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5 Steps to the SF and Fantasy Podcast

Introducing the new SF and Fantasy Podcast, These Fantastic Worlds. A weekly dose of micro-fiction by Jake Jackson. With tales ranging from the gothic to the weird, dystopia to space opera.

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Clark Ashton Smith: Master of Gothic, Pulp and SF classics

Golden Age writer of over 100 stories Clark Ashton Smith enjoyed a reputation for fast-paced, evocative narratives in the thrilling forms of the golden age genre fiction: horror, science fiction, heroic fantasy and the macabre.

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Henry Fuseli: Dark Gothic Fantasy

The early gothic found ghastly, thrilling form in the supernatural intimations of Henry Fusili. An artist of fierce intelligence we know him primarily as the creator of the famous Nightmare painting, but his influence can be seen in William Blake, Lovecraft, Frazetta and so many more.

Algernon Blackwood, Master of supernatural horror

Algernon Blackwood: Master of Supernatural Fiction

Regarded as a pioneer of the modern ghost story, alongside M. R. James, Blackwood wrote fiction with a heavy undertow of horror and the supernatural.