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Send us a textTim takes a deep dive into the 1996 Lovecraft-inspired first-person shooter, Quake. Along the way, he draws on developer interviews and the original manual to examine the inspirations behind the game's creatures, story, and setting.  Merry Festival to one and all!Download MP3 Sandy Petersen Interview         Smith Circle Conference      Grooving in Green We Want the Gold          The Innsmouth ForumSupport the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textGame designer, author and podcaster Matt Sanderson joins us in a somewhat festive Gilman House for a chat. We talk Vampire LARP, conventions, horror RPGs, the appeal of horror, grimoires and gaming trends. Download MP3Blasphemous Tomes          Smith Circle ConferenceWe Want the Gold          The Innsmouth ForumSupport the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textOn this visit we dare the New England surf with Elizabeth Bear's excellent Shoggoths in Bloom. We talk War of the Worlds, lobsters, the North Sea, daleks, story endings and also have a delve into the mailbag. Download MP3Elizabeth Bear      Innsmouth Forum    The Smith Circle Convention     The Art of Skinner    Edwyrdian Tales  Clay Story Scuplture    Sentinel Hill PressArkham GazetteSupport the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textJoin Tim in the back room of Ye Olde Innsmouth Book Shoppe for a look at two books, one fictional, one not, both entitled Mysteries of the Worm.This episode looks at both Robert Bloch's mythos tome and the Chaosium collection of his mythos fiction. Along the way, he reads Bloch's afterword in its entirety, looking at the creation of his tales and his relationship with HPL, and delves into the introduction by Robert M Price and an essay by Lin Carter. Download MP3Support the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textIt's a Halloween treat today as we visit the Olde Booke Shoppe to discuss Robert Bloch's Notebook Found in a Deserted House. We talk shoggoths, Arthur Machen, druids, Cousin Osbourne, Ramsey Campbell and the possible origin of Dark Young...Download MP3Innsmouth Forum     Julia Morgan Reading     Grooving in GreenSupport the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textAuthors John Houlihan and Christopher Michael join us in the Library for a discussion of the Mythos at War. We talk WW2, the Napoleonic era, research and detail, Georgian science, the perils of velcro, modern warfare and cavalry sabres.Download MP3John Houlihan       Christopher Michael    The Innsmouth ForumILF25 Quiz   Edwyrdian TalesSupport the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textWe celebrate HPL's birthday in the Gilman Hotel with games designer and podcaster Scott Dorward. We talk on-line gaming, scenario design, Milton Keynes, quantifying the Mythos, new perspectives on gaming and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.Download MP3Blasphemous Tomes            Concrete Cow 25        The Smith Circle Conference      ILF25Support the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textGame designer and author Helena Nash pops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk the Isle of Wight, wax museums, Red Nails, Robert Rankin, mash ups, Scarred for Life, Dr Who, collecting comics, writing for RPGs and more!Download MP3Helena's RPGs   Crooked Dice    Rivers of LondonILF25 Booking   ILF25 T-shirts     Innsmouth Showdown Brading Wax Museum    The Amazing JonathanSupport the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textHorror author Robbie Dorman joins us in the Gilman Hotel to discuss his work, literary forms, rural vs urban horror, derelictions, seaside towns, and discovering new writers. Plus we pay tribute to Ozzy...Download MP3Robbie Dorman       Rob's Facebook video    ILF25 Eventbrite Ulthar film Kickstart      CAS Conference 26Support the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel

Send us a textHorror author James H Longmore drops in to the Gilman Hotel in a sweltering Innsmouth.  We chat book covers, James Herbert, analogue vs digital, comedy in horror, centipedes, Joe Pasquale and writing for films. Plus news of a great CAS event in Auburn and a new book release!Download MP3James H Longmore       Hellbound BooksAuburn CAS Conference     Continuum Games ConventionShadow of Chaos Tim MendeesSupport the showSend your questions to [email protected] in my Bed podcast The Innsmouth ForumOld EpisodesTim Mendees Innsmouth GoldDragon's Teeth Rob's YT Gaming Channel