Looking for Darla

"Looking for Darla" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Ron Shiflet. It was published in the collection to which it lends its name Looking for Darla: Stories of Mythos Noir by Elder Signs Press in September 2008.
== Synopsis ==
In June 1952, Arkham private detective Bill Sweetan takes on a case for Wyatt Sanderson, a Miskatonic University professor whose wife has gone missing. The woman had suffered from a strange, debilitating condition for months before her disappearance, and Sweetan tracks her down to the degenerate fishing village of Innsmouth. After an encounter with the more progressive members of the Marsh family, he is invited to watch a ceremony in which the woman ascends to take her place among the Deep Ones. He returns to Sanderson and, in the interest of giving the man closure, tells him that his wife has committed suicide.
== Behind the Mythos ==
In the story notes for the second edition of Looking for Darla: Stories of Mythos Noir, Shiflet states that when he submitted "Looking for Darla" story to Elder Signs Press editor William Jones for consideration, Jones suggested that perhaps he should spin the piece into a full-length novel. Terrified by the prospect and feeling unready to commit to the project, Shiflet made the counter-proposal of a collection of short stories: the result was Looking for Darla: Stories of Mythos Noir.
== Trivia ==
* Bill Sweetan is a semi-recurrent character in the Mythos fiction of Ron Shiflet, having appeared in at least one other story, "The Scales of Justice".
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