The Lurking Fear

[@johnnypopulus5521]

Only a week ago I truly got into Lovecraft. I had heard of him and vaguely knew his work, these audio books have me virtually obsessed with his writing. What fantastic material.

[@TheRecluseeee]

+Johannes Von Volker (Johnny Devil) Thanks for listening!

[@johnnypopulus5521]

Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise Thank you for putting these books out there!

[@TheRecluseeee]

Johannes Von Volker The pleasure's all mine. :)

[@miskatonicuniversityavclub202]

Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise do you know the name of the reader?

[@badabing9234]

Johannes Von Volker I know this is an old post but I wanted to check in and see how you feel now a year further into Lovecraft stories. The narrator of all these on here that has this same thumbnail is great. He adds to the creepiness but honestly Lovecraft doesn't need any help with that lol. I'll binge listen to these night after night while laying down to sleep which is pure bliss to me. Let us know if you're still loving it or not. Later..

[@eleftheriaeleftheria3302]

The most scary story by the best horror writer H.P.LOVECRAFT! Hello from Athens Greece!

[@wedgewizard5429]

People just don't talk this way. I really like how he uses language to describe how things are to him. I also like how he says things are indescribable, leaving one to try to imagine it, or to ignore it, to stay safe in ignorance. Writing that way almost touches on exactly what element scares people the most. So great. I wish I found this earlier when I was younger.

[@TheRecluseeee]

+Wedge Wizard Thanks for listening! And you are never too old to jump into the world of Lovecraft. ;)

[@sidarthur8706]

me too hp but do you reckon having a big head (metaphorically) might have caused him to produce lower quality work?

[@peters.5160]

I definitely enjoy his stories but I find irony and humor in how he takes a page of text to describe how something is indescribable in words

[@SuperTonyony]

I have aphantasia, but when Lovecraft describes the aliens in “At the Mountains of Madness”, I can almost see the creatures.

[@kgb333m3]

@@SuperTonyonythat’s interesting so when I say “Apple” you can’t picture what an apple might look like ?

[@Fakan]

One of my favorite Lovecraft stories, and this reader does a hell of a job.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@mikenichols7760]

Greatest horror author of all time. His word choice and cadence is unique and takes getting into but once you let that go and just listen..it's amazing.

[@d-evilmc]

Wow, Ive only been getting into LoveCraft the last few months but hes now My favorite Author. His ability to paint a picture with words is so Demonically Beutifull. Its like other Worldy. Man its literally amazing. What a writer. WHAT A WRITER !!

[@TheRecluseeee]

Lovecraft was a genius. Cheers!

[@badas45]

This is my favorite reader of lovecraft his voice is amazing I need a hardcopy for days without WiFi or service

[@TheBenjaman]

There might be something wrong with me but this is the 4th night in a row where I am listening to one of lovecraft his stories. And I have had the best couple of nights I've had in months.

[@TheRecluseeee]

You are not alone. Many of us do the same thing. I mostly listen to Lovecraft stories before falling asleep.

[@tikkidaddy]

@@TheRecluseeee Indeed. As I think I might have previously mentioned to you...after decades of listening to Metallica, and recent investigation of their deceased former bassist facination with HPLs writings, I finally decided to isten to The call of Kthulhu, and the Music of Eric Zhan. My life was forever changed in 5 hours. I became as much of an addict to HPLs material as if it had been the opioid preperatons so frequently discussed therein. I have no addiction to substances, except caffine, and I have yet to experience the horrors HPL describes in his work, yet it is a welcome addition to my sleeping hours. HPL helps me step outside the reach of the constant physcal torment that s neuoathic exhaustion, allowing me to focus. Thank you very much.

[@goodnightvienna8511]

Nothing wrong with this- I have gone to sleep for years listening to HPL or something similar. Has to be a good narrator though

[@0088Halloween]

just subscribed excellent selection, and great voice to set a certain mood.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening!

[@gamesonvhs5927]

I'm still in California and I still love Lovecraft. So inspiring.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening!

[@bodapodopaboqobadopoqabod]

17:25 27:50 "...the morbidly over-nourished forest..." ;signs of nature suffering man's mistakes; a modern one.

[@yogi2.057]

I too have caught whiffs of several midnight lurkers. Such thin mists were akin to silent-but-deadly 'green creepers', which also provided a bristled feeling of woozy fear.

[@moebius435]

After listening to this, I'm tempted to revisit "The Fall of the House of Usher". Lovecraft was a great admirer of Poe :)

[@TheRecluseeee]

Moe Bius Indeed. Lovecraft respected Poe greatly.

[@Danthehorse]

I wish Gordon Gould had narrated a version of all of lovecraft's works.

[@brianstump450]

This always makes me think of my ex-wife and mother-in-law. Really sad thing; my son said the same...he's in his 20's.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Why was I watching this at 12·00-1·00am? Do I want to cease being plagued by nightmares? Do I want to remain sane? I think that I must not.

[@TheRecluseeee]

That's the best time to listen to Lovecraft! :D

[@hughiegibson1716]

Me too! Can’t sleep so I guess I’ll just make the insomnia worse! Lol

[@harrissteve25]

One of my other favorites is the horror at the museum

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for visiting and listening! Cheers!

[@Tsumami__]

Where the hell did Lovecraft grow up? Silent Hill?

[@Piledriver86]

+Bambi Raptor Providence, Rhode Island. So yeah, kind of.

[@coldcoffeebear7459]

No,...Arkham....bwa hahahaha

[@tombombadil9529]

Clandestine Comments Does you bum hide eldritch horrors?

[@tombombadil9529]

Clandestine Comments 😄 There goes my sanity...

[@tombombadil9529]

Clandestine Comments I suppose it can’t hurt to look ‘em up; I’m already insane, right?!

[@MrSceptical1]

I am a relative newcomer to Lovecraft and finding it difficult to believe I let all of this pass me by.. Please... No spoiler alerts 👍🏻

[@TheRecluseeee]

+lightseeker Well, welcome to the club! Cheers!

[@TheRecluseeee]

Sonny Crockett After finishing, you might want to try Arthur Machen and Algernon Blackwood as well. I uploaded their books and if you are into Lovecraft, you might want to check them out. :)

[@sidarthur8706]

he's his own mother ooooo

[@djentile7773]

that string over descriptions at the end is hilariously over the top.

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening!

[@datatsushi2016]

From 48:10 till the end i was laughing my ass off.

[@yellowjackboots2624]

For 30 years Lovecraft has been my companion. "Death Demon" just struck me afresh

[@moebius435]

***** H. P. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island. "I am Providence, and Providence is myself-together, indissolubly as one, we stand thro' the ages; a fixt monument set aeternally in the shadow of Durfee's ice-clad peak!"

[@hernancortes7602]

Sweeeet home Alabama

[@alexvonl8741]

Great reading.

[@cybernautadventurer]

How has there not been a video game of this yet??

[@TheRecluseeee]

I would love to play the game if someone made it!

[@cybernautadventurer]

I'd recommend the game Haunted Memories: Welcome Home. In terms of environment, it is the closest thing to what Lovecraft's novel describes.

[@Kadajliger100]

Hi, I know it's been 11 months but I thought I'd let you know a very good lovecraft inspired video game does exist! It's called Eternal Darkness for the GameCube and ps2 it's 9/10 Not the most famous game pretty small and unheard of

[@Fakan]

There have been Lovecraft games. Direct adaptations are mostly terrible, but ones inspired by him are generally good. If you refer to this story in particular, Elder Scrolls: Oblivion adapted this story directly for a side quest (if I remember right). A town is found abandoned, all inhabitants missing. With some searching, you can discover that the basements of all the homes are connected by secret paths leading to a massive underground cave system, and deep in those caves... a huge number of identical cannibal men devoid of intelligence who attack you immediately.

[@datatsushi2016]

@@Fakan never knew this

[@andrewpaul1644]

The future he speaks of we consider the present. Groves of people hide away in their house refusing to interact with their peers escaping into virtual reality because they can't bear to face what is true. Wolfing down dead flesh that can hardly be considered food leading to obesity and anorexia. About half way through the story is takes a 180 degree turns and stops talking about the supernatural and Lovecraft unravels his predictions for the future of a society filed by war and a hunger for science.

[@datatsushi2016]

It's even worse than he predicted. Young human males aren't even attracted to females anymore unless they dress up like cartoon characters...

[@tomashize]

Good God!

[@eastofwarden]

I like the contrast between his believing and disbelieving characters.

[@tombombadil9529]

Can anyone tell me the name of the narrator? He does an excellent job!

[@Electreel64]

Tom Bombadil Gordon Gould

[@tombombadil9529]

Carlos Pizcueta Thank you, sir 😎

[@Linkinbird617]

Spoiler Alert: The last description of those eyes wouldn't leave my sight in the darkness of my room... shit's scary.

[@lunabeann]

What a claw

[@Piledriver86]

I love the story, but the family seriously degenerated into monsters in less than 200 years?

[@raziel1132]

yes, breeding on that small off a scale could go that fast.

[@jehovasabettor9080]

Well, Lovecraft didn't know much about genetics, which is excusable since in his time few people did. Quite a number of his stories didn't age all too well as a result, like this one or "Rats in walls" or "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family". It's the usual story with them old books - say, Hodgson's "Carnacki, the Ghost Finder" introduced electricity as a "newfangled ghost hunting" device, you can imagine how it aged.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@jehovasabettor9080 Yeah though Lovecraft's writings ageing seems to be somewhat positive to conveying the sense of some eldritch and arcane horror, such as the great race of Yith still using books though they should have access to devices such as the one on which this is typed, where the effect seems to illustrate that perhaps books are a more desirable store of knowledge as a result of their simplicity and ease of understanding to creatures of many different times and residences. His lack of understanding of genetics compared to our own afforded him such liberties as to create such things as the deep ones and elder things, as well as the ape like devils which even now might be just below the surface. Besides humans aren't exactly known for our slow mutations, as when we interbreed we barely evolve, and when we inbreed we tend to either produce only one or two children, or we stick with cousin marriage which lowers mutation rate, but when we do things like sibling marriage and mass breeding we tend to end up with some weird results, especially when we cannibalize the least suitably mutated and make the most suitably mutated the alpha/family horse...

[@OscarGarcia-hk9dp]

They did in study in Russia about the speed at which Silver Foxes became more like dogs in 40 generations [blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mans-new-best-friend-a-forgotten-russian-experiment-in-fox-domestication/] it resulted in changes in the adrenal system, ears, skull etc. While 200 years is only about 12-13 human generations (c.1928 I mean) 12 generations to become demons with well eldritch magic compared to 40 generations in our distinctly non-magical world is not too much to ask for suspension of disbelief for me. Plus this story is honestly scary if you think of your self in the situation where in a remote village your friend leans out a window and then... pretty scary.

[@datatsushi2016]

Two words: The beast in the cave... The story doesn't make sense (but it's pretty cool nonetheless)

[@wilmarrow342]

Are these part of a single series of HPL audiobooks? Can I get the name? I'd like to purchase it, it's the only series I can find with a decent reader

[@evilluke7851]

11:29 you can hear the beginning of insane in the membrain in the background

[@drakeholliday5671]

35:21 oooo he said it

[@chrisarbour]

Wow i wouldn't have guessed that ending lol

[@TheRecluseeee]

chrisarbour Unexpected endings are always more interesting.

[@chrisarbour]

Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise indeed

[@Happaning_tube]

Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise I agree, the more unexpected the better. flying fish rule!

[@TheRecluseeee]

119matburn Indeed! :D

[@EaglehawkMoonfang]

Indubitably!

[@datatsushi2016]

I named my hamster Eldritch

[@split-wb7bg]

lol!

[@Eriksmith138]

What the hell is a cassette?!?!...

[@adamallison2028]

ancient

[@civilizedagedaily1438]

Erik Smith How do you not know what a cassette is?

[@datatsushi2016]

@@civilizedagedaily1438 because he's gen z

[@comejoinusonouradventurs]

I think it's the female of a class?

[@comejoinusonouradventurs]

Female cass

[@MAUREENALLEN79]

Soak these in before his works are banned.

[@lunabeann]

this story was fucking lit

[@adaisychain4azathoth]

13:22

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for listening! Cheers!

[@pauldickinson3961]

Ok so basically im monky

[@n.b.2164]

Not to sound like a lowly degenerate squatter, but this story was "the sh*t".

[@TheRecluseeee]

+Neiru B Thanks for listening!

[@wtfdudekk]

+Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise Do you know the name of the guy reading?

[@Kinginyellow96]

A lowly degenerate? Fuck man, this story is the shit!!

[@bobbymarcum772]

Back when you could tell people you slept between two muscular men while being straight and gayness would never even occur to anyone.

[@alleyoop4465]

Wordy ain't he?

[@noelmaher6218]

Were not worthy!

[@alleyoop4465]

@@noelmaher6218 damn you, I had put him behind me! Here we go again.

[@nikolasucec]

13:20

[@TheRecluseeee]

Thanks for visiting and listening!

[@nikolasucec]

@@TheRecluseeee Your H.P. Lovecraft content is great. I listen it on your channel and read it at the same time on Croatian :)