Atonement

"Atonement" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Ron Shiflet. It functions as a follow-up to H. P. Lovecraft's "Herbert West-Reanimator".
== Synopsis ==
The narrator from "Herbert West-Reanimator" moves to Townsend, Illinois to help his ageing uncle with his medical practice. Only a short while passes, however, before he discovers that Dr. West has survived the attack by his reanimated monstrosities, and is now working at the Townsend morticians, where he continues his unholy experiments. After confronting West and demanding that he leave town, the narrator and his former partner fight. Although West gains the upper hand, one of his vengeful creations emerges from the vault, and drags him off into the woods, presumably to be killed.
== Characters ==
* The Narrator, the unnamed narrator from the original story, now a small-town physician in Illinois.
* Dr. Herbert West, a deranged scientist who believes that he can create a serum to defeat death.
* Dr. Norris Whitman, the narrator's uncle and town doctor in Townsend, Illinois.
== Publication History ==
"Atonement" was published in the Ron Shiflet anthology They Thrive in Darkness: Mythos and Madness in June 2018.
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Ron Shiflet works