The Keeper of Memory

"The Keeper of Memory" is a Lovecraftian short story by American author Christine Morgan.
==Synopsis==
In a far future where the Earth has been conquered by malevolent gods, an entity masquerading as an elderly woman travels the globe with her entourage encouraging the scattered survivors to renew themselves and rise against their oppressors. When one of the planet's new rulers takes notice of her, she transforms into something wholly inhuman, and kills the creature.
==Characters==
*Mema, the Keeper of Memory, a non-human monstrosity which nevertheless seems invested in seeing Earth return to its former level of fecundity.
*Nemon, the great-granddaughter of Mema and heir to her title.
==Publication History==
"The Keeper of Memory" was published in the Brian M. Sammons-edited anthology Return of the Old Ones: Apocalyptic Lovecraftian Horror by Dark Regions Press in 2017.
==Trivia==
Although never explicitly stated, it is possible that Mema is intended to be an avatar of Shub-Niggurath, as she seems devoted to the return of widespread life to Earth, and appears to know the location of bunkers filled with stored eggs and embryos from every species which were rendered extinct by the planet's new masters.
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