Curious Matter, is a brand-new podcast anthology of the world’s greatest horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories that launches Tuesday, October 22nd. Experience all the wonder of these tales brought to life as completely new, fully immersive HD audio dramas.

Our pilot episode Shambler From the Stars was one of the very first stories written by the legendary author and screenwriter Robert Bloch. Bloch later went on to create the iconic character Norman Bates in his Psycho series.

Shambler was first published in the September 1935 issue of Weird Tales. This story chronicles an unnamed young writer very much like Bloch himself, and his search for forbidden knowledge. Robert Bloch, only 18 at the time, was encouraged to follow his interest in writing by H.P. Lovecraft and was the youngest member of Lovecraft’s venerable circle of colleagues. Shambler From the Stars was written as an homage to his mentor. Just before his death, Lovecraft penned Haunter in the Dark as a sequel to Bloch’s story. It was Lovecraft who finally dubbed the main character Robert Blake and dedicated in return to his young protege. Haunter in the Dark is the last known work of H.P. Lovecraft and his final tale in the Cthulhu Mythos.

Shambler From the Stars kicks off our anthology in the grand tradition of supernatural horror and unites Shambler From the Stars and its sequel Haunter in the Dark into a trilogy of episodes following Robert Blake’s ill-fated adventures.

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