"The Thing from the Blasted Heath" is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Brian Lumley that first appeared in his collection The Caller of The Black (Arkham House, 1971).
Lumley says it was written in September 1967 "as an homage to HPL, and to the Mythos." Lumley calls the story a sequel to, "The Colour Out of Space," his favourite Lovecraft story, and his all-time favourite horror story--even though, as he points out, it "isn't a Mythos story".[1]
The "thing" of the title is a mutant shrub from the shores of the Arkham Reservoir. Planted in his garden, it wreaks horrific changes.
Publication History[]
Since its initial appearance in The Caller of The Black, "The Thing from the Blasted Heath" has been reprinted in Lumley's collections The Last Rite (Jwindz Publishing, 1992), A Coven of Vampires (Fedogan & Bremer, 1998), and Haggopian and Other Stories (Subterranean Press, 2008).
References[]
- ↑ Haggopian and Other Stories, "The Thing from the Blasted Heath" (introduction), by Brian Lumley (Subterranean Press, 2008).