The Jealous God

"The Jealous God" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Ron Shiflet. It was published in his collection Looking for Darla: Stories of Mythos Noir by Elder Signs Press in September 2008.
== Synopsis ==
When disgraced rockabilly star Billy Ray Wildman meets a strange old man in the forest one afternoon, a series of events are set in motion by which he pledges his soul to a mysterious entity known as the Dark Man. In return, he is granted a second chance in the music industry on the condition that he forsake all other gods.
Later, when Wildman remembers his promise to his devoutly Christian mother on her deathbed - that he would "get right with God" - he makes the decision to end his most recent concert with a gospel song. The Dark Man, both enraged and amused by this turn of events, manifests and proceeds to wreak bloody mayhem on all present, leaving Wildman a broken wreck at the centre of the carnage.
== Behind the Mythos ==
In his story notes for the second edition of Looking for Darla: Stories of Mythos Noir, author Ron Shiflet reveals that Nyarlathotep is the real villain of the story, stating that he "sort of fills in for the Devil in this plotline of a man selling his soul for success".
== Trivia ==
* Billy Ray Wildman is nicknamed the "Tenoka Tornado" for his hometown in Texas. Tenoka is a milieu created by Ron Shiflet as the setting for several of his Cthulhu Mythos stories.
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