Michael Sheehan Jr

City Of Living Shadows & More Lovecraftian Tales Michael Sheehan Jr

CITY OF LIVING SHADOWS presents unearthly fantasy and horror tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, crawling with Lovecraftian creatures. Most of these adventures have only been available so far on Kindle. This paperback collection is a companion volume to HORRORS & ABOMINATIONS: 24 Tales Of The Cthulhu Mythos and THE HOUSE OF THE OCELOT & More Lovecraftian Nightmares. In the title story, "City Of Living Shadows," a glowing flower in a solarium holds the key to a horrific onslaught of night-gaunts from the Dreamlands. Can the reason behind their attack be determined before they destroy even more of the waking world? In the novelette "Pyramid Of The Shoggoths," a Miskatonic University instructor learns the true location of the burial chamber of Queen Nerfertiti. With his assistant, he begins an adventure that takes them to a strange subterranean realm in Africa. There they meet Balyphus, the last Elder Thing remaining on Earth, and his inhuman companion, the British ghoul Williams. They soon learn that Williams isn't the Elder Thing's only friend. Balyphus has created a troop of rampaging shoggoths that can destroy anything in their path - including human weaponry. In "The Black-And-White House," a young writer rents a small secluded house and for the first time in years, he is able to enjoy peace and quiet. But soon, he discovers that he is not alone in the house. An author who had once lived in the house never really left, and he wants the young writer to help him with an impossible task: creating a sequel to the accursed book, The King In Yellow, which drives anyone who reads it insane."The Ambassador From Ulthar" tells of a young man who cannot escape his fate after injuring a four-footed denizen of the Dreamlands. The collection's second novelette, "The Idol In The Hedge Maze," tells of mega-wealthy Neil Prentiss, founder and CEO of a multinational technology company. He lives in a magnificent mansion surrounded by a sprawling hedge maze. He has everything a person could want ... but he is dying of cancer. While examining the journals of the mansion's previous owner, Neil learns how to contact a member of the Great Race of Yith, an ancient race of brilliant, monstrous beings. The Yithian offers what seems to be a high-tech solution to Neil's problems - if the millionaire is willing to accept a bizarre substitution for his human body.