The Solitude of the Tentacled Space Monster

Story of the Week #7: TeH K1nG in y3ll0W (Part One)

This week, some more backstory for The Solitude of the Tentacled Space Monster, focusing on an entirely different character. I’m enjoying this because it’s helping me come to grips with some of the elements of that novel that aren’t quite working for me yet.

But I realized about halfway through this story that it’s too ambitious and complex to fit into my normal “Story of the Week” slot, so I’m breaking one of the rules I set for myself with this project: that each story be a complete story. This is Part One of an anticipated two parter. Part Two might not show up for a few more weeks, though, because I have a few others in the works.

It occurs to me that some Lovecraftian purists — and their are many, of various types — will probably object to how I’ve portrayed several of the entities from the Lovecraftian mythos. The thing is: Lovecraft himself never really wrote anything down in stone. And when he alllowed other writers to use the deities and characters he created, he essentially gave license to other writers to mess around with them as much as they pleased. So I like to think that Lovecraft would have appreciated this little parody.

Anyway. Enjoy! As always.

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