The Tomb by H.P. Lovecraft (Audiobook)

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[@sanctusinfernusrecords]

Gotta love how it starts off with what is essentially a very elaborate "haters will say it's fake"

[@cooperdavis9663]

I love how Jervas' nights spent in the Hyde tomb possibly communing with the spirits of those buried there inspired a poem basically telling him to go touch grass and enjoy life while he still has it instead of obsessing over the long dead and buried

[@pious83]

HP Lovecraft stories: If you're not mad by the end of it, you're normally dead.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

Or both.

[@chadsknnr]

I thought you were gonna say, "If you're not mad by the end of it, you're doing something wrong."

[@JobeStroud]

Great choice of words. Guess I am dead. Just waiting to disappear.

[@Neighbor7]

don't care if its scp or lovecraft its all good if your reading it!

[@Pusher97]

He could narrate the back of a shampoo bottle and I’d still probably enjoy it.

[@harshdave709]

I totally agree but only should above 35mins

[@JaefarSABNW]

@@Pusher97 Dr Broners

[@kylehughes1619]

I love your avatar picture

[@Neighbor7]

@@kylehughes1619 thank you. Its been this way for a long time

[@jakub_paints6775]

Me when I first saw the upload : Yay, it's Lovecraft! Me after the first few word-soups of a sentence : Oh no, it's Lovecraft...

[@ncrvako]

word-soups?

[@076reynolds9]

@@ncrvako *sentences*

[@kittenburger_prime]

Check out horrorbabble. Thats just how they wrote back then.

[@jakub_paints6775]

@@kittenburger_prime I have been listening to Horror Babble for years now. I sometimes just don't want to listen to needlesly archaic and flowery Lovecraft stories.

[@kittenburger_prime]

@@jakub_paints6775 Ok there, it was just an idea. I went back for another listen, and I feel like this one feels exceptionally soupy. I think the narrator is speaking at a faster cadence or something else and that's what makes it feel more soupy, but the material sure seems more soupy than expected anyway.

[@gabrielhull3104]

I came to this channel for SCP, but I stayed for the audiobooks. I love these so much.

[@superbeast1361]

Same here bud

[@vegatronld]

They are good , Wonder if Steven King would let him do the gunslinger saga.

[@mariorivera7969]

Is a shame that his other content doesn't get as much love as his SCP content. I get why, most come for the latter but I do still like this other stuff. Keep it up man, you can make it with different content if you keep trying to find that audience

[@Mr-Mania]

I love how one of the most famous and skilled horror writers used the classic creepypasta cliche of starting with "I know people won't believe me but I swear it's real"

[@sparking023]

He probably did that before it was a cliché

[@TDL-xg5nn]

That is also how most Penthouse Forum stories began too.

[@klittlet]

He did when it was cool

[@ShashwatSwainsmiles]

He started that classic creepypasta cliche starting

[@lauratanner8475]

Lovecraft somehow gets away with a lot of things that would otherwise fall apart with other writers. Even when he falls back on his own cliches like the narrator who is, "wealthy beyond the necessity of a commercial life", as he puts it in this story. Or his insistence on never actually describing the most horrific aspects of his tales, opting instead to let the reader " fill in the blanks" while he assures them that "no words could ever convey such terrors" and so on. He actually satirizes himself about this in the short story, "The Unnamable". But, instead of being annoyed or bored with these tired devices one is generally amused as it becomes a sort of inside joke adding to the quaintness and reminding you that it wouldn't be Lovecraft without them.

[@jeffbrownstain]

Holy crap, this books opening lines tho... If you want a madman to seem sane, have them speak like this.

[@wokewaifu9131]

Love your work boss, and Lovecraft is always welcome. Be well everyone!

[@cancelanime1507]

2 days ago bruh

[@darragho6358]

Is Lovecraft always welcome? Stories link innsmouth I find the overtones of racism to be extremely off putting and that can be seen in much of his work (how he thought races shouldn't mix). Then I like maths so personally it annoys me alot when he misunderstands maths. Popularising the idea that non-euclidean geometry is alien. It is not it is all the real world geometry we encounter everyday

[@feyarchmarkhor273]

Lovecraft is always welcome don’t let the angry weirdo bring you down. ❤️

[@plaguedoctor323]

@@darragho6358 calm down

[@Pusher97]

@@darragho6358 He held disgusting beliefs but I can separate the art from the artist.

[@EldritchMango]

Very mature of me to chuckle when hearing "brought up suggestions of gay" in a lovecraft book

[@azca.]

Yeah cause you gay 🤣

[@kylehughes1619]

Mature indeed. Count me among the mature men who giggled at hearing the word gay.

[@mariofan1ish]

I always chuckle a little whenever he describes something as gay or queer.

[@azca.]

@@mariofan1ish Yeah because gays are funny

[@erichunt5207]

I'm pretty sure this refers to a writer with the last name "Gaye" :O

[@joelherring4071]

This story is so challenging to articulate and you do it flawlessly. Great content as always!

[@baind8391]

I was just craving something new to listen to from you. You do truly wonderful work

[@619to974]

i recently read "the dream quest of the unknown kadath" this was quite the ride lol but since i haven't read all the previous books it seemed like starting my MCU journey with Endgame xD

[@jesseberg3271]

Lovecraft doesn't really work that way. Yes, he references a few other stories in the dream quest, but it was meant to be read as a stand alone work. Mysteriousness is such an integral part of his work that it's not like you're going to find _answers_ if you read the other stories, just more questions.

[@insertteahere3162]

Iirc the dream quest of unknown kadath is actually one of the few stories he wrote that was part of a sort of series. Could be wrong though

[@bingo784]

@@insertteahere3162 You're right. The Silver Key and The Gateway (I'm not sure I remember the name right, it might be the Silver Gate or just The Gate) feature the same character as The Dream Quest and appear to be in some loose chronological order. There might be one or two more stories that I forget that are also part of this series.

[@619to974]

@@insertteahere3162 this is actually what i meant by my original comment. The only thing i picked up was the apppearance of the "Cats of Ulthar" during the journey and someone else i won't name lol

[@619to974]

@@bingo784 it's the "silver key" and "the Gates of the Silver Key" ;)

[@VorpalVulpes]

"where's the scp" "why don't you do more scp" yall need to chill and enjoy the Lovecraft, he's done plenty of scp. I've been hoping to hear him read more Lovecraft so this is fantastic ^^

[@lucascoval828]

There's too much SCP.

[@XacBlook]

@@lucascoval828 nah, its just enough for this every moment untill he next uploads, its always just enough his lovecraft is fun too

[@spicyLEGO]

but it's SCP Monday :(

[@brianjensen5661]

@@spicyLEGO it's TES Monday

[@benarmstrong6904]

Literally can't see any complaints in the comments, stop trying to be the mediator for a non existing situation

[@muahmuah4135]

I've only read"The call of cathulu and At the mountain of madness " by HP Lovecraft but they are still amazing

[@burpostockings]

Whisperer in Darkness, Curse of Yig, and Rats in the Walls are some of his more entertaining works. Just so easy to get lost in those stories. Shadow Over Innsmouth, Dagon, and The Dunsworth Horror are more into the Cthulhu mythos. I srsly recommend all of these, but would start at Rats in the Walls

[@FattestAlive]

@@burpostockings Rats in the walls is my all time favorite

[@Arkimedus]

This is one of lovecrafts more underrated tales, good stuff

[@razorraptor2247]

Was just talking with a friend of mine about Lovecraft's works, great timing!

[@isaiahbacon2357]

These audiobooks always bring me joy whenever I listen to them. I listen to them wheneveer I do work or go to sleep. Please continue doing these videos, thanks very much!

[@CalciumOxyde]

always ready for a lovecraft reading. got a collection of all his stories i read through every few years.

[@levianderson7262]

Love it. I’ll listen to every HP love craft story you read. Even the ones I’ve heard or read before. I’d love for you to do more. Horrorbable is the next best channel for it. But there is only so much. Thanks for the great reading.

[@benjee7739]

the man produces some of the most calming narrations i've heard.

[@Skepticfornow]

Learn English...

[@ColdNomNom]

@@Skepticfornow thats pretty decent english, good enough to understand what he meant. you on the other hand are probably even worse at it.

[@Pablud3S]

@@ColdNomNom what's wrong with that sentence?

[@evannance6290]

Makes you want to sleep

[@vgamedude12]

I like how many of his stories aren't about some objective evil force, especially this one. It's just mysterious.

[@michaeldanmosley4169]

S0 😂

[@feyarchmarkhor273]

Lots of people yelling about “why no SCP!?!” Just wanted to let you know this is great content and most of us appreciate it regardless of what you’re reading. ❤️ I’d go so far as to ask for more lovecraft. But I might get shot if I do.

[@bradh3292]

bang! lol.. no the mix up is good. I can't think of a better way to do that than lovecraft

[@jeffbrownstain]

I only see people thankful for the change of pace, albeit in a somewhat surprised fashion.

[@hardwareful]

Once again a perfect choice of background music. Also had a very fitting Eye of Solitude flashback.

[@Wheezery]

Me: Oh boy, time for my weekly SCP content from my favorite creator! Exploring: Lovecraft content Me: Ah, an unexpected boon but a boon nonetheless

[@MrsCaranAmy]

A great written piece by H. P. Lovecraft, one of my favorite authors. Thank you. 😊🌟

[@jamesbryant8133]

Very much enjoy your lovecraft audio readings.

[@aguspuig6615]

my man just pulled up a full audiobook, epic

[@lordporpoise8761]

He's done a bunch more Lovecraft audio books in the past if you enjoyed

[@Witchofthewoods.]

If Lovecraft only knew how in death ☠️ he'd become a legendary writer, who's stories are a treasury for those of us who respect amazing Horror. You've captured this Story perfectly. 👏

[@cathleenmoyle1476]

Maybe he does know. Wherever his deceased soul is.

[@UnicornstalkRGaming]

Kind sir, thank you for your diligence in.. recording such vile, yet interesting anomalous items and locations. We at the Foundation would like to extend a hand, to pull you from the haze of the normal world and menial labor to do greater things; for we need a narrator who is in fact anomalous, and able to articulate unnaturally well. We will be waiting.

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Always a pleasure to see updates from this channel keep up the great content

[@kuyachaswhub3086]

Thanks for the video Exploring Series. Thanks to you, I discovered more about Lovecraft.

[@tacotako2905]

thanks for the 3 am bedtime story

[@latayantheazran]

This dude always uploads at 3am at my country's time. These videos always accompany my insomnia

[@Juiceboxdan72]

I don't know if you will see this, Mr. Exploring, but these H.P. Lovecraft stories are helping me deal with my insomnia, in addition to some of your SCP videos (Lamplight, Bass Straight, and Why? are my favorites). Keep up the excellent work :)

[@leahcole8672]

I was waiting for your weekly upload, thank you for being consistent and amazing. This channel is my happy place honestly ☺️

[@burninghotdogs4876]

Man I can’t wait to listen to this... nice job as always

[@jamesegan3109]

You know h p Lovecraft just had away of so fluid and elegant way to describe the grotesque and death that it just puts you there and when you finish his stories all you want is more.

[@topkekm8817]

One of my fav lovecraft stories, thank you for reading

[@anonymousprime1738]

Very hype when he uploads a Lovecraft video

[@copyrightstrike4666]

Absolutely superb narration as always

[@jeremiah9224]

These audio book readings give me life, thank you. Also pleeease do dream quest of unknown kadath in the near future.

[@theyoten1613]

I JUST got into Lovecraft. Truly a blessed moment. Thank you.

[@MrIhatemakinusername]

I love this so much! please do more Lovecraft!!!

[@xanastarlight4833]

YESSSSS I've been waiting for another lovecraft video

[@Fulgrim2]

Aw yeah, story time with TES.

[@tspoon772]

I love how every lovecraft character is some random rich kid who falls in love with some local creepypasta and then becomes a quivering wreck of a human, scared of completely normal things like thunder or euclidean geometry or some other inane thing.

[@brianjauch9958]

Love the calm, steady deadpan voice.

[@paulwalker5225]

I look forward to your videos every monday 🙏

[@TiddyTwyster]

Still the only KZbin channel I'll check for updates religiously, my notifications are dodgy at best

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

Another book to add for my downloads. Thank you so much.

[@bingo784]

I'm not sure what you're hoping for, this is the whole story. Unless you're talking about one of the compilations.

[@justincholos.balisang6884]

@@bingo784 what I mean is another story that I can download here on KZbin and listen offline.

[@mathieuleader8601]

this is a nice change of pace

[@Whawha96]

Just when I was having trouble sleeping!

[@lolosh99]

This one gave me a good nap sleep. It was great.

[@john94949]

Can't get over the fact that the main character considers himself a dreamer and a visionary. From earliest childhood, no less. Holy smokes, even for Lovecraft this is grandiose 😆

[@jgrant9281]

TES, the best audiobook narrator

[@Maglorfin]

Thank you for this

[@probablythedm1669]

Saving this goodie for tonight. Gotta feed them nightmares! 😃

[@grahamdixon1699]

More audiobooks! YES!

[@ryleeguy2763]

Hope to see more of this. Strait HP adaptations and general knowledge is vary popular in main media now. These will be great for your channel. I expect your doing more if your covering the Tomb. It’s the first in his collection. More creature videos after this would be cool.

[@notimportant6047]

You should check out his playlist called audiobooks. It has a total of 11 videos with 8 of them being written by Lovecraft

[@ryleeguy2763]

@@notimportant6047 I know but they span back like 4 years. This is usually the first in HPs collection so I hope he’s just starting fresh. Be a sensible time to.

[@park5782]

Yo I love when you make these audiobooks

[@GhastlyWhispersVisual]

Great work! 👏

[@noaharmstrong9384]

I love horror babbles covers but yours are also good

[@biometalHX]

I love your book readings you have a real talent for it

[@scuffedcomedy4819]

Thank you for all that you do

[@Perktube1]

So the protagonist believes he is the reincarnation of the J. H. who died in the mansion fire, and came back to seek a proper burial within said mausoleum?

[@TVNDRA]

I don’t think he is the reincarnation, I do think he was possessed by the spirit of JH. Just going on the modern day take of how “spirits” work in horror, his body was left at the door and his soul was allowed to cross the barrier of the vault. When he left the vault, the ghost stayed with him, which is why he knew all the stuff someone his age shouldn’t have known. Or, it’s all in his head.

[@Soulferno]

I've only ever familiarized myself with Lovecraft's concepts than I have his actual works. So the first thing I noticed is that his way of writing is incredibly distinct and fluid. So much so that its hard to follow for a dum dum like me despite me enjoying fiction writing. All I could get from it was that Jervis essentially became obsessed with the idea of becoming a part of this ancient Tomb. Like he had nothing else to live for but the end goal of not only entering the Tomb but earning a spot in it, basically driving that obsession straight into madness. There's a supernatural element there but it becomes pretty apparent that its all in his head. I'm not good at these analysis things so if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I guess HP was going for this deep sense of irony. Literally living for the purpose to just die. Sure, it wasn't exactly like that per se but his unhealthy obsession turned into him having a purpose in life which was not living as Jervis at all. I guess it kinda lines up with how Lovecraft was as a person too. From my understanding he always seemed to be this deeply apathetic and depressed man who created these horrors and psychological stories in effort to express anything proper in his mind. I see a lot of people nowadays try to boil it down to him just being this racist and awful person but I'm pretty sure plenty of people were considering the time period he lived in so I don't get the reasoning behind pointing out the beliefs and lifestyles people shared centuries ago. I think he was just horribly depressed and had no respect for the real world and its people so he wrote about it in a way only he could comprehend. Its very interesting. Someone will probably misconstrue that as me endorsing his beliefs but I couldn't care less. I was a writer back in high school and a little bit afterwards so that's how I choose to view him since he wasn't not this actual monster out committing war crimes and serial murders

[@jeffbrownstain]

The last lines of the story imply that it was indeed reality, not insanity. And either way, isn't everything we see, think, feel, and hear all in our heads?

[@Soulferno]

@@jeffbrownstain True. The book does heavily allude to the events actually happening but that the insanity, in a manner of speaking, that he ended up giving himself too felt self induced rather than supernatural. Though again, perhaps that's just my smol brain at work not picking up on those undertones. Its been awhile since I've actually tried to break down these sorts of old works of fiction. Not since English class anyways

[@j.d.e7906]

Thank you my friend

[@ulster-scot935]

Could you do a video on the Snarling Coup from the SCP universe? I’ve heard it mentioned a few times throughout many tales and files, but I was wondering if you would be able to paint a more complete picture.

[@sebastianguzowski6935]

great, as always

[@MaxBobbitt]

Awesome stuff, any chance you could do the Shadow out of Time at some point? Always been a favourite of mine

[@absoutezeo2126]

One of my favorites. Excited to hear your emphasis on the words while you read.

[@TeeJayXL]

I'm going to give this a try

[@RonKhan]

Most excellent, sir.

[@cozelli7176]

always wanted you to do some book readings :)

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Hmm, not an SCP article (and it breaks the positive vibe streak from two weeks ago), but still great. Now, I just need to get this book in its physical form for extra happiness...

[@insertteahere3162]

You probably won't be able to find it on its own; since almost everything Lovecraft wrote was published in pulp magazines, his work tends to come in big collection books like the Necronomicon

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@insertteahere3162 Well, that's much better. Getting the price of one book for a collection of them is a bargain sale in my opinion.

[@Perktube1]

Lovecraft always breaks positive vibe streaks.

[@nastroazzuro2697]

Reading his full collection, the complete fiction, Barnes and noble new York 2008 A truly gorgeous book Rich blue sci Fi themed hard back, silver edged pages and blood red page marker.The Lovecraft bible I love it

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@nastroazzuro2697 Ooh, thanks for the rec.

[@nullvoidtime]

You’re incredible, and I love you so much.

[@Anastashya]

Thank you!

[@minty9245]

I love this!

[@ethanh5978]

F YEAH I LOVE YOUR HP AUDIO BOOKS WOOOOOOOOOOO

[@jgrant9281]

Lovecraft content! Cthulu Seltzer would be a good one to see on here

[@mohd.hammad6459]

This was great 👍

[@Dragon359]

I'd love to know where the pictures used as a shifting background for the vid were from. They look amazing, and of course a wonderfully read Lovecraft story!

[@Ravenous1369]

Just what I needed before bed, a calm relaxing tale of unknown horrors and nightmare fuel. Works every time 👍

[@Cruzad]

💋

[@kruumlauf5272]

Nothing better to sleep to than your peaceful voice and an existential crisis wrought upon by eldritch horrors

[@weeww4]

Love ❤️ your videos keep it up ^-^

[@ghrimson6264]

I feel smarting hearing these

[@ghrimson6264]

Smarter*

[@plabcentral630]

I hate that your non scp videos get less views. Your have a great voice.

[@arthurleonepimenta2266]

The poem the author of the tale recites is truly an unspeakable horror.

[@Calvin300clan]

My favorite lovecraft short is the temple

[@haydenrapp7201]

Came here for theSCPs, staying for the audio books!

[@victormcclain2732]

Awww yeah, we got a new one.

[@P-Nokota]

Thanks

[@robbabcock_]

Wonderfully eerie!👻☠️🎃

[@levoderso7469]

Underrated ngl

[@Pusher97]

Well this is a pleasant surprise.

[@Fiyazai]

Your uploads are how I know it's Sunday, appreciate all your work.

[@Tis_good1531]

Delightful

[@frocurl]

Pretty cool

[@treederrpah6503]

Oh not what I was expecting but sweet