About this episode

A strange tale about the end of human life on Earth.

THE RED GOD LAUGHED is a short Cosmic Horror story by Thorp McClusky, first published in the April 1939 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange tale about the end of human life on Earth."

Topics covered

• Cosmic Horror
• Fiction
• Weird Tales

Keywords

• Thorp McClusky
• short story
• April 1939

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Forgotten Weird Tales Volume I

Books & works: The Red God Laughed by, THE RED GOD LAUGHED

Places: Earth

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