"The Strange High House in the Mist" / Lovecraft's Dream Cycle

[@jurgenhalfhand5158]

Thanks!🫀

[@HorrorBabble]

Whoa! Thanks, Jurgen!

[@donaldmccleary9015]

3:29 5:00 You know something has been around a while when the Terrible Old Man says things were the same when his grandfather was a boy. I love this story. It is only one of two that has one of my favorite Lovecraft characters in it Fantastic narration! Thanks!

[@jamiecameron7615]

I just love this tale, there's just something about it that kindles my imagination. Thank you so much for bringing it to life!!

[@Flood520]

Jamie Cameron I can't lie. I actually like the Dream Cycle more than the Cthulhu Mythos.

[@WhoCares69]

Doesn’t quite explain things which is perfect 👌🏻. Everyone has to use their imagination to fill in the gaps . Dream Cycle stories leave you to imagine what is meant to be real and what isn’t 😄

[@szabolcsmezei4088]

This is Lovecraft's most musical use of words I've heard so far. There's a rhythm to the beginning and end framing device that reminds me of iambic poetry.

[@HorrorBabble]

"The Strange High House in the Mist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Written on November 9, 1926, it was first published in the October 1931 issue of Weird Tales. It concerns a character traveling to the titular house which is perched on the top of cliff which seems inaccessible both by land and sea, yet is apparently inhabited. Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-strange-high-house-in-the-mist Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Image used with the permission of M. Crassus: www.artstation.com/mcrassusart www.wyrdtree.co.uk/art-of-wyrdtree 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

[@troymclure8330]

This is such an underrated story, one of my favorites. Thanks Ian! 😉🐙

[@Pentapus1024]

I'm so glad you guys did this one. It's a favorite of mine. Magical and strange, but not in such a way that you can't suspend disbelief, and it's not schlocky despite the subject material.

[@implodingsoftly]

Nice hat!

[@CamerinSeigars]

This is an awesome tale, I have never had the pleasure of reading this one which surprises me. Regardless this rendition of it brought forth the air of mystery and the unknown that is the hallmark of Lovecraft. Once again, a fantastic performance.

[@mutationx06]

Cup of warm chocolate milk with marsh mellows and chocolate chip cookies, a warm chair, dimly lit room and some awesome clear speakers. *Perfect!*

[@amfinc2]

Great story, great narration, great job!

[@simonrhoden4515]

Amazing, Love the atmosphere you manage to make in your videos

[@robbabcock_]

Amazing! Lovecraft's mind simply operated in another dimension than the rest of us, and the reading is magnificent. 🙌🔥🐙

[@Benjamin-k2g]

Fantastic as always.

[@sgp5274]

What a wonderful story!

[@my88110]

vary surreal and archaic

[@karstenvonfjellheim5321]

A faint background score using The Shepard Tone would really fit this

[@HorrorBabble]

The Shepard Tone?

[@karstenvonfjellheim5321]

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[@HorrorBabble]

Very interesting - thanks! Ian

[@deesneezy]

I was very confused, because I had listen to this last night, but this is the main channel

[@HorrorBabble]

Moving forward, we'll synchronise new Lovecraft readings to go live at the same time on both channels - this will hopefully resolve the matter! Sorry about that! Ian

[@deesneezy]

HorrorBabble Ian! Hello good sir! It's not a problem at all, it was humorous to me, as if I jumped into some of time warp lol. Thank you for every reading!

[@rayswoop4947]

one of my favs!!!!

[@rayswoop4947]

oh, and first downs!!!! lol nodens, take it away!!!

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

The more you read Lovecraft the more I fall in love with your voice!

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

This story is 80% ending. Nothing actually happens in it, and HP just rambles on and on and on until he runs out of steam.

[@brandonw3499]

Really enjoyed this one.

[@kelseylatta5245]

This one was very beautiful

[@simonwilliams9398]

If that is Kingsport, the cliff is on the wrong side. Great reading, as always.

[@kalikopa]

I flipped it to arrive at the same conclusion.

[@doranobannon7696]

This would be an amazing short indie film

The most merciful thing in the world , I think , is the inability to the human mind to correlate all its contents. (Quote from Call of Chtulhu but fits even better here.)

[@lochnessmobster9026]

I have a conspiracy theory that the man in the house is actually Barzai the Wise from “The other gods”

[@Flood520]

I don't understand why this is on the new Lovecraft channel AND here too. Or even why there is a separate Lovecraft channel. That said, good tale and a good read of it.

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you! I realise there's some confusion regarding the new channel, but not everybody will see the updates we post on the community tab, facebook, etc. Essentially - all Lovecraft readings will appear on both channels, with the exception of re-recordings of older readings on the main channel (they'll just appear on the new channel). As for why there is a second channel, this is from another comment I replied to below: There'll be other content exclusive to the new channel, i.e. videos on Lovecraft lore, and readings of his letters, etc. It's also a great way to organise his works, rather than have them completely dominate the main channel's homepage. I hope this clears a few things up! Ian

[@tishahouse846]

Listening from the ukwales ❤

[@acedianihil8208]

I prolly ask to much here, but what made you decide a new channel for your masterwork lovecraft readings to be separate from your other great narrations?? though ive heard them all, its your readings of the stories that i come back to every night so i hope everything goes as you want it too.

[@HorrorBabble]

Hello! All new Lovecraft readings will appear on both channels, with the exception of re-recordings (so as to avoid duplicates). There'll be other content exclusive to the new channel too, i.e. videos on Lovecraft lore, and readings of his letters, etc. It's also a great way to organise his works, rather than have them completely dominate the main channel's homepage. There are many reasons. But all that aside, I'm just a huge fan of his works. Ian

[@acedianihil8208]

Sounds def like something to look forward to!

[@epimetrius7348]

HPL's Nodens gives Manannan Mac Lir vibes

[@Armphid]

Does anyone know if this is considered a Mythos story or a Dream Cycle story? Or both?

[@grannybird7365]

Wonderful illustration, too. Do I perceive a face on the cliff?

[@sams5963]

Sounds like a wonderful prose poem beautiful use of language. Who made the picture?

[@jerryjohnson8485]

Read this so long ago! I had a thin waist and thick hair,quite the reverse now👴

[@chrisfisher2469]

I love the replies from olney is my hero to the story is a disapointment. .....hahhahaa humans are as varied..in there opinion ....like lovecraft said .....between earth and sky....ha...i get it ..unknown kaddesh melted my brain

[@is-be6725]

Thomas Olney is my hero.

[@willhuey4891]

the fact that is a direct follow up to the terrible old man is an interesting one.

[@NGMonocrom]

Have to be honest, though the reading was excellent, the story itself a let-down.