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HORRORBABBLE’s Five Weeks of Howard continues with episode 3, “SKULL FACE”

“Skull-Face” is a novella written by Robert E. Howard, which appeared as a serial in Weird Tales magazine, beginning in October 1929, and ending in December, 1929. The story follows Steve Costigan, a dope-addict, who develops a strange, working relationship with an unsavoury figure by the name of Kathulos.

Chapters:
00:00:19 – Introduction
00:00:52 – Chapter 01: The Face in the Mist
00:04:00 – Chapter 02: The Hashish Slave
00:12:19 – Chapter 02: The Master of Doom
00:20:19 – Chapter 04: The Spider and the Fly
00:31:27 – Chapter 05: The Man on the Couch
00:39:39 – Chapter 06: The Dream Girl
00:43:16 – Chapter 07: The Man of the Skull
00:50:48 – Chapter 08: Black Wisdom
00:56:51 – Chapter 09: Kathulos Of Egypt
01:09:17 – Chapter 10: The Dark House
01:23:40 – Chapter 11: Four Thirty-Four
01:27:30 – Chapter 12: The Stroke of Five
01:36:38 – Chapter 13: The Blind Beggar Who Rode
01:38:45 – Chapter 14: The Black Empire
01:56:45 – Chapter 15: The Mark of the Tulwar
02:05:43 – Chapter 16: The Mummy Who Laughed
02:13:43 – Chapter 17: The Dead Man from the Sea
02:27:37 – Chapter 18: The Grip of the Scorpion
02:45:04 – Chapter 19: Dark Fury
02:58:34 – Chapter 20: Ancient Horror
03:19:18 – Chapter 21: The Breaking of the Chain

Narrated by Ian Gordon and Jennifer Gill for HorrorBabble
Music: “The Kaleidoscope” by Ian Gordon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=386dzoSTKrY&feature=youtu.be

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