Without further delay, I've finally gotten around to finalizing my recording of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Dreams in the Witch House".This one is about twice as long as "Pickman's Model", coming in right at 1:37:00. A playlist will also be featured with the same story broken down into smaller chunks of about 20+ minutes a piece. The main video will also have chapters added to it to make finding a specific point just a bit easier.
This is a pretty classic Lovecraft story which leans more heavily into the cosmic horror aspect of things and mentions a recurring malevolent entity known as "Nyarlathotep" as well as one of the Outer God's of the Cthulhu Mythos named Azathoth. There's also a reference to the "Elder Things" which are first brought up in "At the Mountains of Madness", a significantly longer story I won't be doing any time soon. Some day though. The story also has one of the more brutal fates for a protagonist that Lovecraft wrote, but it is certainly memorable to say the least.
The story is told from the perspective of a third person narrator who was apparently an acquaintance of or perhaps a researcher into the events that took place at the eponymous witch-house. Lot of lore about witches and Salem as well. Lovecraft certainly had a thing for the period of the Salem Witch Trials since he brings it up in numerous stories.
In any case, I hope you enjoy this one as well. I recycled most of the music from the previous video and added one or two new tracks. Part of the difficulty in making these is finding good ambient music. Granted, I could just leave it as is and you could hear nothing but my voice, but since this isn't an audiobook and I'd rather not bore you to tears, I figure a little mood music can help set the mood for certain scenes better than just a single voice can.
(Playlist for the 4 part version is here)
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