The House Of The Ocelot

"The House of the Ocelot" is a short story by author Mark McLaughlin.
==Synopsis==
A young man stumbles across a group of Cats of Ulthar and Cat-People of Ulthar living a secluded existence in a mysterious townhouse. Befriending them using coffee and cookies, he convinces one to teach him how to travel to the Dreamlands.
During his first trip to the Dreamlands, he decides to investigate a temple to the cat-headed goddess Bast, but makes a stupid mistake which causes the temples feral priestess to claim him as her own.
==Characters==
*Tyrone Zindel, a barista with a yearning for something different.
*Book, a cat-person resident of the House of the Ocelot.
*Shamylla, a cat-person priestess of Bast who has given in to her bestial side.
==Publication History==
"The House of the Ocelot" was published in the collection The House of the Ocelot & More Lovecraftian Nightmares in 2019.
Category:Mark McLaughlin works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works