Saturday, January 20, 2018

The Lovecraftian Thing a Day (2018) No.20: What Rough Beast Slouches Towards Innsmouth To Be Born?



The bag I received yesterday from Miskatonic University contained this curious specimen, labelled as an ‘unknown fetus’ and apparently hailing from the notorious Devil’s Reef off the Massachusetts coast. The label (which also bears the mark of Miskatonic University) dates the recovery of the specimen to 1928 - the same year of the infamous federal raid on the legend-haunted coastal town of  Innsmouth (which overlooks the Reef).

The test tube in which the specimen floats is attached to some kind of arcane incubation device, which emits a strange yellow glow. I’m almost certain I saw the thing twitch or move a few minutes ago.

Whatever its provenance, the mystery remains as to who sent this anomalous specimen and why...

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