Injectables: A Novel Of Lovecraftian Horror

At her unlicensed clinic in Innsmouth, Mother Sharps performs incredible cosmetic procedures using three injectable solutions. She charges bargain rates and her clients are delighted with the results. But, more is happening at the clinic than people realize. Mother Sharps’ injectable solutions are linked to the Miskatonic region’s most disturbing secrets. In her private life, her family is connected to the Deep Ones, an aquatic race living in the underwater city of Y'ha-nthlei. When a procedure conducted at the clinic spirals out of control, an unspeakable monstrosity is brought to life. Mother Sharps sides with a new ally, trying to stop the creature. Will they be able to prevent the horror from destroying countless lives? INJECTABLES combines and continues concepts found in the H.P. Lovecraft stories, “The Shadow over Innsmouth,” “At the Mountains of Madness,” and "Herbert West–Reanimator.”Bram Stoker Award-winner Mark McLaughlin is the author of the novels, HUMAN DOLL and THE HELL NEXT DOOR, and the story collection, THE WEIRD WORLD OF MARK McLAUGHLIN MEGAPACK®. With Michael Sheehan, Jr., he has written HORRORS & ABOMINATIONS, NIGHTMARES & TENTACLES, THE HOUSE OF THE OCELOT, and more.

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MARK McLAUGHLIN is a Bram Stoker Award-winning author whose earliest works were published in literary journals during his teen years. His fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in more than 1,000 magazines, newspapers, websites, and anthologies, including CEMETERY DANCE, MIDNIGHT PREMIERE, DARK ARTS, LIVING DEAD 2, WRITER'S DIGEST, GALAXY, TOASTMASTER MAGAZINE, and two volumes of YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES (DAW Books). He is also an experienced public relations specialist. He is the author of the novels HUMAN DOLL, a tale of suspense, murder, and the entertainment industry ... THE HELL NEXT DOOR, an adventure set in the after-life ... and INJECTABLES, a work of Lovecraftian horror.Wildside Press has released a mammoth collection of McLaughlin's fiction: THE WEIRD WORLD OF MARK McLAUGHLIN MEGAPACK®. In addition, McLaughlin is the author of many other solo fiction collections, including AS OSIRIS WILLS, BEST LITTLE WITCH-HOUSE IN ARKHAM, MIDNIGHT PET SHOW, EMPRESS OF THE LIVING DEAD, DIMENSION OF MONSTERS, URBAN MONSTERS, UMBRA SAPIENS, THE SPIDERWEB TREE, and HIDEOUS FACES, BEAUTIFUL SKULLS. McLaughlin is the author of many works in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft. Story collections in this vein,  co-written with his best friend, Michael Sheehan, Jr., include THE WRATH OF NYARLATHOTEP, HORRORS & ABOMINATIONS, NIGHTMARES & TENTACLES, WEIRD WORSHIP, THE HOUSE OF THE OCELOT, THE PRISONER OF CARCOSA, and CITY OF LIVING SHADOWS. McLaughlin is the coauthor, with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson, of THE GOSSAMER EYE, which won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry. Also, Mark is the author of the poetry collections, CRUSHED VELVET, THE EMBRACE OF THE INTERNET WITCH, and PROFESSOR LAGUNGO'S EXOTIC ARTIFACTS & ASSORTED MYSTIC COLLECTIBLES: INCREASED INVENTORY.In 2023, Mark McLaughlin and frequent collaborator, Michael Sheehan Jr., were Guests of Honor at the Necronomicon convention in Tampa, FL.

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