"Worms of the Earth" by Robert E. Howard / Bran Mak Morn

[@gregbors8364]

It’s incredible how much wonderful fiction that Robert E. Howard produced during his short 29 years on this planet Edit / correction: I was mistaken, he was a few months past his 30th birthday when he passed away

[@anthonyfreeman3165]

He was truly one of the best!

[@mediamogul6643]

Absolutely amazing - prolific, endlessly creative and pioneering, basically inventing the 'sword and sorcery' genre ... and heartbreaking how he died so young 😢

[@justinakers3196]

Damn. I'm 29. That is incredible. He's one of my favorite authors now

[@j3fr0uk]

I guess that's one way of lookin at it. An artist would never include hidden meanin's in their works I guess... 😂😂😂

[@kyetes.866]

Damn… I’m 29 and haven’t done a single thing with my life

[@Ktotwf]

This is not just Robert E Howard's best story - this is the best Sword and Sorcery story. Period.

[@donaldmccleary9015]

It is an amazing work! Fantastic! Never heard it before today!

[@davidk6269]

YES!!! Thank you for your dramatic reading of "Worms of the Earth"! This is one of my favorite Robert E. Howard stories! Bran Mak Morn is a very underrated REH character.

[@thornalas4385]

This amazing, inspired story possibly sheds much dim light onto the dimmer history of the Picts and prehistoric Alba dhubh. The worms of the Earth indeed! A gem and so well read!

[@collettemilligan3902]

Oh warren why would we be without you 😢

[@nightspod5]

How did we live before HB? Genuinely, you have brought much joy with these obscure gems, not to mention Van Melson and co. Have a good one!

[@ramblingidioms]

Great work, as usual :) Thank you once again for so courteously replying to my queries about a year ago, when I was a complete noob trying to get my channel properly established. Your kind responses were extremely helpful at a pivotal time, and I'm so pleased to see your channel continuing to go from strength to strength.👍

[@tamlandipper29]

I've said it before, but since you bring it up HB really are great community leaders. They've been invaluable to me as an author. It's another reason for me to regard KZbin's policies with anger and contempt. They seem to have treated the channel very poorly over the years. Rather than treat HB like a sapling with deep roots. Very shabby.

[@HorrorBabble]

Good to hear from you!

[@Shacthulhu]

Thank you HB! I needed more vermis in my day!

[@Nanosuit37]

Crom's teeth! Thank you Mr. Gordon and Horror Babble! You do great justice in narrating Robert E. Howard's works. Excellent as always. Until next time.

[@rileyrosewriter]

Excellent narration of an amazing story. Got to appreciate the unexpected twist on exactly *how* the king secures the aid of the witch after death threats and bribery don't work. Sometimes a woman is just lonely and has certain *ahem* needs.

[@MrsCaranAmy]

The opening music was enchanting. The visual is quite striking. And, of course, the story was amazing. It was suspenseful. Great narration. Thank you 🌟🤗❤️

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks as always, Amy!

[@toxicmelon6836]

Stellar work as ever Ian. Keep up the amazing work 😄

[@cairenjohnmccourt82]

An excellent story and an excellent read my good sir! Bran Mak Morn is one of these characters I’ve heard referenced a bunch but have never read the tales of, so thanks for showcasing this in your awesome style and I hope we get more🤙

[@Shacthulhu]

This is now my favorite REH tale! Great work HB, Ian!

[@paulcateiii]

Thanks Ian - happy birthday hope you have a great day

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks as always, Paul!

[@WhiteLongSword7]

REH's great writing plus HB's equally great narration is always a treat to listen to.

[@wmorris189]

So great to hear them working together again. Lovely song well done chaps

[@beverlyamarantes9775]

Good news for tonight's entertainment. Thank you guys!

[@shadownet3d]

An REH tale is always a treat! Great narration as always!

[@cpt191021]

U read so clearly your much better than alot of the ppl on audible. I’ve never once had to rewind have to do it all th time on audible

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you!

[@picklerick.n.666]

God bless you and your work and your team sir ❤ respect form Croatia-Europe ❤

[@michaelsmyth3935]

My Father, was a tremendous fan of all things Howard. Anyone else remember the graphic mags filled with the other guys? What a movie this story would make. A tight 90 minutes.

[@Saturnchild56]

Great story and masterfully told

[@robbabcock_]

What a wonderful surprise! HorrorBabble + Robert E. Howard, a classic combination! 🔥⚔😎

[@mortuarycookiezshane4192]

Ah perfect I’m putting my Halloween decorations up and I get this notification. Also happy birthday!!!

[@davidk6269]

Dear HorrorBabble, would you consider using your immense dramatic narrative powers to bring to life the Robert E. Howard story "Kings of the Night"? It is a magnificent story that has Bran Mak Morn use his sorcerer to bring King Kull to Bran's time in order to fight alongside Bran Mak Morn and a band of Vikings against the Roman legions? It is rousing sword and sorcery story!!!!

[@HorrorBabble]

Indeed! It's on the list.

[@davidk6269]

@@HorrorBabbleYay!!! Thank you!!!!

[@sasqetshenkley1190]

Light SoundFX in the background. Lots of rolling thunder. Butt loads of rolling thunder. And coconut clip-clops.

[@davidk6269]

@@sasqetshenkley1190 coconut clip-clops? Coconuts carried by a European swallow, perhaps? ; )

[@tjjudd101]

🎉

[@CPWebster]

A master reads the master... thank you.

[@gerardsantora4382]

Thanks!

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you very much!

[@donaldmccleary9015]

Forgot to post this earlier in the week. What a treat! What a story. This is one heck of a tale! I would like to read all the books in this series. There are not many people who write about the Picts. Horror, swords, magic, cosmic horror. Are these the same people in "The Children of the Night" that Howard wrote? Fantastic tale and choice, Ian! Thank you!

[@daveglass7396]

Many thanks an excellent reading as always

[@AcornElectron]

“.. and if anything remains vague, it is only because of the dark cloud which has come over my mind-that cloud and the nebulous nature of the horrors which brought it upon me.” Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!

[@Eris123451]

As always take care and look after yourself.

[@richjg3049]

Just awesome. Great story, great reading. Thank you

[@soulreaver1983]

Many thanks for covering this outstanding story Ian! Could you please do Valley of the worm next?

[@HorrorBabble]

I've had a few requests for that one. I'll get to it eventually.

[@soulreaver1983]

​@@HorrorBabbleThanks 🙂

[@kristinacable]

Congrats on 200,000 subscribers!!! More to come im certain!❤

[@HorrorBabble]

Thank you again, Kristina!

[@andreasfilis9001]

I think we found what inspired Peter Jackson to use were-worms in the Hobbit. But this was more powerful. Thanks, Ian. Contrary to the custom, you gave us a present on your birthday!

[@tristanmcdaniel9281]

Happy Birthday Ian. Thank you for such great stories, especially this one. I love tales about the Picts whether they be fiction or nonfiction. This is one of my new favorites and will be listened to many times.

[@twentyofseven]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! For THE best horror channel I've found on KZbin. Great stories and the best narration, no emotionless AI rubbish here. You have real feeling in your voice, and I can tell you love your work

[@LogHewer]

Happy belated birthday, friend. 🍻 Thank you for reading this amazing tale. I've always loved it.

[@MyloHarris-q8u]

This story has stirred up something within me,, this is up there with the best of fantasy horrors, and Ian you smashed it yet again. Do well buh

[@raylauderback5126]

A Masterpiece! Thanks, once again, to the Horrorbabble Team!

[@Blue_Jasmin]

Bran Mak Morn is one of the best and most underrated of Howard's characters, I hope we got even more!

[@brixferera8938]

Love this story.have been re reading it so many times over the years

[@karenbanks5985]

Thank you so much for all you do in your wonderful stories.Happy Birthday.I hope you have the best yearbe safealways in Jennifer

[@darnacb]

I have to say that Ian has greatly improved his reading skills. When I first started listening to this channel I was a bit disparaging of what I thought were deficiencies of tone and timbre in his voice, and told myself that I could do a better job. But over the past couple of years he has developed a fine dramatic delivery; and his timing, pacing, and emphasis are now quite refined. Re-recording the older versions, especially of the Lovecraft stories, has been a wise and welcome effort. Thank you for the hard work... and well done, sir!

[@HorrorBabble]

That's kind of you to say. It took quite a while to develop the persona.

[@amgroves76]

Holy wow !!!!!! Never heard of this one before, thank you so much for this chill

[@Eris123451]

Listening to this again I was struck by how much Micheal Mooorcock's, (who's always acknowledged his debt to Howard,) Elric probably owed to Bran Mac Morn.

[@justnice4701]

Thank you!!

[@cmdr_thrudd]

That was great!

[@morguenmorguen6862]

This is awesome! I'm definitely subscribing, and I think that anyone who enjoys this will also love the podcast The Wrong Station.

[@paulross225]

Wonderfully read, as always!

[@soldier-mom]

Thank you and happy birthday.

[@Andrew-if3sd]

Another milestone, congrats Ian and Jen...200K Subs!😎🎆🥇

[@mightydorchux]

Great story. Well done

[@scyphe]

This was a really good one. Thanks Ian.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Worms of the Earth is my favorite Bran Mak Morn and horror story from Robert E Howard.

[@danbreeden8738]

Thank you Ian

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

This story is a true masterpiece of genre fiction, and Bran Mak Morn is an absolute chad.

[@northofvalhalla5087]

That was a fun one. Well delivered.

[@Mindboggles]

I love this story, unfortunately, I've heard it about a hundred times in the "Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird" audiobook collection. I'm glad others get to listen to this, though, because it's one of my favorite stories. It's just got a lot of charm :)

[@HorrorBabble]

Prior to recording it, it was new to me!

[@CJ-uf6xl]

That was brilliant! I look forward to hearing your Conan narrations 🙂

[@HorrorBabble]

You can listen to the first Conan story, here: fantasybabble.bandcamp.com

[@iwuvu5940]

It’s so cute that lovecraft and howard where besties 😊

[@benwrigley6176]

thank you

[@daniellewillis2767]

The Coming of the White Worm by Clarke Ashton Smith would be a lovely follow up...

[@Eris123451]

Haven't we done that yet ?

[@HorrorBabble]

We have indeed, Eris: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqSwm2mphceYfLc

[@giovanniprovost]

Happy Birthday!!!

[@lorenzbroll101]

You really did excel on this one, Ian! The tittering of the old crone towards the end was a ROFL moment. You really ought to look at the Solomon Kane sagas - you would really be a 'nice fit'. All the best.

[@andersschmich8600]

A great story to be sure. But I was expecting it to be uploaded to your fantasybabble channel.

[@HorrorBabble]

I posted an update: KZbin has decided that I’m not the creator of the content uploaded to FB, so the channel is on hold for now. That aside, I think Worms is more suited to HB.

[@andersschmich8600]

@@HorrorBabble Oh that's very strange. Sorry to hear that.

[@Saturnchild56]

Really good story!

[@mariamcgee4462]

That was a brutal depiction of a crucifixion. 😮 I flinched as I listened.

[@HorrorBabble]

Indeed.

[@benwrigley6176]

that was great

[@thefisherking78]

Great stuff y'all!

[@howardhavardramberg333]

Robert E Howard, the G!

[@Saturnchild56]

This was a wonderfully terrifying story

[@MusicEnjoyerSLS]

Came back to listen to this one a few times now. Awesome story, incredibly well written, and very well narrated of course. Will you be doing any Conan stories? I know there are some copyright issues with Howard's stuff, but I see many other channels doing Conan stories. Would be great on the fantasy channel.

[@alswann2702]

Poor Warren. He never got to hear Two Gun Bob on Horror Babble.

[@Neeckin]

Goodness the name of those hills,I supose we have an idea of what the worms are from The dwellers under the tombs. Always fun to see the connections

[@PhilipBelcher-qn3wf]

Thank you, Ian and happy birthday 🎂

[@NookoftheNorth]

30:57 tee hee 'Golden Shower"

[@OskinsBob]

MERRY CHRISTMAS IAN. BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY..JUST MADE IT A PROPER SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS 4ME🥸👍

[@joz6683]

Fantastic timing in bed ill, with COVID😷, four years after everyone else😂so this video is making me feel better 👍

[@HorrorBabble]

Oh dear!

[@cgb1966]

One of Howard’s best. We’ll do.

[@KD32301]

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH REH... Ian so much of his stuff is in public domain, please keep up the great work with the King of Pulps. I'd love to hear you read Conan the Barbarian, Kull, and Solomon Kane (probably the closest to the "Mythos"). Thank you so much.

[@davidwhelan1545]

Great story! About the ancient minions of Crom Cruach, it seems??

[@AnthonyBarnwell-vt5gd]

😊😊😊😊

[@AnthonyBarnwell-vt5gd]

Hey g Man Sunday is my birthday 🎉

[@lisamariehennessey4532]

Hope you had a wonderful birthday ian🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@HorrorBabble]

Thanks, Lisa!

[@lisamariehennessey4532]

@HorrorBabble si Ian have you got a date fore the next edition

[@awarningtothecuriouswerewolves]

Worms in the earth? Sure are! Warren!

[@MikeyJBlakeJR]

As someone who's never listened to a Bran Mak Morn tale, is there any backstory or other tales I need to know in order to really enjoy it?

[@HorrorBabble]

There are a couple of other stories that feature the character, but I wouldn't say it's necessary to have read them before this one.

[@tjjudd101]

I don’t recall, but have you done any recordings of the Solomon Kane stories?

[@ryangooseling]

❤😊

[@GeofAndrews]

What exactly would entail a "purebred roman?"

[@Orgruk]

I'm struck by the similarity, in parts, to Tolkien's story of Aragorn calling the Oathbreakers to aid him. They were the men that lived in Middle-Earth before the Numenoreans arrived, broke an oath and retreated to the Paths of the Dead until called forth by a King. Is there a common myth that Howard & Tolkien used, or is this just a coincidence?

[@Eris123451]

OK, one of Howard's less well known protagonists.

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

Complete

[@dawwe8869]

Eyy

[@EricDaMAJ]

Warren isn’t dead. But he’s experiencing the Glasgow street life. So he might be before long.

[@HorrorBabble]

I can't imagine they'd be out to get our Warren in Glasgow.

[@leighwallis5782]

HB Rocks....👊

[@ryansauchuk7290]

SCOTLAND FOREVER!!!

[@ElsieWard-m6m]

I am running out off HB stories I am getting withdraw symptoms

[@HorrorBabble]

More to follow!

[@cpt191021]

Perfect pronunciation skills lol

[@bigsarge2085]

🪱💀🪱

[@listerjne]

24:30 me when im a drag queen named katya and im standing on a stool

[@HorrorBabble]

Curious imagery!