Welcome back to the show, Cromrades! One of our jokes became an idea for an episode, and now we present to you our fantasy draft of characters featured in the Conan stories we've read and covered up through Queen of the Black Coast. We hope you enjoy the shenanigans! The list of characters we compiled prior to the draft: CharacterStoryAscalanteThe Phoenix on the SwordRinaldoThe Phoenix on the

Season 18 Episode 12: The Fantasy Draft

Hello Cromrades and welcome to another nautical episode here on The Cromcast. This is no ordinary sea tale though, today we ride the gusty seas with the one and only Queen of the Black Coast. Tune in for a tale of how love transcends all, for piratical fun, and for the finest winged ape you've never wanted to see. One ThingsJosh: The highest form of gaming, chessLuke: Reaper Minis, mini-figs to

Season 18 Episode 11: Queen of the Black Coast

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week's show is a banger! Join us as we not only unpack 'Iron Shadows in the Moon,' but also get deep into a discussion of mythos! You can read 'Iron Shadows' here!If you are looking for some guide posts, be sure to check out the recent episode from Weird Studies for their own discussion of 'mythos' and the third season of 'Twin Peaks' here!One ThingsJonster with the

Season 18 Episode 10: Iron Shadows in the Moon & Mythos Talk

Jim Zub

Welcome back to the show, Cromrades! This week we are thrilled to share a conversation we had with sword and sorcery fan and comic book writer Jim Zub! Jim tells us about the upcoming Conan comic series from Titan Comics. By now, hopefully you've all had a chance to pick up the Free Comic Book Day copy of Conan the Barbarian Issue #0! The art by Robert De La Torre absolutely rips, and the story

Season 18, Episode 9: Conan in Comics with Jim Zub!

Today's Cromcast ventures into the home of Nabonidus, who knows what wonders and magic we may perceive. We are also joined by a friends fourth rogue, Matt John of the aptly named, Rogues in the House podcast!Tune in for cartoonish violence and Scooby-Doo traps galore!Be sure to find Matt on his usual channel with Rogues in the HouseOne ThingsMatt: Has been toiling away with Elden RingJosh: Pines

Season 18 Episode 8: The Rogues in the House

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week we join Conan to sail the seas and explore a fantastic island where intrigue abounds! Hope you brought a jaunty hat and your cutlass!If you are looking for a great review / lit crit piece on this story, we reference David C. Smith's take on this story from the 'Hither Came Conan' blog series on The Black Gate. You can check it here!One ThingsJon: Frank Miller

Season 18 Episode 7: The Pool of the Black One

Welcome back, Cromrades! We are still cruising down the ReRoad of Kings, and it's time to make a stop at Xuthal! Do we have any thoughts about titillating and exciting Slithering Shadow? Do we ever! Join us, won't you? One ThingsJon: Snowblind by Rangar Jonasson.Josh: The Call of Cthulhu, and the blurred line between the real world and mythos filters placed over the real world. Luke: Goodreads,

Season 18, Episode 06: Xuthal of the Dusk

Black Colossus

Howdy, Cromrades. Today The Cromcast continues down their 10th anniversary trail by stopping in at the small kingdom of Khoraja where we'll come face to face with Natohk... or is that Thugra Khotan hiding under those mummy bandages? Tune in to hear about the first world war in Hyborea and the role that Conan plays in it. Dissect the role of the Yasmeela, the woman in charge or Khoraja and

Season 18 Episode 5: The Black Colossus

Hile, Cromrades! We continue our season with another humdinger! For this episode we read the much lauded The Tower of the Elephant, and frame up the episode in a less conventional fashion using the old TSR Conan Role-Playing Game System from 1985! Join us, won't you?Useful Reads about The Tower of the ElephantHoward Andrew Jones and Bill Ward's Reread and DiscussionWaltz's Hither Came Conan

Season 18 Episode 4: The Tower of the Elephant

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week, we follow Conan (or is it, Amra?) into the bowels of hell beneath The Scarlet Citadel. Here we meet Pelias, who, as it has been said, does like to party. We spend the majority of the discussion devoted to the labyrinth beneath the Scarlet Citadel and its denizens. Join us, won't you? One ThingsJon: Rosalind Kerven's Viking Myths and Sagas.Josh: Wednesday on

Season 18 Episode 3: The Scarlet Citadel

A Hyborian Age podcast featuring the works of Robert E. Howard, his pop culture legacy, and other weird fiction.

I&#39;m a massive REH fan and this is everything I could ever want in a podcast. Thanks guys!

WOW!!!

Good group of guys on here, and love hearing their takes on the various stories of REH.

Great Show

The Cromcast: A Weird Fiction Podcast

Welcome back for one more episode this season, Fremen Cromrades! We wrap up our journey to Arrakis with a discussion of Book III of Dune entitled, "The Prophet."One Things:Jon: Blurry Photos' episode on Creepy Cults!Josh: David Fincher's Zodiac!Luke: Luca Guadagnino's Suspira!Where do we go from here? What road will we walk next? Lay your ear close to the ground, and soon you may hear

Welcome back for one more episode this season, Fremen Cromrades! We wrap up our journey to Arrakis with a discussion of Book III of Dune entitled, "The Prophet." One Things: Jon: Blurry Photos' episode on Creepy Cults! Josh: David Fincher's Zodiac! Luke: Luca Guadagnino's Suspira! Where do we go from here? What road will we walk next? Lay your ear close to the ground, and soon you may hear

Season 10 Episode 4: "The Prophet"

Karen Joan Kohoutek

Welcome back, Cromrades! We're excited to get rolling down The Road of Revisions, and we go big with our first episode! Here we tackle the roots of Robert E. Howard's brand of sword and sorcery by going deep with the Kull/Conan dichotomy, and we call in our friend and Howard Scholar Karen Joan Kohoutek to provide us with her insight into this topic. Karen authored an insightful essay

Season 9, Episode 1: The Initiation - Kull and Conan with Karen Joan Kohoutek! 

We just can't quit you, Cromtober! We're back for one more episode, wherein we are just gathered around the fire and telling some spooky stories... Join us, won't you?Questions? Comments? Curses?Email us! (thecromcast at gmail dot com)You know you want to follow us on Twitter!Did you know that we're on Facebook?We're posting photos on the Instagrams!Subscribe to our feed on

We just can't quit you, Cromtober! We're back for one more episode, wherein we are just gathered around the fire and telling some spooky stories... Join us, won't you? Questions? Comments? Curses? Email us! (thecromcast at gmail dot com) You know you want to follow us on Twitter! Did you know that we're on Facebook? We're posting photos on the Instagrams! Subscribe to our feed on

Cromtober 2019 - Tailypo & Others

Happy 2019, Cromrades! For the first Cromcast episode of 2019, we discuss another El Borak tale, "Hawk of the Hills" by Robert E. Howard (read it on Project Gutenberg Australia). This story is equal parts siege story and revenge tale with the geopolitical stability of the entire region at risk! Honor, glory, and trust are at the core of the tale, and a good bit of foresight and manipulation

Season 8, Episode 3: Hawk of the Hills

Greetings, brave wanderers! We continue our third season of Bourbon &amp; Barbarians! Herein our adventurers visit the Burgomaster, and prepare themselves to enter the proper, actual, for-real-this-time classic AD&amp;D module, I6: 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

Greetings, brave wanderers! We continue our third season of Bourbon &amp; Barbarians! Herein our adventurers visit the Burgomaster, and prepare themselves to enter the proper, actual, for-real-this-time classic AD&amp;D module, I6: Ravenloft! Our episode is freely available on <a href="http://archive.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">archive.org</a> and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 7: A Pyre, and Portents of Days to Come

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week we go deep into the first section of Frank Herbert's Dune, from the standpoint of civilization and barbarism, unwanted power, drugs, factions vying for control of Arrakis, ecology, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, conservation, perceptions of native cultures as noble savages, space nuns, adapting to new environments, and more!Need a copy? Here it is from

Welcome back, Cromrades! This week we go deep into the first section of Frank Herbert's Dune, from the standpoint of civilization and barbarism, unwanted power, drugs, factions vying for control of Arrakis, ecology, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, conservation, perceptions of native cultures as noble savages, space nuns, adapting to new environments, and more! Need a copy? Here it is from

Season 10 Episode 2: "Dune"

Mark Finn

Welcome back, Cromrades! We're picking up steam as we head down The Road of Revisions with our guest, Mark Finn! In this episode, which we term 'The Extension,' we tackle one of the earliest-written Conan stories, "The God in the Bowl," which didn't see publication until 1952 when it appeared in Space Science Fiction.An illustration by Mark Schultz in The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Del

Welcome back, Cromrades! We're picking up steam as we head down The Road of Revisions with our guest, Mark Finn! In this episode, which we term 'The Extension,' we tackle one of the earliest-written Conan stories, "The God in the Bowl," which didn't see publication until 1952 when it appeared in Space Science Fiction. An illustration by Mark Schultz in The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Del

Season 9, Episode 2: The Extension – "The God in the Bowl" with Mark Finn!

Welcome back, Fremen Cromrades! We are continuing our sojourn through the hot and arid sands of Arrakis, ever in search of that spice which makes intergalactic travel possible! This week, we discuss Book II of Dune, titled "Muad'Dib". Let's catch up with Paul and Jessica, meet Stilgar, become better acquainted with the complex interactions between civilization and barbarism inherent to Fremen

Season 10 Episode 3, "Muad'Dib"

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