# The Isle of the Torturers by Clark Ashton Smith

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horrorbabble-podcast-1376206/the-isle-of-the-torturers-by-clark-ashton-smith
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horrorbabble-podcast-1376206/the-isle-of-the-torturers-by-clark-ashton-smith.md
Podcast: [The HorrorBabble Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horrorbabble-podcast-1376206)
Published: 2026-04-21T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PHTE1336171539.mp3
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PHTE1336171539.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-horrorbabble-podcast-1376206/episodes/the-isle-of-the-torturers-by-clark-ashton-smith
Duration seconds: 2713

## Resource

"The Isle of the Torturers" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the March 1933 edition of Weird Tales. "A powerful story of terrific torments, and the strange, sudden onslaught of the Silver Death." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-horrorbabble-podcast-1376206/episodes/the-isle-of-the-torturers-by-clark-ashton-smith/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-horrorbabble-podcast-1376206/the-isle-of-the-torturers-by-clark-ashton-smith.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.