I still see Rachel occasionally, in the suburbs of Providence or in her house by the sea, but there’s nothing between us. Neither of us is content, but there is nothing we can do to alleviate that condition. I could never substitute, in her strange eyes, for her beloved Crawford—and how can I ever marry? How can I ever forgive myself, knowing what I have done, and knowing that I did it deliberately, having taken aim?
How can I even live with myself?
I’m not sure—except when I have my migraines, and my pineal body allows my brain to see what it can now see, under the right conditions. Then I’m sure, alas. According to my ophthalmologist, things can only get worse. One day, I’ll go blind—and what will I see then? What will I be unable to avoid seeing, for lack of any possible distraction?
Monsters might come to devour me in the interim, I suppose—but that, believe me, is the least of my worries.
BLACK WINGS III
New Tales Of Lovecraftian Horror
Copyright © 2014 by S. T. Joshi
The right of S. T. Joshi to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Originally published in printed book form by PS Publishing Ltd in February 2014. This electronic version published in June 2014 by PS by arrangement with the author. All rights reserved by the author.
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Contents
Introduction
Houdini Fish
The Hag Stone
Underneath an Arkham Moon
Spiderwebs In The Dark
One Tree Hill (The World as Cataclysm)
The Man with the Horn
Hotel Del Lago
Waller
The Megalith Plague
Down Black Staircases
China Holiday
Necrotic Cove
The Turn of the Tide
Weltschmerz
Thistle’s Find
Further Beyond
BLACK WINGS III