The Seed of the Star-God

"The Seed of the Star–God" is a short story by Richard L. Tierney in which his sword-and-sorcery character Simon of Gitta thwarts an attempt to summon Shub-Niggurath. It first appeared as the cover story for the Lammas 1984 issue of Crypt of Cthulhu (#24). 
==Synopsis==
Simon learns that his beloved Helen is dead--and that her father, a powerful and possessed sorcerer, is preparing to sacrifice her sister to manifest the sinister fertility goddess Shub-Niggurath into the mortal world. Simon and his allies hasten to Ephesos to interrupt his grisly ritual. 
==Setting==
The story takes place in the years 31-32 A.D.Sorcery Against Caesar, "About 'The Seed of the Star-God,'" by Robert M. Price (Pickman's Press, 2020). in Persepolis, Antium and Ephesos--in modern day Iran, Italy and Turkey, respectively.
==Publication History==
After its appearance in Crypt of Cthulhu, "The Seed of the Star-God" was reprinted in The Shub-Niggurath Cycle (Chaosium, 1994) and in the Simon of Gitta collections The Scroll of Thoth (Chaosium, 1997) and Sorcery Against Caesar (Pickman's Press, 2020).
==References==
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Richard L. Tierney works