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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Manor tried to lay low this spooky season, but some fiendish tracks escaped from their lab! ROUND THEM UP IF YOU DARE!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're kicking off October with a rebroadcast of The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Andrew Leman!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's our Extra Credit #StrangeStudies on the Body Snatchers movie adaptations, where we find out if pod people can fly! No? Bounce, maybe? Hop aboard the Patreon chopper at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What up dawgs?! Our new episode on the Body Snatcher films is out now!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s the final part of our #StrangeStudies of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”, as Chris gives up the fight! Surrender to us over on Patreon for more (no pod required)! Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sometimes humans just make you wanna fly the f#&k off into space. Tune in for the uplifting conclusion of Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Chris and Chad get absorbed in the next part of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" as we continue our #StrangeStudies on the Jack Finney classic. Make some human connections over on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We've infiltrated Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney and we're spreading the excitement! Tune in for PART TWO!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We kick of our September #StrangeStudies with our FREE SHOW on "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" - it's the weird fiction prescription recommended by 8/10 mad doctors! Don't sleep on this one, check it out on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Join us as we travel back to the '50s, when podcasting meant something quite different. It's Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney - accept no imitations! FREE SHOW!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Escape the madness of the modern world by tuning in to our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit and losing yourself in "Friday the 13th: The Series" with us - available on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Join us on this week's #StrangeStudies for "The Smoking Leg", a weird tale where mad, bad doctors cheap out on the anaesthetic! Grab your 12-bore and head on over to Patreon for more! Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A drunk doctor sews a cursed gem into a patient's body then refers him to another drunk doctor in The Smoking Leg by John Metcalfe!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are full of unholy gratitude. Thank you strange supporters! Updates coming soon...

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thanks to our backers, we've just unlocked our tenth scenario—this is the exact book we'd hoped to make! There's still time to get your copy and plunge into the pulps, but the clock is ticking. In less than 24 hours, the campaign will be a mere ghost of a werewolf!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The Price of Lies is unlocked! Can we make The Dean's List with only three days left?!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In Celui-là by Eleanor Scott, a hooded figure leaves an incantation in a box on the beach... and the main character reads it out loud! Tune in to see what this fool has wrought in this folk horror classic!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Less than a week left to back Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game and unlock more scenarios! Look at this guy. This could be you!

An illustration from the Backerkit campaign for Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game

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TTRPG Backer Watch @backerwatch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Strange Stories, on Backerkit until August 19! A new rules-light horror game, from the Strange Studies of Strange Stories podcast (@strangestudies.bsky.social). You could easily miss it in the jungle of crowdfunding projects, but it's definitely worth a look. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...

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Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game

A one-night, rules-light tabletop RPG that plunges players into the pulps! Inspired by masters of the strange story, including Lovecraft, Rod Serling, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, Clark Ashton S...

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You'll never look at your chiropractor the same way again after learning the dark secrets in our FREE #StrangeStudies for August, "The Crawling Horror", with special guest Robin D. Laws! Join us for more on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Author Robin D. Laws joins us to discuss The Crawling Horror by Thorp McClusky, a protoplasmic pulp tale that prefigures Body Snatchers and The Thing!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Stretch goal for The Dandelo unlocked! We're comin' for ya buddy! New scenarios in play "The Price of Lies": Eldritch entities attack spiritualist swindlers after a séance gone wrong! "The Dean’s List": Scholomance students must destroy a goody-goody wizarding school or face expulsion… into hell!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Okay kids, who wants to drink from the fire hose? The fire hose OF MONSTERS, that is! See out Thewly with our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit on Deathstalker (2025), available on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It's a Thewly miracle! Thanks to your support, our sword-n-sorcery scenario is on the loose! Next up: sci-fi actioneer THE DANDELO!

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bagwit @alepuddle.com · 29/07/2026

Back this now! Short form TTRPG able to be played in a single evening. Works for both new players wary at the size of most such games and seasoned players who want a selection of interesting one-shot style scenarios. Each scenario will be accompanied by an audio podcast to assist GMs running it.

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Deathstalker got a remake and it's a vast improvement! Tune in as we discuss versions old and new - or suffer the consequences!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Our final #StrangeStudies for Thewly is Tanith Lee's "Draco, Draco," which makes us wonder - which is more powerful, the dragon, or the stories about the dragon? Find out, only on Patreon! Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We did it! Our 1st stretch goal: Harpooners! A neo-noir supernatural thriller about vampire-hunting cyberpunks.

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Jonathan Tweet @jonathantweet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Last night, I ran a playtest session of Strange Stories for two players, and we had a blast. The game looked like it would be fun, and it sure was. @chrislackey.bsky.social & @chadfifer.bsky.social gave me early access to the material, so thanks, you two! #TTRPG

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Getting into our 18th year on these mean podcasting streets, and we're releasing a game! The link's in the comments. Dig it!

Chris Lackey and Chad Fifer of Strange Studies of Strange Stories and The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast.

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 21/07/2026

Creators of the Strange Studies of Strange Stories podcast are betting on audio guides to set their new horror RPG apart www.rascal.news/creators-of-...

an ominous house with a figure in white outside, the picture is in red and black, faded like an old photo

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Thewly continues on #StrangeStories with "The Barrow Troll", where our hosts accuse 'hero' Ulf Womanslayer of conduct unbecoming a barbarian! Judge for yourself, only on Patreon! Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Look out! Cover reveal! The campaign to fund this game starts on Tuesday next week and we'll need your support. Sign up on the pre-launch page in the comments to learn more!

The cover for Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game, featuring two creepy eyes peering out of a rock formation.

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Lackey is talking about our upcoming TTRPG game. Sign up on the BackerKit now to be notified of the release! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Strange Stories - The Roleplaying Game

From Witch House Media - Strange Stories - The Roleplaying Game

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Thews! Baboons! Sandals! Check out the Thoth-Amon difference in our FREE #StrangeStudies for Thew-ly on Conan tale "The Phoenix on the Sword" with special guest @kennethhite.bsky.social! Join us for more on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

We're joined by guest @kennethhite.bsky.social as we cover the very first Conan the Barbarian story by Robert E. Howard, The Phoenix on the Sword! It's a super-sized FREE episode for Thewly! (painting by Sanjulián)

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Get your teeth into "Satan's Hounds" as Chris takes Chad on an exclusive adventure using our #StrangeStoriesRPG! Join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more of our #StrangeStories extra credit, and sign up for the RPG pre-launch on Backerkit! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Listen to our playthrough of a meditative roleplaying game: The Enchanter's Apprentice! It's FREE and will fix you, FINALLY!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Humans mind-meld with cats to fight interstellar monsters in The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith! Join us as we launch into MEOWterspace!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Knicks win! A great night for Washington Irving fans!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We're covering Jean Ray's "The Mainz Psalter" on this week's #StrangeStudies, which some have called "The Weird Fiction equivalent of Turkish Star Wars"* Subscribe on Patreon, on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! *Okay, one person has called it that. #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Belgian ale? Belgian waffles? How about some Belgian Lovecraft? Join us as we discuss Jean Ray's tale of cosmic horror on the high seas: The Mainz Psalter!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Our official roleplaying game is creeping your way! Sign up to be warned through the link in the comments! HURRY YOU FOOL!

A red promo image for Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game featuring creepy, leering trees.

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

It's our free #StrangeStudies for June as we look at "Founding Father", where Clifford D. Simak predicted AI idiocy seventy years ago! Join us for more on Patreon, iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! #hppodcraft

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A space traveler wrestles with the need for human companionship... and LOSES! Join us as we discuss the pastoral sci-fi story Founding Father by Clifford D. Simak - new, FREE show!

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Strange Studies of Strange Stories @strangestudies.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It's our #StrangeStudies Extra Credit as special guests Sean Branney and Andrew Leman join to talk about their audiobook of The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ideal for romantic graveside listening! Join us on Patreon at the Scholar level or higher for more! #hppodcraft #poe

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