Weird Tales Magazine No. 368: Occult Detective Issue - Jonathan Maberry (editor)

Written by Jonathan Maberry (editor)
Read by Bronson Pinchot, Eric G. Dove, Kevin Kenerly, Andrea Emmes, Robin Miles, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Tim Campbell, Kevin J. Anderson, Robert Fass, Joel Froomkin, Frankie Corzo, Scott Aiello, Simon Vance
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Mixed
Unabridged

Additional narrators include Hillary Huber, Kyla Garcia, Marc Thompson, Heath Miller, and Zura Johnson.

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Weird Tales magazine is known for launching a number of sub-genres of fiction—cosmic horror, swords & sorcery, dark fantasy, and others. It has also greatly added to existing genres like science fiction, horror, and—a personal favorite of editor Jonathan Maberry—weird mystery stories. Or, as they became known—occult detective tales. Here are all-original tales about people who peer into the shadows in order to solve a mystery. Sometimes successfully … and sometimes the darkness wins.

The stories range from nail-biting horror to very dark comedy, and there’s a generous mix of short stories, flash fiction (shorter works of about 1500 words), and poems. The lineup is killer, as you’ll discover, and the interpretations of what constitutes “occult fiction” is unique to each writer.

• “Dead Jack and the Mystery of Room 216” by James Aquilone
• “Beneath the Scarred Pulpit” by Kenneth W. Cain
• “Denizen of Deep Holler” by Jennifer Brody
• “The Ephemera of Dreams” by Carina Bissett
• “Forming Threads” by Jody Lynn Nye
• “The Painted Unseen” by Taylor Grant
• “Bull Runs” by Kevin J. Anderson
• “Shimmer” by Keith Strunk
• “Hold My Beer” by Jeff Strand
• “La Silla Del Diablo” by Sofía Lapuente & Jarrod Shusterman
• “The Three-Headed Problem” by Rachel Aukes
• “Inception” by Brian Lumley
• “Laurel Caverns” by Lisa Diane Kastner
• “The Taxidermist” by Lyndsey Croal
• “Within You, In Time” by Brian Keene and Steven L. Shrewsbury
• “Sins Will Find You Out” by Cavan Scott
• “Night’s Disease” by Colleen Anderson

April 30 2024
8 hrs and 6 mins