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Grumpy Old Slan
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2022
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The Man who Lived Next Door to Himself by Frank Owen
This is the second story by this author to appear in the pages of Weird Tales. The magazine would occasionally publish short tales by him until 1952.
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The Last Entry by Meredith Beyers
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This is the only story I could find by Meredith Beyers. It was published in the May 1924 issue of Weird Tales.
The Sixth Tree by Edith Lichty Stewart
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Edith Lichty Stewart is another Weird Tales author who has only ever published one story. This one is from the May 1924 issue of the magazine.
Moon Patrol
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This 1982 game was the first time parallax scrolling was introduced in a video game. It also has the kind of fun soundtrack os the kind often associated with arcade games.
The Death of Pan
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This is the third story in Lord Dunsany's Fifty-One Tales. A collection first published in 1915.
Charon by Lord Dunsany
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This is the second story in Lord Dunsany's Fifty-One Tales. A collection first published in 1915.
The Assignation by Lord Dunsany
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This is the first story in Lord Dunsany's Fifty-One Tales. A collection first published in 1915.
Sixth Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
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A look at the level six druid spells introduced in Unearthed Arcana. For those who want to compare these with the sixth level cleric spells, my look at those can be found here: th-cam.com/video/mW5UXqrVPWU/w-d-xo.html
Reading the April 1924 Issue of Weird Tales
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Another issue, this one again featuring Houdini on the cover and in its pages. I was a little disappointed in some of the fiction, but it did feature a fun piece of what was then science fiction and is now pure fantasy, as well as a great poem by Lovecraft. I read the story and the poem mentioned above and they may be found here: Exhibit A: th-cam.com/video/mvSpi6Whss0/w-d-xo.html Nemesis: th-c...
Nemesis by H. P. Lovecraft
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This poem was published in the April 1925 issue of Weird Tales.
Exhibit A by Anne Harris Hadley
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As far as I can determine, this engaging example of aeronautical science fiction is the only story published by this author. Note: I've decided to post the readings before I post my review of the issue to save everyone potential spoilers.
Fifth Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
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A look at the level five druid spells introduced in Unearthed Arcana. For those who want to compare these with the fifth level cleric spells, my look at those can be found here: th-cam.com/video/KJSzQGe-qB0/w-d-xo.html
Creatures of the Night by A. P. McMahon
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Creatures of the Night by A. P. McMahon
Reading the March 1924 issue of Weird Tales
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Reading the March 1924 issue of Weird Tales
Fourth Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
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Fourth Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
Reading the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales
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Reading the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales
Third Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
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Third Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
Another missive from H.P. Lovecraft to the Editors of Weird Tales
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Another missive from H.P. Lovecraft to the Editors of Weird Tales
Reading the January 1924 issue of Weird Tales
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Reading the January 1924 issue of Weird Tales
Second Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
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Second Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
Reading the November 1923 Issue of Weird Tales
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Reading the November 1923 Issue of Weird Tales
First Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
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First Level Druid Spells in Unearthed Arcana
wrestling with a decomposing body is nightmare fuel...for sure! Ole Frank was a goodin! thanks alot Grumpy
If that happened to me I'd be beside myself!
Cool Yes it was easy to see where it was going but interesting none the less
And many years later, Bruce Willis would play the role.... :)
Another great bit of short fiction! I saw it coming pretty early on, but does make me wonder about the confusion of the suddenly departed. On a side note, somebody once gave me a pen that actually did feel like it weighed 15-20 pounds; ironically, they gave it to me because they knew I liked to write longhand, and wanted to give me a fancy pen. Of course, I received the gift with aplomb, and never told them it was for too heavy a pend to write with regularly. Cheers!
I think the author was thinking of the confusion some seriously hurt people will display and how a dead spirit may be the same. I once received a pen like that too. People don't realize how much exercise longhand writing actually is. I taught myself to write with my off-hand and the biggest obstacle to overcome was exertion and muscle cramps.
@@grumpyoldslan I taught myself to write legibly with my offhand, too. I cheated a bit by copying how my friend, a lefty, held his pen by wrapping his thumb-index grip point almost 180 degrees around from my normal right-hand grip. EDIT: My grandmother was a lefty, and the nuns forced her to write right-handed, because they considered the left to be the devil's hand. She was born in 1913, so that would have been just after WWI or so. She wrote right-handed her whole life, but was left-hand dominate for most other things.
Creepy, I liked that one
The cover is indeed a cover from a book. Karl Edward Wagner's "Nightwinds" featuring Kane. He is assuredly an Anti-Hero.
Fun story! I've been in some desert canyons where the air is so still that you feel like you' might've slipped into another world. When the narrator first went back to the cabin, and saw the spirits playing cards through the window, I imagined them saying, "Number Six is here, better deal him in...."
First saw this game in a place then called, Family Billiards, a pool hall. They had Moon Patrol, Berzerk and Dragon's Lair.
I think Cartoon Network had a game on their website that was a Dexter's Lab reskin of this.
still the same chilling reading voice and also the visuals look Great!
Thank you
In the early 80's we had multiple arcades in town. One of them had a somewhat smaller collection of games and they weren't really the top-end ones, but one night per week you could pay $5 and play unlimited games from like 6 to 10. This game, Scramble and Omega Race were the three I spent a lot of time on at that place. Good memories!
Yeah, we had an arcade that would charge $3 for two hours of unlimited play. Wednesdays 8-10 and Sunday 11-13 -- worse times ever and it would take me an hour or more to get there by bus on a Sunday, but I managed to make it a few times. It was a great way to learn the basics of a new game or doing stupid experiments without spending too much money.
oh that was wonderful! Very sad and also terrifying because its like...what happened....the inevitable. Great read :)
And so prescient: I think it resonates with us more today that it must have over 100 years ago when it was written because we know exactly how it could happen. It's one of my favourite stories by Dunsany and he has so many good ones.
Bloody Oak trees . . . bloody dweomers . . . . bloody treants . . . bloody druids. -Dagobert the DisGRUNTled. Oink & a LIKE !!! = @ )
Cool spells
Haunting and poignant. nice ending. question, what are chaplets? I imagine small ornamental jewelry?
A chaplet is either a wreath of flowers or a rosary (prayer beads). So I imagine he's comparing the poems and songs to a wreath of flowers.
How to piss off thousands of nomads - transmute the only oasis in the area to a giant sandbox.
That does a little more than just piss them off. It kills them!
Reminds me of Rutger Hauer's dying speech in Blade Runner, "I have seen things you people wouldn't believe..."
Dark Kingdom is the cover for Karl Edward Wagner's Kane novel, Dark Crusade..
Thanks for the info!
ghoul guarded gateways.....pretty frickin cool! thanks grumpy!
I love frank frazetta for his backgrounds even if the technical aspects aren’t always the best. It is always evocative.
Great choice, Slan. I love this series of Frazetta books. I give the Moon Maid an 11.
= @ * Oink! = @ )
That was pretty good, though not surprising from Lovecraft :)
Another grey mass one. This one was very interesting. I was totally willing to suspend disbelief to find out more haha. I do wonder what happened to the man, like...they had his diary so that would think maybe he came 'home' but then maybe he didn't make it and I kinda like stories that leave that question even though its also a little frustrating not knowing what happens haha :) great read Grumpy. I look forward to the next one.
Well there is a mention of the diary being found in his jacket pocket and his plane was found with (presumably) him still in it, though dead from either the abrupt descent or the crash.
@grumpyoldslan oh I must have misunderstood that part. Well that's unfortunate indeed.
Gorham. = @ o Do that's where Traveller got those interior ship's grav-plates from?
Moonbeam is very weak. Since it specifically mentions aiding ultravision, I wonder if it was designed to be used deep underground where there is no ambient light? I could see it being useful as a 3rd level spell if it had additional perks, like being able to fill in for the full moon requirement for harvesting leaves and berries for druidic spell components, or if it granted infra/ultravision sight with the ability to penetrate smoke or fog.
thats sad and gruesome.
It's the story that got me started on doing these readings
Holy Crap! Well that's gonna give me nightmares indeed. Eeek! Also kind of reminds me of something, like I've heard a similar tale before or perhaps a movie but I can't think.
It has some similarity to stories of nanotechnological grey goo that turns everything it touches into itself. It's also reminiscent of the green slime and some oozes and jellies in D&D.
That was really good. I would 100% be one of the people who opens it and looks inside despite the warnings hahha
Very Oinky! = @ )
I had a feeling this one was about a loup-garou or as some say/write it as rougarou. I like this story :) Moon of the Wolf (1972) is about a Loup-Garou.
Yeah, you can kind of tell with the various hints Seabury Quinn provides, but it's still a very enjoyable read. He was a regular contributor to Weird Tales and I look forward to reading more of his fiction.
@grumpyoldslan and I look forward to listening to it if you read them here :)
That was pretty awesome.
Indeed it was. And as I mentioned in my review of that issue, it's refreshing to see an encounter with the supernatural that isn't filled with dread throughout.
That was it? But what happened to them? That was great to listen to though.
It does end a bit quickly, but I really like this kind of open end. The protagonist chooses to do the right thing and face the consequences, though he may still make his getaway in time if his pursuers are delayed enough by the storm and the avalanche.
.......NOPE! ...Oh dear why did I listen to this at night. :/ that was creepy.
Because I read it at night? I have to say when I first read it, I really didn't expect it to go the way it did. It starts off like so many ghost stories of the time and I was thinking, OK, I've read this one before and then the arm _retracts_ and it goes into serious Lovecraftian horror mode.
@grumpyoldslan yeah and the peeling face thing. Oh my goodness that was grotesque. I really didn't expect that either
Great inspiration for Call of Cthulhu !
It really is and shows Lovecraft wasn't the only one to take horror and weird fiction in a new direction. It's to discover and share stories like this that I started reading these old magazines.
Another excellent story. Thank you!
Oink. = @ )
Won't be able to finish in time for Alone Against the Tide, but I am looking forward to yet another strong episode. Thank you for your hard work!
Thanks!
This sounds like me whenever I propose my music to record labels. Lol. Thanks for sharing. It's cool to see that Lovecraft was just an enthusiastic geek about his genre... like most of us who like to create.
Woot!
Very Oinky! = @ )
Very Oinky! = @ )
Oink! = @ )
Very Oinky! = @ )
Oink! = @ )
Great reading voice and an awesome short story!
I never even heard of this game. I get to learn something!
Same here, until I came across it a few weeks ago
Me either! Oink! = @ ) Hey Cabarone! 🙃 Long time no see! How are you doing?
I used to play this on my nokia 3310 :P
I'm listening to these while organizing my file box. It's a pleasant way to work!