After the After Party

"After the After Party" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by author M. Stern, first published in Vol 5, Issue 4 of the Lovecraftiana zine in 2021.
==Synopsis==
Lyle, a man besotted with a just-married woman, goes to save his beloved, believing that she is to be a sacrifice in her husband's bizarre ritual. However, he has misread the situation, and both of the newlyweds are willing participants in a plan to unite themselves in blissful eternity. Lyle arrives just in time to be a part of the rituals' completion, and bears witness to the birth of two powerful entities with a complete disdain for the human race.
==Mythos Connections==
The components involved in the ritual included a book written by Von Junzt and a sacrificial knife referred to as the "dagger of Sothoth".
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