Fear and Loathing in Innsmouth: Richard Nixon's Revenge

"Fear and Loathing in Innsmouth: Richard Nixon's Revenge" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Jason Andrew.
==Synopsis==
While on the trail of a story which he hopes will derail Richard Nixon's presidential re-election campaign, journalist Hunter uncovers a plot by Innsmouth's Esoteric Order of Dagon, led by one Ephraim Waite, to call forth Mother Hydra and Father Dagon. Fortunately, a call to the police claiming the cult is involved in the illegal narcotics trade saves Hunter and his companion, but they are left in no doubt that continuing to investigate will result in their brutal deaths.
==Characters==
*Hunter, an investigative journalist.
*Rooster Brown, a violent Hell's Angel.
*Ephraim Waite, leader of the Esoteric Order of Dagon.
==Publication History==
"Fear and Loathing in Innsmouth: Richard Nixon's Revenge" was published in the Lovecraftian anthology Whispers from the Abyss by 01Publishing in 2013.
==Trivia==
*The journalist Hunter is likely intended to be Hunter S. Thompson, a counterculture journalist prominent in the 1960s and 70s. Jason Andrew had previously written a story about this fictionalised version of Thompson in which he encountered Dracula.
*Several surnames associated with the Mythos are used in the story, including Marsh, Akeley and the aforementioned Waite.
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