'bominable 'bominations
Hello, and welcome to ‘bominable ‘bominations, a podcast currently disgorging The Crawling World, an original dark fantasy/sci fi, full cast audiodrama.
Earlier episodes are something of a potpourri, I’ve serialised some of the classics of turn-of-the-20th-century horror, and who knows what else. I’m Thomas, a voice-actor (+ an occasional writer and musician), and I’m delighted to have you join me for this week’s episode.
Episodes
31 episodes
The Crawling World. Episode 2: When the Spawn of Gods Attack, Further Mysteries Revealed
With no time to further understand the strange world he has been thrust into, the erstwhile sleeper and the small group that accompanies him flee for their lives. In the brief moments of respite during their flight, introductions are made.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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6:48
The Crawling World. Episode 1: Eyes Open, Now
Behold, The Crawling World. A thickly huddled mass. Dark-hued, folded in on itself a thousand, nay ten thousand times over. From your vantage point beyond the veil, you can dimly make out vast oceans, a tumult of mountains honeycomb-riddled wit...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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5:39
"Worms of the Earth" by Robert E. Howard | Dark Corners of the Earth
Sword and Sorcery clashes with the Cthulhu Mythos in this thrilling tale of the Pictish king Bran Mak Morn, by Robert E. Howard (a contemporary and correspondant of HP Lovecraft and creator of Conan the Barbarian). In order to bring justice to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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1:31:32
"The Shambler from the Stars" by Robert Bloch | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
The first in a sequence of three stories (The Shambler from the Stars, The Haunter of the Dark and The Shadow from the Steeple), this gruesome narrative involves a burgeoning writer who, in the desire for occult knowledge, purchases a forbiddin...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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32:34
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce | Hometown Horrors
This famous story (regarded by Kurt Vonnegut as the best short story in American literature) describes (in a style that today might be described as Lynchian) a moment in time. A man, condemned, and a dreamlike escape.Narrated by Thomas ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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29:03
"Hell Screen" by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Monogatari Macabre
Narrated by a (somewhat) impartial court observer, this reworking of a much older tale, concerns the obsessive artistry, and terrible downfall of the painter Yoshihide. First published in 1918 in serial form, the author is considered the father...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:09:18
"The Mezzotint" by M. R. James | Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
It was a seemingly ordinary mezzotint*, unremarkable except for the unusually high price, and the half-missing attribution on the back. Until the changes began. For the curator of a university art museum, a most unexpected, and shocking series ...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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30:56
"The Haunter of the Dark" by H. P Lovecraft | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
Robert Blake is a hunted man, only he does not know it yet.A young writer with an interest in the occult, Mr Blake becomes fascinated by a distant church, the spire of which he can see from his garrett window. A furtive exploration unco...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:14:41
"Wailing Well" by M. R. James | A Stable for Nightmares
Warning! Tonal whiplash incoming. This delightful (and delightfully creepy) short story by master of the genre Montague Rhodes James is a sort-of Billy Bunter meets the contents of a Breugel the Elder painting. Hopefully that doesn't give too m...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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27:53
"Pigeons from Hell" by Robert E. Howard | Hometown Horrors
An ancient evil festers in the heart of a small community, and though the original perpetrators may be gone, traces of their misdeeds linger on. Also, it's never a good idea to stay the night in a seemingly abandoned mansion, even if you are on...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:23:40
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 3 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic
In our final instalment of this perplexing and perturbing story, (see episode 34 for part two). Things reach a fever pitch at Bly manor with multiple manifestations, disappearances, and a possible breakdown. Of reality, or of sanity? You be the...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:34:35
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 2 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic
In part two (see episode 33 for part one), tension mounts, apparition encounters increase, and the governess at Bly begins to lose the plot.Narrated by Thomas Barker
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:15:00
"The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. Part 1 (of 3) | Last Gasp of the Gothic
The ceremony of innocence is drowned in this, most ambiguous ghostly novella from 1898 by renowned Anglo-American writer Henry James.A governess is given charge of two young children in the countryside manor of Bly, only to find (or doe...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:59:12
"The Thing in the Hall" by E. F. Benson | A Stable for Nightmares
If you open the doors of perception too far, who knows what might come knocking? An eminent physician is drawn into a dangerous occult scheme by a longtime colleague, with horrific results.The Thing in the Hall displays the authors characte...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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36:57
"The House on the Borderland" by William Hope Hodgson | A Precursor to the Mythos
A remote house, a decaying journal. Two friends on a holiday in remote Western Ireland uncover a tale of wonders (and terrors), and an unfathomable abyss that will leave them forever changed. This unusual, and poignantly haunting novella from 1...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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6:40:07
"The Hounds of Tindalos" by Frank Belknap Long | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
Upon rediscovering a drug used centuries ago to expand the consciousness of mystics, eccentric author Halpin Chalmers hopes (along with the aid of certain, esoteric mathematical formulae) to utilise it in an experiment. An experiment in TIME TR...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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42:06
"Dagon" by H. P. Lovecraft | The Mythos Stirs
One of the first stories written by Lovecraft as an adult, the story was inspired in part by a dream he had. "I dreamed that whole hideous crawl, and can yet feel the ooze sucking me down!" he later wrote.The earliest elements of the Ct...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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18:42
"The House of the Worm" by Mearle Prout
Two friends embark on what was to be an innocent hunting trip, but which soon leads to decay, degredation, and a chilling secret that gnaws at the heart of the world.This somewhat obscure story, first published in 1933, contains many in...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:00:27
"What Was It?" by J. S. Le Fanu
Described by M.R James as "absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories", Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 - 1873) created gothic and macabre tales that, more than a century hence, have not lost their power to make the flesh cr...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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33:35
"The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce
From 1893, this short tale of horror treats, in Bierce's inimitable style, with a sinister creature that is not detectable by mortal means.Narrated by Thomas BarkerMusic and Production by Thomas Barker
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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24:00
"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 6 of 6) / The Writhing Mass
Tekeli-li.. . .Tekeli-li ... .Narrated by Thomas BarkerProduction by Thomas Barker
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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36:51
"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 5 of 6) / Deeper, Deeper
Signs of life stir in the aeon-dead city. Is something waking up? Or was it never asleep in the first place?Narrated by Thomas BarkerProduction by Thomas Barker"Thunder Dreams" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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44:40
"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 4 of 6) / The Old Ones
The history of The Old Ones, their ancient battles, decline and fall, as well as their amorphous servants The Shoggoths, is revealed.Narrated by Thomas BarkerProduction by Thomas Barker"Shadowlands 3 - Machine" Kevin MacLeod...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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45:44
"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 3 of 6) / The Silent City
Dr. Dyer and Danforth begin their descent into the cyclopean ruins. The cryptic murals and alien architecture they uncover begin to reveal troubling secrets about earth's long-distant past.Narrated by Thomas BarkerProduction by Thom...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:47
"At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P Lovecraft (Part 2 of 6) / A Terrifying Discovery
Anxious to witness Lake's miraculous findings firsthand (and alarmed at an abrupt radio silence), the rest of the expedition makes out for his Northwestward base. What they uncovered, and subsequent discoveries by Danforth and our narrator ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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51:48