Shocking Terrors

"Shocking Terrors #13" is a Lovecraftian short story by American author Frank Forte, first published in his collection Beyond Lovecraft by Asylum Press in September 2020.
==Synopsis==
An avid pulp magazine collector develops an obsession with tracking down an elusive edition of horror magazine Shocking Terrors, an issue said to contain a story which drives all who read it insane.
After five long years of searching, he eventually manages to locate a copy, and settles down to read it despite the warnings of everyone who has heard of the curse. Predictably, his sanity immediately begins to degrade and he embarks upon a murderous rampage before trying to kill himself. He is eventually put out of his misery at the hands of the armed police officers who attend the scene of his last crime.
== Trivia ==
* Legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales is mentioned as being among those favoured by the collector.
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