My Stalk

"My Stalk" is a short story by author and editor Aaron J. French. It is inspired by the fiction of Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
==Synopsis==
A man with the soul of a seeker of knowledge purchases a bag of mushrooms from a reputed witch deep in the forest. When he grows the mushrooms, they begin to allow him to commune with an eldritch deity not of our world, and he dedicates his existence to creating a causeway to allow it to breach realities.
==Characters==
*The Narrator, a man in search of meaning to his life.
*The Witch, a forest-dwelling hag.
*Sky-God, a extra-dimensional batrachian entity.
==Publication History==
"My Stalk" was first published in the collection of French's own works Aberrations of Reality in September 2014. In November that same year, it was included in the 01Publishing anthology of Lovecraft-inspired works Whispers from the Abyss.
Category:Aaron J. French works
Category:Mythos-Inspired Works