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"The Whisperer in Darkness" by H.P. Lovecraft; "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce (The King In Yellow Part 2/2)

"The Whisperer in Darkness" by H.P. Lovecraft; "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce (The King In Yellow Part 2/2)

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This week we discuss the stories “An Inhabitant of Carcosa" and "Haïta the Shepherd" by Ambrose Bierce and The Whisperer in Darkness by H.P. Lovecraft.


The more I read, the less I know. I feel just like a Lovecraft protagonist seeking forbidden knowledge!


Time Codes
  • 02:14 "Haïta the Shepherd"
  • 05:35 “An Inhabitant of Carcosa"
  • 07:23 Thoughts on Bierce
  • 15:15 Introduction to Lovecraft
  • 17:42 “The Whisperer in Darkness”
  • 24:28 Where is the King in Yellow?
  • 28:24 Jonah loses his mind
  • 33:22 Back to Lovecraft
  • 39: 03 Wrapping up


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Next week we will be reading Parts 1 and 2 of Red Rising, the sci-fi novel by Pierce Brown. See you then!


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