
IBC131 Gaming the Mythos
Send us Fan Mail Our old pal John Houlihan joins us in The Squid Inn as we take a new look at gaming the Mythos. We go back to the early days of Lovecraftian computer games, talk about some new releases, then go on to fa

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Hosted by Rob Poyton and Tim Mendees, the Innsmouth Book Club is a fortnightly podcast devoted to Lovecraftian fiction and cosmic horror in general. We discuss books, film, TV, gaming, art and music and chat with Lovecraftian creatives about their work. Episodes are free, with bonus content and other rewards available for patrons - click Subscribe or visit our Patreon page for details, and to access past episodes. The Arkham bus is leaving soon...hop on board!
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Send us Fan Mail Our old pal John Houlihan joins us in The Squid Inn as we take a new look at gaming the Mythos. We go back to the early days of Lovecraftian computer games, talk about some new releases, then go on to fa

Send us Fan Mail Author, musician and occultist Marco Visconti joins us in the faded splendour of the Gilman Hotel. We talk Kings Cross, Karel Theol, Aleister Crowley, Kenneth Grant, HPL's dreams, Black Stars in Dim Carc

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the Gilman Hotel, where we chat to author, editor and presenter Trevor Kennedy. We talk Phantasmagoria magazine, Dave Carson, the Golden Age of horror, indie film, martial arts, comedy and hor

Send us Fan Mail With Innsmouth in the grip of a heatwave, we seek refuge in the shadowy library and take a look at Cool Air, one of HPL's three New York tales. We talk Walter Gibson, HPL in exile, adaptations, the HP1 u

Send us Fan Mail Join us in the relative coolness of Innsmouth Library for a study of Karl Edward Wagner's outstanding The River of Night's Dreaming . We talk The Vampire Lovers , fetish clubs, The End , KEW in London, S

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Ye Olde Book Shoppe for an Ambroce Bierce double bill! Our stories are Haita the Shepherd and An Inhabitant of Carcosa. We talk Dod Grile, death, Hastur, Carcosa, Robert Chambers, Carcassone,

Send us Fan Mail We venture across the Channel for Robert W Chambers classic, The Demoiselle D'Ys. We parlez Chatto and Windus, Rabelais, Brittany, Ys, Lyonesse and Dr Who. Download MP3 Innsmouth Literary Festival Chaosi

Send us Fan Mail Award-winning writer, producer, director and artist Mike Lyddon joins us in the Gilman Hotel. We talk HG Wells, remakes, Night Gallery, ghouls and Mike's remarkable documentary Lovecraft In Florida Part

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Innsmouth Library as we look at an excellent mythos story from Lovecraft circle member Richard F. Searight. We talk those dreadful Eltdown Shards, TV pyschics, genres, libraries and the end of

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Innsmouth Library for a delve into Basil Copper's subterranean horror, Shaft Number 247. We talk Solar Pons, radionics, Paranoia RPG, Corridors anthology, daleks, disco and dreams. Download MP

Send us Fan Mail Lovecraftian scholar Heather Miller drops into the Gilman House for a chat. We talk True Detective, RPG's, Robert Chambers, haunted landscapes, New Orleans and glitter. Plus ILF26 news and the mailbag. D

Send us Fan Mail Join us as we dive into a classic Ramsey Campbell tale, The Inhabitant of the Lake. We talk the Severn Valley, adaptations, haunted lakes, L'Auberge Rouge, worldbuilding and Aklo. Plus mailbag and news o

Send us Fan Mail Join us in Innsmouth library as we discuss John Buchan's chilling folk horror classic, No Man's Land. We talk Blackwood magazine, the Highlands, phonetic accents, Northerners, heather ale, Robert E Howar

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a look back over our Festive viewing and presents, and a look ahead to 2026. We talk del Torro's Frankenstein, Besson's Dracula, A Christmas Ghost Story, Poe, Machen, UK hauntings, video game

Send us Fan Mail Tim 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 c

Send us Fan Mail Game 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 trend

Send us Fan Mail On 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 mai

Send us Fan Mail Join 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

Send us Fan Mail It'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

Send us Fan Mail Authors 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, m
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