Tom's Terror Trove

The Crawling World. Episode 10: Dreaming Spires

New friends are made, and the true magnitude of the trials ahead begins to manifest, as the pilgrims arrive at the ancient and forbidding City. But with sickness and potential conspiracy threatening their safety, is there anyone left they can turn to?Part 10 of a 10-part dark fantasy full-cast audio drama.Andrew Winson as Fork-in-the-Road, Dream Voicehttps://andrewwinson.com/Thomas Barker as Athamaswww.thomasva.comJesse D. Hill as Longarm, Halvardefunktknight@gmail.comEmily Morse-Lee as Wide-Eye, Gate Guard@TheRealGChu.bsky.socialMelissa Carrington as Split-Heel, Mysterious Voice@melissac-va.bsky.socialVirtue as Hears-Whispers, ScoutX: @VirtueVestigialAsha Lear as Finnhttps://www.castingcall.club/asha_learProduced and written by Thomas BarkerQueries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.comWatch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi

Whither the Boughs? The Origin of Limbus Company's MacGuffin

Mysterious, tree-like branches with the power to actualize the feelings, wishes, and psyches of people. The primary objective of the LCB is to gather them up.In this episode, I nearly get over my skis in examining the literary origins of the Golden Boughs of Limbus Company, particularly looking at the book of the same name by Sir James George Frazer, and the Aeneid, by Vergil.Plus of course the traditional (I've done it twice, now it's a tradition) interlude dub!Narrated and produced by Thomas BarkerIf you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful.https://ko-fi.com/tttReferences:WOOD, G. (1982). Frazer’s magic wand of anthropology : interpreting “The Golden Bough.” European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie / Europäisches Archiv Für Soziologie, 23(1), 92–122. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23999226 Weber, C. (1995). THE ALLEGORY OF THE GOLDEN BOUGH. Vergilius (1959-), 41, 3–34. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41587127https://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Rivers#cite_note-LC_47-1https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aeneid_(Conington_1866)/Book_6#cite_ref-1https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/aeneid/poem-summaryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertextuality#Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.comWatch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi

"Unseen - Unfeared" by Francis Stevens

He stooped to laugh again, and his mirth was yellow-toothed -- menacing.“Have no fear!”  he reiterated, and with that stretched his hand toward the wall, there came a click and we were in black, impenetrable darkness.A rumination on the nature of evil, and the ability to see things FROM BEYOND, courtesy of a groundbreaking writer of dark fantasy. This story was first published in 1919.Narrated and produced by Thomas BarkerIf you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful.https://ko-fi.com/tttQueries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.comWatch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi

Wolf, Panther, Lion; who are they really? An enquiry into the beasts of Limbus Company's Dark Forest

Limbus Company begins with Dante (our clock-headed manager-protagonist) beset by three sinister individuals known as Wolf, Panther and Lion. These characters have parallels in the Inferno, by Dante Alighieri.In this episode, I draw upon some scholarship, a coupla wikis and my own general knowledge to pull together some additional information about the beasts, and what they mean, beyond what we are shown in the narrative thus far.Plus I have a go at dubbing said interlopers!References:https://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/https://worldofdante.iath.virginia.edu/comedy/dante/inferno.xml/1.1Demaray, J. G. (1969). The Pilgrim Texts and Dante’s Three Beasts: Inferno, I. Italica, 46(3), 233–241. https://doi.org/10.2307/477804https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Wolf#Assets-0https://retcons.github.io/limbus-storylogs/chapters/prologue.htmlSchildgen, B. D. (2010). Animals, Poetry, Philosophy, and Dante’s Commedia. Modern Philology, 108(1), 20–44. https://doi.org/10.1086/656448Narrated and produced by Thomas BarkerIf you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful.https://ko-fi.com/tttQueries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.comWatch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi

The Sinners of Limbus Company (In Their Own Words) | A Tom's Terror Trove NYE Special

To round out Season Two of TTT (though, seriously - I'm on hiatus right now!), and to say thank you to everyone who's tuned in during 2025, I've put together a little sampler of sinners.Features excerpts from:Moby DickDon QuixoteThe MetamorphosisThe OdysseyThe StrangerDemianWuthering HeightsA little out of my usual subject matter, but we'll resume our regular programming next month.See you in 2026! Take care. It's a scary world out there.Narrated and produced by Thomas BarkerIf you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful.https://ko-fi.com/tttQueries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.comWatch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi