The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast

Season 12, Episode 7: Hellboy - The Crooked Man

 
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile,He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,And they all lived together in a little crooked house. Welcome back to the mountain trail, Cromrades! We were just about to get dinner started - a little tin of sardines, some saltine crackers, and a big bottle of homebrew, you

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 18: A Grand Finale!

Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers conclude their exploration of classic module, I6: Castle Ravenloft. Do they dispatch Strahd?! Where do they go from here?! Listen to find out! Thanks so much for listening to this season of Bourbon & Barbarians. We hope you enjoyed listening... We sure loved playing! Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons:

Season 12, Episode 6: Where Did She Wander?

 Welcome back cromrades to another Silver John story. In this episode, the Cromcast crew tackles the last John story Wellman ever wrote and it's a pretty great one. If you have ever wondered what happens when you sing about a witchy pagan succubus at a bluegrass festival, then this story is for you! One ThingsLuke: Fantasy and sci fi author, David DrakeJosh: Getting his game on with

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 17 The Penultimate Episode!

Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, with this being the PENULTIMATE session of the season!Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/

Season 12, Episode 5: Owls Hoot in the Daytime

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week, we join John the Balladeer in a lonely cabin at the base of a secluded mountain, where possums as big as dogs wander, an ancient treasure lies buried, and Owls Hoot in the Daytime! This story was one of the later John the Balladeer stories that Manly Wade Wellman published, and it certainly has that feeling of a sort of finality that we couldn't quite put our

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 16 Post-Combat + PCs = Role-Play!

 Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, with this session revolving around the aftermath of encountering Strahd. Apologies for the audio quality on this ep, we had issues with dropped calls a couple times, had to turn off our video, and we had some mics rubbing against a manly beard or two :) Our episode is freely available on archive.org and

Season 12, Episode 4: Call Me From the Valley or That Ain’t My Haint

 We're down in a rainy holler today, trying to keep up with John the Balladeer. He's fixing to get into a cabin to escape the rain but who knows what sorts of haints may be up to something in such a hovel. Especially in a place touched by history like this one. I reckon if you tune in, you'll find out just what kind of trouble we find in Call Me From The Valley.Won't you join us for a

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 15: Strahd + PCs = Roll-Play!

Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and stand against STRAHD!!! Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/r . Our final track

Season 12, Episode 3: The Little Black Train (A Liminal Journey)

Welcome, Cromrades! It has been a while, but we are still rolling down that Manly Road through the Appalachian Mountains with Manly Wade Wellman and his Silver John stories! This week, we take a ride on The Little Black Train (read it here) and see that, though death comes for each of us, a sinful life leads to a ride on the little black train to the bad place! Note: Josh meant Josh Turner,

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 14: A Nod to a Past Campaign, and Introducing the Big Bad

Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and we further explore the catacombs of Ravenloft! Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" and "Black Vortex" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://