The Double Shadow

A transcript of this episode is available. In this week’s episode, we finish “The Colossus of Ylourgne,” sections 5-8. Our site’s moved hosting, but we’re in the same spot on iTunes and our feed hasn’t changed. If you’re experiencing redownloaded episodes, that may occur because of the feed change. Merriam-Webster defines an “oubliette” as a […]

A transcription of this episode is available. This week’s episode covers the first half of “The Colossus of Ylourgne,” sections 1-4. You can subscribe in iTunes or via RSS. The illustration above was commissioned by Farnsworth Wright to go along with the story’s publication. According to his correspondence, Smith was dissatisfied with the piece as […]

A transcription of this episode is now available. Thanks to Night Shade Books, we’re very excited to announce our show’s first giveaway! We’re giving away copies of The Miscellaneous Writings of Clark Ashton Smith, Book of Cthulhu (short stories) edited by Ross Lockhart, Best Horror of the Year v.4 edited by Ellen Datlow (pub. 2012), […]

A transcription of this episode is available. This week covers “A Rendezvous in Averoigne,” the second story in Clark Ashton Smith’s Averoigne Cycle. Rendezvous was first published in the April/May 1931 issue of Weird Tales, alongside Robert E. Howard’s “The Children of the Night” and H.P. Lovecraft’s poem “Alienation” (#32 from Fungi from Yuggoth). The […]

Transcription of this letter excerpt H.P. Lovecraft’s letter to Clark Ashton Smith, Dec. 13 1933 Here is Lovecraft’s response to Smith’s previous letter. Perhaps by way of apology for correcting his friend’s mistake, Lovecraft delves into the fictional Roman history of Averoigne. This letter truly highlights HPL’s talent for verisimilitude and world-building. Read by Tim. Enjoy!

Transcription of the episode Clark Ashton Smith’s letter to H.P. Lovecraft, Dec. 4 1933 While doing research for the show—picture us hunched over dusty books in an old library, a single desk lamp lighting a cavernous room filled with tomes and an aged librarian hovering in the darkness—we stumbled upon a set of letters from Clark […]

A transcription of this episode is available.  “The End of the Story” was first published in Weird Tales in May of 1930. (picture from Dark in the Dark) If you’re looking for more lamia, “Lamia” by John Keats. The novel Phil mentioned was The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. This is a novel […]

A transcription of the episode is now available. (and now available on iTunes!) The very first episode of The Double Shadow, a podcast that will explore the life and works of 20th Century weird fiction author Clark Ashton Smith. Episode One talks about Ashton Smith’s importance as a Weird Fiction author, his place in history […]