Ambient Arcana

20/06/2023

Biercemania! Three dark and evocative tales by surprise ending aficionado Ambrose Bierce: "The Boarded Window," "John Mortonson's Funeral," and "The Applicant." All Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar Music by Man Tray and Bob Familiar All stories read by Bob Billbrough

11/05/2023

We finish our coverage of Lafcadio Hearn’s tales from ghostly Japan with three more stories: “The Corpse-Rider” from the book Shadowings and “Jiu-Roku-Zakura” and “A Dead Secret” from Kwaidan. Music and Audio production by Bob Familiar.Read by Bob Familiar, Jim Billbrough, and Special ...

03/04/2023

We return to the works of Lafcadio Hearn with the first of two full length episodes of strange and unusual stories from his adopted country of Japan. “Diplomacy” and “Riki Baka” from the book “Kwaidan” and “Fragment” from “In Ghostly Japan” We also introduce a new reader, Rick We...

13/02/2023

We start our second season with a short story about love, loss, and the potential supernatural repercussions to procrastination. “The Reconciliation” by Lafcadio Hearn from his book “Shadowings.” Ambient Arcana would like to dedicate this episode to our good friend Gabrielle Agachiko who pas...

24/12/2022

Gifts? Check! Visits from distant relatives? Check! A Christmas ghost story? Check! Our last episode of season one features two stories from A.L. Shelton’s 1925 collection of “Tibetan Folktales” : “The Man And The Ghost” & “Story Of A Juggler’s Tricks” Music and Audio Production by B...

22/11/2022

A Demonic Organist! Random Time Displacement! Interdimensional Church Services! A full on Carcosa Mythos story - “In the Court of the Dragon”, from “The King in Yellow”by Robert W. Chambers. Reading by Jim Billbrough Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar All Music used in this episode w...

02/11/2022

We take a look at the world of R.W. Chambers with a somewhat beige story from "The King in Yellow" called "The Street of The Four Winds". A story about love, loss, and the vagaries of cat ownership. An extra long episode with a pretty beefy bio and a bonus story snippet at the end. Music and Audio P...

03/10/2022

This is a bonus episode of Ambient Arcana featuring a very short story about young love, lonely churchyards, and the unspeakable horror of 18th century miniature portrait art - "Uncle Abraham's Romance" by Edith Nesbit. Read by Jim Billbrough, Music and Audio Production by Bob Familiar.

30/09/2022

A discussion about Poe, music, and podcast collaboration.

03/08/2022

A terrifying tale of animal abuse, axe murder, and impromptu masonry! "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe. Read and recorded by Bob Billbrough. Original soundtrack produced by Bob Familiar featuring music by Man Tray (aka Kel Weston and Paul Billbrough), and Bob Familiar.

14/07/2022

12/07/2022

Poe and Nepotism abound! Two stories by Edgar Allen Poe read by Bob Billbrough. Additional music provided by Man Tray featuring Kel Weston and Paul Billbrough. All other music and audio production by Bob Familiar. Snacks and Poe Bio provided by Jim Billbrough. Titles and Time Markers: The Oval Portr...