"The Shining Trapezohedron" is a short story by author and editor Robert M. Price, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's short story "The Haunter of the Dark".
Synopsis[]
A small-town preacher from Massachusetts wins a place in a Miskatonic University archaeological expedition to Egypt in search of the near-mythical tomb of Nephren-Ka. However, once there, he is lured into the desert where he encounters the Black Pharaoh, and becomes a herald of Nyarlathotep.
Characters[]
- Reverend Enoch Bowen, an elderly Christian minister.
- Professor Daniel Aiken, an archaeologist from Miskatonic University.
- Doctor Alan Farrington, an archaeologist from Harvard University.
- Abu-Serif, a servant of Nyarlathotep masquerading as an Egyptian holy man.
- Nephren-Ka/The Black Pharaoh, an Avatar of Nyarlathotep.
Publication History[]
"The Shining Trapezohedron" was first published in Lovecraft's Disciples #34 in October 2018. It also appeared in the Weirdbook Annual #2: Cthulhu and the Weirdbook Annual #2: The Third Cthulhu Mythos Megapack, essentially the same release, with the former being a physical publication and the latter an ebook.