The Insects from Shaggai

"The Insects from Shaggai is a short story by Ramsey Campbell. It is the first appearance of its eponymous Shan insects. The story made its debut in Campbell's first collection, The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants (1964).
==Synopsis==
The story tells the tale of Ronald Shea, a fantasy writer who encounters the Shan in the woods near Goatswood. Stumbling across a bizarre and out-of-place structure, he enters and gains a glimpse of the insectoid species' depraved culture, as well as the sleeping god which they worship.
==Publication History==
*The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants (1964)
*Cold Print (1985)
*The Azathoth Cycle: Tales of the Blind Idiot God (1995)
*Die Offenbarungen des Glaaki (2014, German language anthology)
Category:Ramsey Campbell works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works