The Good Friends of Jackson Elias

We’re back and we’re sightseeing. Like most penurious writers, we’re doing so on a tight budget. Wasting money on expensive train tickets means that we won’t be able to afford the good cheese crackers for... The post The Shadow Over Innsmouth part 1 appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.

We’re back and we’re poking around in holes. Sometimes it’s hard not to let curiosity get the better of you. There could be anyone on the other side of that barrier, even a god. You... The post Glorious appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.

In this episode, The Good Friends of Jackson Elias discuss the mythos deities Yig and Ghatanothoa, share their recent trip to Gen Con, running games at a big round table, meeting listeners, gameplay tactics for fighting Yig, Gutena Thaler and the uncredited story, belief of last sight seared onto retinas, and acknowledging listeners and new backers.

We’re back and and we’re listening to our listeners. No, not in a creepy way. Well, not beyond our natural creepiness, anyway. We’re not even using our ears this time. Hmmm. That probably makes it... The post Bride of Listener Suggestions appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.

The hosts discuss their recent reading choices and the influence of books on their lives. They delve into controversial portrayals of rats as monsters in a book and its film adaptation. They analyze the writing style and punctuation in a section of a book and explore the language, themes, and fate in a James Elroy novel. They also discuss the fascination with McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian' and touch on Jonathan Carroll's work. The podcast concludes with gratitude for listeners and encouragement for engagement.

We’re back with another special episode. This time, we’ve teamed up with Mike Perceval-Maxwell, host of Mr Spike’s Bedtime Stories, for a reading of Frank Belknap Long’s “The Hounds of Tindalos”. If you would like... The post Special: The Hounds of Tindalos, read by Mike Perceval-Maxwell and Scott Dorward appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.

We’re back and and we’re geeking out. Main Topic: Nightmare Alley With all the talk about mediums in recent episodes, we thought it might be helpful to examine one from media. Guillermo del Toro’s 2021... The post Nightmare Alley appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.

We’re back and and we’re in the dark. While we’re told that darkness is essential for séances, it does make it tricky to watch when the medium starts dancing. Also, if the spirits are going... The post Séances appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.

We’re back and we have an angle. Well, it started out as a curve, but then some bits fell off. It’s outrageous! We’re not sure if that was some kind of fall from grace, an... The post The Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.

We’re back and we’re going round in circles. Driving around Milton Keynes has prepared us for such eventualities, although these are temporal loops rather than roundabouts. Then again, what is a time loop but a... The post Time Travel in Call of Cthulhu part 2 appeared first on Blasphemous Tomes.