And they’re off! The Vacation Necronomicon School, a summer school for literary Lovecraft fans, started today with an initial ‘taster’ assignment for beginners. Over the weekend, we’re reading “The Cats of Ulthar” if you’re a Lovecraft beginner. Or revisiting “At the Mountains of Madness” if you’re an old Lovecraft hand. More formal assignments start on 18th July.

If you’d like to listen to “The Cats of Ulthar” there are three free Librivox recordings. But I wasn’t satisfied with any of them — so I’ve created a new Creative Commons audio reading of the story to celebrate the return of the Summer School.