These words could easily serve as an introductory statement encapsulating the thesis of this entire podcast. So it is not by mistake that the man who wrote them in his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature", has been referenced in a majority of AoE episodes. Howard Phillips Lovecraft was no stranger to fear and anxiety, especially when confronted with the unknown, both in his corporeal real-world experience, and in the more conceptual realms of time and space.
In this first half of our multi-episode exploration of the weird worlds of H.P. Lovecraft, we look at the man himself three-dimensionally, without smoothing over any of the jagged edges that plague his legacy. He was a myth-maker, a struggling artist, a tortured soul, a virulent bigot, and has left an unmatched impression on over a century of strange and terrifying fiction. He left this world without ever knowing the immensity that his cosmic horror genre would reach. Join us for a trip to where rational thought meets crippling madness in this very special AoE first: an in-depth profile of a true maestro of fear, Lovecraft.
EPISODE 28 INTERLUDE: A MILLIONAIRE'S TUNNEL, PHANTOM SLAPS, AND BLACK METAL
EPISODE 27 LOVECRAFT PART II: THE CREATIONS OF MADNESS
EPISODE 25 SERIAL KILLERS
EPISODE 24 VAMPIR
EPISODE 23 WAR: THE THEATRE OF HORRORS
EPISODE 22 VISION
EPISODE 21 INTERLUDE: FAIRY TALES
EPISODE 20 Cults
EPISODE 19 THE HIDDEN PEOPLE
EPISODE 18 All Hallows Eve
EPISODE 17 Monsters: The World Destroyers
EPISODE 16 Clowns and Carnivals
EPISODE 15 Cannibalism
EPISODE 14 Interlude: Frightening Films
EPISODE 13 Bad Omens
EPISODE 12 Close Encounters
EPISODE 11 Hollow Earth
EPISODE 10 Creepypasta
EPISODE 9 Horror in New Media
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