The Dark Crusade
A podcast dedicated to the works of horror/fantasy writer, editor, and publisher Karl Edward Wagner.
Episodes
November 30, 2023 • 36 mins
“Mirage”First Appearance: Death Angel’s Shadow, Warner Paperback Library, 1973Translations: “Miraggio” (1992) Italian (EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS!) I am back with another sampling FROM THE VAULT! This is an episode Jonathan and I recorded around two years ago that never saw the light of day. It is old and unpolished, but it is about Wagner. We hope you … Continue reading.css-1t8gq41{border:none;background-image:none;background-color:transparent;box-shadow:none;color:#2F3133;cursor:pointer;font-size:inherit;padding:0;-webkit-text-decoration:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;width:-webkit-max-content;width:-moz-max-content;width:max-content;}.css-1t8gq41:hover,.css-1t8gq41:focus{-webkit-text-decoration:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;}
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February 1, 2022 • 68 mins
Cold LightFirst Appearance: Death Angel’s Shadow, Warner Paperback Library, 1973Translations: German (1979) Italian (1992)(Warning: Sexual assault and suicide are discussed in this episode.) In this episode, we continued our Dark Crusade through Death Angel’s Shadow with the Kane story “Cold Light.” Jonathan and I were excited to have screenwriter and author Oliver Brackenbury join us for … Continue rea...
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November 18, 2021 • 61 mins
Reflections for the Winter of My SoulFirst Appearance: Death Angel’s Shadow, Warner Paperback Library, 1973Translations: German (1979) Italian (1992) (EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS!) It has been a long time coming, and it is good to be back. This episode is from the vaults, recorded over a year ago! We’ll be bringing you more podcasts and blog … Continue reading "Episode 3.4 ‘Ref...
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August 19, 2020 • 44 mins
Back in the saddle again! We’re offering you the conclusion of our coverage of Dark Crusade. Dear listeners, it pains me that I sat on the raw audio of this episode for roughly two months before I had a chance to sit down and assemble everything. Needless to say, we are all doing our best … Continue reading "Episode 3.3 ‘Dark Crusade’ — Part 2 — “Joyously They March to ...
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May 19, 2020 • 42 mins
First published: 1976 Warner Books (“In the Lair of Yslsl” first published in Midnight Sun 1, 1974 edited by Gary Hoppenstand) Nominated: 1977 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel This month we are bringing you Part 1 of our coverage of Karl Edward Wagner’s Kane novel Dark Crusade. I recently read Fantasy Newsletter numbers 38 … Continue reading "Episode 3.2 ‘Dark Crusade...
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April 6, 2020 • 37 mins
Raven’s EyrieFirst Appearance: Chacal #2, Spring 1977 eds. Pat Cadigan and Arnie Fenner (Warning: Sexual Assault is discussed in this episode) We are back for season three of The Dark Crusade podcast. Once again I’ll be joined by Jonathan Gelatt as co-host as we delve into the second third of Karl Edward Wagner’s Kane stories. … Continue reading "Episode 3.1 ‘Raven̵...
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August 19, 2019 • 8 mins
Victor LaValle is the author of seven works of fiction and one comic book. His most recent novel, The Changeling, received the World Fantasy Award, the British World Fantasy Award and the Dragon Award for Best Horror novel, among others. His novella, The Ballad of Black Tom, won the Shirley Jackson Award and was a … Continue reading "NecronomiCon Guest of Honor Interview: Victor LaValle"<...
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August 15, 2019 • 13 mins
Molly Tanzer Molly Tanzer is the author of Creatures of Will and Temper, Creatures of Want and Ruin, and the forthcoming Creatures of Charm and Hunger. She is also the author of the weird western Vermilion, which was an io9 and NPR “Best Book” of 2015, and the British Fantasy Award-nominated collection, A Pretty Mouth. … Continue reading "NecronomiCon Guest of Honor Interview: Moll...
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August 14, 2019 • 20 mins
Peter Cannon is the author of H. P. Lovecraft, a volume in Twayne’s U.S. Authors Series; Sunset Terrace Imagery in Lovecraft, an essay collection;The Chronology out of Time: Dates in the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft; and Long Memories: Recollections of Frank Belknap Long, a memoir. He’s the editor of Lovecraft Remembered and the co-editor with S. T. Joshi of More Annotated … Continue reading
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August 12, 2019 • 19 mins
Sonya Taaffe reads dead languages and tells living stories. Her short fiction and poetry have been collected most recently in Forget the Sleepless Shores (Lethe Press) and previously in Singing Innocence and Experience, Postcards from the Province of Hyphens, A Mayse-Bikhl, and Ghost Signs. She lives with her husband and two cats in Somerville, … Continue reading "NecronomiCon Guest of ...
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August 9, 2019 • 12 mins
Kenneth Hite has written or designed 100+ tabletop roleplaying games and supplements, including GURPS Horror,Call of Cthulhu d20, Trail of Cthulhu, Bookhounds of London, the Delta Green RPG, The Fall of DELTA GREEN, The Dracula Dossier, Night’s Black Agents, and Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition. Outside tabletop gaming, his other works include two volumes of … Continue reading "NecronomiCon...
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August 7, 2019 • 11 mins
Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book Awards and is the author of The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, and the crime novels The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland. His short story collection Growing Things and Other … Continue reading "NecronomiCon Guest of Honor Interview: Paul Tremblay"
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December 14, 2018 • 51 mins
The Treasure of Lynortis Originally Written: 1961 Originally Published: Kadath V. 2 #2/3 Fall 1984 ed. Francesco Cova Lynortis Reprise Originally Written: 1974 Originally Published: Midnight Sun, 1974 ed. Gary Hoppenstand Thus ends our season of Kane. But fret not dear listeners, Jonathan and I will be back for another season towards the end of … Continue reading "Episode 2.8 ‘The Treasu...
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September 26, 2018 • 50 mins
Misericorde Originally Published: Sorcerer’s Apprentice #17 1983, edited by Liz Danforth “Kane. The name is familiar, chilling, timeless. Karl Edward Wagner’s fell hero walks again, and leaves no promised work undone, to the undoing of others. If this is your introduction to Kane, settle in for the best reading you’ve had all year. If not, … Continue reading "Episode 2....
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September 13, 2018 • 54 mins
Sing a Last Song of Valdese Originally Published: Chacal #1, Winter, 1976, edited by Byron L. Roark and Arnie Fenner ‘Sing a Last Song of Valdese’ is Karl Edward Wagner’s fantasy take on the tradition of the murder ballad. We covered his earlier ode to the murder ballad in episode 2 and 3 where we … Continue reading "Episode 2.6 ‘Sing a Last Song of Valdese’ ̵...
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August 29, 2018 • 50 mins
The Dark Muse Originally published: Midnight Sun, Summer-Fall 1975, edited by Gary Hoppenstand Just made it back in time from summer vacation to get this episode in under the wire. I wanted to share this blurb from Gary Hoppenstand from the inside cover of Midnight Sun V. 1 N. 2 “Midnight Sun is a magazine devoted … Continue reading "Episode 2.5 ‘The Dark Muse’ – You sa...
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December 14, 2017 • 22 mins
Victoria Dalpe stuck around after recording and we got a chance to talk about her recently published modern-gothic vampire novel Parasite Life published by ChiZine. Pick it up here. It’s a perfect stocking stuffer or present for that horror-loving friend. For those of you in the Providence, Rhode Island area check out her book launch … Continue reading "Bonus Episode #5: Author Interview...
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December 3, 2017 • 83 mins
Beyond Any Measure Originally Published: Whispers #15-16, March 1982 edited by Stuart David Schiff Awards: Won 1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella Whiskey Pairing: High West Double Rye Special thanks for this episode to Lincoln Brown for helping with the afterward by Wagner in the Scream Press edition of In a Lonely Place, and to Phil … Continue reading "Episode 8 ‘Beyond An...
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November 15, 2017 • 9 mins
A Fly One By Steve Sneyd Needle Song by Charles L. Grant All the Birds Come Home to Roost by Harlan Ellison The Devil Behind You by Richard A. Moore We’ll be back in two weeks with Wagner’s story Beyond Any Measure.
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November 1, 2017 • 73 mins
WARNING: EPISODE CONTAINS CONTENT RELATED TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE The River of Night’s Dreaming Originally published: Whispers III edited by Stuart David Schiff (1983) Awards: Nominated for 1982 Balrog for Short Fiction, Nominated 1982 World Fantasy for Best Novella Whiskey Pairing: Kings County Distillery Straight Bourbon (Special note: Wagner fan Lincoln Brown, pointed out the Afterward of … Continue reading
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