Outposts

"Outposts" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by British author William Meikle.
==Synopsis==
During the days of the Roman occupation of the British Isles, an old soldier with an occult background investigates the bizarre deaths of several men on the Antonine wall. As he delves deeper into the mystery, he finds a temple to Yog-Sothoth buried beneath the wall and encounters a crazed Pictish shaman using his dark magic to summon the ancient god.
==Characters==
*Marcus Caelius, a former legionary with a degree of knowledge on the Elder cults.
*Flavius Butto, the centurion in command of the targeted wall fort.
==Publication History==
"Outposts" was first published in the anthology Further Tales of Cthulhu Invictus by Golden Goblin Press in 2017. It was also included in the 2019 collection of Meikle's own works Into the Black: Tales of Lovecraftian Terror.
Category:William Meikle works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works