Aldebaran Apocalypse

"Aldebaran Apocalypse" is a short Yellow Mythos story by American author Brian Barr. The fourth and final of his King in Yellow stories, it was independently published in both print and digital formats in May 2019.
==Synopsis==
In 400BC Anatolia, a young Greek woman is inducted into a cult of the Yellow King known as the Cult of the Carians, receiving the mark of her new master.
In the modern day Robbie, a man completing his PhD on the cult, is is slowly consumed by his thirst for knowledge on the subject while simultaneously coming to realise that he may have unwittingly drawn the King's attention to him. Following the lead of a beautiful Greek woman who appears in his dreams, he begins to experiment with magical rituals. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of planet Earth, his work results in the opening of a breach in reality, allowing the armies of Hastur to pour through and begin their conquest.
==Publication History==
Since it’s release, "Aldebaran Apocalypse has also been included in the June 2019 collection Brian Barr's King in Yellow.
==Trivia==
*The fleet of ancient ships used by Hastur's army is the one described in Barr's earlier story "A Visage of Great Truths".
Category:Brian Barr works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works