The Statement of Randolph Carter

Name: The Statement of Randolph Carter
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
ISBN: 9781644080191

Author: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrator: Adriel Brandt

Unabridged: 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Audio Sommelier

Published: 07/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Randolph Carter, a recurring character in many of Lovecraft’s stories, begins the story telling the harrowing tale to those who found him stumbling through the swamp. Carter and his friend, the occultist Harley Warren, went to investigate the location of a supposed portal to the underworld – near Big Cypress Swamp in Florida. Upon discovery of a tomb with stairs going deep into the earth, Warren decides to descend them. Only after waiting for what seems an eternity does Carter call down into the tomb, only to be returned with a voice that does not belong to Warren telling him that his friend was dead.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

This early story—written in 1919, published in the amateur journal The Vagrant in 1920—is a simple but thoroughly effective tale of terror, based on one of Lovecraft’s dreams. Technically it could be considered part of Lovecraft’s Dunsanian Dream Cycle, since its hero Randolph Carter appears here to......more

Goodreads review by Peter

Randolph and his friend warren explore a deserted cemetery at a swamp. When Warren climbs down the steps of one of the mausoleums he finds something indescribable and urges Randolph to beat it and go away as fast as he can. His friends tries stays on the phone and heears an uncanny voice? What happe......more

Goodreads review by Tom

4.5 Stars rounded up to 5 Stars.......more