Anorak Arts (logo design by Awais) is an ongoing series of narrative ambient recordings featuring authors whose works dwell within the public domain. The final upcoming release for 2022: Midnight Mass (de Assis).

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Next Anorak Arts release:
A Missa do Gallo (or Midnight Mass)
by Machado de Assis

Artwork by Juan Martinez

The Lurking Fear

Deckard Croix

The fourth in this narrative/dark ambient series, Lovecraft's The Lurking Fear follows an unnamed narrator whose curiosity propels him to investigate the mysterious (and often murderous) "lurking fear" which haunts the region surrounding the looming Tempest Mountain and enigmatic Martense mansion.

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The Shadow on the Chimney 17:08

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A Passer in the Storm 16:12

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What the Red Glare Meant 15:40

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The Horror in the Eyes 16:35

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The Music of Erich Zann

Deckard Croix

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The third entry in this spoken word/ambient series is H.P. Lovecraft's The Music of Erich Zann. The story follows a university student who takes up rooms at an old tenement on the mysterious Rue d'Auseil. On the top floor of this building lives Erich Zann, a German viol player whose bizarre melodies lure the young student to determine their

The third entry in this spoken word/ambient series is H.P. Lovecraft's The Music of Erich Zann. The story follows a university student who takes up rooms at an old tenement on the mysterious Rue d'Auseil. On the top floor of this building lives Erich Zann, a German viol player whose bizarre melodies lure the young student to determine their purpose.

A Hunger Artist

Deckard Croix

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The titular hunger artist displays his skeletal frame to the delight of onlookers from within a locked cage. Marshalled about Europe by his impresario, he is, at first, praised, but eventually his fame recedes.

The second in a series of spoken word/ambient projects featuring works in the public domain.

The Festival

Deckard Croix

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An unnamed narrator visits the sea town of Kingsport to attend a centennial festival as part of the Yuletide.
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Ambient/spoken word rendition of H.P. Lovecraft's The Festival, conceptualised by Deckard Croix. The first in a series featuring works dwelling in the public domain.