'Twas the Night Before Madness

"'‘Twas the Night Before Madness" is a festive Cthulhu Mythos poem by author S. Alessandro Martinez. It was published in the Jesse Dedman/William C. Marchese-edited anthology Cthulhu Christmas Special and Other Lovecraftian Yuletide Tales in November 2017.
== Synopsis ==
The twelve four-line verses describe how, at Christmas time, a cultist conducts a murderous ritual to summon the Old Ones to our plane of existence. As they return to the material realm, they grant him incredible knowledge, but shatter his sanity in the process.
== Trivia ==
* The entities summoned by the cultist include Yog-Sothoth, Dagon, Hastur, Yig, Gla'aki, Cthulhu, Ithaqua, Nyarlathotep, and Cthylla.
Category:S. Alessandro Martinez works
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