Tales to Terrify #52: Damir Salkovic

Introduction:  A brief bio of Tales to Terrify cover-artist Skeet Scienski, a sales pitch for the Tales to Terrify book and Spider Robinson's workshop.  Both these pitches get a little old with the repetition but they aren't too long and they help keep the podcast afloat, so whatever.

A brief update on the mirror-universe adventures of Larry's cat lightens the mood before the one and only feature in this episode:

Triumph by Damir Salkovic: Neufeld is an amazing narrator for this story, so much so that I'm tempted to seek out his Librivox recordings.  The story itself is fun fluff.  If you like the sound of Nazi occultism with a Lovecraftian bent, you'll enjoy it.  If not, this won't convince you.  3/5

Summary:  A short, decent episode. Ten minutes of dull fluff before getting to the good stuff is not too much for me (particularly from Larry Santoro), but if it is, there's always the fast-forward button.


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Triumph

Short Story by Damir Salkovic
Read for Tales to Terrify #52 by Bob Neufeld

Alternate history in which the Nazis summon Lovecraftian entities to help them win WWII.

A touch predictable; the general direction of the bad end the Nazis are coming to is visible a long way off, but the specifics are interesting.  More interesting than that is the fun pulpy section detailing the discovery of ancient texts man-was-not-meant-to-read.  I've always had a soft-spot for Nazi occultism stories, and making them Lovecraftian is not a bad direction.  Fun Nazi junk food.

3 Reichsführer chips out of 5.