Friday 21 December 2012

"Henshaw's Descent" - Part 3


"There was a bright burst of blue-white light and the inside of the shack flared into brilliance. The frame and boards of the ramshackle dwelling became sharply delineated and the circle of men outside was starkly silhouetted. With a loud crack, the front wall of the hovel ripped open to reveal a scene of carnage within: a circle of blackened bodies lay in contorted poses across the exposed floor of the room; in their midst stood the Chinaman with the ruined face, his hideous features alive in a maniacal grimace exposing the wicked fangs in his mouth. The scene pulsated with the grotesque white light, shining like phosphorescence on the dead margin of a lost shore. With this cold gleam dazzling off his opalescent eye, the wicked interloper resumed his unnerving chant:

'Iä! Iä! Cthulhu! Cthulhu ftaghn! Iä, naflghn Cthulhu R’lyeh mglw’nafh, eha’ungl wglw hflghglui ngah’glw, engl Eha gh’eehf gnhugl. Nhflgmg uh’eha wgah’nagl hfgluhf – U’ng Eha’ghglui Aeeh ehn’hflgh!'..."

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