"The Serpent's Egg" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by English author Jonathan Green. It was first published in the John Prescott-edited digital anthology Dreaming in Darkness in June 2013.
Synopsis[]
Nathan, a novelist with writer's block, books a room in a stately home in his ancestral homeland of County Durham, England. Although finding inspiration for a new book and a woman with whom he falls in love, he also uncovers a despicable cult dedicated to bringing about the rebirth of their master, the creature known as Shudde M'ell. Nathan, with help from a doomed gamekeeper, thwarts the cult and defeats the monstrous creature, but is forever after haunted by the things which he witnessed in the catacombs beneath rural England.
Behind the Mythos[]
Shudde M'ell, a colossal burrowing abomination, is implied to have been the basis for the real-world legend of the Lambton Worm, a monstrous creature from English folklore said to have terrorised the area during the Middle Ages[1].
One of the ancient volumes encountered by Nathan during his researches is Ludvig Prinn's De Vermis Mysteriis.
Publication History[]
Since its debut in Dreaming in Darkness, "The Serpents Egg" has been released as a self-titled digital chapbook through Amazon's Kindle platform.
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References[]
- ↑ Lambton Worm at Wikipedia