The Scales of Justice

"The Scales of Justice" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Ron Shiflet. It was published in his collection Looking for Darla: Stories of Mythos Noir by Elder Signs Press in September 2008.
==Synopsis==
Tough Arkham private detective Bill Sweetan takes on the case of Warren Peasley, a man who has been receiving mysterious notes, notes which contain only the words "Return the child". During the course of his investigations, he learns that Peasley enjoys collecting and stuffing exotic snakes. His latest acquisition, a creature he encountered in Oklahoma, defies classification and bears a strange diamond-shaped marking on its head.
As the letters continue to arrive, Sweetan locates the man who has been sending them: a Native American fellow named Jim Thunderhawk, who informs him that unless Peasley returns the strange snake to its home, Great Yig, the father of serpents, will manifest to take its revenge. Predictably, Peasley ignores this warning, and the man is gruesomely murdered by his taxidermied collection of serpents.
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