"The Death Watch" / A Cthulhu Mythos Story by Hugh B. Cave
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2024
- "The Death Watch" is a short story by the British born, American author, Hugh B. Cave. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in its 1939 June-July edition, was described as follows: “What ghastly thing was it that came clumping into the big house out of that wild night of storm?”
00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - The Death Watch
34:13 - Further Listening
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Hugh Cave had a very long life, he lived to be 93 - and a very long career: Hirst first short story was published in 1930, his last novel in 2004, the year he died. He won a World Fantasy Award in 1999.
Imagine publishing your first work well before WW2, and the last one the same year World of Warcraft was released.
You've become so acclimated with the Cthulhu Mythos, we should call you: "The Contemporary Antiquarian". Another great read!
Awesome! I just posted earlier today on "The Black Kiss" - by Robert Bloch about how there is still quite a few mythos stories by Henry Kuttner and others still in the public domain and that I couldn't wait till you all have done them, then Boom! You folks go and drop this! Ian, Jen, and everyone at H.B. are the absolute best!
I've never read this one
Hear, Hear!
"Who would want to live miles from civilization on the edge of a swamp filled with snakes and gators and bugs?"
🙋♀️Me! I do!
I would
I live about 8 minutes boat ride from the voodoo tree in cocodrie bayou. This is the north cocodrie bayou in Concordia Parish, not the one in deep south Louisiana. It can get strange around here at times so I wouldn't be too sure.
@@entrepreneursfinest Huh small world. I saw a black bear near the deer park levy a while back.
@@benrogers5058 I live in Monterey and I've saw a big guy two days in a row down boggy bayou road. Second time he was just crossing so it was a hell of a coincidence for the wife and kiddos to get to see it twice.
This was one of the first Cthulhu Mythos stories I ever read. It was in a Chaosium compendium called "Cthulhu's Heirs." Made the mistake of reading it late at night. Needless to say I sat up with the light on most of the night. A coworker of my dad heard me say that and laughed. I let her borrow it. She read it. And she stayed up all night with the lights on too. A really good and scary tale.
I live on a lonely bayou in Louisiana where the nights are long. Tonight the peep frogs are trilling and the others truly do grunt in unison. Two nights ago I was roasting a leg quarter from a hog we killed last year. Something took it off the spit with coals still under it and left no trace. Perhaps a man but certainly no animal could do such. So I listen to this and to the grunting and peeping of frogs and wonder what looks back at me from the cypress shrouded darkness. And I hope I never find out.
Dayum bro!!! 😢
It sucks when someone comes between you and your food. 😭
That was like a great compact story in itself!
That was the hog spirit. It wanted to avenge its child.
I’ve lived in Louisiana in the past, and I agree some nights are way creepier than others!
Wow, what a story. Haven't heard such a good one for quite a while. I haven't heard much from Hugh B. Cave, but everything I heard and read was very good. Hope you will do some more from him. Awesome.
Thanks for this one Ian....
“My first vivid impression of my own presence in this terrible necropolis concerns the act of pausing with Warren before a certain half-obliterated sepulchre, and of throwing down some burdens which we seemed to have been carrying.”
Keep up the good work fella and stay safe.
A good yarn, by Dagon! 🐙
This is an excellent story! Fantastic! This is a good one.
Great narration!
I really enjoyed this one.
Thanks, Ian!
Excellent! Very good! Thank you Mr.Gordon and Horror Babble. I enjoy your narration and stories very much. Until next time.
I've been waiting for some Cthuhlu
As he awaits us all.
Agree. 😋
I keep checking in on Warren but he never gets any better.
Excellent story. Tight, macabre, and just the right amount of vague.
Great Story!!! Never heard Cave's work and didn't know he had Mythos stories. Well done per usual for Horrorbabble. Well done!!!
I just pre-emptively hit thumbs up because ... if I need to explain why, you're in the wrong comments section, honestly.
I love the noir feel of this story.
Thank you for all of your amazing videos Ian! Especially thanks for bookmarking them! I love audiobooks on TH-cam but a lack of bookmarks makes it hard to follow some of the longer ones on other channels! Everyone should follow your example!
Or everyone should just come over to this channel and save the hassle lolz. They wouldn't be disappointed.
What an amazing reading! I've enjoyed Hugh B. Cave's stories for years, and I hope HorrorBabble continues to explore more of his work, like Murgunstrumm(1934), The Whisperers(1942), and Ladies In Waiting(1975)!🗣👂😱
did not know this one, will listen to it on tonight's long walk so thanks Panks! :)
Really terrific story beautifully read, many thanks :)
Thank you Ian and Jen!!
Ridiculously good…. Marvellous stories, marvellous voice💕🇦🇺You had me at
‘Took the old house out there at the edge of the swamp’☺️
Thank you!
oh! Hugh B Cave....
and his friend, Randy.
@@user-zu5st3ws4r Fun Fact:
Randy was one of Hugh's proof readers and a bit of an odd duck. They'd never met in person and decided to finally make personal acquaintance at (of all places) a masked ball...
Hugh was reportedly so excited to finally meet him, that he ran around the party asking absolutely everyone over and over...
Are YOU Randy?
Randy had actually been a little late, so when he arrived and heard his name being called, he stepped right up and boomed theatrically....
im so glad i found your channel 👍🏻👍🏻🤠🇺🇸
One of my favorite reads yet. Thank you HB
Cthulhu meets the Monkey's Paw
Thank you for helping me find my way to the land of dreams after a long christmas eve
Thank you for all your work and may you new year be a happy one
Catching up on past stories from before I subscribed, and this one is fine as any Lovecraft!
"Warren..." he spat out under his breath.
"Warren" I repeated with the same bitter contempt. "There's always a Warren."
no how many times i hear this story its become on my all times favorite none Lovecraft but Lovecraft world story
That was an outstanding story tonight. I especially liked the ending. Thank you. Have a terrific Tuesday 💖
“It was a black night and when the nights get black in Florida they’re like ink...I drove slowly because the road was bad and I could hear the frogs grunting in the swamp all around me. Pretty soon, I could see the lights in the windows of the house. You can’t imagine a house like that unless you’ve lived in Florida and seen some of the leftovers from the boom...it was enormous and had about twelve rooms, and looked like a small hotel, very ornate and elaborate, and yet it was the only house for miles around... some wealthy chap from New York figures the town would grow out that far. He sank a small fortune in the house and then realized his mistake. He put it in the hands of an agent, who couldn’t sell it, because who would want to live miles from civilization on the edge of a swamp filled with snakes, and gators and bugs...”
here I stand on my property in Florida, in the inky dark of night, miles from civilization, the only light the millions of stars which pierce coldly the black, black sky, on the edge of swampland and my pond, listening to swelling noise of all the creeping, living night. I inherited this house from my grandparents... see the windows glow, an old, strange wavering light, golden like gaslamps through the thick, handcrafted, mullioned glass of large windows set with so many tiny precious panes. This is my house, and from it I know Arthur took this story from the life...
With y'all!!! 👍🏼 ❤️
It would have been perfect if he had at 32:08 just shouted "You fool, Elaine is dead!". And I'm probably horrible for thinking that xd
That was amazing! You are such an incredible narrator.
Loved this! Please narrate more of his stories
Wow, good one. Excellent as always. Thank you1
Another amaingly spoken story. I cant listen to any other person anymore. But thank you so much for this and every other masterpiece
Outstanding as always thanks Ian! ☺
Another new one for me, wonderful story.
Many thanks!
A delight, as always! 🙏
Impeccably delivered, as per the usual Sir Ian. Gratitudes for the entertainment.
Thumbs down?? Six of them.... Why, pray tell. All of us want to know. The narrators are amazingly talented, making it sound effortless. Bunch of jack-asserry. Assarry. Whatever. I LOVE HorrorBabble and felt like I discovered an internet Unicorn after I came across the first story. And I do not normally waste my time commenting on the trolls trolling and shit stirrers, but it pisses me off when I look down at the corner and see a dislike. There's nothing to not like!!! What the hell. You don't LIKE IT, DONT LISTEN. Like to hear one of them have a go at it.
Bottom line is it's RUDE. At the end of the day it's just rude and mean spirited.
I’d like to hear Ian reading “The Call Of Cthulhu for Beginners”
A great story, thank you!
Great story as per usual 🙌
A DEFINITE SHARE.
awesome story and storytelling, as ever
That was well written.and well acted!
Great job! Great story!
I’m going to start a church of Cthulhu
Great content! 👍🏼👍🏼
Just wondering, how much were the red and black hoodies a year ago? Can't decide if I wanna just buy a new one or go beat my brother for it back.
What one needs when they want to know their expiration date. Did Warren check his? Kudos.
Imagine folks experimenting with 6G and extremely long distance communication.
Yes just yes is all I can say
HELL YEAH!!!
Enjoy way to start the week, we'll done all...
so if he hadn't lied about what the brother was said on this death bed the whole thing might have been avoided.
yup either say nothing or say it all when it comes to something like that.
If you can't tell the truth, at least don't lie.
It really holds up 😁
Daaaamn that was a good one
That was great ♥️♥️♥️
I love it and I am so sorry but I just want more!
16:21 MC Ingram in the house!
listening from the ukwales 2021❤️
Heeell yeah time to stop doing homework for 40 minutes :)
Gripping…..absolutely
There once was a geezer called Cthulhu,
Who dreamed on for millennia in situ,
With tentacles, testicles and dragon's wings
Suspenders and petticoats, an uncannily thing,
Was very confused about gender; I'll tell you.
"What is your gender?" - "Eternal cosmic entity." - "No, I mean, what is in your pants?" - "What are pants?"
Hi Ian, I don't think you've read anything by Stefan Grabinski (let me know if I missed it). Is that an author that you will be reading in the future? Thank you!!
No way an Astartes Death watch would be taken down by a filthy Xeno so easily
This is a fun story to listen to. But I have a foolish question: is Warren still DEAD?
Depends. Have you asked Nyarlathotep to bring him back?
Assuming this is a faithful adaption, Mr. Cave was in love with the word "queer".
It is a faithful adaptation and to a man of that era queer would have just been a synonym for weird. It did not have the modern meaning to the writer. And since this was meant to be in the same style as Lovecraft it would make sense to use that word frequently just like Lovecraft.
@@travisdillon8460 Well he overuses it.
Gay used to mean happy, queer used to mean peculiar or odd.
@@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380 Okay, but "queer" appears a lot. He needed a thesaurus.
It's just used all over stories of this era, not just in the Lovecraft circle or horror. Modern equivalents would be dodgy or edgy, which also tend to be overused these days, or gnarly back in the 70s/80s.
Huge Big Cave is the author?
Poor Warren?
Lovecraft Mythos
Yes! First! Finally! I win! ...and now I'll listen to the story...
Well done!
#262-☑️👍
Yay! like number 666.
Cthulhu fort President 2024?🤔
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