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"King of the Forgotten People" by Robert E. Howard

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"King of the Forgotten People" is a short story by Robert E. Howard, first appearing in Magazine of Horror in its Summer 1966 edition, incorrectly titled, VALLEY OF THE LOST. The story tells of Jim Brill, and his strange journey into the hidden city of Khor.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - One
11:20 - Two
41:02 - Three
52:40 - Further Listening

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20 Comments

@Cornbredsnakes 2 years ago

Man, Here's hoping things get better for Warren in 2025

@aramere3650 2 years ago (edited)

I know Conan isn't, strictly speaking, horror, but there are many Conan stories by Howard that are either centered around or have a prominent element of horror. Add to the fact that general consensus (as well as the authors) places it in the same world as Lovecraft's stories, much like Smith's Hyperborean Cycle, and I feel that there is a good argument for Ian Gordon narrating Conan stories with his *divine narrative voice*

@sarge4455 2 years ago

I love this damn channel

@Jolis_Parsec 2 years ago

I listened to this while scrubbing toilets at my workplace and it really made the tedium of cleaning up after others much more bearable. 😂

@WilliamStreiff 2 years ago

Writer's like Lovecraft and Howard Died way too Young,,So very Sad 🥺🥺

@AcornElectron 2 years ago

“ 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!

@HobbesFTW 2 years ago

Only noon where i live, but it's a holiday, so i couldn't wait til dusk lol

@trajanfidelis 2 years ago

I auto like anything by R.E. Howard.

@ashtonackerman9246 2 years ago

Love REH. I also instantly pictured Brendan Fraser from the Mummy as the protagonist. This was pure Pulp (I mean that as a compliment).

@YouTubeIsRunByMarxists 2 years ago

Warren was spotted in Vienna, selling hand-made facsimiles of medieval manuscripts to the tourists for incredible sums of money.

@patrickmarqueztv 2 years ago

Your voice reminds me of the lazy sunday radio programs here in the phillipines it take me back when life was not complicated

@shadownet3d 2 years ago

A Robert E Howard story I had not heard before. Wahoo! Great reading as always!

@collette3428 2 years ago

Your channel has helped me work through the monotony of data entry in a work from home arrangement. Thank you!

@Anoneeyemos 2 months ago

pouring one out for Warren. rest in peace king

@AndromedaKirin 2 years ago

I started listening to this story last night and immediately fell asleep lol. Now for attempt #2. Love you, Ian!

@BlankPageEmperor1334 2 years ago

YES I AM /NEVER/ THIS EARLY

Warren, alas, is late. 😢

@benjimlem1284 2 years ago

"for what is a man?"
A miserable little pile of secrets? Oh wait...

@DaphneInnerarity 11 months ago

THUS IS what I'll call a DECENT HORROR. SERIES. ..

@James_is_around_somewhere 11 months ago

I hate, not those creatures, but the idea of them. One has to respect a species that has lasted 300 million years; amazing.

@soulreaver1983 2 years ago

Magnificent as always thanks Ian!🙂👍