A New Season of Public Podcasts Begins

A new season of free podcasts begins in my podcast feed with The Rats in the Walls by H.P. Lovecraft.

Here's a direct link so you can listen or download from here:

  

And if you're not subscribed to my podcast feed - and you really should be, even though it's dormant from time to time, because there's loads in it, including the original Underwood and Flinch podcast with all the old intros and Planet U+F stuff; all the classic short stories I've read; and lots more. Here's the RSS code to add to your podcast app: http://mikebennett.libsyn.com/rss

Herbert West and Azathoth enter The Vault of Lovecraft

Just a quick note to let you know that Herbert West: Reanimator (full text) and Azathoth by H.P. Lovecraft have entered the Vault of Lovecraft (that's the new podcast with all the readings I've done since 2007 in it, just in case you missed my previous blog entry).

Cthulhu suggests in the politest possible manner that you share news of the Vault with any of your Lovecraft-loving chums. Link to it on Facebook, Twitter, What'sApp or whatever other social media device you use. Otherwise mankind will be destroyed ... he says.

Enter the Vault of Lovecraft

For some time (years) I've been meaning to put all my HP Lovecraft recordings in one place. I'm now in the process of doing so. Nine stories up so far, including the full length recording of The Colour out of Space. Click here to enter the Vault of Lovecraft

Artwork on all the stories is by Jon Cape. Music by The Laughing End, David Beard, and Andrew Rothman.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We're having a decidedly wet one here. It's p*ssing down outside. While inside, I'm writing this and listening to Perry Como singing, Winter Wonderland. Still, we're off to the in-laws for Christmas dinner and festivities, so we can forget the lashing rain and have a good old merry one.

I've got a few new podcasts out for the festive season. In my public feed, you'll find the Christmas Sometimes with Part 3 of The Thing on the Doorstep, and at my Patreon page, you'll find the Patreon Christmas Special, with Part 2 of A Christmas Carol, What's in My Festive Fridge? and Mr Yip's Mince Pie Bake-Off.

Wherever you are, whatever the weather, and whatever your beliefs or non-beliefs, I hope you have a smashing day. If nothing else, at least there's something good on TV - and talking of TV, (not that it was on TV, I watched it online), last night, I watched something that used to be on TV every Christmas when I was a kid, and now you never see it. Tom and Jerry in The Night Before Christmas. Lovely. Still brings a tear to my eye. And if you're young enough to have never seen it, here it is ...

The Colour out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft episode 2 at Patreon.

The uncanny and terrible events of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour out of Space continue in Episode 2, now at Patreon for $1+ patrons! Click here to connect to the horror.

The Colour out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft: Episode One

Hello there. I've been in Ireland this week visiting friends and family. I had a very nice time - so much so I managed to break my glasses. Not quite sure how it happened, but my suspicions rest on the pet of one of the families we visited; a dog who enjoys chewing stuff - shoes and glasses being among his favourite snacks. Since I couldn't interrogate him sensibly, I gave the suspect hound a hard stare, but he remained inscrutable, giving only the odd woof, and licking my face cheerfully (perhaps wondering where the specs had gone?). 

But then again, there was wine going around, so maybe I sat on them. It's a mystery.

Anyway, upon my return to England, I superglued the specs together long enough for me to record the first episode of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour out of Space, then they blew apart under the pressure of all the cosmic horror. If you don't know the story, trust me, it's a cracker; a little slow to get rolling, but definitely one of HPL's best.

The story is currently a Patreon exclusive for everyone at $1 a month and over. And for anyone who's not signed up to support me at Patreon, it'll be in my regular podcast feed later on this year. But why wait? One buck a month - it's less than a Mars Bar! You know you want it ... Get the Colour out of Space Episode 1 right now.

Reanimator Concludes at Patreon

Patreon Newsflash

After a jolly bank holiday weekend (see pics here at Instagram) I'm back at work on the podcasts. It's been a busy morning of putting together the final audio of Herbert West: Reanimator Part 6 for the $1 and over patrons.

Artwork by Jon Cape

There will also be a full-length version of the story with all episodes in one recording posted on Patreon on Friday for $5 and over patrons. I did this already, but had to delete it because I'd accidentally included a rejected version of Episode 3 in it that even had a live mistake still in the mix. Oh, the shame.

Reanimator Part 5. Now on Patreon.

Calling Patreon Peeps! Don't lose your head, but Herbert West: Reanimator, Part 5 is now uploaded and ready for your ears. Click here to go straight to it (and remember to click the orange musical note logo beneath the podcast to download).

Artwork by Jon Cape. Thanks Jon!

Reanimator Part 4 - The Scream of the Dead

Herbert West: Reanimator Part 4 - The Scream of the Dead - now online for $1 and over patrons at my Patreon Creations Page. If you're not a patron yet, get on over and add your dollar a month to the pot. And if you are a patron, be sure and listen right to the end :-)

Artwork by Jon Cape

The Statement of Randolph Carter at Patreon

I've just posted my reading of H.P. Lovecraft's classic horror short story, The Statement of Randolph Carter at Patreon. 

The new MP3 features embedded art by Jon Cape

You already have access to this for free in the December 2014 Sometimes Christmas podcast, but this is another little extra for the fab-mungous men and women who have rallied to the cause at Patreon for $1 and above - a bumper-chat free audiobook-type MP3. You can just load it up onto your phone and listen, with no need to listen to me talking about last Christmas :-)

Click here to go to the post at Patreon and listen / download