Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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"Xeethra" is a Zothique Cycle story by Clark Ashton Smith, first published in the December 1934 edition of Weird Tales. "A strange tale about a goatherd who had been king in the olden days, and how he regained and lost again his kingship."

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00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - One
25:32 - Two
51:52 - Further Listening

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

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