Demiurge

"Demiurge" is a short story by the late American author Michael Shea.
== Synopsis ==
A powerful entity awakens to the modern world and proceeds to insert its consciousness into every living organism in its vicinity. As it becomes more aware of the greater world around it, is comes into contact with another of its kind, a creature which inhabits the nearby bay. The two are finally able to connect, at which point they mate.
== Characters ==
* Grunt, a small-time criminal.
* James Deuce, a substitute teacher.
* Lionel, another criminal, deceased.
== Publication History ==
"Demiurge" was published posthumously in the collection Demiurge: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Shea in December 2017.
== Behind the Mythos ==
Although containing no references to the works of H. P. Lovecraft or the greater Cthulhu Mythos, "Demiurge" is considered to be a part of this shared universe by Lovecraft scholar S. T. Joshi, as evidenced by his inclusion of the work in the collection to which it lends its name.
The story also appears to be unfinished, with no conclusion offered to the human aspects of the story. As it was published three years after Shea's death, it seems likely that it was being worked on at the time of his passing, or was an abandoned project.
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