December 2025

The Avram Davidson Universe

 

Happy Holidays!


Robert from the Wheel of Genre podcast and Virgil from Literally Books continue to release more great content on our YouTube channel (join) as well as on Buzzsprout.


Since our last newsletter:


Virgil & Bob revisit the hilarious “Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard,” as collected in The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy (1975).


Virgil & Bob try to figure out what the HELL is going on in “The Church of Saint Satan and Pandaemons,” originally published in Fantastic (December 1975) and later collected in The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy and The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy. Please comment and help them! We also released a professional narration of the story.


We continue to step into the Triune Monarchy with "The Old Woman Who Lived with a Bear," as read by David Pickering and Virgil & Bob discuss the story.


This is also a great time to revisit a classic Avram Davidson & Grania Davis holiday episode. Addrict trailer and podcast episode can be found here. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1987.


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AD 100 has been getting rave reviews form Avram's longtime fans. I am so glad we were able to share this gift with the world on Avram's 100th birthday. Please start adding those five-star reviews!


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I hope both AD 100 V I & V II will be coming to your local independent bookstore and library soon. ISBN - 978-1-955676-39-7 and ISBN - 978-1-955676-45-8


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First Edition - Tachyon

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More books from OATSWOP coming soon

Please join the The Avram Davidson Universe Facebook Group, a great place for folks to share Avram stories and pictures.


The Avram Davidson Universe Podcast - On Buzzsprout

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Episode 1: Ethan Davidson & "Or All The Seas With Oysters"


Episode 2: Eileen Gunn & “The Affair At Lahore Cantonment”


Episode 3: Henry Wessells & "O Brave Old World!"


Episode 4: Michael Swanwick & “My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello”


Episode 4.5 (Holiday Special), : Ethan Davidson & "Addrict" December 20.


Episode 5: Jack Dann & “Goslin Day" - January 2021


Episode 6: Alan Dean Foster & “Help! I Am Dr. Morris Goldpepper" February 2021


Episode 7: Greg Benford & "Now Let Us Sleep" March 2021


Episode 8 Scott Bradfield & "Dragon Skin Drum" April 2021


Episode 9 Michael Kurland & "The Montavarde Camera" May 2021


Episode 10 Melissa Rogers & "What Strange Stars and Skies" June 2021


Episode 11 Susan Emshwiller & "The Woman Who Thought She Could Read" July 2021


Episode 1.1 episode 1. A Godson's favorite. “Skinny” July 2021


Episode 12 Alexander James & "Full Chicken Richness" August 2021


Episode 1.1 episode 2 A Godson's favorite. “The Bounty Hunter” with Avram's students from William & Mary - August 2021


Episode 1.1 episode 3 A Godson's favorite. “The Lord of Central Park” August 2021


Season 2


Episode 1: Dan Murphy & "Beer Like Water" September 2021


Episode 2 John Kessel & "Faed-Out" October 2021


Episode 3 Robert Lopresti & "The Necessity of His Condition" November 2021


Episode 4 Ted White & "Or The Grasses Grow" December 2021


Episode 5 Patrick Bringley & Edward Conlon & "The Importance of Trifles" January 2022


Episode 6 Richard Horton & "The Sources of the Nile" February 2022


Episode 7 Nancy Klein & "Beer! Beer! Beer!" - Chapter 1 - March 2022


Episode 8 Robert Eversmann & "The Great Rough Beast" April 2022


Episode 9 Emma Speer & "The House the Blakeneys Built" May 2022


Episode 10 Leonard Nimoy, Robert Silverberg & "The Golem" June 2022


Episode 11 C Christopher Hart & "The Grantha Sighting" July 2022


Episode 12 Bridget Kimsey & "Traveler From An Antique Land" August 2022


Season 3


Episode 1 Gregory Feeley & “Vergil and the Dukos: Hic Inclusus Vitam Perdit, or The Imitations of the King” September 2022


Episode 2 Seth Davis & "The Third Sacred Well of the Temple" October 2022


Episode 3 ZB Wagman & "The Goobers" November 2022


Episode 4 Laura Scott & "A Quiet Room with a View" December 2022


Episode 5 Ryan Sprinkle & "Sacheverell" January 2023


Episode 6 Professor Henry Sussman & "The Slovo Stove" February 2023


Episode 7 Jack Seabrook & "The Ikon of Elijah " March 2023


Episode 8 Ben Railton & "What Time Is It" (Avram's 100th Birthday Special) April 2023


Episode 8.1 Avram Davidson - Lecture " Prester John" A Godson's favorite April 2023


Episode 8.1 Avram Davidson - Lecture " An Abundance of Dragons" A Godson's favorite April 2023


Episode 9 Michael Santiago & "Mr. Folsom Fells Fine " May 2023


Episode 10 Zac & Jon hosts of Genre Podcast & "Dagon" June 2023


Episode 11 Igor Teper & "The Man Who Saw the Elephant" July 2023


Episode 12 Athena from OneReadingNurse.com & "Murder is Murder" August 2023


Season 4


Episode 1 Kenneth Hite & "Who Fired the Phoenix" September 2023


Episode 2 Erica Satifka & "Naples" October 2023


Episode 3 Joseph D'Agnese & "Captain Pasharooney" November 2023


Episode 4 Jack Seabrook & "Thou Still Unravished Bride" December 2023


Episode 5 Kory Christensen & "Pebble in Time" January 2024


Episode 6 Josh Pachter (part 1) & "The Trefoil Company" February 2024


Episode 7 Josh Pachter (part 2) & "The Last Wizard" March 2024


Episode 8 Tim Anderson & "Bumberboom" April 2024


Episode 9 Richard Horton & "Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman" May 2024


Episode 10 Tim Anderson & "The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy" June 2024

Episode 11 J.E. Coleman & "Vergil and the Caged Bird" July 2024

Episode 12 Alice Rea & "The Certificate" August 2024


Season 5

Special Episode (part 1 & 2) Avram Davidson himself & "The Theft of the Mulberry Tree" September 2024

Episode 3 (1) Nathanial House & "The Power of Every Root" October 2024

Episode 4 Joshua Begley & "Revolver" January 2025

Episode 5 Damon LaTorella & "The Cobblestones of Saratoga Street" February 2025

Episode 6 Missy Erin & "The Deed of the Deft-Footed Dragon" March 2025

Episode 7 Scott Bradfield & "The Hills Behind Hollywood High" April 2025

Episode 8 Taj Bin John & "Ogre in the Vly" May 2025

Episode 9 S.T. Jsohi & "Death of a Damned Good Man" July 2025

Episode 10 Virgil from Literally Books & "Don't Forget the One Red Rose" August 2025


Meet Virgil and Bob!


Virgil & Bob's 5 Most Anticipated Avram Davidson Stories!

Episode 11 Virgil from Literally Books & "The Caravan to Illiel," September 2025

Episode 12 Virgil from Literally Books & "El Vilvoy de las Islas," September 2025

Episode 13 Virgil from Literally Books & "El Vilvoy de las Islas," Discussion September 2025


The many genres of Avram Davidson! September 2025


The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy — “The Case of the Mother-in-Law of Pearl” October 2025


Occult Detective Month: Dr. Eszterhazy and “The Case of the Mother-in-Law of Pearl” October 2025


Adventures in Unhistory: Myths, Mysteries, and Davidson’s Genius October 2025


Adventures in Unhistory: Where Did Sinbad Sail? October 2025


Where Did Sinbad Sail? We’ve Got Answers! October 2025


Avram Maps the Sea of Dreams: Sinbad Between Myth and Memory October 2025

The Old Woman Who Lived with a Bear — An Avram Davidson Doctor Eszterhazy Tale November 2025

Is It Legal to Live with a Bear? Bob & Virgil Ask Dr. Eszterhazy November 2025



Current Adaptations - More coming soon - We hope!





The Ikon of Elijah  - Staring Oscar Homolka & Sam Jaffe.


Too Many Suspects - An adaptation of Ellery Queen - The Fourth Side of the Triangle - ghost written by Avram Davidson.


Thou Still Unravished Bride - Staring David Carradine, Edward Clarke & Sally Kellerman.


The Price - 1989 - short independent film based on Avram Davidson’s - And Don’t Forget the One Red Rose.


Faux Amis - 2022 - Student adaptation of Or All the Seas With Oysters.


Bumberboom: Scherzo Diabolique, for Orch. - Sidney Hodkinson - Symphony adaptation of Bumberboom - by Avram Davidson. See #7 on the program.