The Mark of Yig

"The Mark of Yig" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Robert M. Price.
==Synopsis==
A brilliant man who has an obsession with expanding the consciousness decides that the best way to do this is to suppress the base of the brain: the oldest, reptilian part. Contacting a friend of his employed at Oakdeene Sanatorium, the two decide to conduct an experiment on one of the inmates. However, rather than removing the subject's baser instincts, the procedure goes horrifically wrong and results in the deaths of two orderlies.
Deciding that perhaps it would be better to enhance the reptilian part of the brain, and unwilling to try again on other people, the man goes about the business of experimenting on himself. Although his intellect is subsequently enhanced, a physical transformation also occurs, metamorphosing him into a human/reptile creature, and he crawls off to join the beings he now sees as kin below ground in the caverns of Yoth.
==Characters==
*Colin Gilman, a genius and visionary man.
*Dr. Allen Enslin, a senior resident at Oakdeene Sanatorium.
==Publication History==
"The Mark of Yig" was first published in issue #2 of digital fanzine The Black Book in August 2002, and later appeared in the collection Blasphemies & Revelations in November 2008.
Category:Robert M. Price works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works