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This is the podcast where we read, admire, and react to (and occasionally recoil in horror from!) the issue of Weird Tales magazine that was on the newsstands exactly 100 years ago this month. Join Non-Euclidian Kris, Cyclopean Kris, Cthonian Finn, and Darksome Marcus and as they read and talk about what’s changed in 100 years, what has aged well and what has absolutely NOT, and read hilarious classified ads for things like telekinesis training, pimple cream, over-the-counter abortifacients and mail-order .32 automatics. Join us!

Tom Jones is a splendid Hogarthian panorama of 18th-century English life and morals, encompassing both city and country, and comprising some of the greatest comic characters in British literature. First published in 1749, it was an instant success and has gone on to become a classic of its genre. Quite simply, there has never been anything like it.

An InStyle 10 Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down This October SIX FRIENDS THAT BECAME A FAMILY. A TELEVISION SHOW THAT BECAME A PHENOMENON. Today, Friends is remembered as an icon of ’90s comedy and the Must See TV years. But when the series debuted in 1994, no one anticipated the sensation...

Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion. When Samson Kolechko's father is murdered, his last act is to save his son from a falling Cossack sabre. Deprived of his right ear instead of his head, Samson is left an orphan, with only his father's collection of abacuses for company. Until, that is, his flat is requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers, whose secret plans Samson is somehow able to overhear with uncanny clarity.