Stories tagged “Cthulhu”
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To the Elder Ones I Call
With this blood a line I now trace To drill a hole in both time and space Two separate circles, concentric each Into the void I extend my reach A murder each sabbath for every week of the year The heart of a sheep, the spleen of a steer All the parts b...
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The Arrival
Each drop hit the ground with a heavy thud and with the last, an eerie pipe music could be faintly heard for miles around. Her eyes grew wide as she watched with horror as the pool of blood turned a deep oily black and fell away forming an impossibly d...
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Note Tucked Into a Rare Greek Book
I was mad to think of translating this, and if there is justice left in this misbegotten fiend-ridden universe then the man who sold me this book will suffer my fate. If his store can still be found on Marvell Street and Providence Lane, I beg you to s...
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Horrors of the School System
It woke into pain. The pain of being bound into flesh, the pain of the sea that pressed down on It’s material form, the pain of It’s body having been eaten away by the creatures of the deep. The pain of awareness after ages of mindless slum...
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Ctiülüo is Summoned
“Hädia Ctiülüa siäked änt havied do kis havlul liv Ralio” chanted the monks as they stood around the fire. They were summoning a great beast. They knew not what they were about to unleash on the world, but still they went on. It was a ...
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A Letter Found
My Webley revolver lies on the desk beside me as I write this, its black and oily heft reassuring, even as I know that it is of no use. My nerves have been shot these past six months, ever since that blasted business with the 39 Steps. Lucky we managed...