Published: Oct. 05, 2012
Words: 773 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301687923

Short description

I bought an artifact from antiquity, and antiquity wants it back! A super-short Weird Tale.

Extended description

How far can you go in 700 words?

And how far will the previous owners of an ancient relic go to get it back?

A super-short Weird Tale.

Tags

horror, fantasy, ancient, short story, weird, relic, curiosity, lovecraft, cthulhu, dagon, atmospheric, deep ones, very short

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Review by: James Pratt on Dec. 03, 2012 :
Quick but entertaining. It reads like a Lovecraft pastiche, which I assume is the intention, but is done with enough skill that it's a cut above most self-described Lovecraftian stories. Nothing pretentious here; just a weird but brief encounter with the unknown.
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Review by: David Blake on Oct. 07, 2012 :
A great exercise in reaping a large amount of narrative from just 700 or so words. Slightly creepy, subtely intriguing and expertly described. The influence of Lovecraft is clear in the tone and the vocabulary - however, although many may try to emulate Lovecraft, not all writers can pull it off. Michael Carter makes a pretty good fist of it here.
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Review by: Kerri Thomson on Oct. 06, 2012 :
Very curious indeed! Makes quite an imapct in so few words :)
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Review by: Jonathan Antony Strickland on Oct. 06, 2012 :
Short and sweet little lovecraftian story about a man who gets more than he bargained for when he makes a purchase from a shop.
On Thursday of this week (4th October 2012) I was discussing with Mick Carter down the pub the possibilities of writing a short story from between 500 to 1000 words and how limited you are when doing so.
This story just goes to show that even with such a limited amount of words an atmosphere can still be built and a tale can be told that will still grip the reader.
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