Cthulhu's Minions

Cthulhu's Minions is a Cthulhu Mythos novella by American author and filmmaker Byron Craft. The first in his Arkham Detective series, it was independently published as a chapbook in September 2015; both paperback and digital editions were released.
== Synopsis==
The unnamed narrator, a hardboiled detective in 1930s Arkham, is assigned to solve the case of a series of murders in which the victims - including his former partner - have had their faced ripped off. His investigations lead him to a scholarly priest who informs him that the perpetrators are in fact a breed of monstrous creatures known as Pilot Demons, whose function is to pave the road for the return of their masters, the Old Ones.
Tracking the creatures to the grave of Joseph Curwen, into which they have broken and stolen a quantity of the resurrection powder for which he was famed. Realising that the Pilot Demons will need holy water to complete their ritual, the Detective and a beat cop make their way to St. Matthew's church in time to prevent them from claiming their prize, but too late to save the elderly priest.
Making his way home for some much-needed rest, the Detective discovers that the Pilot Demons have tunnelled beneath his house to where the Old One rests. Hijacking a petrol truck, he uses it to destroy his home, the swarming Pilot Demons, and the slowly awakening Old One.
==Publication History==
Since it’s first publication, Cthulhu's Minions has also appeared in the collection The Arkham Detective Collection Volume 1 in September 2017.
==Gallery==
Cthulhu's Minions back.jpeg|Back cover
Category:Byron Craft works
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