"A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers" by Pete Sillett and Peter Browning / Cthulhu Lives
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ค. 2024
- Cthulhu Lives: New Tales of the Mythos
Episode 1: "A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers" by Pete Sillett and Peter Browning
The story of a travel writer and his disastrous attempt to review a dated seaside resort in the south of England.
Series playlist: • Cthulhu Lives: New Tal...
From the Authors:
Pete Sillett and Peter Browning have been collaborating on a variety of written projects since almost their first meeting, though A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers is the first that they have submitted anywhere. Pete Sillett has written another story which is forthcoming in the collection At The Lighthouse edited by Sophie Essex for Eibonvale Press (www.eibonvalepress.co.uk) and has several articles for books and journals at various stages of completion, including one on Cthulhu and film adaptation. Peter Browning has written creatively since he was young. With 20 years of experience in television production and broadcast, he has only recently considered sharing his creative output. He is currently working on an episodic science-fiction narrative involving the nature of time.
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:18 - Friday
0:16:02 - Saturday
0:43:02 - Sunday
1:02:07 - Further Listening
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This story has some strong Room 1408 vibes with the character slowly but steadily becoming more and more aware of the alien wrongness of his surroundings as the story continues.
These reads are always great when painting miniatures or doing chores. Theyre a real comfort, especially through the winter.
Very well written riff on well known tropes, and a nice touch triggering nostalgia through location to immerse the listener even further.
I absolutely love the combination of vibes here. The style is masterfully reminiscent of Lovecraft and co. and it's a fun just picking out the references (not another Delapore!). But you can also very much tell it was written today. There seems to be something very quitessentially Gen-Z/Millennial about the horror trope of returning to a once cozy and welcoming but now creepy and decaying family/childhood setting. But the whole dated English resort angle also gives it some unmistakable local colour. Had me thinking of Fawlty Towers or every vacation episode every in a 70s-80s British sitcom.
Excellent, fantastic story! If all the new stories are on a par with this one, I'm SERIOUSLY looking forward to them!
ditto!
Couldn't agree more.
Wednesday nights are the best, because of Horrorbable.
That description of Mrs. Biltmann was so horrible that Cthulhu woke up, shuttered and told me "That one was gross..." And then Mrs. Biltmann collapsed into a thousand crawling monsters and I almost died from the visual my brain created.
When cthulhu tells you you're messed up, lol... time for a second coat of wax, I guess
@@GodOfPlague Agreed!
The man, the myth, the legend....that is Horrorbabble.
I second that 👏👏👏
Always excited for a new Cthulhu Mythos story. Thank as awlays Ian. You are a gift.
IKR? "A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers" is amazing and, along w/HB's capable dynamic duo, a wonderful gift indeed for all horror fans and especially readers who deeply appreciate Lovecraft (and pals) various CH works and stories from related genres. HB spoils its listeners and enriches the world by performing this valuable and highly commendable public service: the adaptation and dissemination of culturally relevant long and short-form horror fiction masterpieces for the edification and enjoyment of all. So, yeah. Agreed.
Seaside Resort in England love those stories.
Tyvmuch ❤
I laughed at "The face painting ritual began". What a fantastic story! Thank you Gordon as always
I laughed at:
"I don't know who their P.R. manager is, but, they should be set on fire."
You never cease to amaze me bro 👍😁
Stunning! A slow burn tour through an aquarium of wrongness as our unreliable narrator attempts dutifully to do his job under increasingly psychotropic conditions. This cranks up the creepiness to unbearable levels. I am SO looking forward to this series. Alarm set for Wednesdays!
Man, that was a good one. Can't wait for the rest of this series!
Warren isn’t dead. But he is living alone in a remote Antarctic science station. Well, he _thinks_ he’s alone. But the distant giggling in the halls and the scratching at the windows seem to indicate otherwise…
😂😂😂p👍
Excellent story. It reminded me the Case Of Charles Dexter Ward where the creatures were also incomplete. Also the Festival. The Lovecraftian element is present I think.
and a stiff dose of Innsmouth, and a little dose of The Colour out of Space...
@@szabolcsmezei4088 Indeed!
My shift just ended so I’ll have to wait till tomorrow :( but thank you for giving me something to look forward to i can already imagine the amazing job you’ve done with the amount of effort you put in thank you Ian!!
It’s really fascinating to see the changes in the weird fiction/cosmic horror genre over the past century
I’d say it’s largely changed for the better. Lost a lot of the embarrassingly antiquated sensibilities. We’ve gotten richer stories as a result.
@@KropotheadYes, l absolutely agree. Over the last few years I,ve got tired of the same old Oxbridge mafia authors and their stories all set in Cathedrals, Oxford Colleges, Graveyards etc. You might have said hypocritical sensibilities. It was such a delight to come across Uncle Tuggs by Michael Shea,a horror story of revenge from the grave but involving a cast of weed growing, womanising, red-neck hillbillies. It was a corker. Another is No 88 where a bag lady going about on a bus is actually the arbiter of fate to all that encounter her. Great stories and not a”drawing-room” in sight.
A bit of Whisper in the Dark, mixed with some famous Lovecraft candle matches, Carcousa elements, and some Hotel California for flavor! This was a good and very chilling one.
New mythos!! I couldn’t be happier to read that in the title 👌
Really superb building sense of wrongness, and increasing detachment on the part of the narrator.
Listening from the ukwales❤
Brilliant story
Grinding in DQ11 while listening to HorrorBabble. That's how I'm spending my night! Thanks Ian~
Lovecraft fans will immediately recognize "A Long Weekend at Happy Chambers" as a pastiche of (SPOILER:) a certain well-known HPL story (or two), but this reworking of familiar material is quite effectively well-executed, establishing itself as a CH masterwork & must-listen. Excellent again, Horrorbabble, & VERY much appreciated.
You guys just KILL it every time. I usually bemoan the infiltration of technology into all aspects of life. You can't even use the bathroom without artificial help in some places. But without that same technology none of us would be able to enjoy your labor of love. Love it!❤️🦄
How very true 👍🙀
I take it, then, that 1325 was the year of your birth. But in all seriousness, while automation and AI represent significant problems for many human beings, you're most saliently correct in noting that technology provide essential benefits.
That was creepy fun! Thank you for the reading. And loved the spooky intro/outro music!
Absolutely brilliant story and narration. Thank you.
My goodness! I hesitate to say this, but it's completely accurate. That story made my skin crawl. 🕷 🪱 🐛 🐍 🦎 🦒 🪲 🪰
Great story and narration! Thanks!
This story reminds me of the Chaurus in Skyrim.
Delapore....an awesome nod to a great Lovecraft story!
Good stuff ❤
Hey Ian! My girl and I absolutely LOVE your channel and spend (much of 😹) our time in bed listening to your narration. MORE IMPORTANTLY, this message is to wish you an incredible belated birthday 🎉 Your channel is an oasis in a desert of mediocrity
WHOA! That was GOOD 👍 🫣
GREAT story. Sort of Ligotti-esque with the theme of something sinister lurking underneath something seemingly innocuous. Very unsettling. I will not soon forget this one...
Hugely entertaining!
On a scale of 1 to 10 just how dead is this Warren guy?
@@Viktor_vonthe_RhaefnhyrstThat's what he WANTS you to believe, my fine friend.
Beware☠️
Warren fthagn.
We must resssurect Warren in a story
Like a bad salvia trip spent listening to Squeeze's "Pulling Mussels." ;)
Tremendous story. Well narrated as always
Great new entry that was freaky AF! I listened to this wondering “What’s next?” for our narrator. Looking forward to new stories to come!
It remind me of "Shadow over Innsmouth" only events take place in modernity and they are set in GB...
I enjoyed the extra little electronic flourish at the end of your intro.
And I am excited about this new series.
I liked this story.
My cat is pleased with this latest offering.
Pray that she doesn't change her mind.... muahahaha. (Don't worry, she is too lazy to fly to England to go Brown Jenkin on you good folks)
Best wishes to you and your family, Ian and Jennifer (and the little one too).
A fantastic story; well written; interesting, enjoyable, horrific!
Wow! A most skin-crawlingly enjoyable story! Not at all what I expected at each turn. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
More Cthulhu Mythos? Just in time for the SPOOKY Season? The chill of the sweet and sour winds of Autumn are creeping upon us as the days slowly become shorter. The OLD ONES are unquiet in their slumber. Is it time that we will see the yellow sign?
This is a winner. If the following stories then we're in for a treat. Long Live The 'Babble!
I guess now we know where Tim Burton came up with Oogy Boogy 😅
Simply exquisite. Bravo!
Im wo excited for Wednesdays now ahahaha wooo! Love all the mythos stuff ❤🐙
I hope u guys keep this going, love it
Splendid story told by a splendid interpreter
What a treat! Thanks HB!
Love Horrorbabble! Been listening for a few years now and will continue for many more..
Woo-hoo! Another Horror Babble upload 🎉
Absolutely excellent.
Amazing story, the disgusting atmosphere is so well crafted and transmitted
Love the HORROR on this channel.
Great story 👏 Sounds like Burning Man 😂
I'm always excited for more Cthulhu mythos!
Fantastic story!!
Many thanks as always Ian!😎👍🏻👍🏻
This is super start to midway and probably to the end!!!
excited to see how all this pans out
Always happy to see new material x
Very imaginative story. Leaves some unsettling food for thought. Thank you!
Really good!
Thanks!
Thank you, Mary!
woohoooo a lovely treat for me!!!!!!!!!!!!
what song is this i love her is it nuzzle???? im terrible i mmust buy the album
i bought it its okay now
An exquisitely dark story!
Thank you so much
So excited for this series! I always loved the mythos, but would sometimes find the older language and style harder to relate in many stories. Plus its always fun to see what new things authors can add or put in a new perspective
New mythos stories? Next hour is listening time!
I was expecting this to be some lame "mascot horror" thing when I first started it, and I was very glad to see that the story is actually much more interesting and nuanced than that. Very cool modern take on the Lovecraft mythos.
Wow🌺⭐️ Really great, disquieting, uncomfortable story...gets under your skin😮....or is it your wax👽😱💀
Got DAYUM that was good!
That was very "Silent Hilly"
A great story... perhaps with tinges of Ligotti? Many thanks for making it available.
Love this. Love everything about it! Keep ‘em coming!
I have my suspicions this is Pont1ns in Camber Sands. Each time I visited, I was struck by the lack of basic hygiene and many times, shared my chalet with many other creatures, who whilst unseen, plagued me for some time after.
Most eerily, a good friend wrote her name on the dirty chalet window.
When she rented the same chalet the next year, terrifyingly the name reappeared in the same place, same window. It was almost as if no one had bothered to clean them in a year.
Took me awhile but l finally made it to the end .Great tale of otherworldly terror
*Magnificent*
A very unsettling and effective story I noted shades of Quartermass 2 Bleak and dispirited and very very English Well Done
Yet another good selection and a great reading. (And a +1 of course!)
Cheers!
Like the new music
Excellent story. I love the deliberately narrated format. And the. The paragraph about the swingset made of bones?!! Also, im quite curious about the make-up of these "pills" hes clearly binging on
I like these ones ... where they don't *have* to be Mythos related ... but it's a nice little easter egg that they are.
Absolutely Loved this scary but cool story 🤎🧡🖤❣️
Something strikes me as hilarious about, "there was an inane puppet show- *strikethrough* there was an INSANE puppet show playing in the auditorium."
This is very spooky for me…..lt reminds me very much of two family holidays at Dovercourt Bay in Essex the first in 1962 when l was 10.The caravan site was right next to a Warner Brothers Holiday Camp and it did seem strange watching the rather regimented activities of the inmates that you could see through the 12 foot high fence.The second was in 1966 and the holiday camp was closed though still there and this story recalls its emptiness and desertion……it was later used for the set of the TV comedy Hi-de-hi which was entirely filmed there…….it was World Cup year of course and we watched Englands games on a tiny TV in my Uncles caravan and came home on the Saturday for the Final.
This was epic x
Loved it
This story is pretty crazy 👍
That was sooo good! Thank you
This was a great listen, thanks.
Reminds me of a cheap weekend Fiona and I tried at Pontins
That was excellent thank you
A great story 👏 👌
❤❤❤❤❤ thank u!
I'll admit I was skeptical of new mythos tales. But this one was pretty great.
It also got me wondering if the fake travel books mentioned were real works of fiction and not something fictional made up by the authors. It did mention carcosa after all
Hi G, Do you sell the cassettes? Do a limited 10 piece kickstarter for each, that might pay
Dig that music!