"The Nameless Offspring" / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Clark Ashton Smith

[@AAron-gr3jk]

I am on an increasing Clark Ashton Smith appreciation curve.

[@davidfollowerofjesuschrist5510]

Id go mad without these tales, may him who is not to be named keep this channel safe!!!

[@garyhughes1664]

HorrorBabble is simply the best for the ghostly tale and horror genre. I have a number of tales by Clark Ashton Smith in an anthology, but this is one I'd never come across before. Really enjoyed. Thx.

[@yaboi5414]

These classic horror stories are the only thing I was left by my mother, before she fled on her own, into the shadows of the unknown. So hearing these stories read aloud, feels as if I have been given a glimpse of the woman I never knew. So thank you, Ser Gordon, for narrating these glimpses into the fantastic worlds beyond.

[@bitters879]

Ah yes, there is that voice we all know and love so much!

[@phpeon9282]

This channel made me a huge fan of the Chtulhu mythos!

[@jeffashley5512]

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".👾

[@callumleask6274]

Likewise.

[@emanuelandersson8510]

Same,started 3 years Ago

[@AcornElectron]

Not enough of a fan to get his name right though 😉

[@Eris123451]

@@jeffashley5512 Well you can certainly say that again.

[@AcornElectron]

He who had so calmly left me a little while previously, now called from below in a shaky whisper more portentous than the loudest shriek: “God! If you could see what I am seeing!” Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.

[@littlebaron5573]

That will be something i would never want to hear if i’m in a questionable situation. The gravity of it all.

[@joz6683]

Once again thanks to all involved and greatly appreciated.

[@bluesow]

If I had a cat named Warren,I could come back with;"You fool! Warren has 8 lives left!"

[@thelastsausage635]

I absolutely loved this dark tale, had to listen to it twice and will return to it many times again, wonderful reading! Thankyou😊👍

[@puca7908]

Very entertaining! I love the classic story teller's vibe! Thank you!

[@rosiemcnaughton9933]

Excellent, as always. Thank you for another great story!

[@0therun1t21]

I've been waiting all day for this, thank you!

[@andreasfilis9001]

Amazing story. First class narration.

[@nathankloske9313]

I have been summoned by the Emperor of Dreams and must bow. Thanks Ian for the continued attention to CAS! Looking forward to many more, including, but not limited to the delightful "The Holiness of Azédarac", the mind-bending "The City of the Singing Flame", and the exquisitely sardonic "Schizoid Creator". Introduced to CAS through the wonderful collection 'A Rendezvous in Averoigne' published by Arkham House. Still in print! Commenting on CAS, L. Sprague de Camp wrote "nobody since Poe has so loved a well-rotted corpse." Hail Klarkash-Ton!!

[@quentinfertiliusiiijackelp48]

Always get a chill down my spine when I see you guys have posted. Awesome way to spend a quiet evening. Such a good yet underrated channel

[@HorrorBabble]

Our pleasure!

[@raylauderback5126]

Always such a pleasurable listen! Thank you!

[@erginbozun1755]

Warren just can't catch a break! 😂

[@brograb898]

Thanks for another great Clark Ashton Smith selection! He’s such a consistently good storyteller and technical writer; it’s a shame that his prose and poetry aren’t more widely available.

[@Eris123451]

Read this years ago and still rembered it, but an excellent reading.

[@rneustel388]

Now this is the type of story I could listen to endlessly!

[@soulreaver1983]

Another classic! Thanks Ian!!!!!☺👍

[@transamfirebird1]

Loved it thanks guy’s 🇬🇧🤘🤠💀❤️

[@Butrcup98]

You have a fantastic narrator's voice... love it

[@rileymoore2967]

One of my favorite parts of these stories is the foreshadowing "oh shit" moment that freaks me out. 32:25 is a pretty good one

[@danbreeden1801]

Wonderful story and narration

[@hardtek517]

Excellent as always!

[@RelativelyBest]

Gotta say, the protagonist was kind of a huge chad: He was totally aware of what kind of horrific, demoniac mess he'd ended up in but still stuck around to help the old caretaker. None of this was really his problem, he was just a good guy.

[@private_ventures2592]

Nah if youre present when a reality breaking event occurs, fate has chosen you to apprehend it. Its unfortunate, but you cant ignore a call to action from God or Gods

[@SuperNoLifeKing]

Thank you so much for your uploads. Listing to the story's is so entertaining. 🖤

[@RobertEWaters]

Somehow, I get the vague impression that Warren is a bit under the weather.

[@johannageisel5390]

Warren had contracted the novel plague that ravages the land. He is in reconvalescence, but it will take several months until he is fully recovered.

[@evelanpatton]

“You FOOL, Warren is DEAD!”💯👻🖤 👹☠️💀🤡💀☠️👹☠️💀👹💀☠️👹

[@frederickwallace6552]

Warren has Covid you fool!

[@peggyroemer1138]

I like your humor lol

[@jonathanmanley8739]

You fool…..😂😂😂

[@billsummy2412]

AWESOME .. Just ....AWESOME :)

[@BeastlyEwok]

Keep them coming my friend. Always listening!

[@terrybeal2252]

Wow! What a creepy tale. Excellent reading as usual. 😬💀

[@colejames9715]

My experience with Horror Babble has been Superb! Several stories that I never knew existed are well told and greatly mesmerizing by Ian! Thank you very much for sharing your talents with us!

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you for listening!

[@alexgreychuck7605]

I keep waiting for Ian to say "YOU FOOL! Warren is undead."

[@SAINTJUDAS28]

ah,... that would be "YOU GHOUL! Warren is undead."

[@implodingsoftly]

...or, "YOU SILLY PANTS! Warren went to the shops."

[@itzybitzyspyder]

The piano at the beginning makes me believe that everything is gonna work out...but this is Horror Babble!

[@richardwilliams5387]

This seems such a risqué story for the time, the implication of the creature's...shall we say conception? is pretty gruesome.

[@SavageBites]

'The nameless offspring' - that's what i call my kids when they misbehave :) A great reading as always Ian !! CAS deserves more attention imho, he was a great wordsmith.

[@HorrorBabble]

Ha! Cheers, sir!

[@lacyhart2043]

Love CAS he's one of my favorites I have been a fan forever.

[@lacyhart2043]

Loved this story

[@stephenwatson2806]

Ians voice reminds of kids programme narrators i watched in the 70s. Cant put my finger on which tv shows they were.

[@laurahenriksen19]

To any of us who have born children... this holds a totally different kind of horror I must say! STUNNING work Sir. Hope you are well x

[@HorrorBabble]

Same to you, Laura!

[@AB-ne4io]

Funny, I just read this story 2 days ago. Thanks for retelling it!

[@HorrorBabble]

Hope you enjoyed it just as much the second time!

[@Eidridin]

We're getting into WW2 era of Cthulhu Mythos, and we're out of the roaring 20s. I'm wondering how long it'll take for Ian to get to the 60s era of Cthulhu Mythos, because that is when the Space Race was prevalent. I'm excited to listen to the evolution of the Mythos, considering the progress of technology, and progressively deeper understanding of outer space.

[@HorrorBabble]

Not much of that stuff is in the public domain... we'll see what we can do in the future though!

[@ianauck318]

This story has some great suspense! Also there's this great B-movie from the 80s, "H.P. Lovecraft's: The Unnameable." It has a lot of Lovecraft elements and one can see how Smith's story inspired it. I highly recommend it to you all.

[@feralbluee]

so well read. so good! thanks so much 🌷👹

[@troymclure8330]

I'm so excited if I had a tail, it would be wagging!!! 🐙❤️

[@williamfawkes8379]

I listened again and this time, I wonder if CAS knew about his heart condition long before his death, and perhaps suffered from pain? From previous reading, I was under the impression that his death was unexpected.

[@lacyhart2043]

I hope he never hurt but your probably right

[@kylewolff1728]

As wonderful as ever! Thank you for your work!

[@Snowy9896]

What’s the name of your intro song please? It’s beautiful.

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you! It's called The Ballad of Clark Ashton Smith, track 6, here: iangordon.bandcamp.com/album/exercises-in-audible-dread-2022

[@21anusha]

Never disappoints . Cheers ✌🏽

[@elevers]

I have to admit, Smith is the least of my favorite Pulp-era authors - too gory and over-the-top - but a great reading always makes a fun story worth listening to.

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

The Nameless Offspring! Why, that's me! Cheers...the boy named Warren!

[@dondawson2174]

Once again I find a short respite from reality with Ian......

[@kristinacable]

I love you, Horrorbabble ♡♡《○♡○》

[@grahamturner1290]

Parenting is often stressful... 👻

[@ddkeegs]

I see Stephen King's inspiration for writing "Jerusalem's Lot" through Clark Ashton Smith and H.P. Lovecraft. Great narration.

[@jacktough]

Though I understand its aesthetic purpose, the fact that we never hear our narrator take a breath is at once unnatural and unsettling--but also wholly appropriate in context ☠️

[@JessiD618]

I never noticed until now…

[@HorrorBabble]

Rest assured, I breathe ... often. Ian

[@erginbozun1755]

He breathes through his gills 🐸 😉

[@StarsManny]

I much prefer it like that. With some narrators, you hear too much sharp intake of breath, as well as stuffy nose inhaling etc. This narrator is great.

[@alexnamtvedt2252]

I stand up to salute you 😌

[@cheesewiz9087]

This is my favorite alternate opening theme music. Just something about it

[@HorrorBabble]

I enjoyed composing the Smith theme.

[@cheesewiz9087]

@@HorrorBabble love it. Always a delightful surprise

[@thelastsausage635]

Absolutely ADORE this channel, like a delicious rack of wines, which to choose tonight? YOU FOOL, WARREN IS DEAD!!!!!!! I play these words to my husband each night, before I leave him behind, to enter a dark world 💕😃🎄

[@janetcw9808]

Blummin heck, is this where Warren was exploring? 🤔 🤣 😱😱

[@laurahenriksen19]

My like made it number 334... I feel slightly sad at this haha 333 is an awesome number!

[@RolandWieffering1]

Another great story by one of the Lovecraft Circle members. It's a shame the stories of August Derleth are so hard to get permission to, to read them out loud. Though I know one channel (Nightshade Diary) who got both "The Mask of Cthulhu" (5 stories) and the "Trail of Cthulhu" (5 more stories). It would be a treat to hear them read by you Ian...! All the best and keep them coming.

[@williamfawkes8379]

I've enjoyed your channel as well, thanks for putting it out there for us.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

Right. That's it. I'm backing this

[@GodOfPlague]

I found a collection of Clark Ashton Smiths stories as an ebook it's now on my buy list since im trying to get into writing in this and lovecrafts style. Only I have applied it to two different superheroes which is an interesting task.

[@TheGruntski]

In the 1981 movie 'Heavy Metal' the Den segment involves a demon referred to as Ulutek. Backwards, this would be Ketulu, which is similar to Kutulu or Cthulu found in the Lovecraft stories. Coincidence you say? I THINK NOT. :-)

[@avenovum148]

thank you patrons for supporting the horror bard!

[@paladin56]

So, an incubus? Did it revive the woman from death or did it know that she was, in fact, not dead?

[@AmericanAmy]

A new video nice....

[@davidhunt8685]

Thanks

[@rickmaurer8726]

More I listen to these old tales, the more I notice how the horror comics adapted or ripped off these same stories. Tales from the Crypt had a similar one except the creature kills Hartford and nearly kills the protagonist before accidentally lighting the house on fire. The narrator barely manages to escape and watches the creature and his dad's body consumed by the flames. Of course at the end, they leave it open to the creature escaping into thw family vaults.

[@sindarpeacheyeisacommie8688]

Warren status check complete. Moving on…

[@williamfawkes8379]

About to hit play, I find that until a CAS story starts, I can't remember which one is what. Its a peculiar mental quirk that only affects me with his writing.

[@thomascampbell127]

Could you do an Olaf Stapleton reading?

[@michaelrobinson996]

Just watched this this movie

[@ThePseegmiller]

I'm anxiously waiting for the day we hear, " We hope you don't enjoy this one, folks."

[@HorrorBabble]

One day…!

[@Bbergster]

Perfectly repugnant! Yeah. This one is a trip. It bugged me I knew where it was going. But at least I also remembered it was all messed up.

[@1701EarlGrey]

NO, not Warren - how many times he have to die?

[@willam1992]

As many as needed! cackle cackle cackle cackle

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

Like the old movie with Lon Chaney Jr..."I Died a Thousand Times!" Warren, the 1001st!

[@alswann2702]

Poor Warren.

[@WilliamStreiff]

If anyone else narrated these stories it would be counterfeit

[@vivanecrosis]

"I ate Warren"... too soon?

[@sonnetlikely]

What a lovely gift on the Summer Solstice! Many thanks- expertly done, as always! 🎁 You best know I’ll be wearing my HorrorBabble hoodie tonight at the bonfire 🔥.

[@HorrorBabble]

Awesome!

[@Eris123451]

The Bat June 21, 2011 A poem for the summer solstice, by Frank Jacobs. The Bat Bats are creepy; bats are scary; Bats do not seem sanitary; Bats in gloomy caves keep cozy; Bats remind us of Lugosi; Bats have webby wings that fold up; Bats from ceilings hang down rolled up; Bats when flying undismayed are; Bats are careful; bats use radar; Bats at nighttime at their best are; Bats by Batman unimpressed are.

[@skinnybub5237]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@thefisherking78]

Mmm, necrolicious 😋

[@lylacor8401]

huh early to a new video this time...

[@eddiemunster2196]

Quite enjoyabl,,,, but now I will move on to see if you have another story,, That is a bit more horrifying ? You will be hearing from me in the future ! good night ?

[@prophetic0311]

I hope Warren is ok.

[@MadJack_is_Back]

Oops - You forgot the ‘Closed Captioning’. I love your channel and just wanted to remind you that for some of your fans the CC is a godsend! 🦻🙏🥰

[@HorrorBabble]

We very rarely add CCs to videos as the texts we work from are typically scanned pages, and as such can't be copied and pasted. The automatic CCs should still be enabled... they aren't too reliable, though.

[@MadJack_is_Back]

Sorry - my roku tv lied to me. With your smooth, silky voice auto cc works great! Thanks for . . . everything! Now it’s time for you to read me off to slumber . . . ☺️😴

[@Shineon83]

Idk, the presence of a loud, belching motorcycle somehow didn’t do it for me :)

[@vincenttrudeau8935]

Nah, Warren is ok. I saw him 2-3 days ago. He says hi

[@LucicPower]

I'm I speed reader so I play these 2x speed

[@mayukh3556]

14:41

[@richardstrachmesserschmiti4979]

Lady Agatha n Smeagle ❤️ lil bit of miscegenation

[@richardstrachmesserschmiti4979]

Gollum had a stiffy

[@stephenwatson2806]

Might have been bagpuss

[@WilliamStreiff]

Sorry Warren maybe next time

[@warmserendipity]

666th like ha

[@dcruz125]

To much talking

[@MuhammadZeeshan-rb5pj]

Will you please get rid of that intro..... Sometimes I just don't click on your video just because of that intro.....

[@HorrorBabble]

Seems like an odd request... It's all part of the HB experience!

[@MuhammadZeeshan-rb5pj]

@@HorrorBabble well I try my best to skip through that part of the experience... It certainly is not an improvement.... and You are one of 3 my go-to narrators on KZbin I'd really appreciate if you change your intro....

[@Shineon83]

Are you joking?!?….I can’t WAIT to hear the intro each time ( and I’ll wager that I speak for most ) 🤗