His Hour Upon the Stage

"His Hour Upon the Stage" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by author J. B. Lee.
==Synopsis==
Robert Clarke, a man grieving after the loss of his unborn child, makes a deal with Le Novar, who claims to be a cosmic time-traveller, to steal a manuscript from Miskatonic University in return for the chance to travel back and make things right.
After holding up his end of the bargain, Clarke is allowed to use a device called The Clawed Crystal, with the warning that anything he meets on his journey through the time stream will be inimically hostile to him. Whilst travelling, he is detected by a pack of Hounds of Tindalos, but they are chased off by a seemingly-angelic figure.
Reaching his destination, Clarke is successful in altering the timeline, and immediately returns to himself and the blissful life he now has with his wife and child. Back in the time stream, Nyarlathotep, having shed his angelic mien, muses on the suffering the Clarke family are to undergo now that they have a child.
==Characters==
*Robert Clarke, a man suffering from deep psychological and physical scars after an automobile accident.
*Nick "Le Novar" Calvert, an alien being living in the shell of a human body.
*Nyarlathotep, an Outer God with a cruel sense of humour.
==Publication History==
"His Hour Upon the Stage" was first published in the online fanzine Nightscapes in September 1998. It later appeared in issue 3 of Dark Legacy in January 1999, and was included in the collection The Best of Dark Legacy, Volume 2 in September 2016.
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:J. B. Lee works