Ghoulish Lovecraftian Christmas

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From: jharrisb at cix.compulink.co.uk ("James Harris")
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On 12-12-95 Paul Lemieux wrote:-

> A Lovecraft Christmas
> by Paul M. Lemieux
> copyright 1989
> > (With apologies to Clement Moore)
> > Twas the night before Yuletide and all through the hole
> Not a creature was stirring, not even a Dhole
> Aldebaren hung at the right place at nine
> In the hopes that Great Cthulhu would come out this time
> > The fungi from Yuggoth, all snug in their caves
> Were plotting to turn all the people to slaves
> The Deep Ones in Rlyeh, the Ghouls in their graves
> Were dancing and singing and acting depraved
> > When what do my wondering eyes should appear
> But a mouldering sleigh and eight corpselike reindeer
> With a horrible driver so leprous and reeking
> I knew right away that my fear was unspeaking
> > The reindeer were gross, as they flew up from hell
> And It hoarsely whispered and chanted a spell
> Ia Shub Niggurath!  Cthulhu ftagn!
> Nyarlathotep! I summon you on!
> > As decomposed flesh before the charnel stench rise
> And meet with the open air polluting the skies
> Up to the housetop the horror it rose
> And the gangrenous odors assailed my nose
> > And then in a slopping noise heard on the roof
> The lumbering clomping of octopoid hoofs
> As I drew in my head and was turning around
> The horror lurched into my room with a bound
> > Its eyes how they pulsate
> So bulbous and gory
> This blasphemous creature
> So noxious and hoary
> > I was frozen by fear, my feet woudn't run
> I threw up my cookies, this wasn't much fun
> It whispered my name and said "You come with I"
> I tried to refuse and it said "Then you die"
> > It came at my throat with its grim claws extended
> But a miracle saved its victim intended
> I had three Elder Signs in a slot in the floor
> It screamed with a fiendish sound and went out the door
> > It sprang to its sleigh, and its team gave a surge
> And away they all flew to the sound of a dirge
> I heard it exclaim as it flew out of sight
> You're lucky this time, for the stars weren't right.
> [snip]

Thanks!, I enjoyed that.

Jim.