APHELION FLASH FICTION CONTEST: September '13

[Lester Curtis]

I was going to post the "Hello Kitty" Cthulhu image -- well, one of 'em -- but I found this and liked it better.

You know, I think I might have actually worked for this guy once.

[Lester Curtis]

John, you forgot one of the old masters of this type of creep-show, Robert W. Chambers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Sign
I had a copy of the book once, read the whole thing, and said, "meh." The content never came close to being as creepy as the paperback's cover illustration, seen below. I could never figure out what that highway-flare thingie was, but I thought it was pretty cool.

Don't pay for this book; it's free in the public domain.

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[Robert_Moriyama]

I was going to post the "Hello Kitty" Cthulhu image -- well, one of 'em -- but I found this and liked it better.

You know, I think I might have actually worked for this guy once.

Iia! It is the tentacle-headed boss of Dilbert-Niggurath! He comes! He comes! And he bears ... pointless work.

[Lester Curtis]

It's too far for me to travel this time, but it was very cool to meet Sergio and have a chance to catch up with Nate a couple years ago when Sergio attended a model show in Wisconsin. If you start to get writers from other webzines to meet too, pretty soon you're going to have come up with an official name. Sergiocon? ente per ente fest?

We can call this one "Columbus Day"!