Remember the days when OP was afraid to post 15 minute videos because he didn't think people would listen to his voice for that long? What a long way we have come.
@@Felix-tz6hn: I understand it as "original poster", that is, the person that started the thread a person is now replying to. This could be a different person than the one you are replying to, just like I now reply to you, while the original (the initial) post is the video posted by The Exploring Series, or Mangg if you prefer, who would be the OP in this case. Could it also be used in the meaning of "original post"? I have never seen that, but maybe someone else can tell if that is custom somewhere.
Traveller: "So tell me a bit about this Innsmoth" Train Station Agent: "boy did you ask the right guy" *proceeds to rant out the entire towns history for twenty minutes*
To be fair, it does make sense. He DID say that folks around here are the sort who don't get started on stuff like this, but when they do get started, they don't know how to stop. It's clear that the guy falls into this category himself.
His readings of lovecraft make me feel foolish for buying the hp lovecraft collection on audible. His voice just fits these stories so perfectly. You've just earned a top tier patron.
The longer stories like at the mountains of madness and your scp videos are what made me fall in love with this channel I’m literally preaching about the good word of the exploring series like a religion at this point
Best reading of the story I heard yet. The old guy is spot on. Everything is clear and understandable even for a non English speaker. Speed is perfect. Kudos.
I live in the UK and once a year I travel up to the far North West Scottish Highlands and stay in a little remote cottage by the beach. Across the sea from us is a tiny little inhabited island. At night, from my bedroom window lying in bed I can see the lights of that little settlement shining across the bay. Every year I lay snug in bed and imagine that thats Innsmouth facing me while listening to you read this story. It's become a sort of tradition. I look forward to it every year. Thanks!
One of the most celebrated and influential horror stories ever. I sure hope Lovecraft's popularity well encourage others to pursue other cosmic horror stories too from different authors, it's such a beautiful genre ripe with potential.
It's ripe for potential because very few writers have been able to successfully break into the genre. Most who dare try usually aim to be on Lovecraft's level but they lack the imagination and slightly unhinged mental state that gave Lovecraft his edge.
@@marleymorningstar3671 Hates Progress Lovecraft was afraid of everything except for his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. I mean this literally, as he was afraid of air conditioning units.
@@damionsmith3219 That madness is what gave him such an edge. He channeled his own fear and existential dread into his writing and formed it into the mythos that we know today. Its hard to match someone who was using their litteral madness inducing fear as a muse.
@@vibespidersstudios8895 bloodborne is an incredible game. I played it because I heard it's very Lovecraftian and it's definitely the closest any medium has come to his works
Okay but what if you were just trying to board a train and you were like “Hey man tell me a little about this town” and then he proceeded to monologue for 30 minutes
I work at a theatre. Inbetween each set of movies you got about 2-3 hrs to finish up any mess and relax. I usually got things done in about 5 minutes, just cooking and dishes, maybe a quick vacuum and wiping down counters. If it wasnt smoking weed out back with my managers, it was reading, games, wandering around and learning for fun, or just generally watching videos like this, finishing them at home before bed.
I made the mistake of buying a collection of HP Lovecraft stories as a high school sophomore, I needed to use a dictionary for almost every sentience. I’m 26 now and it’s easier to follow but HPL so fucking verbose it’s insane!!!
Wow, can we take a sec to acknowledge how beautiful OPs voice acting is? That smooth, cool narration voice to the smokey drawl then over to the crisp, more city boy nasally one had me stunned with the clean range. Amazing work as usual man, love these. 👍🏼
YOU LITERALLY POSTED AS SOON AS I WAS ABOUT TO SLEEP. Bro I always fall asleep to stories, I especially love your channel and the hours long worth of content. I now have about a week worth of sleep material spacing this one video out plus it's raining right now. Im finna get that GOOD GOOD sleep Thank you very much
If he were to do so, and I would love it if he did, I would give one piece of advice. As a writer and a Lovecraft fan, big words do not equal cosmic horror. I'm not saying don't use big words, I rather believe a robust vocabulary is extremely beneficial when writing (antidiluvian is always a welcome addition when it matches the subject). That being said, many attempts at cosmic horror that I've encountered read like someone tried to use an entire thesaurus as a Lovecraft madlib. I would say that archaic and verbose prose are an defining characteristic of Lovecraft, but it can easily be taken too far and imitated poorly. If you're going to use a lot of words, there needed to be substance behind them, a reason to push through.
Ooh, good idea. I've been having such trouble falling asleep lately but do very well when listening to "bedtime stories." I'm going to start this one tonight. 🤞🏾
Ok, so.. This is a pretty creepy tale. What makes it hit "home" for me is I grew up literally where Innsmouth is described as being, The little area where the old rail line goes through Rowley has only 2 houses that are as close as the hotel is set at. I lived in one of those houses. The whole time the main character is running from the fish people all I could think of was just run west to Byfield and he'll be fine..
Wow that's got to be a crazy feeling. I live in the town that the movie "October Sky" was shot in, and all I can think when I see the main kid go home is "Yeah... a guy OD'ed in there" or "I wonder how they edited out the Tatoo Parlor. I couldn't imagine if an eldrich horror was supposed to be in my basement...
@@blixten2928 Find the train station in Newburyport then follow the tracks south to where RT 1a crosses over the tracks in Rowley. There are 2 houses right next to the tracks, 570 Main St. Rowley.
@@AmesiesCorner This is kindness itself. I will be trying a variety of maps. While listening to the story of the Spooky Bus-Ride to Shadowed Innsmouth....
I have ADHD and can't listen to audio books - I space out in a matter of minutes. Lately I discovered it's because the books sound like they are _being read_ , not told. It's a huge difference I noticed while listening to fiction podcasts: I never have a problem with them even if there are long monologues, - because even then they sound like they are being _told_ to someone - to a character or to the audience, doesn't matter. This narration of Shadow over Innsmouth is the very first audio book I managed to not only finish but even enjoy. All thanks to the way it's _told_ , not _read_ (even though it is being read, obviously). I'm so grateful for it and am amazed at the narrator's skill at voice acting. The story sounds alive and I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much!
One of my favorite lovecraft stories, I’ve already read it once and listened to it once but listening to you read it will be 100x better, you’re so good at what you do
I've been aware of this channel for some time now, but I only just recently started listening to your Lovecraft stuff. I never donate, it simply isn't something I do. However, as an aspiring writer that's been inspired by this content, I'll make an exception for you. This is top shelf. Who knows, maybe I'll find more exceptions. Thank you.🙏
Thank you so much for narrating Cthulhu Mythos stories! "The Shadow over Innsmouth" is one of my all-time favorites, Along with "The Thing on The Doorstep".
I just found out you're on Spotify and this will sound completely random but oh my god, I'm so happy. I work overnights and we're allowed to listen to music and podcasts while we work, and I so look forward to listening to you while working. I forgot about your channel for a bit, only today remembering how much I love your videos and thinking that it'd be great to listen to you at work. Listening to RUclips really drains my battery though, and I risk accidentally clicking off the video as I can't turn off my phone screen and listen like on Spotify. Thank you so much for your awesome videos, but also, thank you for uploading to Spotify as well so that I can binge listen to your content easier while working
If you're able to spare it financially, with youtube premium you're able to turn your screen off and have the audio keep playing Honestly it's the only reason I bought it lol
there’s ways toget around this, like i used to change it to desktop mode so i could keep videos playing with my phone off but it’s a lil confusing and might not work anymore
@@lauraminton7935 no because I'm on the sales floor working (overnight retail worker here). I can charge on break, but stocking merch with my phone unlocked in my pocket sometimes means that I accidentally click into things or click out of things I don't want to.
No way they're on Spotify, I'd never thought to look for them there! Listening to the show there will be so much more convenient :_) Thank you, commenter from one year ago, you just made my life a little better.
I needed this, just got off the graveyard shift an this is going to help me to sleep. We appreciate every little word you read to us, some of us don’t mind what type of story, because it’s YOU that we come for.
@@AlejandroCab98 it’s when it’s back to back, especially now when it’s dark when I go to sleep, then dark again when I wake up. No sun light in days, messes with ya brain
I love that the narration here is done like a regular human telling a story. My problem with so many of Lovecraft audio readings is that people seem to think speaking like the singer from "You're a mean One, Mr Grinch" who has to stop and check his script every 4 words is a requirement. SO many "dramatic" pauses and needlessly over-the-top projecting and bassy monotone but no actual emotion during passages where the narrator clearly IS emotional. This is great. It sounds like what it SHOULD sound like: a regular dude telling a story that upset him greatly.
i don't know if you'll ever see this but have to say thank you. thank you for all you've recorded and created and the energy you put into your work. it's all been a highlight of much of the last year and a half for me and wanted you to know.
I don't think I could make it threw my week without the weekly readings. Not sure why but this guy has an anomalous voice. The velvety pipes of The Exploring Series Narrator. May you find happiness, like we do, in your vocalizations.
I love how the dude just casually comes across a Shoggoth mid-escape and goes "Yup...that's a whole lot of people. Innsmouth is sure crowded to have that many PEOPLE in it. Yup. Not a monster at all, nuh-uh!" The fact you know even through his words that he saw the Shoggoth which Allen mentioned, but couldn't fathom what it was.
darklord884 can you be a bit more precise? Exactly at what point does the narrator see a shoggoth mid escape? I know he sees one during the dream in which he's informed of his punishment for calling the government down on the deep one settlement, but can't recall the bit to which you're referring...
@@bruggeman672 There's a part later in the escape, after he shuffles past the bunch of Innsmouth people. It's never stated explicitly, only implied so you have to be careful, but he basically starts talking about how many people he sees and how he never considered Innsmouth to be so crowded and its people so ugly. Yeah, 'those' aren't people.
@@darklord884 no, they're human-deep one hybrids. The bit i mention, near the end, he is dreaming and learns of his penance for calling the government down on them and he states "it's the first time i saw a shoggoth" and wakes to find he's definitely acquired the Innsmouth look.
@@bruggeman672 That's because the first time he sees it, his mind can't comprehend it. It comes AFTER he gets past the hybrids. He sees it but mistakes it for a crowd of people, that's how ugly and terrifying it is. I never said Olmstead openly states he saw a Shoggoth but if you read between the lines, you realise what he's saying is just a facade that he either thinks he saw or is desperately trying to tell himself he did. He spotted the shoggoth and is desperately clinging to the reality where he only saw a group of ugly pursuers. In fact him saying that he saw it for the first time in his dreams adds to the terror of his first encounter with it. His mind can only accept seeing it as he's going crazy from the Innsmouth curse.
I feel like you would like to know you are my first official intro to actual Lovecraft writings. Cosmic horror is my favorite theme and to hear it done this well is absolutely gripping. Been with the channel for 2+ years w the scp stuff but have always steered away from this, wanting to give it the proper attention and respect it deserves when I could. I'm about an hour in and have audibly said "damn" about 5 times now at just how impactful the setting and scene are. You are a top tier storyteller and I can't wait to be able to support the patreon when I can. Much love💜
I deeply enjoy your work. Excellent reading, thank you for this. A classic and a favorite. "It's beginning to look a lot like Fish-men Everywhere I go; They can dynamite Devil Reef But that'll bring no relief Y'ha N'thlei is deeper than they know"
Thank you so much for reading this dude, it was fantastic! You really have a knack for these readings and I can't wait for the next story time with Mang!
That was superb, I had goosebumps throughout several times. It's both the mix of stern monotony and timbre in your voice which then is broken by nuanced emotion in key passages that make you such a good narrator!
This is my first time listening to this channel and I kept seeing people talking about how his voice is perfect for the story, so being a big Lovecraft fan I decided to give it a listen and at first I was like "eh not bad, but perfect?" But then I zoned out for a few seconds and came back in and it was crazy, he sounded just like I'd always imagined the station clerk sounding I had to pause it and take a second. This guys voice is amazing for these
I have watched this video so many times and I fall asleep too quickly and never get through it because your voice is so relaxing. I mean, I don’t mind, it gives you good numbers I hope.
Man you've said you don't like doing voices and voice acting, but shit man...you've done a great job with the different characters in this story. Very well done!
Excellent reading and voicing, kept me enthralled the whole time at work and made my shift pass by so much faster. Your presence on Spotify is a blessing. I would KILL or most certainly pay to hear you read more books.
Easily one of the best readings of Lovecraft I have encountered. Normally I use audiobooks only when I just am not able to read the actual book, but this reading is good enough that I find myself preferring this to reading! Phenomenal job 👍
I've always known of Lovecrafts works but never read any other than excerpts. Your readings have changed that and I now am enjoying the written works. Well done.
This is the first video I came across on your channel and I have to say, I really appreciate that you do this. I love stories based on Lovecraft works, but when it comes to reading what he himself wrote, something about his style makes it really hard for me to get through. Listening to it is a crap-ton easier to understand and now I know this story is a favorite.
hp lovecraft is probably my favorite author, i've got 2 of his collection books from barnes and noble. I love the way he writes and I love his ideas of cosmic horror.
I return to your collection of lovecraft readings to get inspiration for my game lore, and i want to say thank you for providing an absolute master grade reading that i enjoy. When it's lovecraft or scp, you're my top choice every time.
I have been a fan of H.P. Lovecraft since I was little. One of the first stories I ever read was "Over The Mountains Of Madness" and I was hooked. Now my 9 year old child has brought the obsession full circle as they started getting interested in Lovecraft recently as well. ❤
Brilliant narration. Thank you for this, everything I've seen on your channel is a treat to listen to. Not only are you an unusually good narrator but you've exposed me to a lot of new content and BOY DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF IT. Keep it coming, man
Everytime you do a new HP Lovecraft audiobook and I listen to it, I keep thinking how fitting your voice is. So calming but also able to push the feelings and the nuances in tone of the characters forward in a way you can just hear and sympathize with. The graphic descriptions of the scenery or monstrous creatures feel so genuine when you say them that you can envision the character saying it as if it was something you witnessed in person and are recalling in memory. I am all to eager to know what horror authors you inted to do going forward because I know we the listeners/viewera are going to be enraptured and bewitched by your reading of them.
Holy shit. Was not expecting the internet to bring my this to listen to this morning. I've never read Lovecraft and this was a very interesting introduction
In this story, the Deep Ones threat to come up and overwhelm humanity was a bluff. The bluff was called when humanity took back the town of Innsmouth and shot torpedoes down into their underwater city.
You have to be one of the best story tellers ever, and I mean that. I wish you would do more 40k and Hp stories. I know you main stick is SCP and I love them but truly you speak HP better than anyone I have heard.
@@colby1398the original meaning of the word was strange, odd, or perplexing. It was a common noun until its definition got changed to what it is today because people didn’t like being called strange, odd, or perplexing because they were.
More Lovecraftttt. I didn't really like The Shadow Over Innsmouth, it seemed way too long and ramble-y and the final revelation wasn't as 'surprising' as some of Lovecraft's other works....but I'll listen to it..the atmosphere Lovecraft has set is...unsettling and dreary and I enjoy that a lot.
I don't really think the story is suppose to have a twist or to be surprising, I think its more supposed to be a slow mounting horror as you figure out all the little pieces.
I went for a jog while listening to this and felt no pain or fatigue because I was so enthralled! I now have an exercise strategy! Listen to him narrate!
Remember the days when OP was afraid to post 15 minute videos because he didn't think people would listen to his voice for that long? What a long way we have come.
lol god I could listen to him for hours on end (and have lol); something about his voice just makes it easy to tune in
I have been reading "Op" everywhere, what does it mean?
@@Felix-tz6hn: I understand it as "original poster", that is, the person that started the thread a person is now replying to. This could be a different person than the one you are replying to, just like I now reply to you, while the original (the initial) post is the video posted by The Exploring Series, or Mangg if you prefer, who would be the OP in this case. Could it also be used in the meaning of "original post"? I have never seen that, but maybe someone else can tell if that is custom somewhere.
@@Felix-tz6hn original poster
He’s got such a great voice for it too he’s the only guy I can listen to for audio books
Traveller: "So tell me a bit about this Innsmoth"
Train Station Agent: "boy did you ask the right guy" *proceeds to rant out the entire towns history for twenty minutes*
Lovecraft moment
To be fair, it does make sense. He DID say that folks around here are the sort who don't get started on stuff like this, but when they do get started, they don't know how to stop. It's clear that the guy falls into this category himself.
If you read the book it's heavily implied he knows a thing or two about this town
guess you've never had someone ask you about "the bad side of town" that you knew about. ;p
“So you see some sailors went to Africa and got frisky…”
His readings of lovecraft make me feel foolish for buying the hp lovecraft collection on audible. His voice just fits these stories so perfectly. You've just earned a top tier patron.
damn, okay - not just words, you literally PAID him - respect! xD
@@jesterssketchbook Damn right. 441 patrons just wasn't enough.
@@j_west7219 welcome to the globetrotter club :)
@@vincentmasterbassist6784 Proud to be, hell I could use some merch as well.
Yeah this content is so good it makes me feel dirty listening for free.
The longer stories like at the mountains of madness and your scp videos are what made me fall in love with this channel I’m literally preaching about the good word of the exploring series like a religion at this point
I relate heavily to every word of this comment
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100% agree
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Best reading of the story I heard yet. The old guy is spot on. Everything is clear and understandable even for a non English speaker. Speed is perfect. Kudos.
I live in the UK and once a year I travel up to the far North West Scottish Highlands and stay in a little remote cottage by the beach. Across the sea from us is a tiny little inhabited island. At night, from my bedroom window lying in bed I can see the lights of that little settlement shining across the bay. Every year I lay snug in bed and imagine that thats Innsmouth facing me while listening to you read this story. It's become a sort of tradition. I look forward to it every year. Thanks!
One of the most celebrated and influential horror stories ever. I sure hope Lovecraft's popularity well encourage others to pursue other cosmic horror stories too from different authors, it's such a beautiful genre ripe with potential.
It's ripe for potential because very few writers have been able to successfully break into the genre. Most who dare try usually aim to be on Lovecraft's level but they lack the imagination and slightly unhinged mental state that gave Lovecraft his edge.
Well, this story inspired the bloodborne dlc, fishing hamlet. If you want the atmosphere from this story. Play Bloodborne.
@@marleymorningstar3671 Hates Progress Lovecraft was afraid of everything except for his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. I mean this literally, as he was afraid of air conditioning units.
@@damionsmith3219 That madness is what gave him such an edge. He channeled his own fear and existential dread into his writing and formed it into the mythos that we know today. Its hard to match someone who was using their litteral madness inducing fear as a muse.
@@vibespidersstudios8895 bloodborne is an incredible game. I played it because I heard it's very Lovecraftian and it's definitely the closest any medium has come to his works
Okay but what if you were just trying to board a train and you were like “Hey man tell me a little about this town” and then he proceeded to monologue for 30 minutes
Extrovert moment
osp red: unprompted and it goes on for pages!
I was having such a bad night at work this just saved me, I didn’t know it was coming but it was needed
Same. I was just about to go on a long walk too.
Ditto
Same here bro
I work at a theatre. Inbetween each set of movies you got about 2-3 hrs to finish up any mess and relax. I usually got things done in about 5 minutes, just cooking and dishes, maybe a quick vacuum and wiping down counters. If it wasnt smoking weed out back with my managers, it was reading, games, wandering around and learning for fun, or just generally watching videos like this, finishing them at home before bed.
Same. So much overtime at work
Me: *"Yay it's an HP Lovecraft story!"*
Me after 10 minutes of word soup: _"oh yeah it's an HP Lovecraft story."_
😂
I made the mistake of buying a collection of HP Lovecraft stories as a high school sophomore, I needed to use a dictionary for almost every sentience. I’m 26 now and it’s easier to follow but HPL so fucking verbose it’s insane!!!
When people used sentences more than 10 words lol
@@stevenwall2010 where do I get a diction? I mean aside from drugs.
Ikr 😂 I’m 25 and I thought I had a good grasp of English, but love craft made me go to Websters every 10 seconds to figure out what he was saying
Wow, can we take a sec to acknowledge how beautiful OPs voice acting is? That smooth, cool narration voice to the smokey drawl then over to the crisp, more city boy nasally one had me stunned with the clean range.
Amazing work as usual man, love these. 👍🏼
It’s not his first reading of Lovecraft’s works and all of them are good.
I listen to the SCP... When I'm going to bed. Puts me right to sleep. And grate story's. Iv listened to " The orbores cycle" like 20 time's.
The monologue from the ticket man was amazing. I can practically see the guy in my head!
Same. Have some pretty crazy faqn dreams I'll tell ya!
YOU LITERALLY POSTED AS SOON AS I WAS ABOUT TO SLEEP. Bro I always fall asleep to stories, I especially love your channel and the hours long worth of content. I now have about a week worth of sleep material spacing this one video out plus it's raining right now. Im finna get that GOOD GOOD sleep
Thank you very much
If he were to do so, and I would love it if he did, I would give one piece of advice. As a writer and a Lovecraft fan, big words do not equal cosmic horror. I'm not saying don't use big words, I rather believe a robust vocabulary is extremely beneficial when writing (antidiluvian is always a welcome addition when it matches the subject). That being said, many attempts at cosmic horror that I've encountered read like someone tried to use an entire thesaurus as a Lovecraft madlib. I would say that archaic and verbose prose are an defining characteristic of Lovecraft, but it can easily be taken too far and imitated poorly. If you're going to use a lot of words, there needed to be substance behind them, a reason to push through.
@@ArtyomPlatonev you replied to the wrong person
Dudes an scp: AKA warm milk
Ooh, good idea. I've been having such trouble falling asleep lately but do very well when listening to "bedtime stories." I'm going to start this one tonight. 🤞🏾
@@BrandeeMack absolutely, I usually fall asleep to scp, but anything that has a good story I'll listen to
Ok, so.. This is a pretty creepy tale. What makes it hit "home" for me is I grew up literally where Innsmouth is described as being, The little area where the old rail line goes through Rowley has only 2 houses that are as close as the hotel is set at. I lived in one of those houses. The whole time the main character is running from the fish people all I could think of was just run west to Byfield and he'll be fine..
Wow that's got to be a crazy feeling. I live in the town that the movie "October Sky" was shot in, and all I can think when I see the main kid go home is "Yeah... a guy OD'ed in there" or "I wonder how they edited out the Tatoo Parlor. I couldn't imagine if an eldrich horror was supposed to be in my basement...
Please. Give us a hint on how to find a map. I need to see this.
@@blixten2928 Find the train station in Newburyport then follow the tracks south to where RT 1a crosses over the tracks in Rowley. There are 2 houses right next to the tracks, 570 Main St. Rowley.
@@AmesiesCorner This is kindness itself. I will be trying a variety of maps. While listening to the story of the Spooky Bus-Ride to Shadowed Innsmouth....
@@blixten2928 It's an old rattle-trap. It won't get any custom from me.
I have ADHD and can't listen to audio books - I space out in a matter of minutes. Lately I discovered it's because the books sound like they are _being read_ , not told. It's a huge difference I noticed while listening to fiction podcasts: I never have a problem with them even if there are long monologues, - because even then they sound like they are being _told_ to someone - to a character or to the audience, doesn't matter. This narration of Shadow over Innsmouth is the very first audio book I managed to not only finish but even enjoy. All thanks to the way it's _told_ , not _read_ (even though it is being read, obviously). I'm so grateful for it and am amazed at the narrator's skill at voice acting. The story sounds alive and I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much!
One of my favorite lovecraft stories, I’ve already read it once and listened to it once but listening to you read it will be 100x better, you’re so good at what you do
I've been aware of this channel for some time now, but I only just recently started listening to your Lovecraft stuff. I never donate, it simply isn't something I do. However, as an aspiring writer that's been inspired by this content, I'll make an exception for you. This is top shelf. Who knows, maybe I'll find more exceptions. Thank you.🙏
Thank you so much for narrating Cthulhu Mythos stories! "The Shadow over Innsmouth" is one of my all-time favorites, Along with "The Thing on The Doorstep".
I just found out you're on Spotify and this will sound completely random but oh my god, I'm so happy. I work overnights and we're allowed to listen to music and podcasts while we work, and I so look forward to listening to you while working. I forgot about your channel for a bit, only today remembering how much I love your videos and thinking that it'd be great to listen to you at work. Listening to RUclips really drains my battery though, and I risk accidentally clicking off the video as I can't turn off my phone screen and listen like on Spotify.
Thank you so much for your awesome videos, but also, thank you for uploading to Spotify as well so that I can binge listen to your content easier while working
If you're able to spare it financially, with youtube premium you're able to turn your screen off and have the audio keep playing
Honestly it's the only reason I bought it lol
there’s ways toget around this, like i used to change it to desktop mode so i could keep videos playing with my phone off but it’s a lil confusing and might not work anymore
Can't you bring your phone charger and charge it while you listen?
@@lauraminton7935 no because I'm on the sales floor working (overnight retail worker here). I can charge on break, but stocking merch with my phone unlocked in my pocket sometimes means that I accidentally click into things or click out of things I don't want to.
No way they're on Spotify, I'd never thought to look for them there! Listening to the show there will be so much more convenient :_)
Thank you, commenter from one year ago, you just made my life a little better.
This is my first H.P. Lovecraft book that I have ever heard and I can now see why Bloodborn a game inspired by H.P. Is well so inspired by it.
I needed this, just got off the graveyard shift an this is going to help me to sleep. We appreciate every little word you read to us, some of us don’t mind what type of story, because it’s YOU that we come for.
Also, whoever disliked this, why are you even here?
Bro why is it so hard to sleep after those all nighters?
@@AlejandroCab98 it’s when it’s back to back, especially now when it’s dark when I go to sleep, then dark again when I wake up. No sun light in days, messes with ya brain
I love that the narration here is done like a regular human telling a story. My problem with so many of Lovecraft audio readings is that people seem to think speaking like the singer from "You're a mean One, Mr Grinch" who has to stop and check his script every 4 words is a requirement. SO many "dramatic" pauses and needlessly over-the-top projecting and bassy monotone but no actual emotion during passages where the narrator clearly IS emotional. This is great. It sounds like what it SHOULD sound like: a regular dude telling a story that upset him greatly.
What a coincidence, I just started reading this story.
H.P. really loved using the word furtive in this one.
C R O A K I N G
And quaaaar
i don't know if you'll ever see this but have to say thank you. thank you for all you've recorded and created and the energy you put into your work. it's all been a highlight of much of the last year and a half for me and wanted you to know.
Me: "Damn I never realized when I was younger how often HP Lovecraft brought up race"
HP Lovecrafts cat: "am I a joke to you"
This is possibly my favorite Lovecraft work, it made me fall in love with sea side settings
I live in Plymouth.🌊☀️🌊
Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Durnwich Horror are easily my two favorite Lovecraft stories.
Oh yeah, now I have something to listen to at work.
I saw it when I got home yesterday and I knew what was in store for my O-C shift.
I don't think I could make it threw my week without the weekly readings. Not sure why but this guy has an anomalous voice. The velvety pipes of The Exploring Series Narrator. May you find happiness, like we do, in your vocalizations.
I've tried listening to other audiobooks of HP Lovecraft and none of them hold a candle to your voice, style, and quality that you put in your videos.
21:48 to 25:16
Such an array of beautiful words to describe such an ancient relic.
i know right, lovecraft was truly something
I love how the dude just casually comes across a Shoggoth mid-escape and goes "Yup...that's a whole lot of people. Innsmouth is sure crowded to have that many PEOPLE in it. Yup. Not a monster at all, nuh-uh!" The fact you know even through his words that he saw the Shoggoth which Allen mentioned, but couldn't fathom what it was.
Wow, is THAT what was going on? That adds so much to the story for me, how did I miss that?
darklord884 can you be a bit more precise? Exactly at what point does the narrator see a shoggoth mid escape? I know he sees one during the dream in which he's informed of his punishment for calling the government down on the deep one settlement, but can't recall the bit to which you're referring...
@@bruggeman672 There's a part later in the escape, after he shuffles past the bunch of Innsmouth people. It's never stated explicitly, only implied so you have to be careful, but he basically starts talking about how many people he sees and how he never considered Innsmouth to be so crowded and its people so ugly. Yeah, 'those' aren't people.
@@darklord884 no, they're human-deep one hybrids. The bit i mention, near the end, he is dreaming and learns of his penance for calling the government down on them and he states "it's the first time i saw a shoggoth" and wakes to find he's definitely acquired the Innsmouth look.
@@bruggeman672 That's because the first time he sees it, his mind can't comprehend it. It comes AFTER he gets past the hybrids. He sees it but mistakes it for a crowd of people, that's how ugly and terrifying it is.
I never said Olmstead openly states he saw a Shoggoth but if you read between the lines, you realise what he's saying is just a facade that he either thinks he saw or is desperately trying to tell himself he did. He spotted the shoggoth and is desperately clinging to the reality where he only saw a group of ugly pursuers.
In fact him saying that he saw it for the first time in his dreams adds to the terror of his first encounter with it. His mind can only accept seeing it as he's going crazy from the Innsmouth curse.
Thank you for taking the time to make this, I'm currently working on a dnd game inspired by this story and needed a refresher. Thanks so much!
H.P. Lovecraft's description of an old, decrepit and barely functioning bus is exactly what I feel whenever I ride a bus where I live (RJ, Brazil).
This is fantastic narration. I’m listening to a slightly edited version of it, with creepy music in the background, and it’s just perfect.
I've listened to all your HP Lovecraft readings and they're up there with the best I've heard online! Hope you can do some more in the future!
I feel like you would like to know you are my first official intro to actual Lovecraft writings. Cosmic horror is my favorite theme and to hear it done this well is absolutely gripping. Been with the channel for 2+ years w the scp stuff but have always steered away from this, wanting to give it the proper attention and respect it deserves when I could. I'm about an hour in and have audibly said "damn" about 5 times now at just how impactful the setting and scene are. You are a top tier storyteller and I can't wait to be able to support the patreon when I can. Much love💜
I like how mysterious these fish people are, not even necessarily outright evil like many horror entities are.
I deeply enjoy your work. Excellent reading, thank you for this. A classic and a favorite.
"It's beginning to look a lot like Fish-men
Everywhere I go;
They can dynamite Devil Reef
But that'll bring no relief
Y'ha N'thlei is deeper than they know"
Bravo.
Thank you so much for reading this dude, it was fantastic! You really have a knack for these readings and I can't wait for the next story time with Mang!
That was superb, I had goosebumps throughout several times. It's both the mix of stern monotony and timbre in your voice which then is broken by nuanced emotion in key passages that make you such a good narrator!
Ooh! TES reading Innsmouth, my favorite Lovecraft story? Thank you for the early birthday present, TES!
Man.. you have a perfect voice for telling stories. And your style of narrating is perfect for this type of genre (SCP, H P lovecraft, etc.)
This is my first time listening to this channel and I kept seeing people talking about how his voice is perfect for the story, so being a big Lovecraft fan I decided to give it a listen and at first I was like "eh not bad, but perfect?" But then I zoned out for a few seconds and came back in and it was crazy, he sounded just like I'd always imagined the station clerk sounding I had to pause it and take a second. This guys voice is amazing for these
I have watched this video so many times and I fall asleep too quickly and never get through it because your voice is so relaxing. I mean, I don’t mind, it gives you good numbers I hope.
Yessssss.
I'm rolling a few smokes and refusing to do anything for the next 3 hrs.
I fricking love these lovecraft narrations.
Man you've said you don't like doing voices and voice acting, but shit man...you've done a great job with the different characters in this story. Very well done!
Excellent reading and voicing, kept me enthralled the whole time at work and made my shift pass by so much faster. Your presence on Spotify is a blessing. I would KILL or most certainly pay to hear you read more books.
Easily one of the best readings of Lovecraft I have encountered. Normally I use audiobooks only when I just am not able to read the actual book, but this reading is good enough that I find myself preferring this to reading! Phenomenal job 👍
Do you realize that you have an AMAZING storytelling voice? I have been a sub since you posted your first SCP, man you have improved!
I'm so happy you decided to put this video out. I've been wanting to listen to this for weeks and youre the only guy I like listening to
I've always known of Lovecrafts works but never read any other than excerpts. Your readings have changed that and I now am enjoying the written works. Well done.
I started using your videos to help get to sleep, but now you're making free audiobooks getting a community into the mythos. tysm!
Really nice work.
Lovecraft was a master and your narration of At the Mountains of Madness, The Tomb, etc and now this are fantastically done. 👍🏻
This is the first video I came across on your channel and I have to say, I really appreciate that you do this. I love stories based on Lovecraft works, but when it comes to reading what he himself wrote, something about his style makes it really hard for me to get through. Listening to it is a crap-ton easier to understand and now I know this story is a favorite.
My friend YOU ARE A GEM GOOD SIR AND THANK YOU !!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALMED COOL CADENCE BRINGING STORIES SO EASILY DIRECTLY STRAIGHT TO US !!!
Your old drunk guy voice is really great. Nice job overall I really enjoyed this 😁
hp lovecraft is probably my favorite author, i've got 2 of his collection books from barnes and noble. I love the way he writes and I love his ideas of cosmic horror.
I return to your collection of lovecraft readings to get inspiration for my game lore, and i want to say thank you for providing an absolute master grade reading that i enjoy. When it's lovecraft or scp, you're my top choice every time.
I love these long readings.For being mostly dialogue too, this was really interesting. The voice acting is so good!
Your Zadoc Allen voice is head and shoulders above any other narrator lve heard try their hand at it.Absolutely killer
This man has so much talent it's unbelievable
Those yells from the town drunkard, absolutely the best part IMO
I have been a fan of H.P. Lovecraft since I was little. One of the first stories I ever read was "Over The Mountains Of Madness" and I was hooked. Now my 9 year old child has brought the obsession full circle as they started getting interested in Lovecraft recently as well. ❤
Brilliant narration. Thank you for this, everything I've seen on your channel is a treat to listen to. Not only are you an unusually good narrator but you've exposed me to a lot of new content and BOY DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF IT. Keep it coming, man
YES
Finally the audio book for the SCP story An Unfinished Ritual was based on. I know what I'm doing for the next 3 hours. Bless up.
These stories are really good at convincing me I should have a pocket-flashlight and 3-in-one tool of some kind, whenever I travel.
Bless you man, what a nice surprise, I will add it to my collection and listen at leisure!
Everytime you do a new HP Lovecraft audiobook and I listen to it, I keep thinking how fitting your voice is. So calming but also able to push the feelings and the nuances in tone of the characters forward in a way you can just hear and sympathize with. The graphic descriptions of the scenery or monstrous creatures feel so genuine when you say them that you can envision the character saying it as if it was something you witnessed in person and are recalling in memory.
I am all to eager to know what horror authors you inted to do going forward because I know we the listeners/viewera are going to be enraptured and bewitched by your reading of them.
Oh my golly gosh!
Thank you so much for the upload. My week's complete hearing this.
Thanks for posting this video, I've been using it to drift asleep. You have a very calming voice
GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS, your voice really helps me fall asleep and i needed something new!
This has to be some of the best content on your channel. God damn. Excellent evocation. Muah, chef kiss.
I was just about to listen to this from another YT Channel when you posted this video. Great job!
Great narration/voice for these!
I have heard many renditions of this story.
I like this version the most.
Holy shit. Was not expecting the internet to bring my this to listen to this morning. I've never read Lovecraft and this was a very interesting introduction
WHAT A GREAT AND UNEXPECTED DROP!!!! One of my faves!
I listen to this nearly every night, thank you for this upload!
In this story, the Deep Ones threat to come up and overwhelm humanity was a bluff. The bluff was called when humanity took back the town of Innsmouth and shot torpedoes down into their underwater city.
That's what I like about it tbh. They arrogantly bluff away and then get their shit pushed in 🤣
@@candyfordinner7216 did you catch the part where it says the torpedoes did little damage?
The attack didnt do much. And that was just the city by devils reef. There is many many more
The perfect voice for these stories, love it, keep up the good work man!
Oh boy! More Lovecraft.
Time to get my robes :D
Just want to say thank you for the Lovecraft audiobooks you're doing - your readings of them are excellent!
My personal favorite is the whisperer in darkness but all of Lovecrafts work is timeless.
I’ve never read/listened to lovecraft before. I went to sleep listening to this and had a nightmare. Pretty fire dude.
You have to be one of the best story tellers ever, and I mean that.
I wish you would do more 40k and Hp stories.
I know you main stick is SCP and I love them but truly you speak HP better than anyone I have heard.
I love this channel and have been watching for years now. ranging from SPC, the occult, and just bizarre this channel has always caught my attention.
Take a shot every time he says queer
I’m starting to feel queer.
It was likely a common word used at the time in place of weird
@@JorquaviousIt was. Often used like we would use weird or odd.
@@colby1398the original meaning of the word was strange, odd, or perplexing. It was a common noun until its definition got changed to what it is today because people didn’t like being called strange, odd, or perplexing because they were.
Take a shot everytime he says Dearth
The way he describes everything is fascinating and it keep the reader/listener interested in what’s next 😇
This is an incredibly beautiful audiobook. Thank you for your good channel 3>
This video came on randomly while i was working listened to the whole thing didn’t even realize it was 3 hours long great vid definitely subscribing
This has always been one of my favorite books. You rendition is superb. Subd.
brilliant reading, was very happy to re-experience this after years with someone like yourself giving it the quality it deserves, thanks!
More Lovecraftttt. I didn't really like The Shadow Over Innsmouth, it seemed way too long and ramble-y and the final revelation wasn't as 'surprising' as some of Lovecraft's other works....but I'll listen to it..the atmosphere Lovecraft has set is...unsettling and dreary and I enjoy that a lot.
I don't really think the story is suppose to have a twist or to be surprising, I think its more supposed to be a slow mounting horror as you figure out all the little pieces.
What was the final revelation of this story?!
I’ve listened to this at least 15 times and keep falling asleep before the end lol
Very good read/listening, enjoyed this a lot, love your interpretation of Old Zadok.
The twist on the later part got me
A story well told, can't wait for the next story
This story and At The Mountains Of Madness are my two favorites by Lovecraft.
I went for a jog while listening to this and felt no pain or fatigue because I was so enthralled! I now have an exercise strategy! Listen to him narrate!
I hope he considers reading an Edgar Allen Poe story next. The Cask of Amontillado or The Raven would be AMAZING to hear
I’ve been listening to this every night for the past month. Amazing