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"The Seven Geases" by Clark Ashton Smith / Hyperborean Cycle

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"The Seven Geases" is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by American author, Clark Ashton Smith. The story, which first appeared in Weird Tales in October 1934, tells of the adventures of a huntsman in the strange caverns of the Tsathoggua worshippers, the Voormis.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - The Seven Geases
54:21 - Further Listening

"The Lovecraft Circle" comprised six authors: Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, Frank Belknap Long, Clark Ashton Smith, and Lovecraft himself. Our Lovecraft Circle playlist, consists of 13 Cthulhu Mythos stories penned by members of the circle other than Lovecraft. Further stories will enter the public domain in the future, but as of January 2020, this is as complete as the playlist will get without acquiring permissions, etc: Lovecraft Circle Cthulhu Mythos Stories

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20 Comments

@HorrorBabble Creator 2 years ago Pinned

The Complete Hyperborean Cycle: https://fantasybabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-hyperborean-cycle

@RangerOfTheOrder 2 years ago

It should be titled "The Seven Roasts"
He just gets verbally torn apart at every turn and it's hilarious

@michaelconnell1010 6 years ago

In which we learn Lovecraftian horrors are surprisingly polite and good neighbors to one another.

@acidnine3692 5 years ago

"we're all aware that this amounted to a game of Eldritch hot potato, aren't we?"

@lillianwhite760 6 years ago

This was hilarious! Mighty hero hunter is rude. Gets passed along from monster to monster, each one finding him inconsequential or useless or repulsive. Falls in a hole. 😂

@ryanmattox7408 5 years ago

Archetypes: Get lost, uggo, maybe that dickhead Abboth will mistake for his kid.

Abboth: Those assholes said what?!? You’re not my child I wouldn’t eat you!

Hunter: ~~Internal sobbing~~

Demon Birb: Skraw! Skraw!

@rachweatherilll69 6 years ago

I gease his luck was up. Sheesh, shut up Rachel

@josephskiles 6 years ago

It's sad Smith often doesn't get the notice that Lovecraft or Howard does, the man had a great way with words and his paintings are something special in their own write .

Great job on the narration on this.

@GoatOfTheWoods 5 years ago

Clark Ashton Smith is simply amazing, his style is elegant and unique, and i can't not imagine what an amazing adventure / dark fantasy game this story would make.

@greatpower6063 6 years ago

Me and the boys at 3am, kitted out and hunting alien monsters.

@CountingHouse 6 years ago

This is like if Crom prank orders a pizza to the Ephiloegean Mountains and all the room mate monster bros are too polite to make good on it.

@PaladinFinn 1 year ago

Gotta love how you do amazing different voices for each creature very well

@epiendless1128 5 years ago

This could be a Hell devised by a deity who considers re-gifting a sin.

@robertwalker-smith2739 6 years ago

I remember reading that Mount Voormithadreth is called that because it's the addreth of the Voormith.

@Bashamo257 6 years ago

This sounds like the script of a great D&D one-shot

@AffyisAffy 5 years ago

I love how this morphs from adventure, to horror, then comedy. CAS is way underated. Excellent reading and voices. I love the little echo effect you have for the spoken lines in the cave.

@williamfawkes8379 3 years ago

In my memory, this is the only story I've ever heard that contains the word Archaeopteryx. This is a rather unique distinction, among the many other special qualities this tale possesses. That particular word is, furthermore, one of the least obscure of the deliberately placed word puzzles that await those who venture into the realms of Klarkash-Ton.

@ukaszstrzelecki9157 5 years ago

That was… interesting story to say the least. But the voices of the creatures, awesome!

@Self-replicating_whatnot 6 years ago

Eldritch FedEx quest.

@nikolaihanuschak191 6 years ago

This is hands down one of my favorite Cthulhu Mythos stories, as well as Clark Ashton Smith stories. Oh how the pompous Lord Rallibar Vooz "3rd cousin to King Homquat himself" was put to the test, as a true Hunter. LOL