Lost in the Wilds of Horror Episode 5: "Genius Loci" "Genius Loci" is a short story by American writer, Clark Ashton Smith, which first appeared in the June 1933 edition of Weird Tales Magazine. The tale tells of a painter’s strange account of a meadow he felt compelled to draw. Chapters: 00:15 - Introduction 00:45 - Genius Loci Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon and Jennifer Gill 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
@thefisherking78
2 жыл бұрын
That siren song though 😬 What a great piece. I'm laid up in a hotel room sick and lonely, bingeing your back catalog along with a few other things. Thank you for making all this great material!
@HorrorBabble
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks again, Jeffrey!
@geoffreyrichards6079
2 жыл бұрын
This story’s theme seems right at home with all the internet stories regarding liminal spaces and the eerie feeling of dread they generate.
@jamiecameron7615
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! Can't get enough Clark Ashton Smith!! Thank you very much!!
@donaldmccleary9015
Жыл бұрын
This was a very interesting story. Great job, Ian! Thanks.
@riassslave558
5 жыл бұрын
a gem often overlooked ~ thanx once again I can't get enough of this stuff!!!!
@joz6683
3 жыл бұрын
Cannot believe that I had never heard of this writer until a short while ago. I am now addicted to his work and the narration is perfect. Thanks for both the story and the voice, both are a perfect way to end the day. Well done all involved I cannot recommend this channel or thanks those behind it enough.
@shelleymarquis2887
Жыл бұрын
This one always gets to me on a deeper level than most. It makes me wary of going to my barn, especially after dark, as it sits in a low, damp bowl built (not by me) on the alluvial soil of an old land slip that creates a half bowl of almost vertical walls on three sides where old dead trees lean over the edge and each rainfall causes them to threaten their collapse more and more. Within the past few years the living oaks, pines and poplars have been attacked by invasive, non local fungi which are slowly killing them as well. From being my natural refuge in a busy world, the whole aspect has become, well, infected. I can't think of another word that fits, and I've tried. My horse and donkeys are reluctant to enter it, even for food and to escape into the fans and shade in the heat and bugs of summer. The change in the feel of the place is remarkable, to all of us, and this story captures it beautifully. Thank you for offering it to us. Makes me know it's not just me.
@cnkclark
3 жыл бұрын
Man, now I want a follow-on story where someone discovers or inherits 4 oil paintings and 2 watercolor drawings depicting a stagnant meadow pool of ineffably sinister character, and becomes obssessed with solving their mystery...
@michaelsmyth6296
3 жыл бұрын
There is a sunken pool deep in the forests near a small town I lived in for a short time. You follow an off trail to an off trail and then a deer trail into the tightly packed maples and underbrush to the clearing.....
@Chezbo
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite short stories.
@spencerhardy8667
5 жыл бұрын
My favourite Ashton Smith story. It ranks alongside MR James "Whistle" in the world's best spooky spirit stories
@ADITADDICTS
5 жыл бұрын
Another of my favorite authors and a native Californian like myself. He may have been born in So Cal, but he was 100% Nor Cal in heart and mind!
@ViktoriousDead
3 жыл бұрын
California sucks
@ADITADDICTS
3 жыл бұрын
@@ViktoriousDead Yes it does. Just like yo mamma.
@Chezbo
5 жыл бұрын
I really like this story, it's creepy AF.
@12201185234
5 жыл бұрын
You're back! And with a fantastic story.
@leebrockbank9627
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your rendition. Hope you enjoyed your holiday
@austencobine864
5 жыл бұрын
This will be a good Clark Ashton Smith. Great Choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@remc0s
4 жыл бұрын
Kind off reminds me of Stephen King's N, about a man who becomes obsessed with a field and the stonehenge-like structure in it.
@robynmarler1951
Жыл бұрын
I find it very hard to imagine a sinister meadow!
@JUNKMECH
5 жыл бұрын
Hey guys, what's the best place to download some of your audiobooks in preparation for a road trip?
@jamiecameron7615
5 жыл бұрын
They are on Bandcamp, Audible and Spotify. Have a great trip!
@Rossion64
4 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. I can't get enough of your work. I particularly like this one
@gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819
5 жыл бұрын
Scary-as-shit cool!!!🖤☻💀☠🦇👻🕷🕸
@Tacklepig
Жыл бұрын
"Loci" actually isn't pronounced "low-sigh". It's pronounced more like "low-key". GOD that triggers me.
@HorrorBabble
Жыл бұрын
Our reference for the word was the Cambridge Dictionary: dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/loci I'm not disagreeing with you though, as I believe linguists are revising their interpretation of Latin these days. I don't speak Latin, so it's always a tough call. Ian
@sonnetlikely
3 жыл бұрын
I am absolutely and unabashedly addicted. Well done.
@blowitoutyourcunt7675
5 жыл бұрын
I live for your offerings of Ashton Clark Smith, thanks for this! Fastastic narration, as always! Cheers mate!
@tikkidaddy
5 жыл бұрын
Well here we are...this should be great...
@chernobylFarms
4 жыл бұрын
Viperous inchoate puff. Feeding the puff. Voracious Puff.
@kaf890890
4 жыл бұрын
I always appreciate how you share the year the story was written or released. I’ve always been interested in associated facts like that. Thanks again for keeping me entertained and helping me sleep.
@bobcadaver8641
5 жыл бұрын
What a classic! Thanks, CAS isn’t nearly as well known as he should be.
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