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[Gweilo]

A new reading of HPL stories:

Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft

The entire Dream Cycle created by H. P. Lovecraft.
Azathoth
The Descendant
The Thing in the Moonlight
Polaris
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Cats of Ulthar
Celephais
From Beyond
Nyarlathotep
The Nameless City
The Other Gods
Ex Oblivione
The Quest of Iranon
The Hound
Hypnos
What the Moon Brings
Pickman's Model
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kaddath
The Silver Key
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Dreams in the Witch House
Through the Gates of the Silver Key

Read by Robertson Dean, Simon Vance, Sean Runnette, Elija Alexander, Stefan Rudnicki, Bronson Pinchot, Simon Prebble, Tom Weiner, Malcolm Hillgartner, & Jon Lescault.

[Gweilo]

The latest Dark Adventures Radio Theatre episodes:
03 The Shadow Out of Time
11 The Horror at Red Hook
12 Dagon: War of Worlds
13 A Solstice Carol
14 The White Tree
15 The Thing on the Doorstep
16 The Brotherhood of the Beast
17 The Haunter of the Dark
18 The Rats in the Walls
18a The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
And noticed,

"Harrison Squared - Daryl Gregory"  YA Lovecraftian novel. On Harrison’s first day at school, his mother, a marine biologist, disappears at sea. Harrison must attempt to solve the mystery of her accident, which puts him in conflict with a strange church, a knife­wielding killer, and the Deep Ones, fish­-human hybrids that live in the bay. It will take all his resources—and an unusual host of allies—to defeat the danger and find his mother.

[Gweilo]

Haven't read these myself yet, but Caitlín R Kiernan has been called a "dark fantasy" and "Lovecraftian" writer.

Two collections of her works here:

https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/caitlin-r-kiernan-collection-caitlin-r-kiernan-3/
https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/caitlin-r-kiernan-collection-caitlin-r-kiernan-2/
-- Both still seeded as of Jan 2019, but you might have to wait a few days to get them.


See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitl%C3%ADn_R._Kiernan

PS -- have now started on "her "Deep Time" series, and it is very well written, slow burning.
Kiernan was a palaeontologist and uses that knowledge in the story -- combining trilobites with the Great Old Ones.

[Sherlock19]

I am also just dipping my toes into the Lovecraft universe. So far, I've actually really enjoyed a new(er) series by one of my favorite authors, Jonathan L. Howard

Carter & Lovecraft (1)
https://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Carter-Lovecraft-Audiobook/B016CB1XIS

After the End of the World (2)
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/After-the-End-of-the-World-Audiobook/B076TMYY42

Same main characters with a continuing story. I've requested that the first book be uploaded in the forum, but have not heard back yet. Funny, Dark, Detective Story, with Lovecraft.

I would also recommend,

Meddling Kids
https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/meddling-kids-edgar-cantero

Scooby Doo meets Lovecraft!

[Gweilo]

Meddling Kids
https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/meddling-kids-edgar-cantero
Scooby Doo meets Lovecraft!

That is actually a really well-written book.
Not campy at all, despite the premise.
A bit like Lovecraft Country in  respecting the mythos but having a completely different take on it.

The "Andrew Doran" series by  Matthew Davenport

Dr. Andrew Doran has been out of touch with the major civilizations for quite a while. When an emissary from his alma mater demands his assistance, Andrew is in such a state that he has no choice but to help.

The Nazis have taken the Necronomicon from Miskatonic University's library. With it they could call upon every form of darkness and use the powers of the void to destroy all who stand in the way of obtaining unlimited power.
 -- you can get the ebook here: https://filescdn.net/457x8iez3ydb

Two audiobooks:

The Statement of Andrew Doran
Andrew Doran at the Mountains of Madness

Requested today, not filled as of writing.

[Lieve]

Peter Clines have written some excellent books heavily inspired by Lovecraft. 14 and The Fold spring to mind. Both are on the site.

[Gweilo]

Rationality Zero: A Cyberpunk Espionage Tale of Eldritch Horror - The Dossiers of Asset 108 - JM Guillen Shared by:SophieNYC When activated, Michael becomes Asset 108, a cyberenhanced human who stands against the strange darkness that lurks at the edge of our world. Armed with equipment that most would find impossible to comprehend, he is sent on missions both strange and deadly. Each dossier pits him against irrational creatures and beings - most with the power to unravel his sanity or reality itself. It’s never a simple job." It's a good bet that any book using "Eldritch" in the title or subtitle is going to be Lovecraftian.

JM Guillen has been writing a series of stories and books:

"The entirety of it is named  The Paean of Sundered Dreams and is a multi-genre, universe-spanning array of tales with Lovecraftian themes.
Some of the strands of this work are science fiction, some fantasy, and some steampunk, but they share the same horrific universe. They weft and weave together, each leaving breadcrumbs of clues for the overarching story."

Pretty ambitious in scope, and he seems to have a fanbase. I think he's self published, but fairly professional.

[Gweilo]

That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley Shared by:tufr Miskatonic University has a long-whispered reputation of being strongly connected to all things occult and supernatural. From the faculty to the students, the fascination with other-worldly legends and objects runs rampant. So, when Carter Weston’s professor Dr. Thayerson asks him to search a nearby village for a book that is believed to control the inhuman forces that rule the Earth, Incendium Maleficarum, the student doesn’t hesitate to begin the quest. Weston’s journey takes an unexpected turn, however, when he ventures into a tavern in the small town of Anchorhead. Rather than passing the evening as a solitary patron, Weston joins four men who regale him with stories of their personal experiences with forces both preternatural and damned. Two stories hit close to home as they tie the tellers directly to Weston’s current mission. His unanticipated role as passive listener proves fortuitous, and Weston fulfills his goal. Bringing the book back to Miskatonic, though, proves to be a grave mistake. Quickly, Weston realizes he has played a role in potentially opening the gate between the netherworld and the world of man. Reversing the course of events means forgetting all he thought he knew about Miskatonic and his professor and embracing an unknown beyond his wildest imagination.

[Gweilo]

The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe - Peter Clines Shared by:Mel_Gibson Recently discovered amidst the papers of the 20th-century writer and historian H. P. Lovecraft is what claims to be the true story of Robinson Crusoe. Taken from the castaway’s own journals and memoirs, and fact-checked by Lovecraft himself, it is free from many of Defoe’s edits and alterations. From Lovecraft’s work a much smoother, simpler tale emerges - but also a far more disturbing one. Here Crusoe is revealed as a man bearing the terrible curse of the werewolf and the guilt that comes with it - a man with no real incentive to leave his island prison. The cannibals who terrorized Crusoe are revealed to be less human than ever before hinted at - worshippers of a malevolent octopus-headed god. And the island itself is a place of ancient, evil mysteries that threaten Crusoe’s sanity - and his very soul.

[Gweilo]

Lovecraft’s Monsters - Ellen Datlow Shared by:Gweilo  In the century since the master of horror, H. P. Lovecraft, published his first story, the monstrosities that crawled out of his brain have become legend: the massive, tentacled Cthulhu, who lurks beneath the sea waiting for his moment to rise; the demon Sultan Azathoth, who lies babbling at the center of the universe, mad beyond imagining; the Deep Ones, who come to shore to breed with mortal men; and the unspeakably-evil Hastur, whose very name brings death. These creatures have been the nightmarish fuel for generations of horror writers, and the inspiration for some of their greatest works. This impressive anthology celebrates Lovecraft’s most famous beasts in all their grotesque glory, with each story a gripping new take on a classic mythos creature and affectionately accompanied by an illuminating illustration. Within these accursed pages something unnatural slouches from the sea into an all-night diner to meet the foolish young woman waiting for him, while the Hounds of Tindalos struggle to survive trapped in human bodies, haunting pool halls for men they can lure into the dark. Strange, haunting, and undeniably monstrous, this is Lovecraft as you have never seen him before.

[queenofspain]

Kraken by China Mieville Shared by:dark_scarab In the Darwin Centre at London's Natural History Museum, Billy Harrow, a cephalopod specialist, is conducting a tour whose climax is meant to be the Centre's prize specimen of a rare Architeuthis dux-better known as the Giant Squid. But Billy's tour takes an unexpected turn when the squid suddenly and impossibly vanishes into thin air. As Billy soon discovers, this is the precipitating act in a struggle to the death between mysterious but powerful forces in a London whose existence he has been blissfully ignorant of until now, a city whose denizens-human and otherwise-are adept in magic and murder. All of them-and others-are in pursuit of Billy, who inadvertently holds the key to the missing squid, an embryonic god whose powers, properly harnessed, can destroy all that is, was, and ever shall be.

[Gweilo]

The Mythos War (1-2) - Levi Black Shared by:zbatman Red Right Hand Charlie Tristan Moore arrives home one night to find herself under attack by three monstrous skinhounds straight out of a nightmare. Just as hope seems lost, she is saved by a sinister Man in Black, dressed in a long, dark coat that seems to possess a life of its own and wielding a black-bladed sword in his grisly red right hand. Black Goat Blues Now armed with a magic coat made from the skin of a flayed angel, Charlie is out to destroy The Man In Black and save her boyfriend Daniel–and she doesn’t care how many bloodthirsty gods and monsters get in her way…

[Whitewolf]

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few I've read than gave me the creeps, though Lovecraft in general was never my cup of tea.

The Croning, by Laird Barron. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159780231X Torrent -----> https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/the-croning-laird-barron-3/ Strange things exist on the periphery of our existence, haunting us from the darkness looming beyond our firelight. Black magic, weird cults and worse things loom in the shadows. The Children of Old Leech have been with us from time immemorial. And they love us... Donald Miller, geologist and academic, has walked along the edge of a chasm for most of his nearly eighty years, leading a charmed life between endearing absent-mindedness and sanity-shattering realization. Now, all things must converge. Donald will discover the dark secrets along the edges, unearthing savage truths about his wife Michelle, their adult twins, and all he knows and trusts. For Donald is about to stumble on the secret... ...of The Croning. From Laird Barron, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of The Imago Sequence and Occultation, comes The Croning, a debut novel of cosmic horror. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Darkness on the Edge of Town, by Brian Keene.   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193638356X Torrent -----> https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/darkness-on-the-edge-of-town-brian-keene/ A favorite of mine.  I picked it up on a whim one night at the bookstore because the premise sounded promising; as I read it, I realized how Lovecraftian this book was.  Read it, you’ll see what I mean. One morning the residents of Walden, Virginia, woke up to find the rest of the world gone. Just . . . gone. Surrounding their town was a wall of inky darkness, plummeting Walden into permanent night. Nothing can get in – not light, not people, not even electricity, radio, TV, internet, food, or water. And nothing can get out. No one who dared to penetrate the mysterious barrier has ever been seen again. Only their screams were heard. But for some, the darkness is not the worst of their fears. Driven mad by thirst, hunger, and perpetual night, the residents of Walden are ready to explode. The last few sane prisoners of this small town must prepare a final stand against their neighbors, themselves, and something even worse . . . something out there . . . in the darkness.

The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich, by Fritz Leiber. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312866224 No Audiobook available Written in the 1930s, lost in the 1950s, and finally published in 1990s, this is one of Fritz Leiber’s more eclectic works. Part horror story and part science fiction whodunit, the tale begins as George Cramer arrives in Smithville, California, home of his college friends Daniel Kesserich and John Ellis. Ellis’s wife has died under mysterious circumstances, and now both he and Kesserich have gone missing. The townspeople seem to be hiding a hideous secret, and Cramer suspects all the clues lead back to unusual experiments Kesserich was conducting. A gripping tale in the style of H. P. Lovecraft but told with the grace of Leiber… In 1936, young Leiber, then in correspondence with the famous writer H.P. Lovecraft, drafted this eerie story.

[Gweilo]

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few I've read than gave me the creeps

Looks interesting, but the focus is on audiobooks that have torrents
So, if you do upload, please add the links.

[Whitewolf]

Looks interesting, but the focus is on audiobooks that have torrents
So, if you do upload, please add the links.

Done :-)

[Gweilo]

Done :-)

Well done!

-- I see there is apparently no audio version of The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich, by Fritz Leiber.
You can get the ebook at Library Genesis:
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/fiction/5E8B878B5BA4990A346196DAB45BE50C

[Gweilo]

The Cthulhu Encryption A Romance of Piracy - Brian Stableford Shared by:XxSiCABySsXx The Shoggoths attack: “They had been so horrible before that I dare not say that they were any MORE horrible when they came again…. They were still unspeakable, still unthinkable–but whether I could speak or think of them or not, they were HERE.” Auguste Dupin is one of the few persons who can identify the rare Cthulhu Encryption etched in the flesh of a dying woman. The Comte de Saint-Germain owns a companion cryptogram that he believes is the key to finding a fabulous treasure buried by the pirate Levasseur. Harassed by Shoggoths and tracked by Saint-Germain, Dupin must find the key to the complex puzzle. Can the might of Cthulhu be held at bay? And even if he finds an answer, can he and his friends escape with their lives? A riveting horror novel.

[Gweilo]

The TV series based on Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country is coming out soon:
Looks good, but not actually very Lovecraftian.

[Gweilo]

Doctor Who: The Lovecraft Invasion - Robert Valentine Shared by:whackbag A Doctor Who (#6) /Lovecraft crossover from Big Finish. Written by Robert Valentine, Featuring Colin Baker, Lisa Greenwood The Doctor, Constance and Flip join forces with 51st-century bounty hunter, Calypso Jonze, to hunt down the Somnifax: a weaponised mind-parasite capable of turning its host’s nightmares into physical reality. Chasing it through the time vortex to Providence, Rhode Island in 1937, they arrive too late to stop it from latching onto a local author of weird fiction… Howard Phillips Lovecraft. With time running out before Lovecraft’s monstrous pantheon breaks free and destroys the world, the Doctor must enter Lovecraft’s mind to fight the psychic invader from within. Can he and Flip overcome the eldritch horrors of the Cthulhu Mythos? And will Constance and Calypso survive babysitting the infamously xenophobic Old Gentleman of Providence himself?

[Gweilo]

In the Mountains of Madness: The Life, Death, and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft - W. Scott Poole M4B  Shared by:ihophats MP3 Shared by:Haru55 Interweaves the biography of the legendary writer with an exploration of Lovecraft as a phenomenon. It aims to explain this reclusive figure, while also challenging some of the general views held by Lovecraft devotees, focusing specifically on the large cross-section of horror and science fiction fans who know Lovecraft through films, role-playing games, and video games directly influenced by his work, but know little or nothing about him. More than a traditional biography, it places Lovecraft and his work in a cultural context, as an artist more in tune with our time than his own. Much of the literary work on Lovecraft tries to place him in relation to Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James, or Arthur Machen; these ideas have little meaning for most contemporary listeners. In his provocative new book, W. Scott Poole reclaims the true essence of Lovecraft in relation to the comics of Joe Lansdale, the novels of Stephen King, and some of the biggest blockbuster films in contemporary America, proving the undying influence of this rare and significant figure.

[Gweilo]

Kings Of Miskatonic Prep Series Bks 1-3 - Steffanie Holmes Shared by:Shappy2014 HP Lovecraft meets Cruel Intentions in  this dark paranormal reverse harem bully romance. Book 1: Shunned Book 2: Initiated Book 3: Possessed I should have kept my mouth shut. I should have let them win. Now the kings of the school are out for my blood, … and they’re not the only ones. The fire took everything. My parents. My best friend. My life. Now I have a second chance. I only have to endure one year at this prestigious academy for rich snobs. One year of being the charity case no one wanted. One year of taunts and insults and bullying. Then I’m free. But I didn’t count on Trey, Ayaz, and Quinn. Arrogant, privileged, dangerous. Drop-dead fucking gorgeous. They want me gone. They want me to suffer. They’re determined to make my nightmares real. Tough luck, bully boys – I won’t hide away. I’m not afraid. But maybe… I should be.

[Gweilo]

Threshold Series (1-4) - Peter Clines Shared by:XxSiCABySsXx 14 Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. Every room in this old Los Angeles brownstone has a mystery or two. Mysteries that stretch back over a hundred years. Some of them are in plain sight. Some are behind locked doors. And all together these mysteries could mean the end of Nate and his friends. Or the end of everything… The Fold Far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to “fold” dimensions, it shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step. Evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn’t quite what it seems—and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret. Dead Moon In the year 2243, the Moon belongs to the dead. The largest graveyard in the solar system, it was the perfect solution to the overcrowding and environmental problems that had plagued mankind for centuries. And the perfect place for Cali Washington to run away from her past. But when a mysterious meteor crashes into one of the Moon’s cemeteries, Cali and her fellow Caretakers find themselves surrounded by a terrifying enemy force that outnumbers them more than a thousand to one. An enemy not hindered by the lack of air or warmth or sustenance. Terminus An uncharted island where the walls of reality are thin…and an apocalyptic threat is tearing its way through.

[Gweilo]

Arkham County: An Audible Original Drama - Guy Adams, AK Benedict Shared by:whackbag Read by David Annen, Emily Barber, Burn Gorman, Alex Kingston, Stuart Milligan, Stanley Tucci Format: M4B Bitrate: 128 Kbps Welcome to Arkham County. Population: 749,824. But that number’s dropping all of the time…. Lying northeast of Massachusetts, just south of Hell, Arkham County is somewhere you find yourself, not somewhere you ever mean to go. Once you do find it though, you’d better get used to living there, as you may be there for however long you have left to live. From within the walls of Arkham’s asylum, reclusive writer Randolph Carter tells the story of orphan Violet Flintock, who arrives in Arkham County in search of her own history only to be instantly greeted by the bloody realities of this small town, whose foundations are built from the lore and mythology of HP Lovecraft. In this Audible Original production, Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada, Fortitude) leads a cast to introduce you to the horrific, bizarre and just plain weird world of Arkham County. This HP Lovecraft-inspired tale will delight fans and those unfamiliar with his wild, surreal and terrifying horror stories.

[stormie303]

If you mean cosmic horror
this is fairly good especially 14
https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/threshold-series-1-4-peter-clines/

The Scarifyers series by Bafflegab has cosmic horror elements and is funny too
https://audiobookbay.lu/?s=scarifyers

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Brian Keene
https://audiobookbay.lu/audio-books/darkness-on-the-edge-of-town-brian-keene/

American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

[Gweilo]

The Cthulhu Casebooks - James Lovegrove

Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows: The Cthulhu Casebooks, Book 1 - James Lovegrove Shared by:Cardes Sherlock Holmes is investigating a series of deaths in the Shadwell district of London. Several bodies have been found, the victims appearing to have starved to death over the course of several weeks, and yet they were reported alive and well mere days before. Moreover, there are disturbing reports of creeping shadows that inspire dread in any who stray too close.

Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities: The Cthulhu Casebooks, Book 2 - James Lovegrove Shared by:Cardes Sherlock Holmes and Watson are called to the infamous Bedlam lunatic asylum, where they find an inmate speaking in R’lyehian, the language of the Old Ones. Moreover, the man is horribly scarred and has no memory of who he is. The detectives discover that the inmate was once a scientist, a student of Miskatonic University, and one of two survivors of a doomed voyage down the Miskatonic River to capture the semi-mythical shoggoth.

Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils: The Cthulhu Casebooks, Book 3 - James Lovegrove Shared by:Cardes It is the autumn of 1910, and for 15 long years, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have battled R’lluhloig, the Hidden Mind that was once Professor James Moriarty. Europe is creeping inexorably towards war, and a more cosmic conflict is nearing its zenith, as in a single night all the most eminent members of the Diogenes Club die horribly, seemingly by their own hands. Holmes suspects it is the handiwork of a German spy working for R’lluhloig.