father Duffy looked up. You don't understand. The 30th Gospel talks about this podcast

at this place and this time. It describes it as terrifying, driving mad those who

hear it. We have to warn them."

Soonapod, Episode 849, January 20th, 2023. This week's story, two black bottles by

Wilfred B. Tolman and HP Love Groud. Hi everyone, welcome to Soonapod, the weekly horror podcast.

I'm Alistair, your host, and this week's story originally appeared in Weird Tales in August 1927.

Let's talk about the authors. And in doing so, let's eat our cultural vegetables first, shall we?

Spoiler warning, I am about to be incredibly mildly unpleasant about horror's racist uncle.

If you have a problem with that, I would advise skipping about two minutes ahead,

it's really not going to take terribly long. The story is actually pretty interesting and fun.

Right then, Howard. To say Love Groud's professional legacy is complex,

is a little bit like saying the sky is big. Love Groud did a lot of editing. He did a lot of editing

on the level that has after his death, justifiably, and that is pretty much the last time

we'll be using that word in connection with a man who would likely be a Fox News pundit

these days, been reclassified as collaborations. One of those collaborations is this week's story,

two black bottles. We actually ran another one back in 2020. The loved dead, that was back before

everything went upside down. A lot of these collaborations were born anti-reditorial correspondence,

and a lot of that correspondence had been preserved. So if you want to sample some of his

conversation with Talman, we would recommend you check out episode 40 of the voluminous podcast,

where the HP Love Groud Historical Society does a deep and unblinking exploration of a different

letter each episode. If you want an examination of the man, including the flaws that somehow elements

of horror are still trying to iron out, that's the show for you. W. B. Talman, born 1904,

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