Trying to catch up my blog here with my YouTube shenanigans...
Just a reading of my favorite Lovecraft short, Cool Air. I love this story because, in contrast to a lot of Lovecraft's writings, there is no cosmic horror, no twisting dreamscape, and no ancient evil. That uniqueness is what really makes me love this story.
All it is, is the story of a young writer and his time spent with a poor old man obsessed with cheating death. The old man's means for cheating death aren't even reliant on eldritch deals or occult sacrifices, and yet the result of the story scars the young protagonist for life.
It is perhaps one of the most benign "villains" in all of Lovecraft's writings, and yet the tension and madness of the story are no less intense.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the reading!
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