Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Before the mythos, before the madness, there were whispers in the dark. This collection presents H. P. Lovecraft’s earliest tales, marked by gothic atmosphere and emerging cosmic horror. These stories of tombs, music, and mysterious forces hint at the mythos he would later create.

Bandcamp: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/pale-echoes-the-early-weird-tales-of-h-p-lovecraft

0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:34 - The Alchemist
0:23:40 - The Tomb
0:51:36 - The Outsider
1:09:54 - The Music of Erich Zann
1:32:15 - The Picture in the House
1:54:23 - The Tree
2:05:56 - Beyond the Wall of Sleep
2:34:23 - Further Listening

Narrated by Ian Gordon for HorrorBabble
Music and production by Ian & Jennifer Gordon

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