"Celephaïs" by H.P. Lovecraft, Read by Eldra Echo

"Celephaïs" by Howard Philips Lovecraft is one of his Dreamlands works. It's so sad, but it's not quite horror. The protagonist's inner struggles reminded me a lot of Vincent Van Gogh. I used the Starry Night background because it has swirls that almost align with my tentacles, and I went into ghost mode to make my presence seem more ethereal. I hope it wasn't too tacky or disrespectful!

I think what's interesting about Celephais is that the protagonist is very much a normal person. He's somebody who's had bad luck in life, who only finds solace in his dreams. I thought the ending was very bittersweet and was very similar to The White Ship, in that it involved tragedy on the rocks by the shore.

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Source text: https://hplovecraft.com/writings/text...
Thumbnail and background: Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sta...
Narrator: Eldra Echo, the #librarian #vtuber who looks like a purple #cthulhu -type thing
Microphone: 3DIO, usually used for #asmr but it's what I've got