The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast

Season 23, Episode 04: Neuromancer Part 3

Welcome Cromrades to the 4th episode of the 23rd season wherein we discuss the 3rd part of William Gibson's 'Neuromancer!' Too many numbers in that first sentence to compute? Wintermute laughs at your numbers.
One Things
Joshua: Fallout, forever Fallout.
Luke: A24 movies, specifically 'The Blackcoat's Daughter' and 'Midsommar!'
Jonathan: The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library!
 
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Season 23, Episode 03: Neuromancer Part 2

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week, we take a look at the second section of Neuromancer, titled The Shopping Expedition. Time to gear up for a job - but what gear do we need? And what additions to the party are we making? How about a mind reading illusionist and a ghost within a phylactery? Sounds like a fantasy story, but when Gibson applies his signature cyberpunk style it adds another layer of cool to the story. Join us, won't you?
 
One Things
Jon: Dead Man's Wire, a film worth checking out.
Josh: Fallout, a television show of exceptional quality.
Luke: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a television show that exceeds expectations.
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Season 23, Episode 02: Neuromancer Part 1

Greetings to all you console cowboys and razorgirls. Are you ready to join the hosts of The Cromcast and jack into cyberspace? Well then crack open that carton of beer and join us for the first installment in our three part exploration of William Gibson's "Neuromancer"
 
One Things
Luke: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
Joshua: IT by Stephen King
Jonathan: Rogues by Patrick Radden Kiefe
 
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Season 23 Episode 01: Burning Chrome

Welcome Cromrades to the first episode of our journey down the Neon Road with William Gibson. Before we hop into 'Neuromancer,' we'll first discuss the short story 'Burning Chrome' in the same-titled collection! Join us on the darkened oil-slick streets, won't you?
 
One Things
Joshua: Fleabag, on Amazon!
Luke: The Last Invention, from Mills and Warner on The Longview!
Jonathan: Geoff Johns' Green Lantern run!
 
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Cromtober 2025 - Hauntings (The Spook House and Dreams in the Witch House)

Happy Cromtober, and Happy Halloween! This year, we decided to spend some time around the seasonal Cromtober fire ruminating on hauntings - haunted places, haunted houses, haunted people... with Ambrose Bierce's The Spook House and HP Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch House as discussion fodder. It's a good one. 
Stay spooky, Cromrades!
 
 

Season 22 Episode 7: The Vaults of Yoh Vombis

Welcome Cromrades to the final episode of our Clark Ashton Smith journey. We've loved our time with the poet of Auburn, CA and we hope you are all finding more to read from him. We send him off with a creepy, twisted, parasitic episode focused on "The Vaults of Yoh Vombis". Join us in the shadows won't you...?
 
Show Notes: Story
http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/231/the-vaults-of-yoh-vombis 
Evaluation of CAS stories
https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/sifting-the-good-from-the-bad-a-quick-and-dirty-evaluation-of-clark-ashton-smith-stories/
One Things
Joshua: Making impactful decisions in The Witcher 3
Luke: In the midst of a Nolan fest and finally watched The Prestige 
Jonathan: Finding inner peace with The Question
Also... Did you know there's an upcoming CAS Conference in Auburn, CA, in Jan? Check it out! 
 
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Season 22 Episode 6: The Dweller in the Gulf

Hile, Cromrades! We return with a new story, one from MARS! Herein we discuss 'The Dweller in the Gulf,' by none other than Clark Ashton Smith. You can access an open source version of the text here! Join us, won't you?
 
One Things
Jon: No Man's Sky, on a ton of gaming platforms!
Josh: Salt and Sanctuary, on a ton of gaming platforms!
Luke: Sinners, which is his fave movie of the year (so far)!
 
Also... Did you know there's an upcoming CAS Conference in Auburn, CA, in Jan? Check it out! Grassroots pulp lit conventions, FTW!!!!!!
 
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Season 22 Episode 5: Mother of Toads

Welcome back, Cromrades! We hope you are eagerly anticipating this episode of the big show, where we discuss Clark Ashton Smith's Mother of Toads. 
 
One Things
Jon: Tom Scioli's Stan Lee biography "I Am Stan".
Josh: The D&D Adventure System board game, "Castle Ravenloft". 
Luke: Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields  by Charles Bowden. 
Check out the upcoming Clark Ashton Smith Conference in Auburn, CA January 10, 2026! 
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Season 22 Episode 4 The Colossus of Ylourgne

Behold listeners! A colossal Cromcast episode, stuffed with meat and bones and ready for your earholes. Join the crew as they dissect the Clark Ashton Smith tale, "The Colossus of Ylourgne". This tale of revenge and woe is our first foray into Smith's version of France known as Averoigne. Read it here if you dare: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/27/the-colossus-of-ylourgne 
 
One Things
Luke: "The Last of Us" on HBO
Josh: "LOST" a classic from the aughts
Jon: "The Old Man & the Gun" starring Robert Redford. 
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Season 22 Episode 3: The Dark Eidolon

Hile, Cromrades! We return with another yarn from Zothique by one Clark Ashton Smith. You can access an open source version of the text here! Join us, won't you?
 
One Things
Jon: John Gwynne's 'The Shadow of the Gods'!
Josh: 'Grotten,' by Sunzenaut!
Luke: The Smith Circle, a CAS Conference coming 10 Jan 2026!
 
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