About Century Read: Weird Tales Magazine exactly 100 years ago!
This is the podcast where we read, admire, and react to (and occasionally recoil in horror from!) the issue of Weird Tales magazine that was on the newsstands exactly 100 years ago this month. Join Non-Euclidian Kris, Cyclopean Kris, Cthonian Finn, and Darksome Marcus and as they read and talk about what’s changed in 100 years, what has aged well and what has absolutely NOT, and read hilarious classified ads for things like telekinesis training, pimple cream, over-the-counter abortifacients and mail-order .32 automatics. Join us!
April 1926 Part 4 of 4: Tier-list ranking all the stories in Weird Tales this month a century ago!
EPISODE THREE of four!
Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?
We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!
IN THIS EPISODE:
THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Theophile Gautier: "Hermonthis, Princess of Egypt, Returns for Her Lost Foot."
THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S, by C. Franklin Miller: "The Wolf-man Comes to his Senses Through a Terrible Crime."
THE YELLOW SPECTRE, by Stewart Van der Veer: "Old Spanish Prison — a Terrified Bride — the Ghost of a Chinaman (sic)."
THE GLACIER LODE, by Strickland Gillilan: "Soapy Sam was Balmy, so His Friends Thought."
25 Apr 2026
April 1926 Part 3 of 4: Tier-list ranking all the stories in Weird Tales this month a century ago!
EPISODE THREE of four!
Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?
We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!
IN THIS EPISODE:
THE VENGEANCE OF INDIA, by Seabury Quinn: "Graveyard Tale of Hypnotism, and Corpses that Rise in the Night."
THE PHANTOM DRUG, by A.W. Kapfer: "Document Found in the Burned Ruins of an Insane Asylum."
THE HOUSE IN THE WILLOWS, by Sewell Peaslee Wright: "A Rational Ghost-story."
DUVAL'S WEIRD EXPERIMENT, by F. Williams Sarles: "Eery Tale of a Scientist's Attempt to Pierce the Veil."
COMING NEXT WEEK in Episode 4:
THE MUMMY'S FOOT, by Theophile Gautier: "Hermonthis, Princess of Egypt, Returns for Her Lost Foot."
THINGS THAT ARE GOD'S, by C. Franklin Miller: "The Wolf-man Comes to his Senses Through a Terrible Crime."
THE YELLOW SPECTRE, by Stewart Van der Veer: "Old Spanish Prison — a Terrified Bride — the Ghost of a Chinaman (sic)."
THE GLACIER LODE, by Strickland Gillilan: "Soapy Sam was Balmy, so His Friends Thought."
16 Apr 2026
April 1926 Part 2 of 4: Tier-list ranking all the stories in Weird Tales this month a century ago!
EPISODE TWO of four!
Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?
We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!
IN THIS EPISODE:
OUT OF THE MISTS OF TIME, by William Benton Frazier: "A Terrible Doom Rolled out from the Fogs of Antiquity."
KNIGHTS OF THE RED OWL, by Elwin J. Owens: "A Portly Businessman Undergoes a Wild Night of Terror."
THE DERELICT MINE, PART 1, by Frank A. Mochnant: "Three-part Mystery Serial, Which Rises to a Ghastly Climax."
TEETH, by Galen C. Colin: "Old Ling Foo Plans a Terrible Revenge on his Daughter's Lover."
COMING NEXT WEEK in Episode 3:
THE VENGEANCE OF INDIA, by Seabury Quinn: "Graveyard Tale of Hypnotism, and Corpses that Rise in the Night."
THE PHANTOM DRUG, by A.W. Kapfer: "Document Found in the Burned Ruins of an Insane Asylum."
THE HOUSE IN THE WILLOWS, by Sewell Peaslee Wright: "A Rational Ghost-story."
DUVAL'S WEIRD EXPERIMENT, by F. Williams Sarles: "Eery Tale of a Scientist's Attempt to Pierce the Veil."
14 Apr 2026
April 1926 Part 1 of 4: Tier-list ranking all the stories in Weird Tales this month a century ago!
EPISODE ONE: The inception!
Century Read Weird Tales is the podcast in which we hop in the corporate DMC-12 and zoom 100 years back in time and then buy a copy of Weird Tales Magazine, fresh off the press, and, after reading it, do a tier-list ranking of all the stories inside. How well crafted were they? How well do they hold up, 100 years later?
We're four pre-war pulp fans on a journey through one of the pulps that made the twenties roar, reading all the stories so you don't have to, along with some fantastic ads for stuff like "books for men," telekinesis lessons, and .32 automatics sold by mail on a "COD — send no money now" basis. Join us!
IN THIS EPISODE:
WOLFSHEAD, by Robert E. Howard: "An Evil Something Wrought Frightful Death."
THE OUTSIDER, by H.P. Lovecraft: "An Outre Masterpiece — One of the Strangest Stories Ever Written."
THE CONTRA-TALISMAN, by George Ballard Bowers: "A Tale of Filipino Superstition — and an Anting-Anting."
THE HOODED DEATH, by Joel Martin Nichols Jr.: "Two Milk-White Cobras Guard the Jewels of the Temple."
COMING NEXT WEEK in Episode 2:
OUT OF THE MISTS OF TIME, by William Benton Frazier: "A Terrible Doom Rolled out from the Fogs of Antiquity."
KNIGHTS OF THE RED OWL, by Elwin J. Owens: "A Portly Businessman Undergoes a Wild Night of Terror."
THE DERELICT MINE, PART 1, by Frank A. Mochnant: "Three-part Mystery Serial, Which Rises to a Ghastly Climax."
TEETH, by Galen C. Colin: "Old Ling Foo Plans a Terrible Revenge on his Daughter's Lover."
29 Mar 2026
Prequel iv: March 1926 Part 4 — Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe!
Welcome to our FOURTH prequel episode!
On this fourth episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Cthonian Finn J.D. John and Darksome Marcus Axford continue their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!
It's DARKSOME MARCUS's turn to start us off with his favourite story from this month's issue of the magazine:
MASK OF THE RED DEATH
by EDGAR ALLAN POE
(published on Page 360 of this issue; reading by Darksome Marcus)
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After that comes the episode's featured poem:
THE RUTTED ROAD
by H.P. LOVECRAFT
(Reading by Cthonian Finn)
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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!
Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics (and, in this episode, a "lucky ring" that seems obviously intended to be worn on ... er ... a gentleman's nether appendage) all available through the mail (in plain brown wrappers, no doubt).
Join us!
(This episode is the FOURTH of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)
22 Mar 2026
Prequel iii: March 1926 Part 3 — Dr. Jerbot's Last Experiment by Granville S. Hoss!
Welcome to our THIRD episode!
On this third episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Darksome Marcus Axford and Cthonian Finn J.D. John continue their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!
It's CTHONIAN FINN's turn to start us off with his favourite story from this month's issue of the magazine:
DR. JERBOT'S LAST EXPERIMENT
by GRANVILLE S. HOSS
(published on Page 374 of this issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)
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After that comes the episode's featured poem:
ASTARTE
by E. HOFFMAN PRICE
(published on Page 419 of this issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)
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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!
Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics available through the mail.
Join us!
(This episode is the THIRD of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)
18 Mar 2026
Prequel ii: March 1926 Part 2 — A Dream of Armageddon by H.G. Wells
Welcome to our SECOND prequel episode!
On the second episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Darksome Marcus Axford and Cthonian Finn J.D. John continue their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!
It's CYCLOPEAN KRIS's turn to start us off with his favourite story from this month's issue of the magazine:
A Dream of Armageddon
by H.G. Wells
(published on Page 337 of this issue; reading by Cyclopean Kris)
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After that comes the episode's featured poem:
THE INLAND SEA
by FRANK BELKNAP LONG
(published on Page 364 of this issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)
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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!
Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics available through the mail.
Join us!
(This episode is the SECOND of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)
(This episode is the SECOND of FOUR episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)
15 Mar 2026
Prequel i: March 1926 Part I — Dagon, by H.P. Lovecraft
Welcome to our FIRST PREQUEL EPISODE!
And because it’s coming out on the 109th anniversary of the death of Weird Tales’ most famous regular writer, H.P. Lovecraft, we’re kind of turning this first episode into a memorial for HPL.
On this Inceptional episode of Century Read, Non-Euclidian Kris Jerome, Cyclopean Kris Puterbagh, Darksome Marcus Axford and Cthonian Finn J.D. John introduce themselves and commence their exploration of the MARCH 1926 issue of WEIRD TALES Magazine!
Non-Euclidian Kris starts us off with one of his favourite H.P. Lovecraft stories from the pages of Weird Tales — HPL didn’t have any stories in the March 1926 issue, so Kris picked the most influential one (in our opinions) from earlier issues:
DAGON
by H.P. LOVECRAFT
(published in the October 1923 issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)
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After that comes the episode's featured poem:
NEMESIS
by H.P. LOVECRAFT
(published in the April 1924 issue; reading by Cthonian Finn)
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Finally, we cap off the show with letters to the editor, including a fake one we have snuck in. Can you guess which one? Let us know, and we'll give you a shoutout on a future show!
Along the way, we'll do some fake "sponsorship ad reads" for our favourites among the hucksters, swindlers, and morally-questionable entrepreneurs whose hilarious and sometimes inappropriate advertisements appeared in the back pages of this issue, hawking everything from telekinesis lessons to .32 automatics available through the mail.
Join us!
(This episode is the FIRST of FOUR prequel episodes working from the March 1929 issue.)
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