The Cthulhu Child

You can never escape your nature. I remember my father saying those words to me . . . but my father was always a good man. It was eons ago that the Great Old Ones withdrew from this realm, choosing instead a continuance at the center of the universe. Nevertheless, it is often whispered by those who claim knowledge of such things, that a number of these Elder Gods - the lower rank and file, if you will - decided to hold this ground, so enamored were they by the cults who chanted and spilled blood in their names. Those times are all but forgotten, obscured by the shifting mists of history. Fast forward to today, and a wrong turn on a country lane is about to expose Jennifer Bueller, and her daughter Megan, to an unpleasant truth: Yes, times have changed, but even ancient deities can adapt in order to survive. Abandoned space gods, an unfaithful husband, a sociopath rapist, and a broken society with a social welfare system that presents horrors of its own; lastly, though by no means least in this eclectic collection of stories, a flash fiction homage to James Herbert, featuring his most frightening creations.

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