Nightshade Diary Podcast Series
Podcasts of classic stories of horror, mystery, science fiction and adventures, reminiscent of the pulp fiction magazine era which birthed the best writers in these genres
Narrated by M.P. Pellicer
Narrated by M.P. Pellicer
Nightshade Diary Archives Narrated by M.P. Pellicer Can Be Found at Spreaker
Passing of Eric Holm is a short story by August Derleth, published in the December 1939 issue of Strange Stories under the pseudonym "Will Garth". The story is part of the Cthulhu Mythos and involves an inquest to determine the circumstances of Eric Holm's death. Holm was last seen alive on April 3, 1939, returning home with a newly-bought book titled "Confessions of the Mad Monk Clithanus".
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Ithaqua, also known as the Wind-Walker or the Wendigo, is an entity in the Cthulhu Mythos, and one of the Great Old Ones. He is believed to prowl the Arctic waste, hunting down unwary travelers and slaying them in a gruesome fashion. Ithaqua's cult is small, but he is greatly feared in the far north, where human denizens often leave sacrifices for the elemental; not as worship but as appeasement.
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This story introduces the Great Old One Ithaqua, a creature that is part of the Cthulhu universe created by H.P. Lovecraft. Authored by August Derleth it was first published in January 1933 in Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror. The story is set in Manitoba, Canada, where the entire population of the town of Stillwater mysteriously disappears overnight. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police are unable to find any of the townspeople and uncover the sinister implications of a town that had worshiped an "elemental," a spirit of one of the forces of nature.
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The story revolves around two friends investigating the strange behavior of Professor Josiah Alwyn, the grandfather of one of the two men, and it features a threshold that must not be crossed, leading to ominous consequences if breached.
Beyond the Threshold is a Cthulhu Mythos story written by August Derleth, first published in the September 1941 issue of Weird Tales. The story follows a Miskatonic librarian who is summoned by a cousin to a house in Wisconsin, where their grandfather has become obsessed with the papers of his uncle. The uncle had trafficked with the Great Old Ones and left a warning to "not pass beyond the threshold, for fear of dire consequences." The grandfather discovers a rocky opening leading into the depths of the earth and crosses that threshold, only to be taken away by a Great Old One. The story is set in a "lonely house deep in the forest places of northern Wisconsin".
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It is a place with a fearsome reputation, a lake surrounded by dark woods, where people never return from.
"The Dweller in Darkness" is a Cthulhu Mythos story written by August Derleth that first appeared in the November 1944 issue of Weird Tales. The story concerns mysterious Mythos-linked goings-on at Rick's Lake, a remote body of water in north-central Wisconsin. The creature turns out to be Nyarlathotep, described as well as "the Blind, Faceless One" and "the Howler in the Night".
The story introduces Cthugha, an elemental force that is used to defeat Nyarlathotep. It also provides an iconic image of Nyarlathotep as a vast, amorphous creature with tentacle-like appendages and hands, which has had a significant impact on the popular image of the entity.
In addition to introducing Cthugha and creating an iconic image of Nyarlathotep, "The Dweller in Darkness" provided the name for the Marvel Comics villain Dweller-in-Darkness, an extradimensional entity that preys on human fear.
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"The Lonesome Place" is a short story by American writer August Derleth. The story revolves around two young boys, Steve and Johnny Newell, who are terrified by a mysterious creature they believe lives in an abandoned grain elevator in their small town which they've named "the lonesome place".
This place is described as an old grain elevator surrounded by tall trees and many piles of wood from the lumber yard that surrounds it.
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