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Tycho Alhambra
Tycho Alhambra, a lover of the weird and bizarre, reads his favorite weird fiction stories. Lovecraft, Machen, Blackwood, Chambers. They’re all here.
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From Beyond, by H.P. Lovecraft

From Beyond, by H.P. Lovecraft

One man has discovered a way to see Ultraviolet, and the sort of things it illuminates. Those things can see him, too. H.P. Lovecraft today, on the Weird Tales Podcast   This is your regularly scheduled Weird Tale. Dracula will return tomorrow. Thanks for listening! Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Visit Http://TheWeirdTalesPodcast.podbean.com for all back episodes and posted content.      
17:2416/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 12, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 12, by Bram Stoker

In which we say goodbye to one of our heroes.   E-mail: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra theweirdtalespodcast.podbean.com
36:4114/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 11, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 11, by Bram Stoker

In which several untimely events occur.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra theweirdtalespodcast.podbean.com
25:4913/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 10, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 10, by Bram Stoker

In which our heroes try and fail to get a good night's sleep.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Please visit Http://TheWeirdTalesPodcast.podbean.com for all bak episodes and previously posted content
29:0512/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 9, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 9, by Bram Stoker

In which our heroes celebrate a wedding, and send a LOT of letters.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Visit Http://TheWeirdTalesPodcast.podbean.com for all back episodes and posted content.
28:2811/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 8, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 8, by Bram Stoker

In which our heroines take walks, and a hero takes a run.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Http://TheWeirdTalesPodcast.podbean.com for all back episodes and published material.
31:5310/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 7, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 7, by Bram Stoker

In which we read the newspaper. E-Mail: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra theweirdtalespodcast.podbean.com
29:1809/10/2018
Negotium Perambulans, by E.F. Benson

Negotium Perambulans, by E.F. Benson

You can't go home again, as a poet once opined. Sometimes you can, but maybe you shouldn't. E.F. Benson, today on the Weird Tales Podcast   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Http://TheWeirdTalesPodcast.podbean.com for all back episodes and everything ever published on the feed.
33:2009/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 6, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 6, by Bram Stoker

In which our heroine meets a crusty old sea salt.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
28:4407/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 5, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 5, by Bram Stoker

In which we leave Jonathan for a time, and meet some new characters.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
20:2406/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 4, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 4, by Bram Stoker

In which our hero tries multiple times to escape.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
30:2706/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 3, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 3, by Bram Stoker

In which our hero gets a history lesson, and meets three weird sisters.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
29:1704/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 2, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 2, by Bram Stoker

In which our hero goes through several distressing events.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
26:4103/10/2018
Dracula, Chapter 1, by Bram Stoker

Dracula, Chapter 1, by Bram Stoker

In which our hero gives us a travelogue, and meets a strange man at midnight.    Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
28:4203/10/2018
Dracula's Guest, by Bram Stoker

Dracula's Guest, by Bram Stoker

In which the Secret October Project kicks itself off. Dracula is, possibly, my favorite novel of all time, and I'm thrilled and excited to be presenting it to you over the course of the next month.    Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
25:3402/10/2018
The Temple, by H.P. Lovecraft

The Temple, by H.P. Lovecraft

A German U-Boat captain sinks a ship and one of the victims gets his revenge in a strange and unexplainable way.    H.P. Lovecraft here and now, on The Weird Tales Podcast Next week, The Secret October Project begins!   Email: [email protected] Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra
30:3825/09/2018
The Thing on the Roof, by Robert E. Howard

The Thing on the Roof, by Robert E. Howard

In which our heroes learn about an ancient temple. And something else learns about them.    Robert E. Howard, here on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
19:0418/09/2018
Ubbo-Sathla, by Clark Ashton Smith

Ubbo-Sathla, by Clark Ashton Smith

Much like our protagonist-victim from The Hounds of Tindalos, one man attempts to delve the past for forbidden knowledge. It goes about the way you'd expect.    Clark Ashton Smith tells us of the land before time, here on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
18:4611/09/2018
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Benjamin Button was born in a strange way.  His life was even stranger.    F. Scott Fitzgerald's debut on The Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: @Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
51:4204/09/2018
The Diary of a Mad Man, by Guy de Maupassant

The Diary of a Mad Man, by Guy de Maupassant

A judge has a died.  A diary is found.  Secrets are revealed.   Guy de Maupassant, on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
13:1828/08/2018
The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson

The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson

Lottery in June, Corn be high soon.  Shirley Jackson's immportal tale of terror, today on the Weird Tales Podcast
18:0721/08/2018
Another Day In Paradise

Another Day In Paradise

Abigail McCallister vanished from our world. Or didn't. Or did. Scientists have yet to agree.    Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: TheWeirdTalesPodcast.podbean.com
16:2814/08/2018
The Tale of Satampra Zeiros, by Clark Ashton Smith

The Tale of Satampra Zeiros, by Clark Ashton Smith

Two thieves decide to loot a long abandoned city. This will be fine. It'll all be fine.    Clark Ashton Smith, today on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
28:4907/08/2018
The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce

The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce

A man lies dead. The inquest into how it came about is imminent. The single witness arrives, but his story is incredible.  Ambrose Bierce today on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
18:0131/07/2018
The Silver Key, by H.P. Lovecraft

The Silver Key, by H.P. Lovecraft

Randolph Carter is having trouble finding meaning to his life. Until he has a dream that guides him to a box, and inside the box... is the key to everything.   H.P. Lovecraft right here and now, on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
27:2124/07/2018
The Oval Portrait, by Edgar Allan Poe

The Oval Portrait, by Edgar Allan Poe

An invalided soldier finds an old painting that seems to him to have the very spark of life. The dark secret it holds though may be more than he can bear.    (Sorry it's so short. It was a lot longer in my memory when I decided to read it)   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra email: [email protected]
07:0217/07/2018
The Injudicious Prayer of Pombo the Idolator, by Lord Dunsany

The Injudicious Prayer of Pombo the Idolator, by Lord Dunsany

Pombo has a simple prayer, but none of the gods seem to want to help him. Where can a simple man of faiths turn for help?   Lord Dunsany will tell us, today on the Weird Tales Podcast.   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
09:3210/07/2018
The Great God Pan, Part 4, by Arthur Machen

The Great God Pan, Part 4, by Arthur Machen

In which the story of Matheson, Phillips, Clarke, Villiers, Austin, Mary and Rachel reaches its conclusion. Put on your safety goggles, there's a lot of loose ends flying together here. 
26:1603/07/2018
In Memorium: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison

In Memorium: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, by Harlan Ellison

A special off day episode, bringing you one of Harlan Ellison's most famous stories, on the occasion of his passing. 
36:2230/06/2018
The Great God Pan, Part 3, by Arthur Machen

The Great God Pan, Part 3, by Arthur Machen

Villiers runs into his friend Austin, who shows him a new addition to his Cabinet of Curiosities. Soon after that, a wave of suicides run through London, and the mystery grows ever deeper, and more deadly.    Arthur Machen here, on the Weird Tales Podcast Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
25:4026/06/2018
The Great God Pan, Part 2, by Arthur Machen

The Great God Pan, Part 2, by Arthur Machen

A chance encounter on a London night brings Mr. Clarke one step closer to the solution of the mystery that's swirling around him, even if he isn't aware of it.    Arthur Machen here on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
25:3519/06/2018
The Great God Pan, part 1, by Arthur Machen

The Great God Pan, part 1, by Arthur Machen

Mr Clarke witnesses a strange medical experiment with a tragic result.  Much later, perhaps inspired by this event, he begins collecting anecdotes to prove the existence of the devil. What result will all this strange research into hidden realms bring about? Find out over the next few weeks.  Arthur Machen here and now, on the Weird Tales Podcast   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
30:1012/06/2018
The Grant's Creek Trestle

The Grant's Creek Trestle

There is a bridge where strange events occur.  No one speaks of it.  Until now.    Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
17:4505/06/2018
The Cost is Not Important. Two stories by Richard Matheson

The Cost is Not Important. Two stories by Richard Matheson

In which our hero reads two stories by Richard Matheson. Both center around a funeral home and the events therein, but with remarkably different outcomes and tones. 
20:4029/05/2018
A Pleasant Evening, by Robert Chambers

A Pleasant Evening, by Robert Chambers

A young newspaper portraitist meets a young lady who asks him for a favor. He agrees to it, because, after all, what could go wrong with delivering a couple of letters?   Robert Chambers, here on the Weird Tales Podcast.   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
46:3622/05/2018
The Crawling Chaos, by Elizabeth Berkeley, and Lewis Theobold Jr

The Crawling Chaos, by Elizabeth Berkeley, and Lewis Theobold Jr

A short story about the end of the world that is absolutely NOT in any way AT ALL written by H.P. Lovecraft.
18:4915/05/2018
Never Bet the Devil Your Head, and Three Sundays in a Week, by Edgar Allan Poe

Never Bet the Devil Your Head, and Three Sundays in a Week, by Edgar Allan Poe

In which we bring you two short stories from Edgar Allan Poe. In the first, we learn what gambling and riotous living will earn you, In the second, we learn about Time, and Relative Dimension in Space.
34:3708/05/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #30: The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus

National Poetry Month Poem #30: The New Colossus, by Emma Lazarus

In which my wife reads the sonnet that is inscribed on the tablet of the Statue of Liberty, and we bring National Poetry Month to a close. Thank you for coming along with me on this journey.
00:5401/05/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #29: Afternoon with Irish Cows, by Billy Collins

National Poetry Month Poem #29: Afternoon with Irish Cows, by Billy Collins

Cows. Moo. This is the penultimate poem. Moo again.
01:3130/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #28: Ceasefire, by Michael Longley

National Poetry Month Poem #28: Ceasefire, by Michael Longley

In which my wife reads a poem that is outwardly about one thing, but inwardly about a totally different thing
00:5729/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #27: Smart, by Shel Silverstein

National Poetry Month Poem #27: Smart, by Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein teaches us that, sometimes, less is more.
00:4528/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #26: The Man from Snowy River, by Andrew Barton Pattersonn

National Poetry Month Poem #26: The Man from Snowy River, by Andrew Barton Pattersonn

[Copypasta from Wikipedia] The poem was written at a time in the 1880s and 1890s when Australia was developing a distinct identity as a nation. Though Australia was still a set of independent colonies under the final authority of Britain, and had not yet trod the path of nationhood, there was a distinct feeling that Australians needed to be united and become as one. Australians from all walks of life, be they from the country or the city (Clancy of the Overflow), looked to the bush for their mythology and heroic characters. They saw in the Man from Snowy River a hero whose bravery, adaptability and risk-taking could epitomise a new nation in the south. This new nation emerged as the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. A. B. "Banjo" Paterson and "The Man From Snowy River" poem are commemorated on the Australian 10 dollar note. The full text of the poem is printed several times in microprint as one of the note's security devices.
05:3227/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #25: Puff the Magic Dragon, by Leonnard Lipton and Peter Yarrow

National Poetry Month Poem #25: Puff the Magic Dragon, by Leonnard Lipton and Peter Yarrow

This was one of my favorite songs as a kid, and still is now, if I'm honest.
03:2626/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #24: I Carry Your Heart, by ee cummings

National Poetry Month Poem #24: I Carry Your Heart, by ee cummings

In which my wife reads a poem.
00:5625/04/2018
Poetry and the Gods, by H.P. Lovecraft (with National Poetry Month Poem #23: Sky Lotus, by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (Also featuring Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats))

Poetry and the Gods, by H.P. Lovecraft (with National Poetry Month Poem #23: Sky Lotus, by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (Also featuring Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats))

A woman finds solace in her poetry, and then more than solace.   Twitter: Tycho_Alhambra Email: [email protected]
16:0924/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #22: The Beast Below, by Steven Moffat

National Poetry Month Poem #22: The Beast Below, by Steven Moffat

In which Tycho's geek is showing.
00:4222/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #21: Invictus, by William Earnest Henley

National Poetry Month Poem #21: Invictus, by William Earnest Henley

In which my wife reads a poem.
00:4922/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #20: Casey at the Bat, by Earnest, Lawrence Thayer

National Poetry Month Poem #20: Casey at the Bat, by Earnest, Lawrence Thayer

In which Thayer demonstrates that sports are stupid.
03:4120/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #19: Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein

National Poetry Month Poem #19: Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein

My wife reads a poem by one of our favorite childhood authors.
00:4920/04/2018
National Poetry Month Poem #18: Memory, a Prose Poem, by H.P. Lovecraft

National Poetry Month Poem #18: Memory, a Prose Poem, by H.P. Lovecraft

The second of the two Lovecraft poems for the month. I like this one more than the other.
02:2819/04/2018