Pseudopod's "The Music of Erich Zann"

Pseudopod, an increasingly popular resource for free podcasts with a horrific edge, has posted an audio performance of Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann." This breaks with their regular cycle of podcasts, which consists of recordings from contemporary writers, rather than deceased ones. Perhaps it was in the spirit of their one hundredth podcast. Whatever the case, it's a boon to Lovecraftian listeners. This audio recording is well done, haunting, and effectively captures the atmosphere of HPL's original story. "The Music of Erich Zann" in its adapted form joins an increasingly vast library of other readings of H.P. Lovecraft stories available online. Today, more and more weird tales from Lovecraft and others are appearing in downloadable audio formats.

These podcasts have the dual benefit of serving as "re-creations" of tales read in our own minds, and allows us to bring them along wherever we go. It appears Pseudopod has also partnered with "Weird Tales" magazine in some fashion or other, which can only help their expanding influence across the web. Yes, the digital age is already almost a decade upon us, and luckily, the weird is well adapted for it.

-Grim Blogger