The Death Watch

"The Death Watch" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by the late American author Hugh B. Cave.
==Synopsis==
When his wife is devastated by the loss of her brother, Peter Ingram resolves to go to any length to help ease her pain. Delving into evil texts, he creates a revolutionary radio set which he uses to plead with the dark gods of the cosmos in an effort to have his brother-in-law returned to them. His prayers seem to be answered, but what comes back is not what was lost, and one of them must pay a terrible price.
==Characters==
*Harry Crandall, a coastal radio operator.
*Peter Ingram, Harry's friend.
*Elaine Ingram, Peter's wife.
*Yago, the Ingram's Seminole Indian manservant.
==Publication History==
*Weird Tales (1939)
*Murgunstrumm and Others (1977, 2004)
*Cthulhu's Heirs: Tales of the Mythos for the New Millennium (1994)
==Trivia==
*Amongst the deities beseeched for help by Ingram are Hastur the Unspeakable and Nyarlathotep.
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