Counter Esperanto Podcast: Winds Of The Weird

Welcome to the fourth episode of our “Attempted Conversations about Robert Aickman” series. This time around, we were quite fortunate to be able to speak to author, songwriter, book collector and publisher, R.B. Russell. Ray has published several novels, novellas and collections of short stories, is the author of Robert Aickman: A Biography, and along … Continue reading "Counter Esperanto Podcast Presents: An Attempted Conversation About Robert Aickman Episode 4"

In this, the third episode of our Attempted Conversations About Robert Aickman, we welcome John Thorne back to the show. John is co-creator of the legendary Twin Peaks fanzine Wrapped in Plastic, the book Ominous Whoosh, and most recently, Devious Dreams: Reimagining David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. First, we talk to John about his book, which … Continue reading "Counter Esperanto Podcast Presents: An Attempted Conversation About Robert Aickman Episode 3"

In this, our second Attempted Conversation about Robert Aickman, we have brought in a formidable duo as guests to grapple with two Robert Aickman stories: “Ringing the Changes,” and “No Stronger Than a Flower.” Hilary and Indigo of the Full Blossom of the Evening Podcast, who are newcomers to the Capital-S Strange world of Robert … Continue reading "Counter Esperanto Podcast Presents: An Attempted Conversation About Robert Aickman Episode 2"

Greetings listeners! We are pleased to bring you the first episode in a series about one of our favorite writers, Robert Aickman. As longtime listeners of Counter Esperanto know, we are something of a hybrid podcast: we began as a Twin Peaks podcast which filtered that series, and other David Lynch projects through weird stories, … Continue reading "Counter Esperanto Podcast Presents: An Attempted Conversation About Robert Aickman Episode 1"

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Merry Yule, everyone. Today, just in time for us to call it a Christmas gift to you, we present just a taste of our Super Secret Project that we’ve been cooking up for over a year now, one which we have given the provisional title, “Project Mercy Seat.” We don’t … Continue reading "Ep. No. 46 Just a Taste of the Elixir: a “Project Mercy Seat” Teaser"