30+ Minutes with H. P. Lovecraft

Jeff Thompson returns to talk about Dark Shadows Paperbacks by Dan Ross and why they are so different from the soap opera. Ross was one of the most prolific writers, with over 300 novels, and an appearance on David Letterman.Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. The videos, uploaded by Sam Orndorff, can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftIf you wish to be on the podcast, contact Mark at [email protected]. Visit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Are you excited for Avengers: Doomsday?

Robertson County Historian Rick Gregory talks about the most famous legend from his area, the Bell Witch. He doesn’t believe she is real but still thinks she’s out to get him.He is author of The Bell Witch in Myth and Memory: From Local Legend to International Folktale which can be acquired here.https://utpress.org/9781621908371/the-bell-witch-in-myth-and-memory/Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. The videos, uploaded by Sam Orndorff, can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftIf you wish to be on the podcast, contact Mark at [email protected]. Visit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For sale a litter of Rabbitpuppies.

Leigh Blackmore returns to talk about the criminally unknown poet Leah Bodine Drake. Her Hornbook for Witches is the most sought after because of its scarcity but Blackmore feels she deserves to be known for more. David Schultz contributed his thoughts too. Questions and comments can be directed to⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan CountySpeculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other workat ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. The videos can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftIf you wish to be on the podcast, contact Mark at [email protected].   Visit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything youcould want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Can you find the Voice of Leigh Bodine Drake?

Lovecraft may have written around 87,500 letters – more than Voltaire – and S. T. Joshi (with comments from David Schultz) talked about getting them all published. Lovecraft didn’t make it easy for them with dating his letters creativity: The Hour of the Torturing of the Worm. Questions and comments can be directed to⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan CountySpeculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other workat ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. The videos can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftIf you wish to be on the podcast, contact Mark at [email protected].   Visit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything youcould want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The podcast was uploaded at the place of misplaced books during the lull of the Robo Vacuum.

Robert Price is best known as an essayist on Lovecraft who enjoys writing related fiction that doesn’t try to be purely pastiche. He does detour into politics a little but he gets back on subject. His mishmash of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas’ and Poe’s the ‘Raven’ is worth hearing.Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. Video can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftVisit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠What price are you willing to pay?

Author Nikki Nelson-Hicks explains why she is the lovechild of Flannery O'Connor and H. P. Lovecraft and why her stories are so short. She’s trying to change that. The Bell Witch even comes up. Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. Video can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftVisit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Avoid the Bell Witch

Leigh Blackmore and David C. Smith meet in person for an historic first time. They talk about J. Vernon Shea of the Lovecraft Circle and detour into Red Sonja.Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. Video can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftVisit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Waiting for David C. Smith’s sequel to the Whisperer in the Darkness

Most people would think Lovecraft would be the most eccentric of his hometown of Providence, but there was at least one other – Clark Stanley, the Rattlesnake King. David Griffin separates the myths, the fact, and the unknowns of this showman.Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. Video can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftVisit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Don’t have a hissy fit, read Lovecraft.

What did Lovecraft think of the Irish? Did he look down on them as much as the other ethnic groups? Ken Faig Jr. returns to talk about the horror writer’s view on the Hibernians.Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. Video can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftVisit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For peat's sake, read “The Moon-Bog!”

2025 was deemed the Summer of Lovecraft and we are not just talking about Deep Ones in San Francisco. We discuss what Lovecraftiana encountered since last year -- from the disappointing finale of Stranger Things to a rare gem in Marvel Comics' Bring Out the Bad Guys series. We’re still laughing about P.U. Evilcraft. He definitely should have been a Garbage Pail Kid. Questions and comments can be directed to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mark at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sam at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard at [email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Hosted by Richard Wilson, Sam Orndorff & Mark Griffin.In association with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lovecraftpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Logan County Speculative Fiction Group, and Logan County Public Library.Edited by Richard Wilson.Music is Provenience by Loydicus. Listen to his other work at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/loydicus?fbclid=IwAR2AkcRBiWImuUBTA9hjYdtY1s__SvxXfhcoFZANulBjbwIDN7PL6XdHDnQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Recorded live through Zoom. Video can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/@30MinutesWithLovecraftVisit our Tee Spring site to get our logo on anything you could want. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lovecraftpod.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Favorite episode of Stranger Things: Conformity Gate