Microphones Of Madness

Steve and Rodney continue their look at Wicked Weird: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers edited by Amber Fallon, Scott T. Goudsward, and David Price. Click the link to get yourself a copy. Stories covered in this episode: Pet Shop of the Gods by Paul Smales St. Scholastica's Home for Children of the Sea by Emma J. Gibbon The Mass of the Greatest Sin by Trisha J. Woodridge  The Painted Girl by Paul R. McNamee  Reclaimed by William D. Carl

(Pulp Cthulhu) A rainy night and a chance encounter with a frightened young woman lead to one of the toughest challenges the heroes have had to face. Will they survive the night and make it to Shiro Hiruma castle? Find out in this latest installment of Mask of the Oni. 

Steve and Rodney return to the wild world of anthologies with a look at Wicked Weird: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers edited by Amber Fallon, Scott T. Goudsward, and David Price. Click the link to get yourself a copy. Stories covered in this episode: Those Beneath, Devour. by Victoria Dalpe A Strange Haze by Matthew M. Bartlett  A Song of War and Death by Erick A Nunnally Salt Cave by Morgan Sylvia  The Sweetness and The Psychic by L.L. Soares  A Feast of Flies by Steve Van Samson

(Call of Cthulhu)   Nick runs a special one-shot presentation of Closed Casket by Brian Sammons.

Steve and Rodney talk martial arts films and the 1978 Jim Kelly flick, The Tattoo Connection.

Steve and Rodney discuss the classic horror/blaxploitation flick Blacula. 

(Pulp Cthulhu) The Heroes of Hamamatsu reach the front lines to find the situation dire and their path to Shiro Hiruma Castle hampered. The way forward is revealed by a rather shady character.

Steve and Rodney discuss the 2019 film Brightburn.

(Pulp Cthulhu)  The Butts are loose!! The heroes journey North toward Shiro Hiruma Castle and get some ass along the way. Innuendo hides the true horror in this episode of Mask of the Oni! 

Steve and Rodney discuss Sisters of the Wild Sage by Nicole Givens Kurtz. You can snag a copy right HERE! 

(Pulp Cthulhu) Duty and revenge are at odds, as the heroes decide what to do with the sorcerer, Azif.

Steve and Rodney tackle the 1993 Jackie Chan film City Hunter so you don't have to.

(Pulp Cthulhu) Tempers flare when the samurai interrogate a prisoner with nothing to lose, meanwhile, the puppeteer Morotame’s philandering past catches up to him.

Steve and Rodney travel back to WWII with Asamatsu Ken's Kthulhu Reich. Grab a copy for yourself HERE.

(Pulp Cthulhu) The mystery of the bloodless corpses thickens, a familiar face leads Rodney, Lillie, Nicholas, and Wesley on a chase through the red light district of Sunrise. All this and yokai in this week’s Mask of the Oni by Microphones of Madness.

Steve and Rodney discuss the best film of all time, Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo.

(Pulp Cthulhu) Tasked by their lord to investigate the foul sorcery discovered at Slow Tide Harbor, the Heroes of Hamamatsu journey to the town of Sunrise to look into the deaths of several samurai whose bodies were found drained of blood. What horrors will these noble samurai uncover? Find out in the continuation of Steve's chanbara epic.

Steve and Rodney challenge themselves to create encounters/ short scenarios based on the scene from Doom Patrol linked below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80X_WuqsLv4 If you are interested in playing either of these scenarios and don't feel confident reconstructing them from our discussion, we will be making our notes available on the Microphones of Madness page on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/microphonesofmadness/

(Pulp Cthulhu) The heroes race to the docks of Slow Tide Harbor to prevent the horrid fate of a several captured samurai. Will the Monday Night Heroes survive this encounter with terror? Find out in this episode!

Steve and Rodney ponder adapting setting ideas from favorite media and the disadvantages of gaming in popular licensed universes.