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This subject is written on a topic in the real world and reflects factual information. This subject contains information from the Expanded Cthulhu Mythos, and not based on H.P. Lovecraft's works directly. "The Creature in the Fog" (also "The Creature From the Fog") is a short horror story by American author Ron Shiflet.

Synopsis[]

A man travels to visit relatives in the countryside where he finds that a recurrent nightmare may have been more of a premonition than a dream, and that his apparently mad old uncle was likely saner than any had ever suspected.

Characters[]

  • The Narrator, a city man on holiday in West Virginia.
  • Roger, the narrator's brother.
  • Hoyt Thompson, the narrator's now-deceased uncle.
  • Elvira Higgins, the lover of Hoyt, a suspected witch, also deceased.

Publication History[]

"The Creature From the Fog" was first published in Dark Legacy #6 in April 2000, and again in Nightscapes in August 2001.

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