"After The Old Ones Return"
THE WALKER IN THE CEMETERY
from Cthulhu's Reign
from Cthulhu's Reign
It is a time of new horrors and utter strangeness, on a totally transformed planet where mankind is no longer the master. The arena is the beautiful Cimitero di Staglieno, the stakes are life, death, and posterity.
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So tonight we go to Staglieno Cemetery in Italy – opened in 1851. The largest cemetery in Europe, nearly 100 acres, with over 200,000 internments, and amazing, beautiful, I mean beyond belief amazing sculptures. Thousands of statues, hundreds of individual mausoleums scattered amongst the hills and trees and gardens. Many many multiple levels, staircases, chapels, and tombs. Any surprise this is my personal dream vacation destination?
***WARNING***
Fair warning dearies, tonight’s little story is on the horror side..
including a bit of gore… but more psychological horror.
Think Ridley Scott, you know the Alien movies?
Ridley Scott meets Cthulhu…
Or perhaps more Ellen Ripley meets Cthulhu. Hmmm?
There is no foul language, at least not any F-bombs for sure, but like Alien you may want to consider this an R-rating for sci-fi violence/gore. There is a read-along link if you want to, you know, read-along… but caution! I have edited the story way down from the original..
there is bad language in the read-along text.
Anyway… please consider yourself duly warned.
Book: CTHULHU'S REIGN
Edited by: Darrell Schweitzer & Shandon Loring
Author: Ian Watson
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