Lost Carcosa

The fine people behind “The Scaryfiers” adventure audio dramas have put out another adventure, “For King and Country”, their third so far, for all of us to purchase and enjoy.  I bought and most thouroughly enjoyed “The Nazad Conspiracy” and “The Devil of Denge Marsh”, and I’m certain, that I will enjoy “For King and Country” just the same. 

‘Sir’ Harry Price, self-proclaimed ghost detective, has built a machine. His previous experiment - to turn a goat into a man - may have ended ignominiously, but now Harry plans to capture the spirits of the dead with his Price Ghost Captivator™. If he can make it work, that is.

Meanwhile, Londoners are being killed, in especially gruesome fashion, with their own electrical appliances. But most puzzling of all is the Faraday Murderer’s habit of leaving cryptic messages in 17th century English at the scene - cryptic messages that mention a certain Harry Price…

Age-old forces are stirring… The dead will rise… The Crown will fall. Can Lionheart and Dunning save King and Country?

If you havn’t checked out “The Scaryfiers” just yet, head over to Cosmic Hobo Productions and listen to the trailers!

For King and Country!

If you’re like me, you like audio dramas of super heroes and horror. You’ll like serious ones, comedic ones, and of course, the always cool sounding British accents. It’ll also tickle your fancy to know that two of the actors, Nicholas Courtney and Terry Molloy played the Doctor Who characters The Brigadier and Davros, respectively.

The Nazad Conspiracy is a light hearted and playful romp through a horrific situation involving horrific creatures, magic, and spirits returning from the dead. Its rather like a Call of Cthulhu game scenario told as a story, actually. If you don’t like constant humor in your tales of magical horror, then this might not be for you. If you like the comedy of a fun Doctor Who episode, then give this one a try.

The only problems I could find was a moment where I thought maybe the sound effects overpowered the mood (but only briefly and quickly forgotten), and that it just wasn’t long enough. When you get caught up in a story, it can go by quickly, and this just seemed over too soon.

It was fun and enjoyable, and well worth the purchase. You can make said purchase for the downloadable mp3 version (with pdf CD booklet and covers) at Lovecraftiana.com, Yog-Sothoth.com’s online web store.