The Festival by H.P. Lovecraft (Audiobook)

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[@driskulls7834]

Damn that last paragraph gives me chills "great holes secretly are digged where earths pores ought to suffice and things have learned to walk that ought to crawl"

[@danson1992]

My favorite part of any lovecraft story is when the "protagonist" goes over the Eldridge Tomes included in the collection of a given antagonist, I love to imagine that in the mythos dark cults are so rampant and influential that any well researched scholar might know of these texts and fear them, adds such a rich texture to the story

[@billybatchelor2863]

👌

[@maxhalle-podell6635]

Especially when our world is increasingly taken over by dangerous cults

[@quasarulas3968]

Those bloody mad arabs back at it again!

[@FOLKTALES456]

​@@quasarulas3968more like Russians.

[@andrewbailey7045]

​@@FOLKTALES456That's an odd way to spell "jew", but okay.

[@cephalonia5001]

Tis the season to summon a eldritch horror

[@harryballantyne398]

FALALALAA LALALA LAA

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

FALALALA LALALA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

[@Ulta_Nagenki]

*FALALALALALALALA*

[@Janzer_]

*an

[@SalciusLinas]

Let’s just resurrect Sabrinas OK?

[@TheExploringSeries]

I wanted to put out something a little different for Christmas, and so I figured an audiobook of the only Lovecraft story I know of set during the holidays would be good. Happy Holidays everyone!

[@jcdenton9569]

Merry Christmas my dude, keep up the awesome content!

[@aztecklover69]

ty for the story, also seasons greetings and best wishes!!

[@AtomicSharkCola01]

Awesome, Keep Up The Good Work 😁

[@annakozuki8950]

Oh nifty

[@Skepticfornow]

Thank you for this holiday gift!

[@harryballantyne398]

I’m no longer spending Christmas alone because I have you injecting horror into my ears

[@zarlsalamandersspacemarine302]

Me " what should i listen to to fall asleep" looks at notifications "oh perfect"

[@jehovasthickness4203]

Odin Knowledge Seeker fr

[@Martdogg3000]

Phrases like "impious catacombs of nameless menace" are why Lovecraft is the king. He uses language unlike anybody else, it's mesmerizing. I doubt you'll see this, but I hope you someday do more Lovecraft readings.

[@alice-ci2go]

It can add to be the atmosphere though sometimes I think he overwords things

[@TheWonkster]

@@alice-ci2go it's all about how you read it, when you get used to it, the lengthy descriptions taken on a sort of rhythmic drone that gradually builds tension. But I also believe it has a lot to do with the fact that Lovecraft didn't really trust others to envision what he intended without a lot of help.

[@alice-ci2go]

@@TheWonkster it can sometimes but on ovation it pops up in the middle I tense scenes and it kinda bodyslams the paceing

[@TheWonkster]

@@alice-ci2go I totally understand, I thought my eyes were going to be permanently stuck in the back of my head after I first read the Innsmouth hotel scene. How much detail do you need to describe someone checking three doors and the subsequent soft chase through three rooms?

[@alice-ci2go]

@@TheWonkster hah exactly that lol it's a great writing trick like half of the time but when it don't work you reaaaaaly feel it

[@alontheslay5750]

Dude I love you, this was such a great idea! It would be amazing if you did more audiobooks of h.p. lovecraft.

[@Maesterful]

Agreed, there's so much to choose from in the Necronomicon

[@MF-R]

Man, that Necronomicon is EVERYWHERE! I'm starting to wonder if I have one hidden away in my basement in a box or something.

[@TheSoulCourier]

Mythologies, SCPs, Games, Movies and Lovecraft. It's like you're reading my mind.....wait!! You are!!.....Carry on. Merry Christmas!

[@mistermini1514]

Could the flute player be a servitor of the outer gods? Like the ones surrounding Azathoth, playing the monotonous flutes and maddening drums?

[@wokebritney]

i always imagined him as the great god pan from greek mythology

[@42Nightsyesterday]

I think those gods are too big for something so insignificant as earth, let alone a small ritual of who knows what. But perhaps something similar or an avatar, or who knows what. That’s the best part of lovecraft, he leaves things perfectly obscure

[@randallbesch2424]

@@wokebritney no that is a different being of the Primal Sylvan of Earth and its green ways.

[@randallbesch2424]

Some peculiar entity used specifically for the rites. Grown and bred for that job.

[@MikaelKKarlsson]

Merry Yule! Iä! Iä!

[@porkchopulator]

Great reading! This was the first H.P. Lovecraft story I ever read. Brings back the memories.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

The Alhazred quote at the end is brilliant, but our narrator gets us there by the frankly absurd experience of failing entirely to notice anything peculiar about a man who never speaks, never BLINKS or otherwise moves his eyes, and has a wax mask for a face. The moment when the mask falls off should have been anticlimactic, compared to the sanity-shattering experience of just trying to talk to this guy the second he opened the door. I do really love the description of what is probably a Byakhee however, and the idiosyncratic detail of failing to leave any footprints in the snow is properly eerie. Probably the best way to handle this story is just to assume that the narrator was in a weird fugue state the whole time he was departing for the festival, or even that he hallucinated the entire experience only after he was pulled from the cold waters of Kingsport harbor. Maybe the true story of how he wound up in the water was far less silly and nitpick-worthy than the one he manages to tell after his incarceration in a mental ward.

[@randallbesch2424]

I never agreed those things are byakee which are a mix of bird and bat and human.

[@dannyd.5324]

Such an underrated H.P. story. One of my favorites.

[@ShinyGalarianZigzagoon]

I love how unguarded the necronomicon is in all of his writings, like "oh yeah you're in a mental ward but you want to read the necronomicon for... Reasons? Sure I think we have a spare copy somewhere we could get sent over to your padded cell"

[@colek4246]

This is the best part of Christmas, your voice is perfect for this type of book reading! I hope to see more like this. Hope you have a Merry Christmas!

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

I like my Christmas to be S P O O P Y

[@thomastempleman2029]

Easily one of my top 5 Lovecraft stories. Thanks for doing this. A true surprise on this holiday of giving. Merry Christmas Exploring Series!

[@theapteryx7507]

Merry Christmas

[@dexterboolan6441]

It’s amazing to watch a great channel grow in front of you , a channel that didn’t grow because of music or comedy but because of the great voice and good speech and lining of words 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Keep it up man your subscriber number 8000

[@greenorange752]

I literally read this story a few hours ago and saw this in my notifications as soon as I opened KZbin. A spooky coincidence, if there is such a thing.

[@jehovasthickness4203]

This was slept on and underrated I need more like this pls

[@danielmelendez3546]

This is actually a good idea for your channel: audiobooks! I'd love to listen to the darkest Cthulhu Mythos stories with you as the narrator. And I think I'm not alone in that wish.

[@VictorIV0310]

The thumbnail looks like something out of Bloodborne!

[@absoutezeo2126]

Bloodborne has a lot of references and allusions to Lovecraft's works, so it makes sense.

[@jackthompson2578]

Absolute Zero is right! Bloodborne is heavily influenced by H.P. Lovercraft’s works

[@thetalkingbear]

Your pacing and pronunciation are excellent. Kudos and an awesome change of pace.

[@acrustykrab]

Such an engrossing story, the art helps too!

[@jonathanhunter7670]

I might be 3 years late to the party but boyo am i loving the binge of your videos!

[@nono9543]

Yeayyy! More Lovecraft!

[@ShadowHand.]

This was a great idea!

[@darkone666]

love your hp Lovecraft videos. thank you.

[@Frightful_Lag0]

Love everything about this! Great work man!

[@goodman4966]

Happy Holidays Exploring Series !!!!

[@Jesters-Jinx]

You are an amazing channel and one of my favorite channels. Keep it up man.

[@beccaann3818]

Very well done 😊 thank you

[@JustAPandemic]

Excellent Christmas video, have a great Christmas day!

[@JeffMaziarz]

I love listening to this from time to time. I love you reading it, as with many things.

[@loganreads90]

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

[@barleysixseventwo6665]

The unpleasant mental hilucinations that may or may not be real manifested at a time commonly associated with festivities concerning the birth of a messianic figure

[@JankyBruv]

I've been binging on TES the past month or so. 'Preciate ya. Happy Holidays homeslice 🎄🎆🎊🎁🧸🍾

[@andrsl1]

you really should do more of these

[@dilligaf9282]

Excellent!!! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@Arwcwb]

Thanks for these dude - haven't had time to listen to the mountains of madness yet but I really enjoy your narrative ability!

[@91h8rs]

Merry Cthulhumass

[@grimlore3431]

I love you..............

[@austencobine864]

Nice Job on the Audio Book!!!!!!!!!

[@Delenter]

Good stuff

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

Merry Christmas and keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work in 2019.

[@josebro352]

Lovecraft wrote this story with Marblehead, Massachusetts in mind. It was one of his favorite places.

[@xdas11]

That was amazing

[@chasedice2468]

Love this story. Merry Christmas!

[@JanusHoW]

Here's a scarier part - the green flame the cultists were dancing around? That's an actual Outer God - named "Tulzscha" by some Lovecraft table-top RPG players. Thankfully, it's one of the lesser and least directly-threatening ones, and can't move from the spot it was summoned from when summoned to a three-dimensional reality. Even so, it's still one of Azathoth's dancers, and thus a terrifying threat if confronts. When it first appears, it manifests as a gaseous cloud, but then DRILLS A HOLE STRAIGHT TO THE PLANET'S CORE before assuming its form as the Green Flame.

[@randallbesch2424]

It is that cold green flame that created the worms now acting as humans and the creatures they ride.

[@absoutezeo2126]

I love this work by Lovecraft. Truly a weird and fascinating story. And now, to listen to it. :P

[@porkchopulator]

Merry Christmas, Mangg! It's even a white Christmas in Milwaukee!

[@googsupremacy9463]

i enjoy this stuff way more than i should

[@shmee123ful]

wonderful reading

[@definitelynotwickedreaper7640]

Love some horror in my christmas

[@chef5588]

Fantastic!!

[@d3nv1]

Thanks for the unexpected present ! Cheers & Merry Christmas plus best wishes for 2019.

[@EmperorLie]

Love the work we want more Lovecraft plz❤️

[@ConriDubhghail]

Damn, just listened to Leeman Kessler read this a few hours ago. It's nice that the story is getting some love.

[@thegunslinger8806]

Christmas time is Eldritch time lol

[@randallbesch2424]

The Great Old Yule now made merry as Christmass.

[@BeardedDolphin93]

I never got a damn notification for this! It's like a late christmas present

[@AllGamingStarred]

So..walking worms? Yeah, I'm not sleeping tonight. Would love a film adaptation

[@randallbesch2424]

Forced unnatural evolution to their new forms.

[@tomtinakiyama9949]

Great video. 😀

[@austencobine864]

Could you do the Call of Cthulhu?

[@latastrophue4761]

I've never clicked so fast.

[@highchamp1]

Family gatherings Eh! Ya can't beat 'em.

[@anotherfallen8753]

Do you have any plans for more hp lovecraft readings?

[@DeconvertedMan]

Love it

[@astraeanova4280]

Excellent rendition of a truly dreadful tale by the almighty Lovecraft. Very well done sir twas a great joy to listen to your voice.

[@96moliveira]

l9ove you voice and tone, great tale

[@KyleJordanGaming]

This is why you never visit extended family.

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

Thumbnail remember me of bloodborne

[@elixir3790]

Noice.

[@codychavez9839]

Happy Yul

[@Itzak15]

I thought this was 'Alone against the flames' as audiobook when i clicked on it

[@annoyedavenger1186]

Small favor to ask of you, but could you put these explanations on spotify, as a podcast? It’d be entertaining to listen to while doing work, and I REALLY love the SCP universe being explained.

[@sahilpramanik5799]

He has one "the exploring series"

[@annoyedavenger1186]

@@sahilpramanik5799 mate this was two years ago what the fuck

[@sahilpramanik5799]

@@annoyedavenger1186 Just wanted to give you the information incase you didn't know.

[@SpoodDadoo]

Do an exploring of the Class of 76 lore from the scp wiki

[@tomg4324]

The necronomicon mother Fulkerson

[@mistermini1514]

Wellp, I've already read this... but who cares. I'm listening

[@MonStarGuy]

Your monotonous tone adds so many layers of dread to these stories. Well-done

[@Ozubura]

The quote is in Latin for the books. >> for some reason.

[@stove9958]

This happened to me last Christmas it was whatever

[@theapteryx7507]

Gucci

[@friendbright5375]

Knowing Lovecraft's extremely antiquated views on, well, everything not white really sours stories like these.. When he describes native people (as is obvious here from the fact that the speaker references his people being colonized by "blue eyed fishers") being cultists aside from the One that escaped, it leaves a really bitter taste. I'm glad not all his stories mention people's race, but it's painful as someone who's mixed race to know that this author who is so widely loved would've written my friends and family as monsters and myself as an abomination. That being said, this is a really good reading of an interesting story with very unfortunate undertones.

[@businessofrhythm2315]

It is referring to the half-breeds mentioned in "the shadow over innsmouth" fisherman-by-trade people that populate the town innsmouth, who bred with genes from some kind of deep-sea dwelling fish race, lead by Dagon.. im pretty sure it has nothing to do with what your talking about lol. read "the curious case of charles dexter ward". the main character has their own ancestral house slaves and they arent written as "less than" or anything like that.

[@Renegadebane]

Just read all of his work or as much as possible before your sanity fails.

[@karmasong74]

I've only begun reading H.P. Lovecraft's works. I started with "The Festival". My question is... is it possible it was narrated by a woman?

[@serpicopiu3591]

No. He was very sexist lmao

[@kama933]

Well like the comment above me said, considering Lovecraft's views it's obvious he intended for them to be a white male. But the thing about Lovecraft is that 90 percent of the time he never gives his narrators any description or even a name, so you can pretty muvh imagine them anyway you like.

[@randallbesch2424]

He was very awkward with female characters.

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

:)

[@RickyMooreDaniels]

😰

[@samsteele4650]

Good book, bad speaker. Can't listen to this.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Meh ?? 5 / 10 too many adjverbs & Adjectives = poor writing

[@twobears8491]

You're trolling right?

[@konstantinoskalavrezos5273]

At first there was the beginning then there was the plot and then the story ended. That good enough for you?

[@randallbesch2424]

Only if you can't understand it. Which is why you say that.

[@randallbesch2424]

@@konstantinoskalavrezos5273 the modern day a-literates.

[@billybatchelor2863]

In my top 3000 Hp stories

[@metalwarrior5629]

Merry Christmas

[@robbabcock_]

Great stuff!

[@andrewmatseshe7343]

Damn you are good

[@samuelnasty1443]

that was nice

[@gregvalentin1954]

One of my fav H.P stories so far thanks

[@BigB69]

This man was aware of many secret things 👀