Episode 45: Dredge: An Intro into Cosmic Horror

Welcome BACK, children. In today's episode, we're finally going to be taking a look into a genre that more or less introduced Weird Fiction to a wider audience: Cosmic Horror. Crow takes us abroad the S.S What's It, so we can sail to the island of Greater Marrow. In Dredge we play a fisherman who explores the oceans around the island to catch a wide variety of fish. This is no fishing simulator, however. Because when night falls, strange things start to happen...and our fisherman finds himself teetering on the edge of sanity the longer he spends in the midst of them.

What strange things, you ask?

Well, you're just going to have to listen and find out!

Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).

Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links

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References:

Cosmic Horror: A Study of the Unknowable

Fear of the unknown: One fear to rule them all?

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A Short History of the Sublime

Meaning of awe in Japanese context: Beyond fear and respect