Ranked #1
Dipping Our Toes in August Derleth
Dipping Our Toes in August Derleth
In which we read a letter from HPL to August Derleth from November 7, 1926. We discuss unique qualities of HPL's corresp... Read more
11 Nov 2019
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21mins
Ranked #2
The Worst Anthropologists in the World
The Worst Anthropologists in the World
In which HPL and Robert E. Howard discuss a number of issues of the day. They opine about the Massie Affair, an incident... Read more
2 Mar 2020
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43mins
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Ranked #3
Those Meddling Kids
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16 Dec 2019
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33mins
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My Dearest Mother
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Ranked #5
Tidings of Comfort and Joy? Part 2
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Just before Christmas, Lovecraft meets Vrest Orton for the first time. Howard is smitten by his young visitor. Is it a b... Read more
30 Dec 2019
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30mins
Ranked #6
Howard Swears a Blue Streak
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In which HPL deploys shocking language in a feisty letter to his friend, Wisconsin schoolteacher Maurice Moe. Thanks to ... Read more
2 Dec 2019
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26mins
Ranked #7
Grief and Other Lugubrious Demonstrations
Grief and Other Lugubrious Demonstrations
In which Lovecraft delivers some unexpected bad news. Intellect collides with emotion in this letter to poet Ann Tillery... Read more
9 Dec 2019
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29mins
Ranked #8
A Comedy of Vain Desire
A Comedy of Vain Desire
In which HPL attempts to bring good cheer to his depressed friend Rheinhart Kleiner. We hope Rheinhart took comfort from... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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27mins
Ranked #9
Tidings of Comfort and Joy? Part 1
Tidings of Comfort and Joy? Part 1
HPL sends his aunt a very telling Christmas letter. Written while he was living in Brooklyn, the letter is revealing abo... Read more
23 Dec 2019
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40mins
Ranked #10
The Clark Ashton Smythos
The Clark Ashton Smythos
In which Lovecraft writes his friend and fellow author of fantastic tales, Clark Ashton Smith. As wildfire threatens Smi... Read more
25 Nov 2019
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20mins
Ranked #11
Melmoth the Wandrei
Melmoth the Wandrei
In which Lovecraft writes to Donald Wandrei, a young correspondent who will go on to be one of the founders of Arkham Ho... Read more
16 Mar 2020
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42mins
Ranked #12
Politics, Poetry and Other Outrages
Politics, Poetry and Other Outrages
Howard unfurls his most vigorous inner-cynic as he attacks political ideals and modern poetry in this letter to Washingt... Read more
6 Jan 2020
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28mins
Ranked #13
New Orleans and other Horrors
New Orleans and other Horrors
In which HPL writes to Robert E. Howard during his trip to New Orleans. And in which Sean and Andrew grapple with the la... Read more
24 Feb 2020
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30mins
Ranked #14
Spanking Sonny Part 4 - About Art
Spanking Sonny Part 4 - About Art
In the thrilling conclusion of our coverage of Lovecraft's eternal letter, he tells Frank Belknap Long everything he fai... Read more
17 Feb 2020
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46mins
Ranked #15
Spanking Sonny Part 3 - About Religion
Spanking Sonny Part 3 - About Religion
HPL assaults Catholicism and other intellectual outrages. This one may ruffle some feathers as Lovecraft lays it on thic... Read more
10 Feb 2020
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41mins
Ranked #16
Spanking Sonny Part 1 - About Literature
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In which HPL upbraids, chides and spanks his poor young friend Frank Belknap Long about weird literature (and several ot... Read more
27 Jan 2020
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46mins
Ranked #17
Bimbos Bozos and James F Morton
Bimbos Bozos and James F Morton
At the suggestion of S.T. Joshi, we read a letter to James F. Morton. Brimming with snappy 1920s slang, HPL's letter gra... Read more
13 Jan 2020
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37mins
Ranked #18
Pornography!
Pornography!
In which Lovecraft opines to his young friend Frank Belknap Long about the perils of pornography and includes a ribald c... Read more
30 Mar 2020
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33mins
Ranked #19
Spanking Sonny Part 2 - About Science
Spanking Sonny Part 2 - About Science
In part two of HPL's lengthy letter to his friend Frank Belknap Long, Lovecraft speaks his mind about the merits of pure... Read more
3 Feb 2020
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34mins
Ranked #20
Dunsany & Childhood: My Favorite Things
Dunsany & Childhood: My Favorite Things
In which HPL writes to the Gallomo (Alfred Galpin and Maurice Moe) of his potent dreams, his first encounter with Lord D... Read more
6 Apr 2020
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40mins
