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Suu-Pod, episode 938, September 13, 2024. This week's story, The See Curse by Robert E. Howard,

narrated by Tad Callen. Audio production by Chelsea E. Howard, narrated by Tad Callin, audio production by Chelsea Davis, hosted by

Alistair Stewart.

Hi everyone, welcome to Sudapod, the weekly horror podcast.

I'm Alistair, your host, and this week's story comes to us from classic genre author Robert E Howard.

Most famous for inventing the modern sword and sorcery tale with his Conan stories,

Howard often introduced horror elements as the threat, but the evocation of supernatural dread is only ever incidental in most of his stories.

The chronicling of Titanic adventure is usually the primary purpose.

That and just how heavy Conan's crown is.

When he later switched from fantasy to Western's though, Howard made the transition

oddly with the tale presented here. And seeing that in the context of the story you're about to hear, I kind of get that.

Howard's major horror genre reputation, though,

actually rests with three stories which are, unfortunately, all a little bit too long for us.

Black Canaan, weird tales in 1936, was praised by Howard Phillips Lovecraft for its genuine

regional background and its compelling picture of the horror that stalks to the Moss-hung

shadow-cursed serpent-ridden swamps of the American far south.

Thanks Howard.

Pigeons from Hell, Weird Tales, 1938, was praised by Stephen King as one of the finest horror stories of our century,

and Worms of the Earth, Weird Tales, in 1932, thought by many Howard's to be his all-time greatest story.

To dive into more of Howard's genuinely impressive oofra, consider the Delray series of Howard

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