The Bank Job

"The Bank Job" is a Lovecraftian short story by American author Ron Shiflet. It was first published in his collection Looking for Darla: Stories of Mythos Noir by Elder Signs Press in September 2008, although Shiflet states in his afterword for the second edition that it was written before that book was a project in the works.
==Synopsis==
When a bank robbery goes drastically wrong, cowpoke criminal Wayne Handley flees from the sheriff and his posse of angry citizens. Finding himself trapped in a local graveyard, he hides in the sole mausoleum, beneath which he discovers a secret passageway.
Fleeing through the catacombs beneath the old cemetery, Handley encounters a colossal half human, half serpent monstrosity which claims to be Dorffman, the mausoleum's former inhabitant and a powerful warlock. Dorffman and his inhuman "children" attempt to eat the man, but he is able to escape via an underground stream, bringing the chambers crashing down on the creatures in the process.
==Behind the Mythos==
Despite containing no direct connections to the works of H. P. Lovecraft or the Cthulhu Mythos, Dorffman at one point mentions that he arrived at his position "having studied the Arab's book". This would appear to be a reference to Abdul Alhazred and the Necronomicon, both prominent elements of the Mythos.
==Publication History==
Since it’s first appearance in Looking for Darla, "The Bank Job" has appeared in the Rainfall Books zine Tales of the Weird West #2 in August 2015.
Category:Ron Shiflet works
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