Houndwife

"Houndwife" is a Cthulhu Mythos short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan that first appeared in the March 2010 issue of Sirenia Digest (#52).
== Synopsis ==
The story is a sequel to H. P. Lovecraft's "The Hound" and "The Haunter of the Dark," with the amulet from the former tale being found in a Savannah curiosity shop by a young woman, who subsequently becomes a willing sacrifice for the Church of Starry Wisdom. It's also a continuation of Kiernan's story "Les Fleurs Empoisonnées," which is set in Savannah.
==Publication History==
The story was republished in the anthology Black Wings II (PS Publishing, 2012). It later appeared in Beneath an Oil-Dark Sea: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan (Volume Two) (Subterranean Press, 2015), and in Kiernan's collection Houses Under the Sea: Mythos Tales (Subterranean Press, 2019).
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Caitlin R. Kiernan works