Screaming Crawler

"Screaming Crawler" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by Australian author David Conyers. It first saw print in Issue #1 of the short-lived Lovecraftian fanzine Dreaming in R'lyeh in January 2003.
==Synopsis==
Aristocrat Lady Clare Heatherington and her faithful manservant Jake Morgan travel to the jungles of Africa and befriend a tribe of pigmies in their long-running quest to put an end the cults of Nyarlathotep which plague the world. However, they are beset by both the Screaming Crawler, a creature sent by their enemies to end their lives, and a group of colonial militia whose masters may or may not be in league with the Outer God. Although Lady Clare manages to avoid the attentions of the Crawler, the militia are wiped out by the being, and Morgan is grievously injured. 
==Behind the Mythos==
Although presented as a short story, the lack of explanation for Clare and Jake's crusade alongside the cliffhanger ending seems to imply that "Screaming Crawler" was intended to be part of a longer tale rather than a stand-alone work. 
==Trivia==
*In its first appearance in Dreaming in R'lyeh, "Screaming Crawler" was credited to David Gonyers "Screaming Crawler" at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
==References==
Category:David Conyers works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works