"The Curse of Yig" by H. P. Lovecraft / A HorrorBabble Production

[@czcrossman]

I, too, am subtly squamous with a flat head and beady little black eyes so I can relate to this tale. Good stuff Ian, thanks again!

[@fahbs]

"I assure you, there was no sorcery involved. She just transformed into a snake overnight and gave birth to more snakes."

[@boxfox2945]

Get dawrin' to explain' that' one.. 😂

[@randallbesch2424]

Right, it is biology and a curious nature of Yig and what it is. Note in the Mound it was Yig and Tulu at the entrance facing each other.

[@DennisMoore664]

"Snakes! Why'd it have to be snakes?"

[@boxfox2945]

"Not"! This' "one"! The "other" One'!! - we' are going to' "die"! 😂🤣

[@tombingus3984]

"Asps. Very dangerous. You go first."

[@vxORIONxv]

This is one of my absolute favorites. The style of the climax has been rubber-stamped and copied over and over again. I wish Lovecraft could have lived to see how much his work is loved and respected. Great read Ian.

[@Vates104]

One of my absolute favorites, too.

[@CrypticCocktails]

The stuff with Zelia Bishop is usually solid, and lesser-known, and expands the mythology to the American prairie

[@Vates104]

One of Lovecraft’s best collaborations. Probably the best.

[@fnunez]

Man, that ending was just brutal. Great narration as always, Ian!

[@StarboyXL9]

Let it never be said that Yig does not repay in kind.

[@hkhjg1734]

at 6:30 lovecraft decided to use “unclosed” instead of “opened” has anyone ever heard of this usage before? it works so much better in the sentence however it seems to me like such an odd thing to do.

[@richardkarig1099]

His style has the purpose of to confuse the mind, so that it could be unsettled. What’s incredible is as unsettling as his writing is, he was a grammatical genius. He would even write in to correct the dictionary.

[@jacobjohnston3983]

hk hjg perhaps "unclose" is meant to make it subtly more creepy by making the verb negative instead of the positive "opened"? A sort of subtle implication that opening it was a bad idea. That's what I think

[@silvertheelf]

Nothing one might consider with extreme conversation yet odd if such as one man were to consider such mistakes and connections.

[@CaptainStarlight]

Jumped out at me too, haha. He did make interesting language choices in places.

Richard Karig but he “wasn’t actually a very good writer!” There’s at least one comment with those exact words under every video relating to him, because he was a waycist so his writing ability is therefore diminished, right?

[@justafallperson2108]

Love the different voices you use for the characters! Reminds me of my dad reading to us as kids...it really makes the tale come to life. Keep up the good work!! :)

[@VelvetYeti]

I did not expect that ending. Great story and as always, a great delivery.

[@edwardspencer3906]

Outstanding! It's almost midnight and I just finished listening to "yig".. gotta admit, laying here in the dark ALL the elements came together I actually felt DREAD! Just Great and THANK YOU 👍

[@jamiecameron7615]

Spectacular, I love these longer ones. This will be the perfect way to end my day this evening. Thank you very much.!!

[@noone3216]

...longer ones...? ..45mins...? This is easily one of the shortest

[@jamiecameron7615]

@@noone3216 It was a longer one 5 years ago noob🤣

[@snappa_tv]

As a massive snake lover this story was incredibly enjoyable to listen to. One of my favorite of lovecrafts works and the reading was wonderful. You’ve earned a subscribe.

[@michax109]

A classic tale much enhanced by Ian’s narrative. Have you ever considered Clive Barker, that ‘brilliant British bard of horror. His ‘Books of Blood ‘ short stories would be well received I’m sure.

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks Michael! We were fortunate enough to receive permission to record The Midnight Meat Train last year - it was featured here on a limited basis between October and December. We're hoping to record further Books of Blood in the future. Ian

[@phatchick820]

Michael Trott ....great idea...i enjoyed Books of Blood

[@willhuey4891]

isnt that the one that includes candyman.

[@thomaswilke9126]

He was or perhaps is, a master of horror, like Aliester Crowley .

[@Redlurk3]

Haekels tale 👍🏻​@@HorrorBabble

[@vero0992]

I don't have any great fear of snakes, but that was more than a little horrifying 😄 Excellent reading! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

[@jessicavoss3236]

I would just like to say you have the best voice and thank you so much for your time and effort for reading the audiobooks because it's amazing I don't feel very good right now I have it I have it and you are tremendously comforting! I appreciate your readings of the audiobooks!

[@HorrorBabble]

Get well soon, Jessica!

[@MrsCaranAmy]

A very spooky tale and what an outcome. I absolutely adore the inflections of your voice when you do the readings.

[@Zarryon12]

The curse of the Nope Rope, the Murder Spurgurter, Thicc noodle boi, judgmental shoelace....

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

beware the snek!

[@Gyarren]

No step on snek!!!

[@noone3216]

That no snek. That rope.

[@GothicBarbarian]

Judgmental shoelace killed me lol

[@iantalmadge3410]

😂❤

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Great story and narration! That ending! "But...." There has always been something about this story that makes me think. I always want to pour myself another "strong one" after I listen to it. There would be no driving home after being told this story by the doctor!

[@WhuzzitWhoozit]

Very well done. Even though this isn't one of my favorite stories (I don't find snakes to be particularly frightening) , the execution made it enjoyable.

[@ArcherDentin]

I'm not even half way through yet and this is already my favorite Lovecraft reading.

[@lostinthought6038]

Listening as I drift off to sleep. Great bedtime story's.

[@J.C_Hong]

Excellent work as always Mr. Gordon

[@iGuttsi]

Yig, the Nope Rope of the old gods.

[@jjvladimir6070]

Love your versions of Lovecraft's collaborations. Thanks for posting.

[@HorrorBabble]

"The Curse of Yig" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop in which Yig, "The Father of Serpents", is first introduced. Chapters: 00:15 - Introduction 00:50 - The Curse of Yig 44:50 - Credits Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-curse-of-yig Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble

[@joshuazane3210]

Hmm. I lived in central Oklahoma for a couple years and never encountered any snakes, thankfully. Excellent reading as always. I'm really looking forward to your reading of The Mound.

[@bittybitty8233]

Joshua Zane I've lived in central OK. all my life....🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@gilian2587]

I stepped on a baby copperhead once in South Carolina. Not on purpose; mind you -- I had no idea it was there.

[@giovanni4470]

@@gilian2587 you better watch out for yig now

[@gilian2587]

@@giovanni4470 !!!

[@scottthompson-ez1hz]

Kickapoo I had completely forgotten that in the little Abner comics the Dogtown locals drank a moonshine called Kickapoo joy juice. A soft drink of the same name was marketed for the public.

[@erichalvor516]

One of my favorites. Thank you!

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks for listening Eric!

[@elizabethlyons1066]

I just dl your audible Lovecraft!!! Excellent! Thank you Ian!!!

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you Elizabeth! Sorry about the lack of chapter titles on that collection at the moment... Audible aren't yet allowing us to add them. We're working on it though! Ian

[@iGuttsi]

By the old gods I'm so glad I found this channel

[@ashfordp676]

My favorite Lovecraft short along with The Temple.

[@channel_---]

Thankyou for sharing your incredible talent for story telling 🙇‍♀️

[@morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333]

I bet this is what the song Horror Of Yig by GWAR is about.

[@cthuludreams1]

Well, yeah 😁

[@jasonwalker7567]

You bet correctly.

[@JungleLeeLewis]

World Maggot! Tampa Represent! RIP Oderous

[@JennieKermode]

A fine tale to enjoy on Hallowe'en, on a Thursday.

[@NightAngelus]

Always love listening to these while at work makes the day better

[@bittybitty8233]

Loved it !! 🐍🐍🐍. 😳

[@weezman1984]

Fantastic stuff Ian. Well read. This was a tale I hadn’t ever gotten around to. Thanks again for all the hard work you two 🍻

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks as always Patrick! Ian

[@bittybitty8233]

Congrats on 15k !!! 💚

[@tikkidaddy]

Howdy Pardnah😄

[@weatherwax5988]

Just discovered these audio books, brilliant voice for it! Bravo sir !

[@austencobine864]

It is finally here at last.

[@JamesMC04]

Strong stuff. More effective and better constructed than some of his longer tales.

[@cobrachicken07]

Such a great story and excellent narration! Love it.

[@fishbone137]

Great read, I love lovecraft. Its great to hear other stories of his.

[@michaelkottler]

Thank you, HB! Ha, for a moment I thought he said "badly snake-n" instead of "shaken" lol. A great into to the much longer The Mound. Well done!

[@robynmarler1951]

Badly snaken😂😂😂😂😂😂I love it😂😂😂

[@Gronnthabomb]

Good stuff.

[@scottthompson-ez1hz]

Yigga please haha. Good story.

[@robbabcock_]

Eerie and awesome! 🐍🔥🙌

[@laurelwells-georgia7124]

Excellent story! 😀

[@RelativelyBest]

That was quite a detailed account, considering the only survivor was completely insane. Like, did the doctor actually act out the voices and stuff?

[@RolandWieffering1]

Last week I discovered for € 1,50 "Weird Legacies" in a second hand book shop, with nine stories from Weird Tales between 1929 and 1973 edited by Mike Ashley.The last story in there is "The Survivor" by H.P. Lovecraft and August Derleth. The last story by HPL I didn't own. So much joy from something so small...? Cheap...? Beautiful... The Black Kiss by Robert Bloch and Henri Kuttner was new to me ( along with a few others)... I didn't know they had collaborated .. Maybe you could do "The Survivor"....?

[@HorrorBabble]

I'll take a look at this in due course, Roland. Thanks.

[@randallbesch2424]

Not the last story as Lovecraft was dead when Derleth took the story germ to make a story to sell.

[@deesneezy]

Incredible! I suggested this so long ago, that I didn’t even remember that I had suggested it!

[@rosecorcoran]

I feel like this and The Mound unsettle me the most of all Lovecraft's stories ( o_o)

[@granziii12]

Something monumental about the number 9 with me. I was your 900th like. You've given me a taste, one I very much enjoyed, but now... I want to gorge... Thank you...

[@thomaswilke9126]

HP Lovecraft carried the touch Poe passed on, if he could have known Janet Rodgers, he would have known TRUE horror

[@LegendofLaw]

I was imagining little house on the prairie scenario until he said the cheap alarm clock on the mantel was ticking.

[@tomcurran1538]

Think of a wind-up mantle clock. Every family had one of these. Not a Walmart plastic thing. I hope this makes you feel better.

[@LegendofLaw]

@@tomcurran1538 ahhhh. The old time metal with a bell on top clocks. I have no idea why I didn't think of this

[@granziii12]

This is my first Lovecraft story. I was told to look up Yig after I expressed my views on reptiles. They told me I'm Yig incarnate. So, this will be my first introduction to Lovecraft. (I keep over thinking and confusion his name with my favorite artist, H.R Giger)

[@RolandWieffering1]

H.R. Giger's Necronomicon is named after Lovecraft's imaginary book. As a sort of tribute. I too am a great fan of both. If this is your first introduction to HPL there are a lot of great stories awaiting you. "The Call of Cthulhu" to name one. enjoy.....

[@willibeaa]

"My work as an American Indian ethnologist" is a mouthful after referring to the natives as "red skins", whilst casually mentioning "secret Indian orgies & religious serpent worship" all in lil ole' Oklahoma truly highlights the simpler times in which our beloved author, Lovecraft, existed. Whew! 🫣 Ngl I've been gradually and gratefully conditioned to your voice over the past year, so much so, I can't read or listen to Lovecraft without the Ian Gordon rendition playing in my brain! So I'm eternally thankful you've recorded much of his work since I can't seem to hear & digest Lovecraft works in any other form unfortunately. Although I'm not mad at it! I'm a creature of habit so it works out graciously. I need to find a way to tip without req yet another app! Great narration per usual Ian! Superb.🙏🏼

[@randallbesch2424]

Well, since Yig is fictional his ethnology related is also fictional.

[@billhalt8811]

Freaky things born of saucy men. Like immacolata in weaveworld(clive barker)

[@dragonkeeper19600]

Remember, Yig is called the *Father* of Serpents.

[@Aroundthesquarebowl]

Thank you ❤

[@DeepFleeceheart]

Okay, so....I've been listening to this channel for a while, now, and I recently discovered Dabchick's youtube channel. I can't help but notice similar dialects and surprisingly similar voice tones. HorrorBabble, would it be too much to ask for some kind of cross-channel collaboration? Just to hear two buttery smooth voices with adorable accents sing a duet with even more adorable hand-puppets?

[@HorrorBabble]

We will be looking at collaborations in the future Ivan - but not presently. Thanks for sharing the idea though! Ian

[@jamesmccormick354]

Wow, what a tale! Very disturbing last few lines.

[@channelwoodgrange]

Being from Oklahoma, I have to smile how an Arkansas native sounds like a solid Yorkshireman.

[@KATTALNUVA3]

I can’t find a single edition of the complete works of Lovecraft that has this or “The Mound”

[@randallbesch2424]

His collaborations.

[@Flood520]

The Curse of *N O P E*

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

Complete

[@mazareen]

❤ Tripple whammy!

[@terrybeal2252]

Wow! Terrifying!! 😬🐍😁

[@ernestschultz5065]

Good story.

[@janthony721]

I once read a short story called The Vengence of Yig, but can't remember who wrote it.

[@josephperkins4080]

2 minutes and 40 odd seconds in and loving it

[@HACUNA89]

First story I ever read of Lovecraft

[@randallbesch2424]

The Mound is related but both are ghost writing jobs.

[@neilchetwood4625]

Your voice is superb-you sound like Ian McDiamuid.

[@Robert_Douglass]

Goodness! Darth Sidious WOULD love to get his slimy mitts on something like the Necronomicon! And now I'll never that image out of my head, of the Emperor reading Lovecraft out loud. Good thing Vader killed him.

[@viraltang]

Odd way to have your snek babu.

[@danielcyprian8946]

Good read thanks

[@strzygon5426]

would it be copyright if i used Yig as an antagonist in a story of mine?

[@JKar180]

I’d assume not, since most of Lovecraft’s stories are public domain now.

[@markrpatterson9717]

I'm considering legally changing my name to Sandy Barrens. 13:51

[@shannonholt5343]

💚

[@adrianpetyt9167]

If Audrey was unable to speak after her ordeal, only hiss, who told the story of what she saw and heard?

[@owlsayssouth]

States she had lucid moments for a while. So presumably she told the story then.

[@johannageisel5390]

It was Yig. He told the story.

[@maryeckel9682]

Snek Never knew H.P. played football

[@jeffwalker6815]

Walker? His name's like my name!

[@Tocat-l4r]

I don't understand the end.

[@DrEXTREME91]

Yig impregnated her after she killed her husband which pushed her over the threshold of sanity. The yig spawn in the cell is the last of her "children".

[@Mr.Muckle]

Wonderful reading, as always. The background noises are very distracting. Felt like a hearing test.

[@HorrorBabble]

Sorry it didn't work for you on this occasion...! It's a bit of a 'marmite' situation. Thanks for listening, either way.

[@Strawberries90]

22:50

[@ndlmous]

Fuck yea! I'm excited to hear this, I have lived in Oklahoma all my life and I never had any idea that HP wrote anything involving this pile of shit that they call a state

[@marinakaiser7639]

I just hear of Horror Of Yig At Entropic Society and i liked him, the others were my Gods what should i say i will offend nobody,,nur i wanted to look to see how he writes and all ,and i found you my dear H.B .?What are you doing here

[@marinakaiser7639]

I think it's a wrong account-yours😂but great story dear❤🖤😁🖐‼

[@pimpinponyo6767]

Fiction?

[@randallbesch2424]

As far as I know.

[@turtleanton6539]

🔥🔥

[@silvertheelf]

Yig is a humanoid serpent. Quetzalcoatl is a bird serpent. I mean there is a resemblance.

[@randallbesch2424]

Feathered serpent not related to birds. Kukulcan

[@silvertheelf]

@@randallbesch2424 idk what you’re trying to say here. Feathers = Bird, end of discussion. Go back 65 million years and you’d have an argument here.

[@wesleythomas7125]

Danger noodle

[@chernobylFarms]

"Wholly ghastly! A barren read"

[@AlyssaReynolds-u7i]

Johnson Paul Johnson Ruth Taylor Melissa

[@8dholland]

Sometimes Lovecraft makes me want to build a time machine just to give him an ass whooping for his racist beliefs. But is illusions of the world makes good entertainment. Catch 22?

[@randallbesch2424]

That isn't how you cure fear of the Welsh and general xenophobia. He got over it before his death. His xenophobia powered much of is writings.

[@JS-xj8yo]

I love your readings, but PLEASE stop putting that distracting "horror" music/noise in the background of your readings. Distracts from how good the story and your performance is!

[@HorrorBabble]

Never! But seriously... I do use it sparingly these days. Thanks James! Ian

[@tikkidaddy]

I enjoy it...it made the longest LOVECRAFT readings more atmospheric.

[@CaptainStarlight]

@@HorrorBabble I love the subtle music! Makes my hair stand on end sometimes. Please keep doing it! :D

[@musclarchubbchaser3192]

Not one of his better works.

[@randallbesch2424]

Not one of your better comments empty of substance.

[@feralbluee]

oh well, tried HP twice again now - one story was pretty good, but he's just too, too over-the-top to arouse any fear or cringe what-so-ever. . . i just don''t get his incredible appeal. Even Neil Gaiman likes him! and there are movies and stories that do scare me - like the malignant moving angel statues in Doctor Who. shrug. . .

[@randallbesch2424]

Not for everyone.