The Woven Offspring

"The Woven Offspring" is a Lovecraftian short story by the late American author W. H. Pugmire, first published in issue #9 of Lore magazine in 1998.
The story is loosely connected to the Cthulhu Mythos through its setting of the Sesqua Valley, a locale created by Pugmire as the stage for many of his mythos stories.
==Synopsis==
Young siblings Alma and Alexander find themselves embroiled in a love triangle with Thomas, a charming drug addict. When they find Thomas dead of an overdose one morning, Alexander enacts a ritual to bring him back. However, the magic of the Old Ones required by the process causes Alexander to brutally kill himself, leaving Alma to care for the tiny doll into which Thomas's soul has been transferred.
==Publication History==
*Lore #9 (1998)
*Tales of Love and Death (2001)
*Sesqua Valley & Other Haunts (2008)
*Gathered Dust and Others (2008)
*Orrori e meraviglie a Sesqua Valley (2022, Italian language collection)
Category:W. H. Pugmire works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works