Claire

"Claire" is a Lovecraftian short story by author A. Henry Keene. It was published in the James Ward Kirk Publishing thematic anthology Lovecraft after Dark in November 2015.
==Synopsis==
Floyd is a bellhop in a prestigious Louisville hotel in the 1920s. Over the course of his employment he has witnessed Chicago mobster Mr. Eddie bring a string of drugged young women to his room, none of whom are ever seen again. Enamoured by Eddie's latest acquisition, he decides to take a closer look at the situation.
Floyd watches Eddie lead the girl, whose name he overhears is Claire, down to the sub-basement and begin a ritual which awakens a tentacled creature lurking in a pool of black water, he is overcome with fury. Overpowering Eddie, he instead drags the gangster to the water and feeds him to the entity, taking Claire into his arms and away from the horror.
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