Audiolibro The Battle That Ended the Century

The passage describes a fictional duel that took place on New Year's Eve in the year 2000 between Two-Gun Bob and Wild Wolf of West Shokan. Full of absurd events and bizarre descriptions, the piece introduces around thirty colorful characters, each of whom is a reflection of someone from H.P. Lovecraft's environment, under meaningful pseudonyms.
Glossary of Names:
Two-Gun Bob Robert E. Howard
Knockout Bernie, the Wild Wolf of West Shokan Bernard Austin Dwyer, of West Shokan, N.Y.
Bill Lum Li William Lumley
Wladislaw Brenryk H. Warner Munn
D. H. Killer David H. Keller
M. Gin Brewery Miles G. Breuer
A. Hijacked Barrell A. Hyatt Verrill
G. A. Scotland George Allan England
Frank Chimesleep Short, Jr Frank Belknap Long, Jr.
The Effjoy of Akkamin Forrest J. Ackerman
Mrs. M. Blunderage Margaret Brundage (artist for Weird Tales)
Mr. C. Half-Cent C. C. Senf (artist for Weird Tales)
Mr. Goofy Hooey Hugh Rankin (artist for Weird Tales)
W. Lablache Talcum Wilfred Blanch Talman
Horse Power Hateart Howard Phillips Lovecraft
M. le Comte d'Erlette August Derleth (author of Evening in Spring)
J. Caesar Warts Julius Schwartz
H. Kanebrake H. C. Koenig (employed by the Electrical Testing Laboratories)
H. Wanderer Howard Wandrei
Robertieff Essovitch Karovsky Robert S. Carr
Teaberry Quince Seabury Quinn
Malik Taus, the Peacock Sultan E. Hoffmann Price
Sing Lee Bawledout F. Lee Baldwin
Ivor K. Rodent Hugo Gernsback
Rev. D. Vest Wind Unknown
Klarkash-Ton Clark Ashton Smith
Windy City Grab-Bag Weird Tales
W. Peter Chef W. Paul Cook
Smearum & Weep Dauber & Pine
Samuelus Philanthropus Samuel Loveman
Mr. De Merit A. Merritt (author of The Dwellers in the Mirage)
Wurst's Weekly Americana Hearst's American Weekly

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