The Ink of the Slime Lord

"The Ink of the Slime Lord" is a short story by American author Jason Ray Carney. First published in the 2017 Rogue Planet Press anthology Swords Against Cthulhu II: Hyperborean Nights, it contains no direct references to the Cthulhu Mythos, but features Lovecraftian entities in the form of Cax, Lord of Slime, and the Inmor, a species reminiscent of the Deep Ones.
==Synopsis==
After three great sorceresses and their entire cult are murdered by a rival priesthood, one of the sisters named Mera manages to resurrect herself, subsequently setting out on a quest to obtain a phial of slime from the being known as Cax. 
Hiring a mercenary crew, she travels across the ocean, the band killing all who stand in their way before reaching the cursed island home of Cax. There, Mera manages to obtain her sample, barely escaping with her life. After returning to her homeland, she enacts a complicated and dangerous ritual using the slime, but is eventually successful in bringing about the rebirth of her two elder sisters.
==Publication History==
*Swords Against Cthulhu II: Hyperborean Nights (2017)
*Rakefire and Other Stories (2020)
Category:Jason Ray Carney works
Category:Mythos-Inspired Works