The Sleeping One

"The Sleeping One" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Frank Forte, first published in his collection Beyond Lovecraft by Asylum Press in September 2020.
== Synopsis ==
Veterinarian Dr. Nathaniel moves into the small coastal town of Rileh, Massachusetts, to try and make the fortune which he failed to earn in the big city. When one day he is asked to attend to a bizarre creature which washes up on the beach, he is assaulted by vivid visions of Cthulhu, surrounded by it's minions beneath the ocean and slowly awakening.
Later events reveal the townsfolk to be cultists of the Great Old One, and they cast dark magics on Nathaniel before sending him to be with their god, believing that this mere man will be the one to awaken the sleeping behemoth.
== Behind the Mythos ==
The name of the cultist's town, Rileh, is clearly intended to recall R'lyeh, the deep sea resting place of Great Cthulhu.
== Trivia ==
* The story is prefaced with a quote from Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu", specifically the "correlate its contents" paragraph.
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