"The Return of the Sorcerer" by Clark Ashton Smith / A Cthulhu Mythos Story
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- "The Return of the Sorcerer" is a Cthulhu Mythos horror story by American author, Clark Ashton Smith. The tale first appeared in "Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror" in September 1931, and tells of a scholarly recluse, who hires an individual to translate passages from his copy of the Necronomicon.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - The Return of the Sorcerer
40:21 - Further Listening
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What a creepy story... torsos and forearms crawling around in the dark... Love how CAS shows an actual 'application' of the necronomicon... I can imagine HPL smiling as he first read this
This is one of the true masterpieces of the Mythos.
OMG! I was spending precious days trying in vain to remember the title of this story. You’ve rescued me from the void of temporary amnesia...
Clark Ashton Smith kept the Cthulhu Mytos alive even after Lovecraft's passing, thanks for this jewel of horror stories I enjoyed it very much.
Finally, another Cthulhu Mythos tale not by Lovecraft but by one of his inner circle.
Ahh wonderful, Clark Ashton Smith is my favourite - Thanks Ian, you legend.
Still haunts me, thirty years after I first read it!
It's an occultist version of Cain and Able! On of my favorite added mythos stories, Night Gallery's version with Vincent Price (also one of my favorite segments), lead me to hear the original story. Thank you for this, I love this.
Exactly! Bill Bixby and Vincent Price!😍😍😍😍😍
Night Gallery?
@@ProleCenter An old (early 1970s IIRC) Rod Serling (the creator of The Twilight Zone) anthology TV show. There are several Lovecraft/Mythos stories - I think Serling was quite the fan.
I'm pretty sure I've heard every reading and all the Cthulu mythos at least twice now. I simply cannot stop.... wait a min... *mad rambling*
They made a shortened version of this story on Night Gallery, starring Vincent Price and Bill Bixby.
OH YEAH! That gave me NIGHT MARES for weeks as a little kid! I was terrified to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night just in case I'd see crawling hands & forearms making their way down the hall way in my house! That NIGHT GALLERY episode was really scary - I remember the HEAD banging away in the locked cabinet! ...And who could have been any better than the late great Vincent Price as his own evil town at the end - reassembled - oh so awesome!
Another evening with excellent entertainment.Thank you.
I love this mythology! Keep up the best work Ian!
like a somnambulist conjurer Clark Ashton Smith peels back reality almost as if by mistake to present this horror then just as strangely wanders off ...delicious thanks once again Ian!!!
I absolutely love C.A.S.! Thank you so much, HB!💖
Thank you Horrorbabble!! This is a GREAT story! Clark Ashton Smith is a wonderful source for literature after I've read every scrap of paper H.P. Lovecraft wrote his mythos on. This frightening tale reminds me of another "body horror" story. ~ "The Beast of Five Fingers" ~ I'd watched Peter Lorrie in the film "The Beast of Five Fingers" - which scared the 'ever'-lovin'-bee-jeesus' outa' me as a wee-lad! (Thank you very much!) Oh Gosh! - It sacred me so much that I had to hunt down the short-story the movie was based upon. I had to discover the full horror to finally exorcise it out of my young brain, I guess. I found the story in a collection of horror tales in my local library. ( remember those? ) It's a really great short-story. Reading it scared me, thrilled me, but also helped get that crawling-pale-hand out of my young mind - helped me out of the deep night terrors I was having about twitching hands coming for me in my house every night... coming down the hall from my bathroom to get me... every night... The "Beast Of Five Fingers". ( WHEW! ) These things become such huge nightmarish scary events in a little boy's life. But discovering more about them in books you can read helps get a young mind to conquer their magical-maniac grip that they have on his mind.
Vincent Price was amazing in this story, when it was performed of Rod Serlings Night Gallery in 1972
This is absolutely bloody amazing, thank you so much. I'll be adding this one to my regulars list I think!!
Been excited about this all day!
Many thanks Ian, you sir are a star!
Excellent! I waited all day for this
This just randomly got recommended to me, been a member for a while, but for some reason, i havent found this one untill just now! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. 😅
Another AWESOME reading , Your show just keeps getting better and better ! :-)
"Happy is the tomb where no wizard hath lain, and happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes."
Yet again, another outstanding rendition. I love this channel
Thanks Daniel!
great performance
Thank you for this channel the best on TH-cam
Wow, thank you!
Ian, thank you for reading this!!! Fantastic!!!
SING ME TO MY SLUMBER, HB!
Thank you for the numerous spoopy dreams!
AWESOME. That was good and scary.
Thanks for this wonderful adaption. It was adapted for TV in the early 70s as an episode of the anthology series NIGHT GALLERY, starring Vincent Price and Bill Bixby. They also altered it to include a Female character that is not in the short story.
Ian Gordon, your work never fails to overwhelm! Writing my third fantasy novel, listening to HorrorBabble in the breaks!
Awesome story. Thanks for the narration!! Great job!!
Another enjoyable tale. Thanks.
I love this story, and you've done a great reading of it, Ian.
Brilliant, Ian!
Thank you 🖤🕸🕷🎩🙏🏽❤️🇲🇽
Well done!
OH YEAH! Good story I hunted down after I watched the Night Gallery TV episode of this story. I watched that show when I 10 or so and it gave me NIGHTMARES for weeks afterward as a little kid! I was terrified to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night just in case I'd see CRAWLING HANDS & other human parts making their way down the darkened hall way in my house! That NIGHT GALLERY episode was really scary! I remember the HEAD banging away in the locked cabinet! ...And who could have been any better than the late great Vincent Price as his own evil town at the end - reassembled - oh so awesome!
One of my favorite stories by Clark Ashton Smith
This is going to be awesome! Cheers mate, thanks for this!
I believe this was the first CAS story I read. As it happened, I grew up just south of Oakland and this added a frisson to the narrative.
Always look forward to another Cthulhu mythos story! I have a nice physical collection of lovecraft and some mythos, but it’s hard for me to find each connecting story! Love what you do thanks so much!🤘
A good story that was well read. Very entertaining.
please do more from clark ashton smith, he has some gems
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Such an unsettling story. Superbly written and masterfully narrated.
Excellent choice ian truly macabre
Perfect opportunity to keep an exotic pet.
A suspenseful and very gruesome tale. Thanks for your great reading.
I've been waiting for you to get to this one :3
Just found this one ,nice one Ian,
Thank you for the reading sir. Two thumbs up.
Damn that was good!
Great reading. You're talented. Thank you for sharing your talents.
Very good reading Sir !! A great story too !! :)
Stunning ❤
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I wish i could give this ten thumbs up, this is an amazing story and such great telling of the tale!
Thanks, Chris!
Oakland, California! Love it I live five minutes from Oakland!
Ian, great work. You are both well verse in voice acting and an outstanding reader. I enjoyed the reading very much. I know I may be abusing your hospitality, but would you consider reading "Dracula's Guest" by no other than Bram Stocker? Thanks for your work
Thanks Franz! We always welcome suggestions via the website: www.horrorbabble.com/contact
Great story!
Nice Video and Tale.
Ah,so much better than the news.
When you're family relationships fall to pieces 😃
One of my favorite non H.P. Lovecraft stories. I first saw an adaption on Night Gallery.
not my cup o' tea, but enjoyed listening to you. . .
One thing that always gets me in these stories - the guy had no money and doesn't take a minute to grab some before he goes - just his pay. how's he going to live now?
always bothers me LOL
A+
I like to catch these old ones when Warren was still alive...
Ooh, I like this one.
I've had a lot of experience with the Mythos, and I will say one thing: this story has a major problem with it. The juxtaposition of the first translation with the immediate advent of the "rat" in the hallway gives away the whole story. Lovecraft's greatest strength was, of course, the unknown, but CAS seems to have forgotten that in this story. Instead, he tries to drive the horror from the idea itself, which might have been effective at the time of this writing, but is infinitely less startling in a day and age where people have played Silent Hill or seen John Carpenter's The Thing. This is a student's work, trying to imitate the master, and it shows.
However, your reading is, as always, impeccable. Bravo, sir.
best reader ever.
I just wanted to say that you guys are awesome. I love horror babble!!! (What about a Poe story)
Thank you! You can access our Poe playlist from the main channel page (it's under 'Regular Authors'). Ian
very cool
Absolutely grotesque!
What a reading it had me actually squirming in my car seat i in my humble opinion prefer Ashton Smith was a far better writer than Lovecraft who as time progressed his writing took on an almost monotone of endlessly crashing planets and destroyed galaxies and fated protagonists doomed from the beginning sentence
Smith has weaved a yarn that is more than a homage
Fantastic job 💀keep up the good work of spreading beastly tales
You should read The Interface series by 9mother9horse9eyes9. Probably one of the best "books" i have ever read.. it truly deserves a full professional audio read like you always do. Cheers!
Nine mother nine horse nine eyes nine???
What kind of name is that?
Thanks for the tip.
Night Gallery did an adaption of this.
With Vincent Price.
@@loriacres2347 and Bill Bixby!
I have to be honest I find this one more comical than anything.
Am I the only one who got to the end of the story and thought 'sweet, free house!'
Brilliant stuff. Any chance of more modern mythos e.g. A Colder War?
Thanks, TD! Unlikely, as such stories will still be under copyright. And acquiring rights isn't just about cost these days, it's about exclusivity. Perhaps we can make some progress in this area later in the year.
@@HorrorBabble -Interesting. Thanks for explaining.
Haahoo, yah!
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Hope he got paid
What saved the guy in the end?
of all the people to dismember, do you think it might be slightly more traumatic to dismember an identical twin?
Ian you should check out stygian sagas, maybe you guys could collaborate or something he's got some really good stories.
Maline mesmerizum / Poisonus myasthsmal mystery
Im a real occultist. No joke.
Hail, brother of the craft.
@@jasontodd8071 hi
@Andrew Phillips do what thou wilt is the whole of the law Love is the law love under will.
Plot twist: the narrator is a distant relative in desperate need; he killed both men for money, and this story is what he told the police to be acquitted on insanity grounds.
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"Recrudescence". Once again, C.A.S. proves himself to be a man with a large wossname.
Hilarious! The man is surrounded by demonology books, skeletons, and all the trappings of satanism; yet he cannot put his finger on why he feels a certain "foreboding". 😄😄😄
The guy should have burned the corpse and thrown the ashes into the sea.
So, if the Necronomicron is written in Arabic, couldn't any Muslim read it?
Anyone who knows Arabic