Comedy’s a rare trail for me to ride, and this one had more twists than a mountain switchback! I gave it my best shot with all the theatrical flair I could muster - hopefully it at least brings a smile to your face.

Tonight we unseal the thirteenth vault in our 31 Nights of Lovecraft with Sweet Ermengarde—where the farmhouse creaks with romance, villainy, and melodrama so thick you could ladle it. The fields are quiet, but the hearts are not. They throb with sighs, schemes, and declarations too dramatic for daylight.

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ASMR soft-spoken reading of Sweet Ermengarde by HP Lovecraft, featuring cozy saloon ambiance with a crackling fire. Written under the playful pseudonym Percy Simple, Sweet Ermengarde is Lovecraft in rare form—trading cosmic dread for rustic melodrama.

The story follows the radiant Ermengarde Stubbs, a farm girl caught between villainous Squire Hardman and bashful Jack Manly, as mortgages, mistaken identities, and theatrical declarations swirl around her like prairie dust.Lovecraft parodies the sentimental fiction of his time with exaggerated emotion, absurd twists, and characters so dramatic they practically faint on cue. Beneath the satire lies a clever ritual: a writer exorcising genre clichés with a wink and a flourish.

Published posthumously in 1943, this tale is a rare glimpse into Lovecraft’s comedic side—a theatrical romp through rural romance, perfect for a night of soft laughter and warm storytelling.

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