It Lives in the Woods

"It Lives in the Woods" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by Canadian author Troy Young. It is the third instalment in the Nyarlathotep Cycle.
==Synopsis==
Inspector Joe Mills investigates the ritualistic slaying of an entire family on a remote Canadian island. His inquiries uncover a Cthulhu cultist who has summoned a dread entity, and with the assistance of his superior Harjit Singh and a mystical dagger, he is able to dispatch both threats.
==Characters==
*Inspector Joe Mills, a Canadian Mountie on secondment to a highly-secretive government agency.
*Harjit Singh, Mills's handler.
*Professor Robert Bilson, an expert on medieval history and cultist of Cthulhu.
==Publication History==
"It Lives in the Woods" was published in the collection The Other: Encounters with the Cthulhu Mythos Book 1 in 2020.
Category:Troy Young works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works