"Closure" is a short Mythos story by British author Glynn Owen Barrass. It is a direct follow-on to C. J. Henderson's short story "Cruelty."
Synopsis
Resurrected by the same entity which murdered him in Arkham's Miskatonic University, Tony Balnco attempts to track down his former partner Frank Nardi with a view to killing his old acquaintance. However, Nardi is able to turn the tables on Balnco and shoots him dead instead, giving the tortured soul a measure of closure in the process.
Characters
- Tony Balnco, a former NYPD cop-turned-private eye, now a revenant on the hunt for his former friend.
- Frank Nardi, also a former NYPD cop, now a private investigator in the town of Arkham.
- Straub, the proprietor of a self-storage business, killed by Balnco.
- The Entity, a mysterious shapeshifter with unknown motives who pushes Balnco to murder his old friend.
Behind the Mythos
"Closure" was written by Glynn Owen Barrass in response to a request by Brian M. Sammons for stories revolving around C. J. Henderson's hard-boiled private detective Frank Nardi. It was published in the collection Arkham Detective Agency by Dark Regions Press in 2017.
Mythos Connections
- The story is set in the iconic town of Arkham.
- The entity is in fact the Outer God Nyarlathotep, referring to one of its other names being The Crawling Chaos.
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