"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce / A Cthulhu Mythos Story

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"An Inhabitant of Carcosa" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, first published in the San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, Dec 25, 1886. The story, which tells of the wanderings of a man through a strange desert, introduces several elements to the Cthulhu Mythos.
00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - An Inhabitant of Carcosa
11:29 - Further Listening
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@itzybitzyspyder 8 ай бұрын

I surely thought Warren would make it this time...

@ViolettaVeilchenblau 8 ай бұрын

😂

@ShirleeKnott 8 ай бұрын

@GamingMediocrity 8 ай бұрын

You fool..

@briangreen1781 8 ай бұрын

You killed Warren. You bastard!

@edwardspencer3906 8 ай бұрын

He don't??? Damn...

@gregbors8364 3 ай бұрын

“True Detective” (season 1) is considered by some to be the greatest television series of all time… and it all started with this short story right here.

@ScarletHaze 15 күн бұрын

Just finished the first season XD it was amazing

@MikaelKKarlsson 8 ай бұрын

Warren is just having a vacation. In lost Carcosa.

@stephen655321 8 ай бұрын

The most underrated channel on KZfaq. Never fails to deliver

@AcornElectron 8 ай бұрын

“Amorphous shadows seemed to lurk in the darker recesses of the weed-choked hollow and to flit as in some blasphemous ceremonial procession past the portals of the mouldering tombs in the hillside..” Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!

@WhoCares69 8 ай бұрын

Warren took the wrong road when he passed the tree ….. he may be lost a while 😂

@sendit9214 8 ай бұрын

I read the title and carcosa and immediately thought king in yellow😊

@A.Hellen.H 8 ай бұрын

The perfect accompaniment to a quiet night chilling at home - a new Horrorbabble narration. Perfection 🖤🖤🖤🖤

@TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj 8 ай бұрын

God bless you sir, respect from Croatia-Europe 💚❤💚❤❤❤

@listerjne 8 ай бұрын

the gasp i let out.... what a fantastic story!!!! ambrose bierce u are my MAN

@sub-jec-tiv 8 ай бұрын

A lot of artists moved to Carcosa in the 80s and 90s. It was a pretty dire place to live at the time, but that’s artists for you; they’ll live wherever they can afford. Went back recently though, and it’s barely recognizable. Tall glass luxury apartment buildings and fancy condos. There’s a Starbucks on either side of every second block. On the street it’s all bankers, ad agency people and computer programmers. Some of them pushing triple-wide prams. You used to hear musicians rehearsing when you walked the streets in dim Carcosa. But these days, it’s fairly quiet except for the occasional person loudly yapping into their earbuds about "market penetration." Oh wait… I got Carcosa confused with Brooklyn for a moment, sorry.

@soulreaver1983 8 ай бұрын

Outstanding always a great day or night when a new video pops up thanks Ian!

@Driven2Beers 8 ай бұрын

Dunno if this was ever brought up, but could Ammi Pierce's character from _The Colour out of Space_ be an homage to Ambrose Bierce? Just a WAG (wild-ass guess).

@HorrorBabble 8 ай бұрын

Very possibly!

@edwardspencer3906 8 ай бұрын

Dude, what a brain you have! And, you know how to use it...Read "Colour" decades ago and that NEVER crossed my mind..

@szabolcsmezei4088 8 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Didn't remember Bierce influencing Lovecraft's flowery prose to this degree... gotta listen to some more of his work.

@bertietheboy 8 ай бұрын

Just remembered this channel. Just in time for bed. Thanks for still going!

@margaretgilbert2901 8 ай бұрын

Love your channel. The narration is the best. Great emotion. So good!

@Ryanthebrobdingnagian 16 күн бұрын

"Malevolent conspiracy of silent expectation" is a bar

@jamestrottman8466 8 ай бұрын

U are great ian ❤

@cynthiapate9138 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Ambrose Bierce was an interesting author.

@CSLow_ 8 ай бұрын

Keep 'em coming, baby 🤘

@DavidSnodgrass-xd8li 8 ай бұрын

Love Ambrose Bierce ❤

@xabaya3294 8 ай бұрын

Short and sweet, great story telling as always

@BCTGuitarPlayer 7 ай бұрын

I love the voicing of the narrator. 😯

@Aroundthesquarebowl 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@Duchess_Van_Hoof 7 ай бұрын

What a strange and esoteric tale. Not what I expected, but not bad.

@sarge4455 Ай бұрын

This is the best channel on KZfaq

@ryleeguy2763 8 ай бұрын

Oh cool is this a new one? Sick! You are the best Ian. Keep up the great work.

@HorrorBabble 8 ай бұрын

It is!

@liamrobinson2084 8 ай бұрын

Excellent, as ever.

@reedreamer9518 Ай бұрын

Check out the Carcosa Trail in the Arizona desert. The trail head (marked Carcosa Trail) is located just north of the Lake Pleasant Fire Station, heading up a small unnamed mountain. From the top, at night, you can hear the coyotes holing far out in the desert.

@bigsarge2085 8 ай бұрын

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

@RCCarDude 8 ай бұрын

Please read "Mog the Forgetful Cat" next!

@HorrorBabble 8 ай бұрын

Is there a connection here that I'm missing somehow?!

@RCCarDude 8 ай бұрын

@@HorrorBabble No, it's just a sweet book I read to my daughter and you're the best reader out there. Haha.

@HorrorBabble 8 ай бұрын

I think I'll save it for my own daughter then!

@blurryface9597 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the wonderful narration. Great story!

@Nanosuit37 8 ай бұрын

You never disappoint Mr. Gordon and Horror Babble. Very good. Excellent as always. A joy to listen to. Until next time.

@AcornElectron 8 ай бұрын

Again, I’m hoping for a remaster or retelling of The Seven Geases before/at Yuletide. Although every Christmas present has been brilliant from HB in the past so I guess we’ll see what Krampus brings us!

@HorrorBabble 8 ай бұрын

Again, I have no plans to rework that one - it’s a fairly recent recording, so there isn’t really anything different I could bring to it… I’d be interested to know why you’re asking?

@Eris123451 8 ай бұрын

I'm actually starting to skip these old ones, (not by the way under any circumstances to be confused with, "The Old Ones,") that have pretty much been done to death already and not just here on Horrorbabble, but I'm sure they'll be new to a lot of listeners and it all brings in advertising revenue which is definitely not be sniffed at.

@HorrorBabble 8 ай бұрын

@@Eris123451 There's a definite limit to how many older recordings we want to re-record/re-master.

@Eris123451 8 ай бұрын

It wasn't a complaint; I'm actually more than somewhat impressed by how well you've developed your hobby into a business, ("Honorable Enterprises,") and still developed it artistically as well and particularly by much of the new content. I continue wish you well of it and every success for the future.

@AcornElectron 8 ай бұрын

@@HorrorBabble probably because I really like the story as a spur in the mythos history from the view of someone native to one of the other planes of existence. And recent is relative. It’s not going to stop me listening either way 😂😊

@libertycowboy2495 8 ай бұрын

Poor old Warren

@kevinjohnbetts 8 ай бұрын

If you ever fancy a bit of casual fun a recitation of sections from Bierce's 'Devil's Dictionary' delivered deadpan with your usual gravitas would make for very entertaining listening.

@anthonybarnwell767 8 ай бұрын

Cool

@kvol1668 10 күн бұрын

I got here down the Signalis rabbit hole.

@dizzydawn862 7 ай бұрын

Just gonna catch up on The King in Yellow lore for Malevolent...

@VasiliosBakagias 3 ай бұрын

Long Live the Ancient Dreams!

@seanmurphy6480 8 ай бұрын

CANT LEAVE THE HOUSE. THEY ARE LOCKED IN THE EAST WING HURRY

@donaldmccleary9015 8 ай бұрын

Awesome story and narration! A classic! Thanks!

@bvanwart 5 ай бұрын

we're all here listening to words written down in 1886, i wish my soul was more poetic but isnt that shit dope?

@williestreiff9314 7 ай бұрын

Holy shit they killed Warren, you bastards

@seanmurphy6480 8 ай бұрын

EVEN MY SHOES ARE IMPATIENT, CONSTANTLY NAGGING ABOUT VAN MELSEN..I WISH I HAD NEVER INFORMED THE PAIR OF EM ...IAN. 😵‍💫

@lordzaboem 8 ай бұрын

As just a fun mental exercise, let's suppose that this story and The King in Yellow both are set in the same continuity. (They are not.) Suppose they were, and Robert W. Chambers had been expanding upon this story. What insights can we draw about the King in Yellow, now that we know a little more about Carcosa? Carcosa at one time was a vibrant and mortal city, full of people living their daily lives. By the time this story is told, Carcosa has been reduced to barely a ruin, both buried and forgotten. What can this tell us about the events in Chamber's stories?