The Dweller in the Pot

"The Dweller in the Pot; Or, The Pasta Out of Space Eaters" is a short story by American author Robert M. Price. 
==Synopsis==
When Frank is invited round to Howard's house to sample his most recent concoction, he has no idea that his friend has made his latest dish using directions from an occult cookbook. Mid-meal, the two are attacked by enchanted spaghetti, but Howard is able to defeat the menacing foodstuff by eating it. 
==Characters==
*Frank Chimesleep Short, the story's narrator, named after Frank Belknap Long's counterpart from "The Battle that Ended the Century".
*Howard, an experimental cook who is clearly based on H. P. Lovecraft himself.
==Publication History==
First published in Crypt of Cthulhu #74 in August 1990, "The Dweller in the Pot" was later included in the collection of Price's own works Blasphemies & Revelations in November 2008. It was also included in The Tindalos Cycle.
==Trivia==
*Amongst the nods to the Cthulhu Mythos, "The Dweller in the Pot" mentions cookbooks named for mythos books, for example De Vermicelli Mysteriis (De Vermis Mysteriis), the Cultes des Goulash (Cultes des Goules) and the Unaussprechlichen Kuchen (Unaussprechlichen Kulten).
Category:Robert M. Price works
Category:Mythos-Inspired Works
Category:Pastiches