Scratching from the Outer Darkness

"Scratching from the Outer Darkness" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Tim Curran.
==Synopsis==
A blind woman begins hearing a scratching coming from outside the boundaries of reality at the same time that random acts of madness take a firm grip on the Earth. Despite her lack of sight, as one of the last people to retain a hold on sanity she is gifted a front-row seat to the return of the Old Ones.
==Characters==
*Simone, a self-sufficient woman who has been blind since birth.
==Publication History==
"Scratching from the Outer Darkness" was first published in the thematic anthology Return of the Old Ones: Apocalyptic Lovecraftian Horror in 2017. It was included in Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3 the following year.
==Trivia==
*One of the doomsayers on a public-access television channel references the prophecies contained in the Al-Azif, the Pnakotic Manuscripts, the Eltdown Shards, De Vermis Mysteriis and the Unaussprechlichen Kulten. Also, Simone's mother comments on how the fall of humanity will see the return of Cthulhu, Tsathoggua, and others.
*One of the other books mentioned is Azathoth and other Horrors by Edward Derby. This is likely a reference to Edward Pickman Derby, a character from H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Thing on the Doorstep".
Category:Tim Curran works
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