The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast
A Hyborian Age podcast featuring the works of Robert E. Howard, his pop culture legacy, and other weird fiction.
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Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Howdy, Cromrades! This week we to back to the movies, and discuss classic and a modern takes on revisionist westerns - The Wild Bunch (1969) co-written by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah and directed by Sam Peckinpah, and The Proposition (2005) written by Nick Cave and directed by John Hillcoat.
Both of these films depict Howardian themes - civilization vs. barbarism, self
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Howdy, Cromrades. We hope you are all doing well, we're still trying to pump out some content while the quarantine is in effect. For your enjoyment today, we offer "Trap of Gold" by the essential western author Louis L'Amour. It's short and sweet but full of atmosphere!
One Things:
Josh: Stardew Valley, the wholesome farming simulator!
Jon: the alcohol fueled, time travel story
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Hile, adventurers! Our adventurers continue their exploration of Castle Ravenloft, and take a spiral staircase, goin' dooowwwwnnnnn. 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/
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Greetings Cromrades! We're going to be releasing our stores of content in the next week to provide some podcast entertainment for you while you may be in quarantine. Up first, we have Dorothy M. Johnson's story, "A Man Called Horse". It's a quick read, you can find it here, but it has a lot to say and has a great arc for the main character Horse.
Dorothy M. Johnson is fascinating in her
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Wednesday Mar 18, 2020
Greetings, brave wanderers! Herein we continue our third season of Bourbon & Barbarians! Our adventurers enter the castle and hear some creepy organ music. 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://
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Welcome back, Cromrades! Good to see you out here on the dusty Western Road. We just made camp and were about to drink some whiskey beside this here campfire and listen to our pal Rusty Burke tell some stories. Why don't ya join us? This week's tale is a Robert E. Howard weird western about an old cowboy who hasn't aged in going on a hundred years! Come listen in to learn the secret of
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Greetings, brave wanderers! Herein we continue our third season of Bourbon & Barbarians! Our adventurers 'get on the bus,' so to speak and are en route to the Keep on the Borderlands (i.e., Castle Ravenloft)!
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
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Howdy, Cromrades! This week, we're heading down the dusty trail on the Stage to Lordsburg! This influential story by Ernest Haycox was first published by The Saturday Evening Post in 1937, and the 1939 adaptation was a cornerstone in the development of the western film genre! We were excited to talk about the archetypes found within this story.
Ernest Haycox
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Greetings, brave wanderers! Herein we continue our third season of Bourbon & Barbarians! Our adventurers visit Marweena's cottage, and subsequently visit the Kalish encampment.
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
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Hey cromrades! Today we have a surprise addition to our western season. Instead of covering a story, we got to talk with Robert E. Howard super-fan, "Indy" Bill Cavalier! Think of this as an open invitation to come to Cross Plains, TX this summer so you can take part in Howard Days 2020. This year everyone will be celebrating 50 years of Conan in the Comics and we get to do so with "Rascally"