"The Parable of the Untimely Ancient" by Taliesin Gore / Cthulhu Lives
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2024
- Cthulhu Lives: New Tales of the Mythos
Episode 5: "The Parable of the Untimely Ancient" by Taliesin Gore
The disturbing account of one suffering from memory loss, whose quest for answers is fraught with frightening obstacles.
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Taliesin Gore’s poetry and fiction has appeared or is upcoming in various places including BFS Horizons, Bleed Error, Illumen, Dream Catcher, and Horla. Competition credits include being a Finalist in Omnidawn's Fabulist Fiction Contest (twice) and an Honourable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest. He is currently at work on his first novel, which he describes as a ‘dystopian gothic fantasy.’ He lives in a shed in Dorset, England.
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:30 - The Parable of the Untimely Ancient
1:11:47 - Further Listening
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This is my go to place for what I need to cure my obsession for anything related to the Cthulhu mythos. To all who were involved, thank you and well done!
Gore absolutely nailed the sesquipedalian language and - at times maddeningly - deliberate pacing. Well written piece.
And Ian nailed the spoken narrative in such a flowing, meaningful way.
This is freaking amazing, I really hope he becomes better known. It's especially incredible because it's new and rivals Weird Tales. Lots of new words to look up too.
Possible spoilers:
Alternate title: Lovecraft awakes from a coma and stumbles into a 21st century halloween rave.
LMFAO 😂😆
“Oh no! Masks & fun at a social event! How dare!” Yup, that’s Ol’ Howard alright.
Yes, I also thought Halleween Rave. I am still pretty confused about what it was supposed to be in the end.
@@johannageisel5390i think the twist was supposed to be an actual “mummy” whose spirit traversed time, someone who chose to be entombed though ultimately his past was as blurry as what he was experiencing in the story
I got the same impression
Between this and Encrypted Horror uploading within 20 minutes means I'm going to have a good night.
You could try Edward French as well I quite enjoy his narration
@@leebennett1821 I will. Thank you!
Thanks for the heads up, another excellent channel!
@mehrimazedeh I would add Bitesize Audio classics (Victorian/ Edwardian era ghost and mystery stories) Tony Walker’s ghost stories (does horror, mythos and very good original stories) and a criminally unknown channel with fully original content called Stygian Sagas!
@@leebennett1821how dare you ,,, just kidding
Prose so purple that even Lovecraft would be ashamed
Or enchanted!
He would have been embarrassed by it. This writer has clearly sat down with a dictionary and made a glossary of strange and obscure words to use in his story, very like Clark Ashton Smith and not much like Lovecraft .
@@davidwhite7294 yeah, that's kinda the point. I feel like a large part of this story is making fun of those stories.
The scariest part of this is just how plausible it feels.😰 Hats off to you Taliesin, this was a fantastic yarn, thank you so much for submitting it!😄
Yes 💀
Amazing tale Ian and your narration is superb. Horrorbabble never fails to give us the best in the Lovecraftian universe. 💀
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If this piece was a painting, it would be priceless - as are you as narrator. (as a person too - I hasten to add!)
There's so many people commenting that this story was in effect dull with too many long words.
Forget the actual story for a moment and just appreciate the prose, it was written in a slightly archaic style for obvious reasons but it's almost a dying art to portray the English language (for me at least) so beautifully. Did the author put too many long words in it for you? Please buy a dictionary or at least download one, let's keep Britain's most valuable possession alive and well for the foreseeable future and yourselves slightly more erudite!
Amazing story and what an honor it must be to have it so wonderfully recanted by the one and only Ian ❤
Thought this was like The Outsider at first.
Love what it turned out to be!
This whole series is fantastic.
Thank you to all the authors!
One of the most weird stories. I have listened it three times!
😊 RADIO RENTALS
Magnificent as always outstanding thanks Ian!⚡️🔥⚡️
Wow. What a beautifully atmospheric story.
The future of the mythos is whatever imagination can make of it. As boundless as the universe.
Great reading as always. Your content has helped me get through some long days at work. Thank you for awesome content.
Arguably the best thing I've heard on here. SO realistic, the storytelling impeccable...
Utterly amazing story and narration! All my questions were explained by the end. Excellent job!
I will be listening to this again and like the parallels to "The Outsider." This author has good works. I like listening to them and look forward to more.
A lot went into this series, and it is evident.
This is kind of confusing. *Spoliers*
The guy is an Ancient but he remembers "Ancient" Egypt and Greece so not really that ancient after all and he woke up from Where? A Museum? And walked out into a Halloween/New Year party but totally misunderstood what he saw going on around him...I wasn't entirely sure this was our modern world until the scene with the public toilet with the guy doing a line of cocaine but that was pretty clear
So what are those Kannyu things doing in the modern day and why did he not realise the next morning that people don't really have masks for faces? Or am I missing a big piece of the puzzle?
The Kanyu also confused me. I'm not really sure what they were supposed to be. Kanyu 堪舆 means "geomancy" in Chinese, but that's all I've got.
@@JT_Soul Same. Everything else you can explain away as either him misunderstanding what was going on at the party or the author flubbing a detail or two but 7 foot tall beings in masks and robes with cybernetic hands? I've got nothing either
It might be K'nyan, which is the name of an underground civilization in _The Outsider_.
I'm pretty sure it's an alternate future (present?) where there are still Halloween parties and public restrooms and coke, but also where the Kanyu are real beings and the narrator is a mummified ancient Egyptian come back to life. He is clearly expected as they have the mirror and unwrapping ceremony ready for him.
A lot of comments for these mythos stories, it's amazing how much influence Lovecraft has on the creepy side of the imagination, and horror babble does class act narrating,a perfect combo
Fantastic, truly a fine piece. Will we be seeing more Lovecraft twords the rest of the month? It's what I like best from the channel
You had me at “The Outsider”, Mr. Gore.
The marriage of great story-telling and great narration is a rare thing indeed. Bravo!
Interesting story. Excellent narration as usual. Thank you. Have a splendid weekend 🤗💖🌟
Bloody brilliant! I think this author has somehow absorbed the very spirit of Lovecraft. And again, the narration is superb!
The Parable of the Untimely Ancient had me hooked from the moment I heard the title!
Thank you horror babble you are a public service
Great series
Your collections are better than an early boxing day present.
That was very cool. Kinda made me think of the silver key
The Outsider is such an underrated tale that the Easter Egg in Fallout 4 goes unnoticed by every TH-camr
I missed it! Where is it?
@@BlackGateMedia55 When you find Nick Valentine, the synth that believes he is a detective, he is locked in an underground vault with a magazine. The magazine is both a nod to the mysterious stranger who Nick is obsessed with and depicts a man dressed as Nick would go on to dress.
When I first saw this it was imo a clear Easter Egg for the Outsider who is locked alone underground and forms his personality and imagines himself as the books he reads.
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Great reading as always! And I loved the spooky intro/outro music for this series.
Is this Ancient a member of the Ancients from "The Mound"? The mechanical beings and other details leads me to believe this might be true.
The day after the Halloween party...
I have no mouth but I must scream!
Interestingly enough, the author crafted this story after waking up from plastic surgery in a clinic in Ibiza.
I knew I wasn't the only person under that tarpaulin!
Such calming stories. I love sleeping to them. Absolutely love at the mountains of madness, makes me sleep like a baby.
Wonderful story, when it finally found its pace it was both lyrical and really engaging. By the time a tophet was mentioned I was already hooked, but it made me very happy. Not a word you encounter often in the wild!
And as HPL himself had "eldritch", so this author has "incarnadine". 😁
This is indeed very "Ashton Smith-y".
Wait! What is this I hear? Dear Warren is ... dead? A crisis!
He'll get better on friday
Warren is not dead. But he is trying to dodge the giant camel spiders in the Empty Quarter.
Your the real magician Ian :) I really love how this story ended with a sense of hopelessness as he said he longs for home.
By one by two and by three this creature and its eyes the way you describe it to us is very familiar as if all the stories connect. This is one very mysterious story cheers and thankyou again Ian Gordon co
❤great stuff!!
"so I was at this Halloween rave and I saw this baggie on the floor..."
This is what happens when you take acid before going to the holloween party.
I just wanna say I enjoyed this series very much. I'd love to get a second season at some time.
Taliesin Gore!?!? If that's not a pseudonym, then this must be the most badass being in existence (human being).
Did he say gore? I like gore, that's pretty cool 😁
It's not a pseudonym.
Taliesin and Gore are two popular follower mods for Skyrim. I don't think it's a coincidence.
This story has charm and feel of obscure point and click adventure game... at least for me :)
Author broke "the charade" of complete alienage couple times, but overall very good.
Thank you.
How did you get into doing this mate?
What the hell...???
Ancient Alien wakes up from millenia of slumber only to stumble into a rave with somebody doing coke in the toilet?
I'm... very confused.
To be fair, so was he.
Ancient human. Rendered alien by humanity changing. I think.
Goody, a new scary.
Noooo!!! More expanded mythos plz it's amazing
Great narrative
Hurray!
I enjoyed this! Some of the comments a little harsh. The language is dense but then so are many of the classics. HPL's The Silver Key is a marsh. Some of the word choices here were very effective and as the plot emerged I wanted to keep listening and find out what was going on, much like The Outsider. Great end to the series.
Thankyou.
So... Imhotep wakes up to a rave, but does not vibe, basically?
Whoever wrote this A:needs help B: should never take acid
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The wordplay was very amazing but the story was nothing like I was hoping for.
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King of Horror Award.
I thought he was in a nightclub on Halloween
Man this Quantum Leap reboot script is weird.
A number of comments pick up on your suggestion that this is a very Lovecraftian story but l found it a lot more like Clark Ashton Smith. The obvious choice of obscure long words to add mystery to the thin storyline is typical of him and as in this story all a bit pretentious.
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You guys should try your hand at adding to the mythos.
haha the bathroom part. checks out..
YOU MINDBENDING LOON...I'M TRYING TO BE NORMAL 😂
Sad then scary 😨
Interesting story. The connections to the mythos were probably over my head. Can anybody point them out?
I can’t because l couldn’t really see any.
Read The Outsider, it's certainly connected to that.
@@BlackGateMedia55l,ve read it a few times. Yes, it has little of the atmosphere of the TO but I thought more of the atmosphere of Clark Ashton Smith,s The Nameless Offspring because of the over-wordiness.
@@davidwhite7294yes, the language is quite dense (very CAS), I was thinking mainly of plot. The idea of a self-narrated confused protagonist climbing to a form of freedom and wondering what s/he and the world is.
@@BlackGateMedia55 Yes,Point taken. 🤝.
Lovecraft created a monster, ha ha ha ha ha, see what I did there
Eyy
Ehh. While as a pastiche this story is successful because the sentence structure and word choices resemble Lovecraftian logorrhea, but the story itself is kind of...dull.
Eh? It was as the title suggested a parable- an invitation to use your own imagination, speculation and understanding! - What did you expect?! - Conan the barbarian perhaps?
@@paulross225 I was expecting a plot with suspense, and maybe some character growth.
@@tuomasronnberg5244 Again, look at the title of this piece!
Apart from that, how much character development can you expect from a short story.
I think you should stick to L. Sprague D C and his ilk to satisfy your literary needs!
@@paulross225 Are you suggesting that parables are meant to be...dull? 🤔
@@tuomasronnberg5244 Not necessarily no but parables will only offer suspense and thrills if it fulfills a didactic quality along with the rest of the story (hence 'parable) which doesn't happen too often.
Anyway, please refer to my original comment.
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Meh. It went on interminably. I like the Houdini/ Lovecraft version of this kind of story
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Sounds like a child's attempt at plagiarism
Hate to say it but this is the worst mythos story I've ever heard. Had to stop after 30 minutes. Painful.
I,m inclined to agree there ….not much to do with the Mythos that l could see.
Ok, I did not expect that. Now I have to listen to it again from the beginning!
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