Tom's Terror Trove
Hello, and welcome to Tom's Terror Trove, an eclectic storytelling podcast currently covering Project Moon content in the form of philosophical deep dives and audiobook narration. I also narrate classics and little-known gems of horror fiction: Mid 19th - early 20th century a speciality.
I’m Thomas, a voice-actor (+ an occasional writer and musician), and I’m delighted to have you join me for tonight's episode.
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Episodes
75 episodes
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 10: Blockade
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Giant insects, human batteries, bloodfruit and flamepipes pervade THIS weeks episode of The Distortion Detective!Set in the sprawling world of The City, at ...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 9: Crimson Point
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Deep in the bowels of Tae-young produce company, a sinister plot is revealed as Moses and co. face their toughest foe yet. Can the combined forces of Ezra's brawn ...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 8: Tae-young Produce Company
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Episode 8. YuRia and Ezra are NOT getting along, as the agency takes on a company case in which a seemingly obliging manager is hiding something monstrous, and a f...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 7: YuRia Atelier
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Episode 7. “I’ll be your assistant. I want to watch you from up close. I’ll make gear and equipment just for you. I want to be of help to you. All so you can o...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 6: Smoking Pipe
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Episode 6. Our probing pair are followed into a dark alleyway. This can't end well...Set in the sprawling world of The City, at the heart of Project Moon, D...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 5: Mock Exam
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Episode 5. The brutal reality (and unreality) of high-pressure examination laid bare in mass-distortion. How will Moses and Ezra get out of this one? Read - er, 'h...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 4: An Unwelcome Guest
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Episode 4. The office of the Distortion Detective is visited by an antagonistic personage from the past, who has a job for Moses. Even Ezra gets riled up, and a tr...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 3: The Photographer
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Episode 3. "And I simply remember"... Moses and Ezra investigate a distorted building, and the powers get a bit of a workout.Set in the sprawling world of T...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 2: Self-Contradiction
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Let's really start the ball rolling with two chapters in quick succession!Episode 2, in which we meet Ezra, and a none-too-sanitary 'chef'. Set in ...
The Distortion Detective Narrated. Chapter 1: I Can See the Distortion
This audio recording is not endorsed or authorised by Project Moon.Set in the sprawling world of The City, at the heart of Project Moon, Distortion Detective is a mystery webnovel that follows Moses (the titular DD) who has a uniq...
Rodion, Raskolnikov, Limbus. The literary origin(s) of a statuesque axe murderer
РАСКО́ЛAnother deep dive into the doleful denizens of Limbus Company's bus. Although in this case we are dealing with a feverishly cheerful and multifarious (I have a feeling I'm going to abuse that adjective) individual, set free from t...
Gregor, Kafka, Limbus. An inquiry into Gregor Samsa(ra), and the parallels between sinner and salaryman
"If anyone’s doing the heavy lifting, it’d be us... Hey! Manager Bud! More incoming!"In this episode, I take a look at suffering and redemption in The Metamorphosis, philosophical pessimism, and how Gregor in Limbus Company might be Geor...
The Crawling World. Episode 10: Dreaming Spires
New friends are made, and the true magnitude of the trials ahead begins to manifest, as the pilgrims arrive at the ancient and forbidding City. But with sickness and potential conspiracy threatening their safety, is there anyone left they can t...
Whither the Boughs? The Origin of Limbus Company's MacGuffin
Mysterious, tree-like branches with the power to actualize the feelings, wishes, and psyches of people. The primary objective of the LCB is to gather them up.In this episode, I nearly get over my skis in examining the literary origins of...
"Unseen - Unfeared" by Francis Stevens
He stooped to laugh again, and his mirth was yellow-toothed -- menacing.“Have no fear!” he reiterated, and with that stretched his hand toward the wall, there came a click and we were in black, impenetrabl...
Wolf, Panther, Lion; who are they really? An enquiry into the beasts of Limbus Company's Dark Forest
Limbus Company begins with Dante (our clock-headed manager-protagonist) beset by three sinister individuals known as Wolf, Panther and Lion. These characters have parallels in the Inferno, by Dante Alighieri.In this episode, I draw upon ...
The Sinners of Limbus Company (In Their Own Words) | A Tom's Terror Trove NYE Special
To round out Season Two of TTT (though, seriously - I'm on hiatus right now!), and to say thank you to everyone who's tuned in during 2025, I've put together a little sampler of sinners.Features excerpts from:Moby Dick
"Wild@Heart" by Michael Botur
Tom's Terror Trove is still technically on a little Summer break, but that doesn't mean I don't have a few pressies to hand out before the end of the year!Short story by Michael BoturTwo lovers with not long left to live p...
"The Mysterious Mr Montague" by Jane Percival | From the Land of the Long White Cloud
"I never eat pork. It's not that I'm vegetarian, or Jewish or Muslim, it's all to do with something that happened in the 70's, when I was fifteen years old."So begins a tale of innocence lost, buckets of blood, and the lengths someone mi...
"The Whisperer in Darkness" by H. P. Lovecraft | A Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos
In the late 1920's, folklorist and assistant professor at Miskatonic University Albert N. Wilmarth investigates the ominous events that occured in the wake of the historic Vermont Floods.His ill-advised delving, and correspondance with t...
"The Dark" by Arch Oboler | Hallowe'en Special | Lights Out
Two unsuspecting ambulance attendants get far, FAR more than they bargained for, in this disgusting story from 1938.Running from 1934 to 1947, Lights Out was an old-time radio program devoted to stories of horror and the supernatural. Cr...
"The Brain-Eaters" by Frank Belknap Long | Dark Corners of the Earth
We are once again adrift on dark and inhospitable waters this week, as, arriving hot on the heels of ferocious storms in New Zealand, Tom's Terror Trove is proud to present this newly-recorded version of The Brain-Eaters, from 1932.The t...
"The Voice in the Night" by William Hope Hodgson | A Precursor to the Mythos
Tonight, Tom's Terror Trove returns to one of the most original minds in Weird Fiction, the pioneering William Hope Hodgson. The Voice in the Night concerns a lonely ship in the middle of the Pacific, and a grotesque interlocutor with a horrify...
"Mr Justice Harbottle" by J. S. Le Fanu | Last Gasp of the Gothic
A tale of debauchery, depravity, and pestiferous perukes!E F Benson (whose "The Thing in the Hall" I recorded in May 2024) said of Le Fanu, that his “best work is of the first rank, while as a 'flesh-creeper' he is unrivalled. No one...
Double Feature 2: The Three Marked Pennies, by Mary Elizabeth Counselman & Cats of Ulthar, by H. P. Lovecraft | Creepy Cozy
Antithetical in life, in death I can make these authors share equal billing, muhahahaha!Ahem. Tonight, Tom's Terror Trove is proud to present a story of a sadistic contest that grips a quiet southern town, PLUS a quickie about the myster...