Iron Fic 3-3: Fhtagn Cthulhu!
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??H?e??? ??w??h??o??? W???a??it?s?? ??B??e???h??i??n?d?? ?Th?e ?W?a???l??l.???
Z??A??L?G?O??!??
Surely you've heard of H.P. Lovecraft. The utter insignificance of mankind in a uncaring universe was the major theme of his work; and when he wrote those stories it was terrifying (now it's the punchline). You're probably more familiar with the popular representations of his work, tentacles and human/alien hybrids and the like.
Your challenge is to write a cosmic horror story. Maybe the villain of your work has been possessed by the spirit of something beyond mortal understanding, or develops a bad case of ZOMGWTF!TENTACLES on his defeat. Maybe someone is the sole survivor of an expedition to the City of Madness, and is telling his story to a (disguised) shoggoth years later. Or maybe someone has found that his bloodline isn't quite as... human as he thought.
Two notes: First, despite the challenge title, this does not have to be a Cthulhu story. HP Lovecraft's creations need not appear at all, it's the spirit of it that matters.
Second, it's okay to leave the audience wondering whether the events in the story actually happened. Stories where a character's perception of reality is so warped that the reader can't tell fact from fiction are just as much part of the genre as real monster stories.
The challenge is made!
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In??v?o??k??in?g?? th???e?? ?fe?e?l?in??g?? o??f? ??ch??a??o??s???.??
??W?i?t???h?? ???o??u???t??? ?o??r???d?e??r???.??
???T?h?e?? ??N???e???z?p??e???rdi??a???n??? ???h??i???v?e???-?m?i?nd ???o??f??? ??c???h?a??o???s??.? ?Z???a??l??g??o???.? ??
??H?e??? ??w??h??o??? W???a??it?s?? ??B??e???h??i??n?d?? ?Th?e ?W?a???l??l.???
Z??A??L?G?O??!??
Surely you've heard of H.P. Lovecraft. The utter insignificance of mankind in a uncaring universe was the major theme of his work; and when he wrote those stories it was terrifying (now it's the punchline). You're probably more familiar with the popular representations of his work, tentacles and human/alien hybrids and the like.
Your challenge is to write a cosmic horror story. Maybe the villain of your work has been possessed by the spirit of something beyond mortal understanding, or develops a bad case of ZOMGWTF!TENTACLES on his defeat. Maybe someone is the sole survivor of an expedition to the City of Madness, and is telling his story to a (disguised) shoggoth years later. Or maybe someone has found that his bloodline isn't quite as... human as he thought.
Two notes: First, despite the challenge title, this does not have to be a Cthulhu story. HP Lovecraft's creations need not appear at all, it's the spirit of it that matters.
Second, it's okay to leave the audience wondering whether the events in the story actually happened. Stories where a character's perception of reality is so warped that the reader can't tell fact from fiction are just as much part of the genre as real monster stories.
The challenge is made!
