The Second Wish

"The Second Wish"  is a Cthulhu Mythos story by Brian Lumley, first published in New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Arkham House, 1980). 
An homage not only to H. P. Lovecraft but to Robert E. Howard as well, Lumley calls it "a fully fledged Mythos tale with just about every Mythos prop"--and "one of my personal favourites."Haggopian and Other Stories, "The Second Wish" (introduction), by Brian Lumley (Subterranean Press, 2008).
==Synopsis==
Harry and Julia, on holiday in Hungary, encounter a sinister old man who shows them a macabre relic. Harry is told to hold the mummy's hand and make a wish--but finds that he gets more than he wishes for.
==Publication History==
After its initial appearance in New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Arkham House, 1980), "The Second Wish" was included in Lumley's collections The Second Wish and Other Exhalations (New English Library, 1995), Beneath the Moors and Darker Places (Tor, 2002), and Haggopian and Other Stories (Subterranean Press, 2008).
==References==
Category:Brian Lumley works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works