Displaying all 7 Episode of Weird Studies with the tag “weird fiction”.
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Episode 55: The Great Weird North: On Algernon Blackwood's 'The Wendigo'
Episode | September 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 22 mins
cryptozoology, folklore, nature, weird fiction
Phil and JF discuss Algernon Blackwoods tale of the Canadian forest, "The Wendigo."
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Episode 46: Thomas Ligotti's Angel
Episode | May 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 29 mins
metaphysics, theology, thomas ligotti, weird fiction
An in-depth discussion of horror writer Thomas Ligotti's short story, "Mrs. Rinaldi's Angel."
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Episode 43: On Shirley Jackson
Episode | March 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
evil, shirley jackson, virtuality, weird fiction
JF and Phil discuss two weird masterworks, "The Lottery" and "The Summer People" by the American horror luminary, Shirley Jackson.
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Episode 34: The Weird Realism of Robert Aickman
Episode | November 21st, 2018 | 55 mins 25 secs
dreams, folklore, robert aickman, weird fiction
JF and Phil discuss Robert Aickman's masterwork of weird fiction, "The Hospice," from his 1975 collection "Cold Hand in Mine."
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Episode 29: On Lovecraft
Episode | October 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 15 mins
hp lovecraft, philip k dick, self, weird fiction
Phil and JF try to distill the essence of H. P. Lovecraft's monumental work.
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Weird Stories: M. R. James' "The Mezzotint"
Episode | April 23rd, 2018 | 27 mins 34 secs
mezzotint, mr james, story readings, weird fiction
An unabridged reading of M. R. James' classic ghost story, "The Mezzotint," read by Weird Studies co-host, Phil Ford.
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Weird Stories: Arthur Machen's "The White People"
Episode | February 19th, 2018 | 1 hr 36 mins
audiobooks, machen, the white people, weird fiction
A complete reading of Arthur Machen's 1904 novella, "The White People," by co-host Phil Ford. This reading accompanies the upcoming episode of the Weird Studies podcast where J.F. and Phil plumb the imaginal depths of the classic weird tale.