Victor LaVelle's The Ballad of Black Tom (2016) illustrates weird fiction at its finest. Listen in as we discuss the author, the story that inspired this one, Cthululu mythos, H. P. Lovecraft's controversial legacy, and of course an array of topics that make us go on tangents. Trigger warning(s): foul language, the story's horror and gore, and SPOILERS. Acoustics were written, recorded, and composed by David Gamble.