I had a horrible day at work today. Now I am winding down, listening to this, i have a crackle wick candle burning and i am knitting a wool blanket. Ultimate relaxation.
This is the only channel i can listen to now the quality of stories on horrorbabble is so much better than the garbage creepy pastas floating around now adays
I was going to suggest this, but glad that you were able to read it, Ian. I had to come across it on RUclips, read by another person to listen and illustrate Smith's tales. This story happens to be one of my favorite tales from Clark Ashton Smith. It is among the first stories to involve Body Horror, which is my favorite sub-genre of horror, second to Cosmic Horror.
This must be where Scott Smith got his idea for "The Ruins". Kinda funny about the last name but 'Smith' is supposed to be the most common last name in America.
“That we bore electric lanterns, spades, and a curious coil of wire with attached instruments, I will even affirm; for these things all played a part in the single hideous scene which remains burned into my shaken recollection.” Keep up the good work fella and, as always, stay safe.
You never seem to disappoint! I have always admired your stories as a good number of them have bizarre endings. It's a breath of fresh air to hear how some of these end, as they aren't necessarily telling a "good" ending, but more like a lesson on "why not to do what they did" type of take. Superb :)
The horror of hearing exactly what could happen to Falmer's companion, as the changes unfold, lines like "he was a mere death's-head in a mask of human skin" - the descriptions of the plant's progression through his body, that nightmare-fuel ending... this is a masterpiece of horror that hits on so many levels. You brought this to life brilliantly, as always. Very, very, *very* well-done, sir.
Fantastic, this one is new to me, I really enjoyed it. Listening while doing some wood carving! thank you HorrorBabble. There is a lavae in real life I think that gets into a snail and makes it's eyes look like caterpillars, then it makes the snail go mad, go to the top of a tree and sit there until a bird eats it, that is how it perpetuates itself.... something like that. I'm sure there's a fungus that grows out of an ant's skull too.
@@RageTyrannosaurus No, but the quintessential definition can be broadened to include similar stories. This has an expedition in a remote location, suffering, exploration of ancient ruins, native guides that abandon them, and a horrific fate.
You can't see down votes anymore, but it would be interesting to see if there actually are any. I can't relate to what a downer might be thinking, since this stuff is so good, but I guess it helps to be in the right mood for it.
It's criminal that youtube pushes stupid cat videos (which admittedly are pretty adorable) out to millions of people while neglecting consistently amazing content like this. You guys are amazing, down with the evil algorithm! Lol
Hadn't actually read this one before; enjoyed it immensely. Usually I prefer his Hyperborean stories with all their ghoulish humour, but this was a refreshing change. I'm led to wonder if the plant in this story inspired D&D's yellow musk creeper, one of my favourite plant-based monsters. That said, there are plenty of species that do much the same thing, such as the various cordyceps -- even if they're from the fungal kingdom rather than plants.
Check out The Vaults of Yoh Vombis and you'll find another Monster Manual entry. The D&D module Castle Amber is based on The Colossus of Ylourgne and other Averoign stories.
@@exoblivione6086 You weren't asking me, but I am a Hammer fan. Not all of these are 100% horror, but what the heck you can't go wrong with Cushing, Lee, and the rest of the gang. 01) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) 02) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) 03) Dracula (1958) 04) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) 05) The Mummy (1959) 06) Captain Clegg (1962) 07) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) 08) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) 09) Nightmare (1964) 10) The Nanny (1965) 11) The Plague of the Zombies (1966) 12) The Gorgon (1964) 13) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) 14) The Abominable Snowman (1957) Non horror Hammer: Stranglers of Bombay (1960) Cash on Demand (1961) Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
All this CAS is going to make a great collection(s) when done. Will you or Jen being reading any of CAS's poetry Ian? Lots of good stuff out there! Cheers!!
Jen recorded "To Howard Phillips Lovecraft" a few years ago. You can find it here: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/three-weeks-of-weird-a-collection There may be others in the future.
The modern D&D wizard is pretty much lifted straight from CAS. The Death of Malygris and it's sequel The Double Shadow are cracking examples and contain no added necrophilia* for free Weird Tales advertising in newspaper scandals. *that I can remember May contain traces of undead nuts.
@@bluebird3281 some of the behaviour of those necromancers are probably too much for Ian's innocent ears :) CAS got free advertising for Weird Tales by putting in necrophilia. Not great for keeping a channel on RUclips!
@@Wombats555 I'll check it out, thanks. I find drawn to these older stories. I'm a fan of the art as well. been reading a lot of Robert E Howard lately, Robert Bloch and Clarke Ashton Smith. Thanks for the reply.
@@travisaureli410 CAS is one of the "big three" of Weird Tales alongside Howard and Lovecraft. Yoh Vombis and Dweller in the Gulf are other good ones. He is hit and miss compared to the other two but when he hits... Crikey!
@@Wombats555 have you read Crouch End by Stephen King? The storie "N" by Stephen King is great as well. It was inspired by Arthur Machens "Great God Pan". I've been listening and reading books for years now. I still find good stuff.
That's the end of me and garden centres..... Moral of the story - stop going in to sepulchres, catacombs - remember, WARREN IS DEAD!!!! P. S., Was that really lounge music at the introduction? 🤔 * Great work, as ever Xxx 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🍀 🗺️ 🏴🎃👻🦑🕷️🕸️⛤ *Pls accept my apologies, it's beautiful.
@@HorrorBabble Thanks for the link it is appreciated. *Pls accept my apologies, it's definitely not lounge music, I don't know what I was thinking about 😔.
.y friend had a tree shrub plant 🪴thingy in his yard. He said it was some kind of invasive species from Central America. If you touch a flower the petals close,if you touch a branch ,the branch moves away from the contact. He showed me this right after I'd read. The RUINS. Read the book. AVOID the movie adaptation
Anyone else listen and just think they'd have noped right the fook out of there after dumping their buddy in the river? Admittedly, it wouldn't make for as gruesome a tale, but...
Make me think of brain tumor. It must be horrible to have your brain and body slowly become less usable. May those who are so stricken go to a better life. Bless the poor and suffering of this world.
I had a horrible day at work today. Now I am winding down, listening to this, i have a crackle wick candle burning and i am knitting a wool blanket. Ultimate relaxation.
Hopefully tomorrow is better. :)
This is my favourite botanical horror story, I read it years ago but it's unforgettable.
Clark Ashton Smith is soo underrated.
"The Seed from the Sepoulcher"(1933) is an excellent adventure short horror story! The end of story was a real living Nightmare!
One of my favorite CAS stories. No other man could write utter revulsion so beautifully.
I'm now keeping Roundup weed killer in my bug-out bag. And my head itches. Great work as always! Keep them coming!
I recently read a 6 volume collection of Clark Ashton Smith's work and this story is his best, imo.
Another Clark Ashton Smith story so glad I joined. Thank you and your colleague for tireless work.
Horrorbabsville - where too much CAS is barely enough!
Horror babble is now the only story channel I listen to 💓
This is my third horrorbabble. I'm very much enjoying these tales of terror
You've struck gold, my good man.
Welcome!!!! 👍🏼 ❤️
@@janetcw9808 thank you 😊
This is the only channel i can listen to now the quality of stories on horrorbabble is so much better than the garbage creepy pastas floating around now adays
Check out the full catalog! Great stuff here
Yikes! 😲 Very eerie, and wonderfully read. ☠🔥👻
A great story! Makes me think twice about my houseplants....
I was going to suggest this, but glad that you were able to read it, Ian. I had to come across it on RUclips, read by another person to listen and illustrate Smith's tales. This story happens to be one of my favorite tales from Clark Ashton Smith. It is among the first stories to involve Body Horror, which is my favorite sub-genre of horror, second to Cosmic Horror.
Amazing my eyes even started to hurt and theob while listening
You wisdom challenged person! Warren has reached his end of life!
I will watch my plants carefully.
Kudos.
This story actually feels far too plausible than is comfortable! Well done that writer and you the tell of the dark tales :D
Ah this is classic horror stuff , very nice, thanks for sharing!
it never sounds this good when i read something.
i doft my hat to you good sir.
Yes i'm also not so long here.I stumbled upon the channel and i'm so happy i love the stories 😊😁❤❤🙋♀️
This is a another great tale by Smith. I enjoyed it very much. Well done. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful Tuesday. 💖
He is beyond excellent when reading this tale.
This must be where Scott Smith got his idea for "The Ruins". Kinda funny about the last name but 'Smith' is supposed to be the most common last name in America.
“That we bore electric lanterns, spades, and a curious coil of wire with attached instruments, I will even affirm; for these things all played a part in the single hideous scene which remains burned into my shaken recollection.”
Keep up the good work fella and, as always, stay safe.
Always a pleasure, never a chore, thank you HB
Now that rocked! Reminds me of a book I read 'The Ruins'. Terrifyingly delivered, thank you!
The film of that is good as well.
You never seem to disappoint! I have always admired your stories as a good number of them have bizarre endings. It's a breath of fresh air to hear how some of these end, as they aren't necessarily telling a "good" ending, but more like a lesson on "why not to do what they did" type of take. Superb :)
The horror of hearing exactly what could happen to Falmer's companion, as the changes unfold, lines like "he was a mere death's-head in a mask of human skin" - the descriptions of the plant's progression through his body, that nightmare-fuel ending... this is a masterpiece of horror that hits on so many levels.
You brought this to life brilliantly, as always. Very, very, *very* well-done, sir.
A new favorite. Thank you for all the work you put into these!
Fantastic, this one is new to me, I really enjoyed it. Listening while doing some wood carving! thank you HorrorBabble.
There is a lavae in real life I think that gets into a snail and makes it's eyes look like caterpillars, then it makes the snail go mad, go to the top of a tree and sit there until a bird eats it, that is how it perpetuates itself.... something like that.
I'm sure there's a fungus that grows out of an ant's skull too.
Cordyceps.
I love these old stories ♥️♥️♥️
This is deeply horrifying and I love it
One of my favorite stories. I would include it in the "ill-fated archeological expedition horror" genre. Great to hear you narrate it.
I'm not sure if archeology is what I would call what they attempted.
@@RageTyrannosaurus No, but the quintessential definition can be broadened to include similar stories. This has an expedition in a remote location, suffering, exploration of ancient ruins, native guides that abandon them, and a horrific fate.
The Dweller in the Gulf, The Vaults of Yoh Vombis are here if you want more archeological hijinks.
Ian said The Primal City might be on the way, too.
@@Wombats555 Cool!
I love the idea of a Magic Cat Factory, not so sure on the tragedy bit. 🙂
Fabulous tree roots
Yah this one was new to me and really creepy and excellent! Well done!
Horrific, unnerving, and intelligently written. Thank you reading for this. Can anyone recommend similarly disquieting tales by Clark Ashton Smith?
Excellent story! And excellent reading. I've always loved this story. Thank you .
The Engineers and their vases with the black goo, eh? Hehehe...😄
This CAS story is one of my favorites, and most terrifying.
Great reading, Ian..
I really enjoyed this one ☺
Who would downvote this? I love this story!
You can't see down votes anymore, but it would be interesting to see if there actually are any. I can't relate to what a downer might be thinking, since this stuff is so good, but I guess it helps to be in the right mood for it.
Outstanding video thanks Ian 🙂
This is a spectacular story.
One of many
a great and very creepy choice well done :)
Well done 👍
Warren isn't dead! He just went out to get some smokes. He'll be back any time now...
Really liked this one. Great tale.
It's criminal that youtube pushes stupid cat videos (which admittedly are pretty adorable) out to millions of people while neglecting consistently amazing content like this. You guys are amazing, down with the evil algorithm! Lol
I need these and cat videos equally! 🙂
Fascinating story! Reminds me of the movie & book "The Ruins"
Hadn't actually read this one before; enjoyed it immensely. Usually I prefer his Hyperborean stories with all their ghoulish humour, but this was a refreshing change. I'm led to wonder if the plant in this story inspired D&D's yellow musk creeper, one of my favourite plant-based monsters. That said, there are plenty of species that do much the same thing, such as the various cordyceps -- even if they're from the fungal kingdom rather than plants.
Check out The Vaults of Yoh Vombis and you'll find another Monster Manual entry.
The D&D module Castle Amber is based on The Colossus of Ylourgne and other Averoign stories.
A perfect D&D session for me is being a REH hero fighting a HPL monster summoned by a CAS wizard.
@@bluebird3281 Magnificent!
O-YEAH ....... AWESOME :)
had to pause my Hammer films Halloween marathon when I saw your notification 🎃
Hammer Horror Envy!!!! 👍🏼 ❤️
Got any recommendations? I love an old spooky.
Thanks, Paul!
@@exoblivione6086 You weren't asking me, but I am a Hammer fan. Not all of these are 100% horror, but what the heck you can't go wrong with Cushing, Lee, and the rest of the gang.
01) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
02) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
03) Dracula (1958)
04) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
05) The Mummy (1959)
06) Captain Clegg (1962)
07) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
08) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
09) Nightmare (1964)
10) The Nanny (1965)
11) The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
12) The Gorgon (1964)
13) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
14) The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Non horror Hammer:
Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
Cash on Demand (1961)
Camp on Blood Island (1958)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
@@JohnSmith-ek8rj That’s a pretty good list. Thanks!
This kind of reminds me of cordeceps fungus growing out of an ant in that BBC Earth clip
Horrifying.
Thank you for sharing.
All this CAS is going to make a great collection(s) when done. Will you or Jen being reading any of CAS's poetry Ian? Lots of good stuff out there! Cheers!!
@horrorbabble Please do upload the poem for HPL by CAS, I can't find it.
Jen recorded "To Howard Phillips Lovecraft" a few years ago. You can find it here: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/three-weeks-of-weird-a-collection
There may be others in the future.
@@HorrorBabble Thank you Ian. That poem is beautifully read.
@@HorrorBabble Looking forward to it!
You could bang out The Willow Landscape in a few minutes.
The Lotus Eater would be nuts.
The modern D&D wizard is pretty much lifted straight from CAS.
The Death of Malygris and it's sequel The Double Shadow are cracking examples and contain no added necrophilia* for free Weird Tales advertising in newspaper scandals.
*that I can remember
May contain traces of undead nuts.
There are some of those shenanigan's in "Empire of the necromancers"
@@bluebird3281 some of the behaviour of those necromancers are probably too much for Ian's innocent ears :) CAS got free advertising for Weird Tales by putting in necrophilia. Not great for keeping a channel on RUclips!
HP Lovecraft protagonists are commonly at risk of death or madness. Clarke Ashton Smith protagonists often aren't as lucky.
interesting insight. I'll have to look out for that.
@@travisaureli410 the Abominations of Yondo is a cracking start
Also why Lovecraft envied CAS's writing style
@@Wombats555 I'll check it out, thanks. I find drawn to these older stories. I'm a fan of the art as well. been reading a lot of Robert E Howard lately, Robert Bloch and Clarke Ashton Smith. Thanks for the reply.
@@travisaureli410 CAS is one of the "big three" of Weird Tales alongside Howard and Lovecraft. Yoh Vombis and Dweller in the Gulf are other good ones. He is hit and miss compared to the other two but when he hits... Crikey!
@@Wombats555 have you read Crouch End by Stephen King? The storie "N" by Stephen King is great as well. It was inspired by Arthur Machens "Great God Pan". I've been listening and reading books for years now. I still find good stuff.
That's the end of me and garden centres.....
Moral of the story - stop going in to sepulchres, catacombs - remember, WARREN IS DEAD!!!!
P. S., Was that really lounge music at the introduction? 🤔 *
Great work, as ever Xxx 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🍀 🗺️ 🏴🎃👻🦑🕷️🕸️⛤
*Pls accept my apologies, it's beautiful.
It's a piece I wrote, dedicated to Smith: ruclips.net/video/FDbheZowUAc/видео.html
@@HorrorBabble Thanks for the link it is appreciated.
*Pls accept my apologies, it's definitely not lounge music, I don't know what I was thinking about 😔.
Ooooh yeah this one was awesome🥰🥰🥰
.y friend had a tree shrub plant 🪴thingy in his yard. He said it was some kind of invasive species from Central America.
If you touch a flower the petals close,if you touch a branch ,the branch moves away from the contact.
He showed me this right after I'd read.
The RUINS.
Read the book.
AVOID the movie adaptation
Some sort of mimosa, also known as "sensitive plant." They are related to beans. I miss them now that I live in Michigan.
I really enjoyed the book and film.
@@scallopohare9431 They are fascinating to watch move, quicker than a Venus flytrap.
awesome
I am not really of Clarke Trashcan Smith, but I do enjoy your channel.
Damn that was horrific. Loved it
Ahh, I remember hearing this tale from Nocturnal Transmissions!
I've just stumbled upon this channel and I'm in love lol. Who is the narrator? I'm curious because he sounds very familiar, does he do audible?
Thanks Jessica! My name is Ian Gordon, and we do have some releases on Audible.
This sort of thing never happens on Time Team.
I'd rather it happened on one of the interminable garden makeovers, perhaps that's why I don't have a TV? 🤔 🤣 🤣
@@janetcw9808 that would improve gardening shows no end. 😃
Good
And Warren continues his nonliving state...
as weird as it sounds this reminds me one of the episodes from Space Pirate Cobra
🤯
Poor Warren
I wish it could've been a fungus, for realism.
😳😳😳😳😬
Who is Warren?
It’s from the Lovecraft story “The Statement of Randolph Carter”!
I hope Warren is ok.
Warren’s condition still won’t improve no matter how often I check. : /
This sounds oddly like a Cordyceps infection
Anyone else listen and just think they'd have noped right the fook out of there after dumping their buddy in the river? Admittedly, it wouldn't make for as gruesome a tale, but...
You're not wrong, Moira...!
Make me think of brain tumor. It must be horrible to have your brain and body slowly become less usable. May those who are so stricken go to a better life. Bless the poor and suffering of this world.
This guy is very verbose for someone slowly dying from a cranial parasitical plant.
warren aint dead---I saw him at the bar an hour ago. But you might be dead if he finds you homey hahahahaha!
Who writes like this nowadays? No one.
I don't think Tinactin or Lamasil will work on this...hmmm...essence of raw garlic injections maybe?😂 Well done Ian!😁