The Thing From Beyond The Living Door

"The Thing From Beyond The Living Door" is a short story by authors Mark McLaughlin and Michael Sheehan, Jr.
==Synopsis==
Two tenants at a large Arkham boarding house uncover a plot by the landlady and one of the residents, a mad scientist, to extend their lives by sacrificing elderly people to a dark creature named G'hodloth which lives in the basement. The pair are discovered snooping by their adversaries, but are able to turn the tables on the evil conspirators, who are subsequently burned to death in their house of horrors.
==Characters==
*The Unnamed Narrator, a student studying Cinematography at nearby Miskatonic University.
*Caspar, a construction worker and friend of the narrator.
*Dr. Brandywine, an insane yet gifted inventor.
*Mrs. Veng, the boarding house's landlady.
*G'hodloth, a strange being with the power to suck the life essence from living creatures and pass it on to others.
==Publication History==
"The Thing From Beyond The Living Door" was published in the collection Horrors & Abominations: 24 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos in December 2018.
==Trivia==
*Brandywine mentions that a fever which he contracted many years ago was treated by a Dr. Muñoz, a character who appeared in the H. P. Lovecraft short story "Cool Air".
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