The Horror at Red Hook by H P Lovecraft

"The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on August 1-2, 1925. "Red Hook" is a transitional tale, situated between the author's earlier work and the later Cthulhu Mythos. Although the story depicts a sinister cult, this cult offers a conventionally occult devil-worshipping threat, rather than the cosmic threat depicted in his later work. Living in poverty in the slum of Red Hook at the time of writing, Lovecraft was at this time urgently attempting to widen his markets in the pulp magazines. By having an unusually proactive Irish New York police detective as his protagonist, he hoped for a swift sale to a detective pulp, which would have opened up a new market other than his usual Weird Tales magazine. He did not get such a sale, and had to fall back on Weird Tales. "Red Hook" was thus first published in the January 1927 issue of Weird Tales.
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Did you like the new Weird Tales Art?

[@Jon-t2c]

@@cosmicandbodyhorror absolutely

[@JohnTLyon]

If it bleeds, it reads.

[@Axegammeray]

@cosmicandbodyhorror you know I would be more than willing to read these tales for you, instead of using AI to do so - you have a great channel with stories that are so rarely found and I am myself an intermediate voice actor - please reach out if you’re at all interested in this!

[@Jon-t2c]

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[@rtt1961]

Great.

[@Joseph-z7s3b]

Eldritch is Spanish for The Dritch.

[@AnthonyBarnwell-vt5gd]

Very nice man thanks

[@googoogagaboogieboogiewoogie]

I live 5 mins away from Red Hook lol

[@SANTOSOSANTOS]

I live just between BUSHWICK and WILLIAMSBURG.. and everytime I ever go to or through Redhook.. all I can do is think of this story.. lol

[@pbr-streetgang]

That’s for the upload sir.👍🏼👍🏼

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[@Jon-t2c]

Using AI to narrate HP Lovecraft should be illegal😂😂

[@cosmicandbodyhorror]

It's... thats why the old ones haunt my dreams

[@jradtke393]

Agreed. Specific to RI locations pronounced incorrectly. Love the story though. 😂

[@unclesam1756]

Yeah, because real people never mispronounce anything 🙄​@@jradtke393

[@malinbunsow9930]

I have had my doubts. So is this AI? What a disappointment!

[@Jon-t2c]

@@malinbunsow9930 it's actually not as bad as everybody thinks , it's just the pronunciation of some of the words..

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Please stop using that into now

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