Door

[Originally posted on sceandugenga.com, January 14, 2021]

“I wouldn’t open that door, Vern,” Larry, holding up a hand in the general direction of the door but not looking up from his calculations written hastily on a yellow legal pad. “My guess the reason that those yahoos can’t be found is that they messed up this” — he pointed to a glyph on the frame around the door — “was supposed to be the inverted form. Chances are, they ended up right in the lap of Nyarlathotep instead of in Kadath itself.”

He shook his head at the revelation. “Poor bastards had no business messing with this kind of higher math.”


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One response to “Door”

  1. michael raven Avatar

    On a lark, I asked AI to create an image of the scene.

    It was terrible. Three hands on Larry. Door already cracked open (which might be fine if something were oozing out), Vern (opening the door) and Larry with pointing fingers at the door. Misspelled Nyarlathotep on the yellow legal pad… (and why was it facing me as Larry was holding it?).

    Slop. Sad.

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