mark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne Love curdles into the conviction that another person must be altered and perfected. Complete YouTube reading 6. RoboCop (1987) Story: “The Man That Was Used Up,” Edgar Allan Poe A celebrated military hero is gradually revealed to be an assemblage of manufactured replacement parts. Prosthetic reconstruction, militarism, masculine propaganda, and brutal satire. Complete YouTube reading 7. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) Story: “A Logic Named Joe,” Murray Leinster Information technology becomes dangerously helpful, invasive, and impossible to contain. Complete YouTube audiobook 8. Strange Days (1995) Story: “The Crystal Egg,” H. G. Wells A mysterious device allows its owner to watch another world—and may allow that world to watch him. The voyeurism, addictive looking, and technologically mediated experience. Complete YouTube reading 9. Brainstorm (1983) Story: “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham,” H. G. Wells A wealthy old scientist finds a way to transfer his consciousness into a young man’s body. It turns recorded experience and technological immortality into an intimate identity nightmare. Complete YouTube reading 10. Burst City (1982) Story: “The Machine Stops,” E. M. Forster A society has surrendered its bodies, relationships, and environment to an enormous technological system. Complete YouTube reading 11. Neo Tokyo (1987) Story: “The City of the Singing Flame,” Clark Ashton Smith A traveller discovers a magnificent alternate city whose alien music and architecture exert an increasingly irresistible pull. Complete YouTube reading 12. Total Recall (1990) Story: “The Defenders,” Philip K. Dick Humanity’s understanding of its war and surrounding reality has been deliberately manufactured. Complete YouTube reading 13. Sorry to Bother You (2018) Story: “The Business Man,” Edgar Allan Poe A self-satisfied entrepreneur explains his increasingly violent career as though criminal ingenuity were merely sound business practice. Complete YouTube reading 14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Story: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” H. G. Wells A mild collector brings home an exotic plant that proves predatory. Carnivorous botany, human loneliness, and the inability to recognize danger until it is wrapped around your throat. Complete YouTube reading 15. Slither (2006) Story: “The Derelict,” William Hope Hodgson An explorer returns from an ancient ruin carrying something that has taken root inside his body. Complete YouTube reading 16. Swiss Army Man (2016) Story: “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,” H. G. Wells A lonely, ineffectual dead man cannot remember how to leave the living world, and an overconfident living man attempts to help him. Complete YouTube reading 17. Happy Death Day (2017) Story: “The Clock That Went Backward,” Edward Page Mitchell A clock literally carries its characters backwards through time. Complete YouTube reading 18. The Gorge (2025) Story: “The People of the Pit,” A. Merritt An isolated traveller discovers an abyss containing an ancient, inhuman civilization and something that calls irresistibly from below. Complete YouTube reading 19. The Fourth Kind (2009) Story: “The Hanging Stranger,” Philip K. Dick An ordinary man notices an impossible event that everyone else accepts, then discovers that his community may no longer be human. Complete YouTube reading 20. Dark City (1998) Story: “The Street That Wasn’t There,” Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Familiar pieces of a city begin disappearing as reality is quietly revised around its inhabitants. Complete YouTube reading 21. Stir of Echoes (1999) Story: “The Beckoning Fair One,” Oliver Onions A man living alone becomes increasingly dominated by an unseen female presence whose influence may be supernatural, psychological, or both. Complete YouTube reading
Were-Wolves of DetroitCharles M. Skinner
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown by Charles M. Skinner
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
The Last Revel in Printz Hall by Charles M. Skinner
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
In the Dark Ronal Kayser
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
Kerfol Edith Wharton
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
John Houlihan Interview 2026
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The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" by Ambrose Bierce
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
Grimdark's Grandparents 2: Space Marines(Adeptus Astartes)
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Upcoming Episodes Grimdark Grandparents: Warhammer 40,000 and Its Pulp DNA 0. What’s a W.H.40.K? — An introduction to Warhammer 40,000’s immense science-fantasy horror setting, where a corpse-worshipping human empire fights aliens, daemons, ancient machines, and its own terrible history. 1. The Imperium of Man — From Dune, Foundation, Roman decline, and medieval Christendom comes a galactic empire where the future is not progress but a dead civilization kept moving through faith, fear, and paperwork. 2. Space Marines — The Imperium’s iconic super-soldiers combine power armor and military science fiction with crusading knights, Spartan myth, warrior monks, kidnapped children, and the seductive imagery of authoritarian heroism. 3. Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard — Drawing from trench literature, British war comics, Kipling, and future-war fiction, the Guard are ordinary people sent into cosmic horror with little more than courage and a lasgun. 4. Adeptus Mechanicus — Frankenstein, Metropolis, invention pulp, and lost-technology stories meet in a machine cult where science survives, understanding does not, and repairs are performed like religious rites. 5. Adepta Sororitas / Ecclesiarchy — Gothic convents, martyr legends, Joan of Arc, witchfinders, and Hammer horror become armored saints who turn faith, suffering, and flamethrowers into instruments of Imperial power. 6. The Inquisition — The occult detective and witch-hunter become one terrifying Imperial investigator who may uncover the truth only to burn every witness, building, and planet touched by it. 7. Rogue Traders — Planetary romance, colonial adventure fiction, space opera, pirates, and merchant princes combine in explorers licensed to discover strange worlds, trade with them, rob them, or claim them for the Imperium. 8. Adeptus Custodes — Ancient palace guards, sacred kingship, Achilles, and Gilgamesh stand behind the Emperor’s golden companions: philosopher-warriors created to protect a god who is already dead. 9. Adeptus Titanicus / Titan Legions — Giant robots descend from Martian tripods, dreadnoughts, siege engines, golems, and war gods to become walking cathedrals capable of teaching entire cities to kneel. 10. The Horus Heresy — Warhammer’s great betrayal myth draws from Lucifer, Cain and Abel, Arthur and Mordred, Roman civil wars, and fallen-hero stories to explain how the Emperor’s favored son broke the human future from within. 11. Chaos Space Marines — Fallen angels, Byronic rebels, cursed champions, and Milton’s Satan become immortal super-soldiers whose genuine grievances have curdled into rebellion, bitterness, and damnation. 12. Chaos Daemons — Medieval demonology, grimoires, occult pulp, weird fiction, and nightmare cinema become psychic entities made from mortal rage, despair, ambition, obsession, and desire. 13. World Eaters / Khorne — Sword-and-sorcery pulp, berserker sagas, gladiator spectacle, and revenge tragedy create warriors who reduce every political, emotional, and moral problem to an axe blow. 14. Death Guard / Nurgle — Plague literature, danse macabre, zombie films, body horror, and graveyard humor meet in rotting soldiers who have surrendered to decay and discovered that the joke is that they are happy. 15. Thousand Sons / Tzeentch — Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, mummy fiction, occult scholarship, and forbidden-book stories become sorcerers who sought perfect knowledge only to discover that the book was reading them back. 16. Emperor’s Children / Slaanesh — Decadent literature, Gothic aristocrats, glam horror, cursed art, and The Picture of Dorian Gray shape warriors who pursued perfection until beauty became an endlessly hungry mouth. 17. Chaos / Imperial Knights — Haunted castles, ancestral armor, chivalric romance, feudal bloodlines, and giant-robot fiction become seventy-foot war machines carrying generations of family pride, duty, resentment, and curses. 18. Orks — Fantasy orcs, Mad Max, British hooligan comedy, fungus horror, and invasive-species stories combine in a joyful alien ecosystem where killing the enemy may only plant the next war. 19. Tyranids — Alien, The Thing, bug-war fiction, parasite horror, and cosmic naturalism become an extragalactic appetite that does not hate humanity because hatred would interfere with digestion. 20. Genestealer Cults — Body-snatcher films, changeling folklore, secret-cult pulp, family curses, and invasion paranoia create an alien uprising that begins not in the sky but at the dinner table. 21. Necrons — Killer robots and artificial-labor nightmares combine with mummy curses, tomb kings, and cursed archaeology to produce immortal metal dynasties waking from the grave with better weapons than the living. 22. Aeldari / Drukhari — Elves, cruel fairy courts, dying-earth fiction, lost civilizations, decadent aristocrats, and vampire cities become two responses to apocalypse: mourning the fall or continuing the party forever. 23. Night Lords — Batman, slashers, serial killers, Gothic villains, Grand Guignol, and public-execution culture become terror troops who transform punishment into theatre and fear into government. 24. T’au Empire and Leagues of Votann — The T’au combine utopian science fiction, anime mecha, and benevolent imperialism, while the Votann draw from mining frontiers, company towns, clone labor, ancestor cults, and corporate survivalism. 25. [REDACTED] — ▀▀▀ thrillers, ▀▀▀▀▀▀ societies, ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀, invasion ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀, Dr. ▀▀▀▀▀▀, and ▀▀▀▀▀ mythology become a Space Marine legion so committed to ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ that truth itself is rendered operationally ▀▀▀▀▀▀. Audio Book Stories 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 11 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 12 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 14 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2 PGttCM Season 23 Order(all episodes will be recorded 1. Sinners (2025) August week 4 Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world. Complete YouTube reading 2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) September week 1 Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover. Complete YouTube reading 3. Ready or Not (2019) September week 2 Story: “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell Wealthy predators turn the hunting of a human being into sport and tradition. Complete YouTube reading 4. Blade II (2002) September week 3 Story: “The Room in the Tower,” E. F. Benson A recurring nightmare leads to a room occupied by a ravenous female vampire. Complete YouTube reading 5. Obsession (2026) September week 4 Story: “The Birth-Mark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne Love curdles into the conviction that another person must be altered and perfected. Complete YouTube reading 6. RoboCop (1987) October week 1 Story: “The Man That Was Used Up,” Edgar Allan Poe A celebrated military hero is gradually revealed to be an assemblage of manufactured replacement parts. Prosthetic reconstruction, militarism, masculine propaganda, and brutal satire. Complete YouTube reading 7. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) October week 2 Story: “A Logic Named Joe,” Murray Leinster Information technology becomes dangerously helpful, invasive, and impossible to contain. Complete YouTube audiobook 8. Strange Days (1995) October week 3 Story: “The Crystal Egg,” H. G. Wells A mysterious device allows its owner to watch another world—and may allow that world to watch him. The voyeurism, addictive looking, and technologically mediated experience. Complete YouTube reading 9. Brainstorm (1983) October week 4 Story: “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham,” H. G. Wells A wealthy old scientist finds a way to transfer his consciousness into a young man’s body. It turns recorded experience and technological immortality into an intimate identity nightmare. Complete YouTube reading 10. Burst City (1982) November week 1 Story: “The Machine Stops,” E. M. Forster A society has surrendered its bodies, relationships, and environment to an enormous technological system. Complete YouTube reading 11. Neo Tokyo (1987) November week 2 Story: “The City of the Singing Flame,” Clark Ashton Smith A traveller discovers a magnificent alternate city whose alien music and architecture exert an increasingly irresistible pull. Complete YouTube reading 12. Total Recall (1990) November week 3 Story: “The Defenders,” Philip K. Dick Humanity’s understanding of its war and surrounding reality has been deliberately manufactured. Complete YouTube reading 13. Sorry to Bother You (2018) November week 4 Story: “The Business Man,” Edgar Allan Poe A self-satisfied entrepreneur explains his increasingly violent career as though criminal ingenuity were merely sound business practice. Complete YouTube reading 14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) December week 1 Story: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” H. G. Wells A mild collector brings home an exotic plant that proves predatory. Carnivorous botany, human loneliness, and the inability to recognize danger until it is wrapped around your throat. Complete YouTube reading 15. Slither (2006) December week 2 Story: “The Derelict,” William Hope Hodgson An explorer returns from an ancient ruin carrying something that has taken root inside his body. Complete YouTube reading 16. Swiss Army Man (2016) December week 3 Story: “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,” H. G. Wells A lonely, ineffectual dead man cannot remember how to leave the living world, and an overconfident living man attempts to help him. Complete YouTube reading 17. Happy Death Day (2017) December week 4 Story: “The Clock That Went Backward,” Edward Page Mitchell A clock literally carries its characters backwards through time. Complete YouTube reading 18. The Gorge (2025) January week 1 Story: “The People of the Pit,” A. Merritt An isolated traveller discovers an abyss containing an ancient, inhuman civilization and something that calls irresistibly from below. Complete YouTube reading Reality Comes Apart January week 2 19. The Fourth Kind (2009) Story: “The Hanging Stranger,” Philip K. Dick An ordinary man notices an impossible event that everyone else accepts, then discovers that his community may no longer be human. Complete YouTube reading 20. Dark City (1998) January week 3 Story: “The Street That Wasn’t There,” Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Familiar pieces of a city begin disappearing as reality is quietly revised around its inhabitants. Complete YouTube reading 21. Stir of Echoes (1999) January week 4 Story: “The Beckoning Fair One,” Oliver Onions A man living alone becomes increasingly dominated by an unseen female presence whose influence may be supernatural, psychological, or both. Complete YouTube reading
The Wood of the Dead by Algernon Blackwood
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Chapter Author Description The Wood of the Dead Algernon Blackwood A traveler encounters a mysterious old man who invites him into a lonely wood said to receive those who are about to die. A quiet, dreamlike ghost story about death, compassion, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" Ambrose Bierce On a freezing night in an abandoned mining camp, a lonely man welcomes a strange visitor and begins recounting the unsettling history of Deadman's Gulch. Bierce mixes ghost-story dread with his characteristic grim humor and irony. Shadow – A Parable Edgar Allan Poe Seven men hide from a terrible plague, drinking beside the body of a dead companion, when an impossible shadow appears among them. A brief, intensely atmospheric meditation on mortality and the inevitability of death. Kerfol Edith Wharton A visitor to an old estate in Brittany encounters a silent pack of mysterious dogs and discovers the tragic history of the house. Wharton's gothic tale combines an abusive marriage, murder, and supernatural revenge. In the Dark Ronal Kayser Alone in his chemical plant, Asa Gregg records a confession concerning a murder he thought he had successfully concealed. Something inside the factory, however, appears determined to undo both the crime and the laws of nature. Originally published in Weird Tales in 1936. The Last Revel in Printz Hall Charles M. Skinner A young fiddler accepts a job as caretaker of the lonely and reputedly haunted Printz Hall near Chester, Pennsylvania. His night in the abandoned mansion becomes considerably stranger once the music begins. Edward Randolph's Portrait Charles M. Skinner An ominous portrait hangs in Boston's old Province House and is said to reveal its dreadful face before disasters. The figure is Edward Randolph, remembered by colonial legend as a betrayer of Massachusetts' liberties. The Headless Skeleton of Swamptown Charles M. Skinner Strange lights, witches, apparitions, and a headless figure haunt the folklore surrounding Swamptown, Rhode Island. Skinner collects several grisly local legends centered on a particularly unsettling human skull. Were-Wolves of Detroit Charles M. Skinner Old Detroit legends tell of witches, forbidden bargains, and men transformed into loups-garous. One tale follows a rejected suitor who turns to witchcraft in an attempt to carry away the woman he desires.
Warning from the Stars by Ron Cocking
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
Toy Shop by Harry Harrison
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
The Repairman by Harry Harrison
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
Pygmalion’s Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
Out Around Rigel by Robert H. Wilson
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
One Shot by James B. Blish
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
Comics and Cyberpunk
Here is an episode of a podcast Farmer Dave is producing and DB is editing. Cyberpunk and comics, look it up and Subscribe.
Martian V.F.W. by G. L. Vandenburg
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
Image of the Gods by Alan E. Nourse
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
The Music of Erich Zahn by HPL/Sinners(2025)
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 23 Movies & Stories 1. Sinners (2025) Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world. Complete YouTube reading 2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover. Complete YouTube reading 3. Ready or Not (2019) Story: “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell Wealthy predators turn the hunting of a human being into sport and tradition. Complete YouTube reading 4. Blade II (2002) Story: “The Room in the Tower,” E. F. Benson A recurring nightmare leads to a room occupied by a ravenous female vampire. Complete YouTube reading 5. Obsession (2026) Story: “The Birth-Mark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne Love curdles into the conviction that another person must be altered and perfected. Complete YouTube reading 6. RoboCop (1987) Story: “The Man That Was Used Up,” Edgar Allan Poe A celebrated military hero is gradually revealed to be an assemblage of manufactured replacement parts. Prosthetic reconstruction, militarism, masculine propaganda, and brutal satire. Complete YouTube reading 7. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) Story: “A Logic Named Joe,” Murray Leinster Information technology becomes dangerously helpful, invasive, and impossible to contain. Complete YouTube audiobook 8. Strange Days (1995) Story: “The Crystal Egg,” H. G. Wells A mysterious device allows its owner to watch another world—and may allow that world to watch him. The voyeurism, addictive looking, and technologically mediated experience. Complete YouTube reading 9. Brainstorm (1983) Story: “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham,” H. G. Wells A wealthy old scientist finds a way to transfer his consciousness into a young man’s body. It turns recorded experience and technological immortality into an intimate identity nightmare. Complete YouTube reading 10. Burst City (1982) Story: “The Machine Stops,” E. M. Forster A society has surrendered its bodies, relationships, and environment to an enormous technological system. Complete YouTube reading 11. Neo Tokyo (1987) Story: “The City of the Singing Flame,” Clark Ashton Smith A traveller discovers a magnificent alternate city whose alien music and architecture exert an increasingly irresistible pull. Complete YouTube reading 12. Total Recall (1990) Story: “The Defenders,” Philip K. Dick Humanity’s understanding of its war and surrounding reality has been deliberately manufactured. Complete YouTube reading 13. Sorry to Bother You (2018) Story: “The Business Man,” Edgar Allan Poe A self-satisfied entrepreneur explains his increasingly violent career as though criminal ingenuity were merely sound business practice. Complete YouTube reading 14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Story: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” H. G. Wells A mild collector brings home an exotic plant that proves predatory. Carnivorous botany, human loneliness, and the inability to recognize danger until it is wrapped around your throat. Complete YouTube reading 15. Slither (2006) Story: “The Derelict,” William Hope Hodgson An explorer returns from an ancient ruin carrying something that has taken root inside his body. Complete YouTube reading 16. Swiss Army Man (2016) Story: “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,” H. G. Wells A lonely, ineffectual dead man cannot remember how to leave the living world, and an overconfident living man attempts to help him. Complete YouTube reading 17. Happy Death Day (2017) Story: “The Clock That Went Backward,” Edward Page Mitchell A clock literally carries its characters backwards through time. Complete YouTube reading 18. The Gorge (2025) Story: “The People of the Pit,” A. Merritt An isolated traveller discovers an abyss containing an ancient, inhuman civilization and something that calls irresistibly from below. Complete YouTube reading 19. The Fourth Kind (2009) Story: “The Hanging Stranger,” Philip K. Dick An ordinary man notices an impossible event that everyone else accepts, then discovers that his community may no longer be human. Complete YouTube reading 20. Dark City (1998) Story: “The Street That Wasn’t There,” Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Familiar pieces of a city begin disappearing as reality is quietly revised around its inhabitants. Complete YouTube reading 21. Stir of Echoes (1999) Story: “The Beckoning Fair One,” Oliver Onions A man living alone becomes increasingly dominated by an unseen female presence whose influence may be supernatural, psychological, or both. Complete YouTube reading
Bread Overhead by Fritz Leiber
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
The 4-D Doodler by Graph Waldeyer
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] # Story Author Brief description 01 The 4D Doodler Graph Waldeyer A researcher’s idle doodling attracts the attention of a fourth-dimensional intelligence, producing increasingly strange and dangerous consequences. 02 Bread Overhead Fritz Leiber An experiment in producing lighter bread goes spectacularly wrong, filling the skies with floating loaves and creating a satirical technological crisis. 03 Image of the Gods Alan E. Nourse Human colonists resist authoritarian interference from Earth and discover unexpected allies among their planet’s indigenous inhabitants. 04 Martian V.F.W. G. L. Vandenburg Giant Martian ants appear at a New York parade claiming to represent extraterrestrial war veterans, but their participation conceals a darker purpose. 05 One Shot James B. Blish Intelligence officials investigating a mysterious object in New York Harbor turn to an exceptional gambler when millions of lives depend on one decision. 06 Out Around Rigel Robert H. Wilson Two travelers undertake an ambitious interstellar voyage, confronting jealousy, alien dangers, and the devastating consequences of time dilation. 07 Pygmalion’s Spectacles Stanley G. Weinbaum An experimental pair of spectacles transports its wearer into an immersive artificial world where simulated experiences become intensely personal. 08 The Repairman Harry Harrison An interstellar mechanic must repair a malfunctioning hyperspace beacon concealed within a sacred alien structure. 09 Toy Shop Harry Harrison A seemingly impossible toy rocket catches the attention of military researchers and hints at an unexpected scientific breakthrough. 10 Warning from the Stars Ron Cocking A message from a supposedly dead scientist reveals extraterrestrial intervention aimed at preventing humanity’s nuclear self-destruction.
Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
The Music of Erich Zahn/Sinners(2025)
Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. Season 23 Movies & Stories PGttCM Season 23 Order(all episodes will be recorded 1. Sinners (2025) August week 4 Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world. Complete YouTube reading 2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover. Complete YouTube reading 3. Ready or Not (2019) Story: “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell Wealthy predators turn the hunting of a human being into sport and tradition. Complete YouTube reading 4. Blade II (2002) Story: “The Room in the Tower,” E. F. Benson A recurring nightmare leads to a room occupied by a ravenous female vampire. Complete YouTube reading 5. Obsession (2026) Story: “The Birth-Mark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne Love curdles into the conviction that another person must be altered and perfected. Complete YouTube reading 6. RoboCop (1987) Story: “The Man That Was Used Up,” Edgar Allan Poe A celebrated military hero is gradually revealed to be an assemblage of manufactured replacement parts. Prosthetic reconstruction, militarism, masculine propaganda, and brutal satire. Complete YouTube reading 7. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) Story: “A Logic Named Joe,” Murray Leinster Information technology becomes dangerously helpful, invasive, and impossible to contain. Complete YouTube audiobook 8. Strange Days (1995) Story: “The Crystal Egg,” H. G. Wells A mysterious device allows its owner to watch another world—and may allow that world to watch him. The voyeurism, addictive looking, and technologically mediated experience. Complete YouTube reading 9. Brainstorm (1983) Story: “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham,” H. G. Wells A wealthy old scientist finds a way to transfer his consciousness into a young man’s body. It turns recorded experience and technological immortality into an intimate identity nightmare. Complete YouTube reading 10. Burst City (1982) Story: “The Machine Stops,” E. M. Forster A society has surrendered its bodies, relationships, and environment to an enormous technological system. Complete YouTube reading 11. Neo Tokyo (1987) Story: “The City of the Singing Flame,” Clark Ashton Smith A traveller discovers a magnificent alternate city whose alien music and architecture exert an increasingly irresistible pull. Complete YouTube reading 12. Total Recall (1990) Story: “The Defenders,” Philip K. Dick Humanity’s understanding of its war and surrounding reality has been deliberately manufactured. Complete YouTube reading 13. Sorry to Bother You (2018) Story: “The Business Man,” Edgar Allan Poe A self-satisfied entrepreneur explains his increasingly violent career as though criminal ingenuity were merely sound business practice. Complete YouTube reading 14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Story: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” H. G. Wells A mild collector brings home an exotic plant that proves predatory. Carnivorous botany, human loneliness, and the inability to recognize danger until it is wrapped around your throat. Complete YouTube reading 15. Slither (2006) Story: “The Derelict,” William Hope Hodgson An explorer returns from an ancient ruin carrying something that has taken root inside his body. Complete YouTube reading 16. Swiss Army Man (2016) Story: “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,” H. G. Wells A lonely, ineffectual dead man cannot remember how to leave the living world, and an overconfident living man attempts to help him. Complete YouTube reading 17. Happy Death Day (2017) Story: “The Clock That Went Backward,” Edward Page Mitchell A clock literally carries its characters backwards through time. Complete YouTube reading 18. The Gorge (2025) Story: “The People of the Pit,” A. Merritt An isolated traveller discovers an abyss containing an ancient, inhuman civilization and something that calls irresistibly from below. Complete YouTube reading Reality Comes Apart 19. The Fourth Kind (2009) Story: “The Hanging Stranger,” Philip K. Dick An ordinary man notices an impossible event that everyone else accepts, then discovers that his community may no longer be human. Complete YouTube reading 20. Dark City (1998) Story: “The Street That Wasn’t There,” Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Familiar pieces of a city begin disappearing as reality is quietly revised around its inhabitants. Complete YouTube reading 21. Stir of Echoes (1999) Story: “The Beckoning Fair One,” Oliver Onions A man living alone becomes increasingly dominated by an unseen female presence whose influence may be supernatural, psychological, or both. Complete YouTube reading
Some Real American Ghosts Part 1
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
Grimdark's Grandparents 1: The Imperium of Man
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Upcoming Episodes Grimdark Grandparents: Warhammer 40,000 and Its Pulp DNA 0. What’s a W.H.40.K? — An introduction to Warhammer 40,000’s immense science-fantasy horror setting, where a corpse-worshipping human empire fights aliens, daemons, ancient machines, and its own terrible history. 1. The Imperium of Man — From Dune, Foundation, Roman decline, and medieval Christendom comes a galactic empire where the future is not progress but a dead civilization kept moving through faith, fear, and paperwork. 2. Space Marines — The Imperium’s iconic super-soldiers combine power armor and military science fiction with crusading knights, Spartan myth, warrior monks, kidnapped children, and the seductive imagery of authoritarian heroism. 3. Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard — Drawing from trench literature, British war comics, Kipling, and future-war fiction, the Guard are ordinary people sent into cosmic horror with little more than courage and a lasgun. 4. Adeptus Mechanicus — Frankenstein, Metropolis, invention pulp, and lost-technology stories meet in a machine cult where science survives, understanding does not, and repairs are performed like religious rites. 5. Adepta Sororitas / Ecclesiarchy — Gothic convents, martyr legends, Joan of Arc, witchfinders, and Hammer horror become armored saints who turn faith, suffering, and flamethrowers into instruments of Imperial power. 6. The Inquisition — The occult detective and witch-hunter become one terrifying Imperial investigator who may uncover the truth only to burn every witness, building, and planet touched by it. 7. Rogue Traders — Planetary romance, colonial adventure fiction, space opera, pirates, and merchant princes combine in explorers licensed to discover strange worlds, trade with them, rob them, or claim them for the Imperium. 8. Adeptus Custodes — Ancient palace guards, sacred kingship, Achilles, and Gilgamesh stand behind the Emperor’s golden companions: philosopher-warriors created to protect a god who is already dead. 9. Adeptus Titanicus / Titan Legions — Giant robots descend from Martian tripods, dreadnoughts, siege engines, golems, and war gods to become walking cathedrals capable of teaching entire cities to kneel. 10. The Horus Heresy — Warhammer’s great betrayal myth draws from Lucifer, Cain and Abel, Arthur and Mordred, Roman civil wars, and fallen-hero stories to explain how the Emperor’s favored son broke the human future from within. 11. Chaos Space Marines — Fallen angels, Byronic rebels, cursed champions, and Milton’s Satan become immortal super-soldiers whose genuine grievances have curdled into rebellion, bitterness, and damnation. 12. Chaos Daemons — Medieval demonology, grimoires, occult pulp, weird fiction, and nightmare cinema become psychic entities made from mortal rage, despair, ambition, obsession, and desire. 13. World Eaters / Khorne — Sword-and-sorcery pulp, berserker sagas, gladiator spectacle, and revenge tragedy create warriors who reduce every political, emotional, and moral problem to an axe blow. 14. Death Guard / Nurgle — Plague literature, danse macabre, zombie films, body horror, and graveyard humor meet in rotting soldiers who have surrendered to decay and discovered that the joke is that they are happy. 15. Thousand Sons / Tzeentch — Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, mummy fiction, occult scholarship, and forbidden-book stories become sorcerers who sought perfect knowledge only to discover that the book was reading them back. 16. Emperor’s Children / Slaanesh — Decadent literature, Gothic aristocrats, glam horror, cursed art, and The Picture of Dorian Gray shape warriors who pursued perfection until beauty became an endlessly hungry mouth. 17. Chaos / Imperial Knights — Haunted castles, ancestral armor, chivalric romance, feudal bloodlines, and giant-robot fiction become seventy-foot war machines carrying generations of family pride, duty, resentment, and curses. 18. Orks — Fantasy orcs, Mad Max, British hooligan comedy, fungus horror, and invasive-species stories combine in a joyful alien ecosystem where killing the enemy may only plant the next war. 19. Tyranids — Alien, The Thing, bug-war fiction, parasite horror, and cosmic naturalism become an extragalactic appetite that does not hate humanity because hatred would interfere with digestion. 20. Genestealer Cults — Body-snatcher films, changeling folklore, secret-cult pulp, family curses, and invasion paranoia create an alien uprising that begins not in the sky but at the dinner table. 21. Necrons — Killer robots and artificial-labor nightmares combine with mummy curses, tomb kings, and cursed archaeology to produce immortal metal dynasties waking from the grave with better weapons than the living. 22. Aeldari / Drukhari — Elves, cruel fairy courts, dying-earth fiction, lost civilizations, decadent aristocrats, and vampire cities become two responses to apocalypse: mourning the fall or continuing the party forever. 23. Night Lords — Batman, slashers, serial killers, Gothic villains, Grand Guignol, and public-execution culture become terror troops who transform punishment into theatre and fear into government. 24. T’au Empire and Leagues of Votann — The T’au combine utopian science fiction, anime mecha, and benevolent imperialism, while the Votann draw from mining frontiers, company towns, clone labor, ancestor cults, and corporate survivalism. 25. [REDACTED] — ▀▀▀ thrillers, ▀▀▀▀▀▀ societies, ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀, invasion ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀, Dr. ▀▀▀▀▀▀, and ▀▀▀▀▀ mythology become a Space Marine legion so committed to ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ that truth itself is rendered operationally ▀▀▀▀▀▀. Audio Book Stories 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 11 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 12 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 14 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2 PGttCM Season 23 Order(all episodes will be recorded 1. Sinners (2025) August week 4 Story: “The Music of Erich Zann,” H. P. Lovecraft Music becomes a weapon, a barrier, and an opening into something beyond the human world. Complete YouTube reading 2. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) September week 1 Story: “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Nathaniel Hawthorne A scientist transforms his daughter into something beautiful, deadly, and isolated from ordinary human intimacy. The created woman is treated simultaneously as experiment, daughter, monster, and possible lover. Complete YouTube reading 3. Ready or Not (2019) September week 2 Story: “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell Wealthy predators turn the hunting of a human being into sport and tradition. Complete YouTube reading 4. Blade II (2002) September week 3 Story: “The Room in the Tower,” E. F. Benson A recurring nightmare leads to a room occupied by a ravenous female vampire. Complete YouTube reading 5. Obsession (2026) September week 4 Story: “The Birth-Mark,” Nathaniel Hawthorne Love curdles into the conviction that another person must be altered and perfected. Complete YouTube reading 6. RoboCop (1987) October week 1 Story: “The Man That Was Used Up,” Edgar Allan Poe A celebrated military hero is gradually revealed to be an assemblage of manufactured replacement parts. Prosthetic reconstruction, militarism, masculine propaganda, and brutal satire. Complete YouTube reading 7. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) October week 2 Story: “A Logic Named Joe,” Murray Leinster Information technology becomes dangerously helpful, invasive, and impossible to contain. Complete YouTube audiobook 8. Strange Days (1995) October week 3 Story: “The Crystal Egg,” H. G. Wells A mysterious device allows its owner to watch another world—and may allow that world to watch him. The voyeurism, addictive looking, and technologically mediated experience. Complete YouTube reading 9. Brainstorm (1983) October week 4 Story: “The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham,” H. G. Wells A wealthy old scientist finds a way to transfer his consciousness into a young man’s body. It turns recorded experience and technological immortality into an intimate identity nightmare. Complete YouTube reading 10. Burst City (1982) November week 1 Story: “The Machine Stops,” E. M. Forster A society has surrendered its bodies, relationships, and environment to an enormous technological system. Complete YouTube reading 11. Neo Tokyo (1987) November week 2 Story: “The City of the Singing Flame,” Clark Ashton Smith A traveller discovers a magnificent alternate city whose alien music and architecture exert an increasingly irresistible pull. Complete YouTube reading 12. Total Recall (1990) November week 3 Story: “The Defenders,” Philip K. Dick Humanity’s understanding of its war and surrounding reality has been deliberately manufactured. Complete YouTube reading 13. Sorry to Bother You (2018) November week 4 Story: “The Business Man,” Edgar Allan Poe A self-satisfied entrepreneur explains his increasingly violent career as though criminal ingenuity were merely sound business practice. Complete YouTube reading 14. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) December week 1 Story: “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid,” H. G. Wells A mild collector brings home an exotic plant that proves predatory. Carnivorous botany, human loneliness, and the inability to recognize danger until it is wrapped around your throat. Complete YouTube reading 15. Slither (2006) December week 2 Story: “The Derelict,” William Hope Hodgson An explorer returns from an ancient ruin carrying something that has taken root inside his body. Complete YouTube reading 16. Swiss Army Man (2016) December week 3 Story: “The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost,” H. G. Wells A lonely, ineffectual dead man cannot remember how to leave the living world, and an overconfident living man attempts to help him. Complete YouTube reading 17. Happy Death Day (2017) December week 4 Story: “The Clock That Went Backward,” Edward Page Mitchell A clock literally carries its characters backwards through time. Complete YouTube reading 18. The Gorge (2025) January week 1 Story: “The People of the Pit,” A. Merritt An isolated traveller discovers an abyss containing an ancient, inhuman civilization and something that calls irresistibly from below. Complete YouTube reading Reality Comes Apart January week 2 19. The Fourth Kind (2009) Story: “The Hanging Stranger,” Philip K. Dick An ordinary man notices an impossible event that everyone else accepts, then discovers that his community may no longer be human. Complete YouTube reading 20. Dark City (1998) January week 3 Story: “The Street That Wasn’t There,” Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi Familiar pieces of a city begin disappearing as reality is quietly revised around its inhabitants. Complete YouTube reading 21. Stir of Echoes (1999) January week 4 Story: “The Beckoning Fair One,” Oliver Onions A man living alone becomes increasingly dominated by an unseen female presence whose influence may be supernatural, psychological, or both. Complete YouTube reading
The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 10 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 11 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 12 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] SECTION CHAPTER 01 Introduction. The Fascination of the Ghost Story, by Arthur B. Reeve 02 The Apparition of Mrs. Veal by Daniel Defoe 03 Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book by M. R. James 04 The Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer-Lytton 05 The Silent Woman by Leopold Kompert 06 Banshees 07 The Man Who Went Too Far by E. F. Benson 08 The Woman's Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood 09 The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews 11 The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce 12 The Interval by Vincent O'Sullivan 13 Some Real American Ghosts Part 1 14 Some Real American Ghosts Part 2
The Yellow Wallpaper — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
The Withered Arm — Thomas Hardy(fixed)
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
Since I Died — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps/On the Northern Ice — Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells/Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. 17. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. 18. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. 19. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. 20. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. 21. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen’s fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.
An Astral Onion — Elia Wilkinson Peattie/The Haunted Orchard — Richard Le Gallienne
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
“Phantom” — Arnold Bennet
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas — Ellis Parker Butler
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
The Raven/The Raven(1963 & 2012)
Thank you for listening! Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Topics include: Charcuterie Cyberpunk Coffee/Tea Recipe book with OGL D20 stats. 17. The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson Sea horror. Isolation. Transformation. Hodgson makes the ocean feel biologically alien. Underwater (2020) – Ancient things below human scale. 18. The Monster Maker” — Ray Bradbury, Planet Stories, Spring 1944 — Fear and perception generate monsters; the real threat is partly an intelligence manipulating what people think they see. The Mothman Prophecies (2002) – Omen, pattern, unseen intelligence. 19. The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe Obsession and mortality tightening inward. The Raven (2012) – Obsession and mortality tightening inward. 20. The Plattner Story – H. G. Wells A man slips into a flipped, alternate dimension and comes back geometrically wrong. Multiverse dislocation before Marvel made it fashionable. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – Multiversal fracture of meaning. 21. The White People – Arthur Machen Youth, ritual, secret worlds behind glamour. Machen’s fae horror undercuts innocence with something ancient and hungry. K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) – Pop mythology as open cosmology; spectacle swallowing structure.
A Quicksilver Cassandra — John Kendrick Bangs/The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall — John Kendrick Bangs
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.
A Midnight Visitor — John Kendrick Bangs
Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 22 bonus episodes 90-112 Title and Author Brief description 90 “The Empty House” — Algernon Blackwood A classic haunted-house story: two curious visitors enter a long-abandoned house and slowly realize the old violence inside it has not gone away. 91 “The Judge’s House” — Bram Stoker A student rents a gloomy old house once owned by a cruel judge, then finds the place still ruled by rats, dread, and a hanging shadow. 92a “Laura” — Saki / H. H. Munro A sharp, darkly funny reincarnation story about a mischievous woman who may return after death in a very inconvenient form. 92b “Man-Size in Marble” — E. Nesbit A newly married couple dismisses a local legend about marble knight effigies that walk at night; this proves unwise. 93 “Phantasmagoria” — Lewis Carroll A comic ghost poem, more playful than frightening, about ghostly rules, manners, and the absurd bureaucracy of haunting. 94 “Schalken the Painter” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu A Gothic tale of art, money, and damnation, centered on a young painter, a lost love, and a sinister suitor who may not be alive. 95A “The Shadows on the Wall” — Mary E. Wilkins Freeman After a family death, strange shadows appear on the wall, turning grief, guilt, and suspicion into a supernatural judgment. 95B “Tales of Treasure” — Anonymous A very short treasure-haunting piece; more of a compact eerie anecdote than a full plotted ghost story. 96 “The Trial for Murder” — Charles Dickens A murder victim’s ghost appears around the trial of the accused killer, pushing the living world toward justice. 97A “Uncle Abraham’s Romance” — E. Nesbit A gentle, melancholy ghost-romance about an old man, a beautiful portrait, and a love story touched by death. 97B “The Beast in the Cave” — H. P. Lovecraft An early Lovecraft story: a man lost in a cave hears something coming through the dark, and the final reveal is grim and human. 98 “The Ebony Frame” — E. Nesbit A haunted-portrait romance in which a woman in an old picture seems able to step out of the frame, but at a terrible cost. 99 “The Red Room” — H. G. Wells A skeptic spends the night in a supposedly haunted room and discovers that the true ghost may be fear itself. 100 “The Bell in the Fog” — Gertrude Atherton A Henry James-flavored Gothic story about an inherited English estate, old portraits, reincarnation, and family tragedy. 101 “The Ghost Club” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural story about crime, ghosts, and absurd afterlife logic; lighter and more satirical than scary. 102A “A Ghost Story” — Mark Twain Twain turns the haunted-room setup into a comic ghost story, playing with superstition and mistaken identity. 102B “A Psychical Prank” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected from “Physical Prank.” A humorous Bangs ghost tale built around spiritualism, trickery, and supernatural mischief. 103 “A Midnight Visitor” — John Kendrick Bangs A comic supernatural visit in the night, with Bangs’s usual mix of ghosts, manners, and absurd afterlife complications. 104A “A Quicksilver Cassandra” — John Kendrick Bangs Corrected author/title. A satirical ghostly fantasy about prophecy, warning, and not being believed. 104B “The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall” — John Kendrick Bangs A funny Christmas ghost story about a soggy apparition who floods the ancestral house every year. 105 “The Chromatic Ghosts of Thomas” — Ellis Parker Butler A comic “ghost cat” story involving Thomas the cat and a colorful supernatural problem. 106 “Phantom” — Arnold Bennet 107A “An Astral Onion” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A strange little supernatural story with Peattie’s mix of humor, domestic life, and odd spiritual machinery. 107B “The Haunted Orchard” — Richard Le Gallienne A lyrical ghost story about an orchard haunted by memory, beauty, and possibly the spirit of a young girl. 108 “Glamis Castle” — Elliott O’Donnell A haunted-castle account built around the legends of Glamis, full of old-family dread and spectral atmosphere. 109 “The Return of Imray” — Rudyard Kipling Corrected spelling: Kipling. A colonial ghost/mystery story about a vanished man whose return is not what anyone expects. 110A “Since I Died” — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps A sentimental supernatural piece told from beyond death, focused on grief, love, and the living left behind. 110B “On the Northern Ice” — Elia Wilkinson Peattie A short icy ghost story, also known in some listings as “The Spectre Bride.” 111 “The Withered Arm” — Thomas Hardy A dark rural tale of jealousy, folk belief, class, and bodily curse, with the bleak fatalism Hardy does so well. 112 “The Yellow Wallpaper” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman A woman confined for a “rest cure” becomes obsessed with the room’s wallpaper; psychological horror and feminist classic.