Podcasts by Tales from the Potts House: William Hope Hodgson

Tales from the Potts House: William Hope Hodgson

Out-of-copyright adventure, horror, and science fiction by William Hope Hodgson

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Tales from the Potts House: William Hope Hodgson
Restarting the Podcast from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

I have improved my audio production and as a result I am starting over with all-new MP3 files.

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Tales from the Potts House: William Hope Hodgson
The Boats of the Glen Carrig Introduction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this introduction I describe the license and plan for the 17-chapter series.

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Tales from the Potts House: William Hope Hodgson
The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 1 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The survivors of the Glen Carrig paddle their lifeboats up a creek in search of fresh water, only to find a desolate land haunted by eerie sounds. Music is by Samsa from the album "The Laurentian D...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 2 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The survivors follow the stream and come upon a derelict vessel, well-stocked with food. But why was this ship apparently abandoned in great haste, and what is the source of those mysterious sounds...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 3 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Aboard the derelict vessel, the survivors hunt for potable water and discover disturbing notes left by a former passenger, containing references to a mysterious, threatening creature. Grace Potts i...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 4 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The men of the Glen Carrig, lost in the Land of Lonesomeness, finally discover fresh water. But their joy is chilled as they discover the source of the weird crying sound that haunts this cursed pl...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 5 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The crew of the boats, having left behind the Land of Lonesomeness, encounters a storm of tremendous power. Music is by Cordell Klier from the album "Emmisary." Storm sound effects are from the Fre...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 6 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Having escaped the great storm, the crew navigates an ocean filled with huge floating masses of seaweed, where rotting ships are trapped forever in the "cemetery of the oceans." Music is by Aidan B...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 7 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

At last the survivors discover an island in the weed, and all go ashore to explore, except Job, who is left to look after the boat. But this island refuge may not be the place of safety that they l...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 8 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The survivors try to care for injured seaman Job, who remains unconscious. The bo'sun starts repair work on the boat, and the other men establish camp. But while he sleeps, the the narrator is atta...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 9 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

While the survivors work on the boat, Job is taken from the tent. Following the the slime trails of strange creatures, the men find Job's still-warm body in the valley, drained of blood. In their r...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 10 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The men bury the young seaman, Job. As they climb to the highest point of the island, they are relieved to discover a source of fresh water. The bo'sun orders the men to move the camp to more defen...

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Tales from the Potts House: William Hope Hodgson
The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 11 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The bo'sun continues work on the ship while keeping one eye on the ship in the weed. When the people on board the ship discover that there are people on the island, there is much rejoicing. But nei...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 12 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The survivors work to construct a giant crossbow in order to fire a line across from the island to the ship. But the island is unquiet in the night! Uncanny things are moving about in the valley, a...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 13 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The survivors' worst fears are realized when in the moonless darkness their camp is attacked by vile and terrifying creatures. It seems that only fire can deter these evil beasts, but the men are r...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 14 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Another sailor is presumed lost after the tragic weed-man attack, and Job's grave has been plundered. The giant crossbow has failed to fire a line across to the trapped ship, but as luck would have...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 15 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The narrator rides aross the rope to the vessel in the weed. There he meets the dead Captain's wife and young niece, Mary Madison. But the rope line is already beginning to show signs of fraying, a...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 16 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Aboard the ship, the men use long reeds from the island to help push the weed aside, and as the line is tightened the ship inches ever closer to the island. Our narrator and Mistress Madison find t...

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The Boats of the Glen Carrig Chapter 17 of 17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The good ship Seabird is repaired, and all aboard her long to see England once agan. A vicious fight with the weed men claims one final victim before the ship is finally free of the Land of Lonesom...

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The Voice in the Night from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A ship at sea in the dead of night is hailed by a solitary figure in a small boat. Who is he, and why does he refuse to allow the crew to see him?

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Captain Dan Danblasten from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A captain returns to his home town and the woman he loves after twenty years on the high seas.

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Arthur Machen's "The White People" (Live Reading) (March 22, 2020) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In the spring of 2020, while stuck in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I began experimenting with streaming live audio to Twitch. I wanted to mix, chop, and screw with Creative Commons-licen...

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