Skoptsy

"Skoptsy" is a short story by Jonathan Sharp, first published in the collection of Lovecraftian fiction Whispers from the Abyss Vol. 2: The Horrors That Are & Shall Be by 01Publishing in October 2015.
==Synopsis==
Two mob enforcers are dispatched to a remote farmhouse in the north of England with instructions to kill its occupants. What they encounter is a cult who practice self-mutilation led by a deathless old man with a tentacled abomination embedded within his torso.
==Behind the Mythos==
The Skoptsy were a real-world Christian sect originating in Russia in the late 1700s. They were known for their practice of removing the sexual organs to inhibit notions of lust and remained in existence until as recently as the early 21st century.
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