The Eater of Hours

"The Eater of Hours" is a short story by noted American author and literary critic Darrell Schweitzer which is set in H. P. Lovecraft's fictional Cthulhu Mythos. It was first published in Inhuman magazine #4 in the summer of 2009.
==Synopsis==
The ancient entity known as the Chronophagos dreams through some of its stolen time-memories, and decides to release one of its captive souls back into the world.
==Characters==
*The Chronophagos, a mysterious entity which consumes the time and memories of the lives of mortals, with the events subsequently running through its dreams.
*Jon, the sole human released back into the world by the Chronophagos.
==Behind the Mythos==
"The Eater of Hours" was inspired by a quote by Lovecraft ("Chronophagos, the Devourer of Time, the Eater of Hours. What man remembereth even the hour of his death if the Chronophagos hath devoured it?").
The chronophagic devouring of memories and time is similar to the erasing effect suffered by John Milwarp in "The Chain of Aforgomon".
==Publication History==
*Allen K's Inhuman Magazine #4 (2009)
*The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack (2012)
*The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack (2013)
*Awaiting Strange Gods: Weird and Lovecraftian Fiction (2015)
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Darrell Schweitzer works