Coming of the White Worm

short story by Clark Ashton Smith

[@johannageisel5390]

You know what's funny? The Hyperborean culture in Smith's stories is supposed to have been wiped out by the advancing ice age. Now, there was an ice age called "Würm ice age", which is the name of a river in Germany and is pronounced like "wyrm". "Würmer" is also the plural of "Wurm", which is the German word for "worm". "The Würm glaciation or Würm stage was the last glacial period in the Alpine region. [...] Like most of the other ice ages of the Pleistocene epoch, it is named after a river, in this case the Würm in Bavaria [...] The Würm ice age can be dated to about 115,000 to 11,700 years ago [...] The Würm Glacial ended around 11,700 years ago with the beginning of the Holocene. The cold period was followed by another warming which continues today and during which the glaciers are retreating." - from Wikipedia So, I wonder whether the White Worm is the personification of the Würm ice age in the story cycle.

[@JayTyme420]

I love these ohh god where have I been all my life.

[@glowingunknown5625]

You've been right where you are.

[@jamesmc04]

CAS had a way with words, and no mistake.

[@cormacbrowne9448]

Always a wonderful tale by CAS, thank you.

[@opiniondude1]

CAS has such a poetic quality

[@Arkanoid1212]

yes, yes he has, probably most of the lovecraft circle - its kinda a dark poetry, still...

[@opiniondude1]

Lovecraft was my first love when it came to gothic/cosmic horror but, I have come to admire greatly CAS, I think if I could emulate any writer it would be him.

[@paysonterhune290]

One of my fave CAS

[@lacyhart2043]

He is awesome

[@gusgee1337]

Of the big 3 - HPL, REH, & CAS; CAS reigns supreme.

[@PAX---777]

Rad tale........society eating itself. Cheers

[@ellkat3]

Hey it’s Issormir! Brings back good memories. 😌

[@jasonthomas4258]

Dam Gina! This is legit and the narrator is a hit.

[@darkkrafter]

dont kno0w how i got here but i regret nothing cool story

[@austencobine864]

Winter has come

[@austencobine864]

Yes if he look like one of the Ice Walker!

[@glowingunknown5625]

Is this related to Bram Stoker's 'Lair of the White Worm'?

[@Arkanoid1212]

not really - one is kinda a proto-vampire story, this is about sword and sorcery - being CAS its quite poetic also, that being said there is better poetry from him in stories

[@nitayrafowicz5934]

Why don't you upload more often. You are great at this!!

[@MrShigura]

Because these are all stolen

[@nitayrafowicz5934]

@@MrShigura care to elaborate? I mean I know there are other channels that do narrations but are his recordings stolen or...

[@MrShigura]

@@nitayrafowicz5934 pretty sure these aren’t his narrations. He just uploaded them.

[@nitayrafowicz5934]

@@MrShigura well that isn't so much an issue when he uploads some of the most niche stories.. and some of them are pretty rare. I couldn't find this story on other channels yet

[@Tadders]

​@@nitayrafowicz5934 same, HorrorBabble didn't have this one. Nobody really did lol.