# What Is Weird Fiction?

An episode of [Vigilante Crime and Pulp](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1809034672), 1 Aug 2025, 26 min.

Audio: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/169860268/8e4ad8e4b68b8cf75a8b03f206e1321d.mp3

We explore the broad and uncanny world of weird fiction, cosmic horror, and its progeny. A discussion of H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Robert W. Chambers and his King in Yellow mythos, Lord Dunsany, Algernon Blackwood, William Hope Hodgson, Stephen King (The Mist), Thomas Ligotti, True Detective, and so much more. Shoutouts to podcasts: The Lovecraft E-Zine Podcast, Elder Sign Podcast, and Weird Studies podcast. Get full access to Vigilante Crime & Pulp at vigilantemag.substack.com/subscribe

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