I'll never read H.P. Lovecraft with my inner voice again, it will always be yours Ian.

I expected horror. I got Lovecraft complaining about New York. I enjoyed it all

Amazing story and narration! Thanks, Ian! Lovecraft had a phenomenal way of describing architecture. One can picture the settings of his stories with ease while reading his works. It is almost like I am walking by these dwellings as I read or listen to his stories. Thanks for bringing these treasures to us, Ian!

Your narration is truly perfect for his work, no one else could be more right for Lovecraft's material. Respect and admiration unto you from Knoxville, Tennessee, I've listened to you doing many, and The Temple about a hundred times before bed, it always insures me a great night of gloomy, nautical dreams which I always long for while drifting off to sleep l.

Don't know what I'd do without this channel feeding me my dose of Lovecraft every so often

That just proves you should never leave New England.Loved it,thank you.

21:57 this description of the future of New York is amazing.

I really appreciate the fact that there are no mid-roll ads on this video. I make sure to watch the ones that bookend the story...

Thanks Ian! today was such an awful day im going to bed at 6:30 and need something to listen to while im laying in bed. horrorbabble always cheers me up.

I haven't read about Lovecraft himself but man he does seem to sink into the worst of depression from bad weather or unpleasant surroundings.

This narrator is EXCELLENT…

"He" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written August 1925, it was first published in Weird Tales, September 1926. The story tells of an unnamed narrator, who has moved from New England to New York City and greatly regretted it. One night, while wandering in a historic part of Greenwich Village, he happens upon a man strangely dressed in garments from the eighteenth century. The man offers to show the narrator the secrets of the town. Chapters: 00:14 - Introduction 00:55 - He 30:26 - Credits Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/he Dedicated to our incredible Cthulhu and Yellow Level HorrorBabblers: Rashid, Camerin, David, Bjorn, Daniel, Joshua, 'General' Dipper, Jessica, Paul, Dan, Wes, Zontar, Andrew, Conner, Soraline, John, Bryn, Steven and Jamie Jeffrey, Michael, Ian, Jon, Shannon, Brett, Krista, John, Conner, Dylan, Pete, William, Simon, Luke, John, Hunter, Andrew, Bonnie, Myles, Adriana, Patrick and Veronica Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Image used with the permission of M. Crassus: www.artstation.com/mcrassusart www.wyrdtree.co.uk/art-of-wyrdtree Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble

I’m still waiting for the comedy sequel “he he”

marvelous

H P Lovecraft must have really liked Cyclopean architecture.He mentions it in several of his writings.

Exquisite narration. Absolutely top notch. I’ve been searching for a channel that hots every high note; presentation, narration, story selection. I believe I’ve found it.

Still, a very monstrous and beautiful tale.

Thank you so much Ian 😊

Love the narration! I have been listening to all lovecraft's work on your channel for 2 weeks solid. All i have been listening too. So well done! Bravo!

Coming home from work to find this dark gem has made my day, thank you very much!!

outstanding job of narration. You brought the story to life indeed. I am a long time Lovecraft fan (even having an autographed book of Lovecraft) as well as running a modern role playing game (Call of Cuthlu). I am glad to have found this channel in my internet wanderings late at night when the pain keeps me awake. much success to you...

I cant sleep without a lovecraft tale❤

One of my favorites of Lovecraft and wonderfully read. Quite autobiographical in thought, form and psychogeography, written during the period Lovecraft lived in New York. Of equal, even surpassing fascination is the voluminous letters he wrote during this time. Indeed Lovecraft wrote many times over in letters in comparison to the relatively small amount of fiction he produced. As fantastical as this story is, the letters which correspond to this time are even more so and worth tracking down.

Thanks For all your Great Work

Ask not for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back

Terrific work!

Incredible narration as always and this story has to be one of my favorites on my current Lovecraft binge. He truly was masterful in balancing thrilling suspense with nerve-chilling terror.

Glad I gave this a second go round. Maybe he was at the Chelsea hotel. Bohemian villages are places to tread lightly. Lest, u stumble into……. “Him!” Need to actually read this one.

another awesome reading Ian. Thanks for all your great work

You and Mike Bennet and Maria Lectrix are the absolute best .

I’ve been trying to find this story for so long! Thank you!

One of my favourite little tales...

Thank you, working hard, as usual. Good to see something new, thanks again 🎩❤️🙏🏽🇲🇽 I mean it, every week something new, both long or short. These readings are not hurried neither compromised in any way. This seems amazing considering the circumstances. Thanks again, I’m in.

Very well read, Ian👍

This was a very chilling and exciting tale. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Splendid narration as always. Thank you.

Great reading, Ian. I'd never heard this one before. It was quite intriguing, but it left me with a lot of unanswered questions. 🤔

A wonderful channel and narration

Great story thank you 😊.

Thank you ❤

Thank you 🙏

Neat story, although I don't get what was so scary about it.

Thank you!

my goodness, another good Lovecraft. beautifully read. and so involving being in the New York i used to know. (must be the cthulhu stories i don't particularly care for.)

:) love it

Lovecraft Therapy. Thank you.

Hey this was amazing!

Having recently watched a few documentaries and short videos on HPL, many parts of this narrator sound as if from HPL's personal diary but with a bit of 'cyclopean' flare.

Thank you. Nostalgic. When the man showed the future of New York - here at 21:58, I caught myself thinking: Oh, the protagonist just glimpsed some Chinese people dancing to jazz music :-)

I'm so excited

This is crazy fun. Sounds a Little like a S. King work, at very end. Thanks so much.

unwholesome centuries of decay!!!!! my socks after 12 hr shift!!!

Don't worry man I felt the same way when I visited New York.

God, that was frightening. I'm just glad He never finished writing We, They, or Me. And when I say Me, I mean Me. Thanks for reading us this one only. Excuisite narration.

Scary as hell!

Although his xenophobia must have been painful to him, it sometimes makes me laugh uproariously. A part, not all, but certainly part, of his genius was fueled by his fears.

Here we go..x

Reminds me of Big Trouble in Little China.

Not to sound impolite, but I still find "The Mountains of Madness" to be my favorite reading you have done so far, even if it is four hours and thirty eight minutes long =). I wanted to ask you, ever thought of actually reading the stories from a Necronomicon? I own two, one written by author Simon (Last name wasn't listed) and the other by Donald Tyson. Both very...fascinating and cryptic.

I am guessing he wrote this based on his own experiences living in New York? I know he was not a fan of his time there and his description of it at the start felt very... personal lol

A key story in terms of Lovecraft as a person. It not only highlights his disgust at the city he had come to live in, but also betrays his fairly obvious homosexual leanings in the figure of "He". The fear and attraction to this figure is illustrative.

A little bit confused by this one, maybe it needs another listen, great reading as always.

Wholeness and balanced vibrations thanks for the upload

Nothing helps me sleep like these do

👍🏼👍🏼

HPL >really< didn't like his experience of trying to "make it" in New York City! 😆

Not big on Lovecraft, but I’ll give it a try.

Love hp lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith

ahh, daytime New York - depression fits right in. (it's a lot cleaner and brighter now, but i remember that New York he's talking about.) New York at night can be fairy-like - very different. . . still, i think he must have been on something LOL

poor man saw a Tekashi 69 music video when he saw future new york

HIM!! D8

YOG!

“Hee Hee” by Michael Jackson I’m sorry I’m tired

Audiobook Fanatic 😉

It's funny how Lovecraft just assumes the reader can relate to his bigotry and will likewise find the idea of a city overrun by Asians horrifying. However, a dark mass of Native American ghosts breaking down the door with tomahawks is one of the greatest visuals in literature, as is He revealing his period costume.

The ancient city of New York...sure

the author saw stars ✨ in New York!? when was this written? was it two or three? LOL 😛 🌟

Love these readings awesome keep them comming lol

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This is perhaps the second most annoying horror title after "It". Excellent job though, Ian!

"Betwixt"???

Vast antiquity... not something I would associate with New York

I like H.P. Lovecraft, but he over uses "cyclopian"

now, that was a story with more than one hint at lovecraft's infamous intolerance of minority peoples. talking about how some blue eyed person is an innocent and the 'swarthy' people are ruining the area. yikes. but also, rats in the walls, demonstrates pretty well too, how lovecraft feels about race. ahem, the name of his seven year old cat.

Admire H.P. craft immensely, the racist person not so much!!!😎

Is it just me or is the strange man (the eponymous HE) appear to be a personification of Lovecraft's own rascism. Almost like he was struggling with the ideas that had been beaten into his head by his old blood aristocratic father and schizophrenic mother.