The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane

Mar 06 2023 43 ep. 17 mins 6.6k

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Readings of weird fiction and science fiction short stories combined with immersive sound design and music.

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Episode 45: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

Mar 06 2023 28 mins

First published in 1902 by Harper's Monthly and reprinted in his third collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge (also, 1902). The Monkey's Paw is one of the most well-known, adapted, and influential horror short stories ever written. An old war acquaintance brings a furry talisman in the shape of a monkey's paw, which promises to grant three wishes to whomever wishe

Episode 44: Midsummer by Arthur Machen

Apr 05 2022 7 mins

Arthur Machen, the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He has garnered a reputation as one most influential classic horror story authors to have ever written. Summary: Leonard, a farm hand, after a day in the city retires to his small house for the evening and, restless, decides to take his wandering thoughts

Episode 43: Terra Incognita by Vladimir Nabokov

Jan 10 2022 20 mins

First published in the émigré journal Posledniya Novosti in Paris in 1931. Translated by the author and his son, the story was published in English in The New Yorker in May, 1963, and later added to A Russian Beauty and Other Stories.Three men traverse an area of unknown country, the tropical hell of Badonia, in hopes of reaching the Gurano Hills and escaping Zonraki. Gregso

Episode 42: The Beautiful Suit by H.G. Wells

Oct 29 2021 9 mins

Originally published under the title "A Moonlight Fable" in the April 10, 1909, number of Collier's Weekly. A young man acquires a hand-woven suit from his mother, and, becoming obsessed with its beauty over a period of days, he flees into the night with it. Narration, Sound Design, and Music by Jon Fredette.

Episode 41: The Awakening by Arthur C. Clarke

Oct 02 2021 7 mins

First published in Zenith in February 1942 and later revised and published in Future in January of 1952. Collected in The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1937-1955. Upon discovering a terminal illness that will kill him within a year, an influential cult leader known only as "The Master" enters deep cryosleep for a century in hopes of awakening once a cure has been discovered. N

Episode 40: The Guide by Ellis Peters

Sep 06 2021 14 mins

Ellis Peters (nom de plume of Edith Pargeter) was an English writer, and the short story (originally titled Guide to Doom) was first published in Alfred Hitchcocks: Stories that Scared Even Me in 1967. As a tour guide of an old fortified mansion finishes his last tour of the day, he is approached by a mysterious man who asks if he can see an infamous well within the manor.&nbs

Episode 39: Gateway of the Mind by Anonymous

Jul 17 2021 4 mins

Originally posted on Creepypasta on November 23, 2009 by an anonymous author. An experiment in the early 80s attempts to establish contact with God by depriving a test subject of all senses. Narration and Sound Design by Jon Fredette.

Episode 38: The Writing of the God by Jorge Luis Borges

May 13 2021 16 mins

Original Spanish title: "La escritura del dios"First published in the literary magazine Sur in 1949, and later reprinted in The Aleph. An incarcerated magician seeks a divine script that will allow him the omnipotence to free himself and avenge the destruction of his pyramid at Qaholom. Voice: Nik Marvin Narration, Music, Sound Design by Jon Fredette

Episode 37: They're Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson

Apr 01 2021 5 mins

Originally published in 1991 through OMNI magazine. Two multidimensional aliens deliberate over contacting the human race once they realize their entirely made out of meat. Aliens: Mats Bennett and Jon FredetteSound Design by Jon Fredette

Episode 36: An Inhabitant of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce

Feb 19 2021 11 mins

First published in the San Francisco Newsletter of December 25, 1886 and was later reprinted as part of Bierce's collections Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Can Such Things Be?A man from the ancient city of Carcosa awakens from a sickness-induced sleep to find himself lost in an unfamiliar wilderness.Music, Sound Design, and Narration by Jon Fredette