What this story taught me: Devilish love is best when a contraceptive is used. 😈

We currently have crazy storms and I am so glad I now have a new appropriate story to listen to!

One: It was sometime during those yawning early morning hours; before yet another lurid dawn had begun to smoulder angrily beneath the bleak and desolate horizon that surrounds Newport on every side (Day-trips and other excursions to Newport may be booked from Horrorbabble Enterprises,) that Randolph Carter rolled out of his bed and slipped into a pair of Shocking Pink Furry-Cthulhu Slippers, (Furry-Cthulhu Slippers are available in all 8 colors and also in Paisley from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £16,) and put on his favorite, “I was At the Mountains of Madness and all I got was this lousy tee shirt,” tee shirt, (available in various sizes from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £26,) and groped for a nearly empty box of Kingsport, “What a friend I have in Lucifer,” matches, (Kingsport matches in all varieties are available from Horrorbabble Enterprises price £6 per carton.) His fingers found the single unspent match that was still left, he struck it deftly and quickly lit the gas.

Cheers! Sweet dreams tonight for sure...

Hey dude, today at the bookstore, one of the cashiers recommended this channel to me, im excited to start watching your vids!

Finally here!!! Taking a break from chores. Been waiting so I'm diving in as it were. 💀

The Fringes of the Mythos series, including excellent short stories like "The Crib of Hell" and "Hydra", is absolutely wonderful and a welcome addition to HB's already vast archive of fine adaptations. Excellent again, HorrorBabble. (SLIGHT SPOILER:) Btw, "The Crib of Hell" is a worthwhile reworking of a cpl HP Lovecraft tales including "The Dunwich Horror" and will seem familiar, along w/"Hydra", in a welcome way to fans of Mr. Lovecraft and the many fine writers who added salient stories to his compelling mythos.

KZfaq has figured out a way to place ads in the middle of a short story. It is a horror and a terror to me.

I would not have remained sane while working at my PhD without the help of your macabre readings, Ian. Keep up with the good work.

What a great name for a town in a story like this. Surprised that this is a little known story. It's right up there with the best. Thank you!

Oh I really loved this story! It reminds me of Unnamed Offspring- brilliantly read, thank you Ian!👍👹

When they started talking about planning how to kill it, I was like "Just throw a frag grenade or a stick of dynamite through the feeding hole and blow it up" :P

I REALLY REALLY like the art for this one. That's some top notch stuff. I'm waiting to listen to the story before bedtime. I'm babysitting my cat right now (she's high maintenance. If I didn't work from home, I'd come home every day to everything in my house being shredded or pooped on), but I wanted to voice my humble opinion about the thumbnail art. That's really good art. Also, Pendragon is an AWESOME handle. I bet that guy was a chick magnet with a name like Art Pendragon.

This story is the perfect poster hell-child for this new series. Spectacular read Ian.

A sacrifice to the Al gor ithm 🙌

I love the fringe mythos tales plz keep finding these.

So this is an enjoyable horror story. Very atmospheric with an appropriately horrible ghoul as well. The one thing that does bug me, is that if you're not familiar with Clark Ashton's Smith's Nameless Offspring you might miss the mythos connection. So it could probably use some explanation for how it fits into the mythos somewhere in the intro.

If anyone would know about dysfunctional families it would be Arthur Pendragon 🧐

The crib maybe of hell, but Horror Babble and the Rue Morgue magazine are a match made in heaven!

This one a great one! I like it took place in Connecticut and mentioned the natives. Love me some New England with my mythos.

that gorgeous music at the end... you spoil me

King Arthur wrote horror stories?

Cool story horror babble and thank you for your great narrations, You are a treasure in the horror genre

Thanks for another fantastic video Ian!

This is an amazing story! It is truly awesome and well-written. The plot is amazing and the characters are pretty neat. I agree this is one of those stories on the "fringe" of the mythos. I would like to hear more from this author and am glad to hear you will be narrating more of their stories. As always, great narration!! Thanks!

arthur pendragon? unbelievably on the nose penname lol

This reminds me of The Nameless Offspring by Clark Aston Smith

How I love HorrorBabble! Gives me just that little chill up the spine...

Perfect timing for a bed story!

This was a story! I could not interrupt for a moment. And the voice of Ian! Perfect!

Great story, loved it...!

A Mythos Horror based on a Poe character -- no wonder the kid was messed up! Cheers Warren, himself a "classic" Mythos character, part of the canon!

Well enjoyed .thank u Ian u find the best gems 🙏💜

Oh 🖤 your voice telling us stories! 🖤📖📬🪄🕳️🔮🪦📿

A great horror story told very well. Thank you!

Amazing as always, Ian's narration never fails to vying a story to life

What a finale, what a finale!

Keep up the good work you two and, as always, stay safe!

I really enjoyed this one. Thank you!

that was compelling. tyvm,ian.

HorrorBabble!

Yo MTV Cribs From Hell!

This was incredibly well written, thank you Ian

The following humble/likely redundant suggestion was inspired by recent readings of the excellent "The Terror From the Depths" (F Lieber) & Wolf's "Lord of the Land" which evoked thoughts re: HB productions of these & other works from Lieber the best of the HPL-derivative gang would make fine additions to HB's already expansive offerings. I also just read Cardin's "Teeth" (an astounding tale of the Lovecraftian cosmic horror theme taken to an ultimate existential extreme) and Campbell's "Cold Print", which (SPOILER) presents a monstrous entity even more potent than Cthulhu and which is is more than adequately entertaining. Additionally, there's the astounding short story "Lord of the Land" from the fertile mind of author Gene Wolf. It's a dense, well-textured and intensely engaging tale which, each time I read it, becomes an increasingly entertaining, edifying and stunning cosmic (placed in a largely Egyptian context) horror experience with the emphasis on terrifyingly disturbing and just overall dope AF. So, acknowledging HB's well-demonstrated, clearly comprehensive knowledge of all tales terrifying, proven ability to produce quality narrations, understanding licensing and running a YT channel, I'd like to present a humble suggestion: (Additional) productions inspired by the likes of Fritz Lieber, R. Campbell & some of the better of the many mythos writers including M. Cardin et al. HorrorBabble's ability to produce the highest possible quality narrations and radio-plays would absolutely enhance the experience of these works, and it's my hope that the good people at HB has or will have these authors' works on their to-do list. All of that being said, I realize, of course, that this suggestion is sheer folly as HB is well ahead of the likes of myself in these matters. But hey: Fritz Lieber's "The Terror From the Depths" and Ramsey Campbell's "Cold Print" - if licensing isn't an issue, what is not to love? Please forgive my presumption and ignorant if well-intentioned two cents. (Bows deeply in subservience)

Great story. Excellent job!

Stunning. You actually care for the characters (except the maniacally cruel chap for whom feel no sympathy 🤣) x

As as sidenote, King Arthur makes a fleeting cameo appearance in the method story ‘The Horror Under Penmire’ by Adrian Cole

Superb reading, thank you.

Love your channel mate

Loved this one need more please oh please

Thank you Ian! Another intriguing tale!

Extremely awesome illustration for this terrible tale!

Interesting story!

I haven't been here for awhile and damn l miss it.

Bravo.

Listening from the ukwales❤

A fine gothic tale.

He needs a space hamster Go for the eyes Boo

OH BABEYYYYY ITS 9:30PM IVE ARRIVED AND IM READYYYY

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For some reason this reminds me of dark shadows 😄

Love your work, which really helps me during sleepless nights. I don't know if you've ever had a request for trigger warnings to be listed in the video description before, but seeing the word crib in there makes me a little adverse to checking this one out. Obviously, no pressure - I can always count on horrors at sea or space to be sufficiently removed from my own personal terrors

_spoiler alert_ So it really was just a hell caterpillar. It didn't hang itself by accident, that's what caterpillars do before they start cocooning.

Just a thought-- I wonder if anyone actually tried to be nice to the hell-child.

Wow. That was delicious.

❤

just in time from another busy day for a lovely Horror Babble story to lull me to sleep 😴🏞️🌌🪟📗📚🪄

Excited about this series, dreading any gore or terror involving babies. Hopefully this isn't that brand of awful. I'll let you know lol.

Woooah

Hey, am I crazy or are there now a bunch of horror stories on KZfaq narrated by AI? Am I losing it? Because they sound like people, but there's something not quite right. Plus like a bunch of channels with a lot of uploads on the same day...I'm old someone please help.

How is this on the fringes of the Cthulhu mythos? I reads like a standard gothic horror, probably inspired by old witch trials and the legend of Glamis.

Is it wrong that I side with the child?

:D

#772-✅👍

Honestly, this story didn't do it for me. It is, as always, very well delivered, but it felt to me like the literary equivalent of an old Hollywood pulp monster movie such as Frankenstein Vs The Wolfman...

"Jesus Christ.." -- Me

The horror is how a deformed and mentally ill human was treated. Geesh

Very rare for me, but I did not like this story and want to delete it from my watch later list and watch history.👎🏻

*I am R’LYEH fhtagn excited to begin this cosmic journey into the Mythos!!* 🌊🦑🪐💫🌌

Always look forward to new stories. I end up going down rabbit holes but I feel like I've been spoiled with your readings. Y'all have set a very high bar.

lol, this one was good.