The Terror of Toad Lake

"The Terror of Toad Lake" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author James Ambuehl, part of his Lu-Kthu story cycle.
==Synopsis==
Deep in the backwoods of Minnesota, a man stumbles across an ancient cult of toad-men and degenerate hillbillies nearing the final night of a dark ceremony. After enlisting the assistance of his childhood best friend, the two tackle the cult and succeed in stopping their ritual; however, the sole survivor of this encounter discovers to his horror that the toad-men may have passed on some vile condition. 
==Characters==
*John, the narrator, a member of Royceton University's security staff.
*Thomas Wynne, John's oldest and best friend.
*The Reverend Thomas Skyler, an old adversary of the cult.
*Sathogwa, the Great Old One Tsathoggua.
==Publication History==
"The Terror of Toad Lake" was published in the first issue of online fanzine Nightscapes in June 1997, and appeared in the James Ambuehl collection Correlated Contents in December 1998. May 2003 saw its translation into German, and its inclusion in the anthology Der Cthulhu-Mythos: 1976 - 2002.
Category:James Ambuehl works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works