The Tenants of Ladywell Manor

"The Tenants of Ladywell Manor" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by British author William Meikle.
==Synopsis==
A pair of unattached socialite sisters meet two dashing young naval men and are invited to a gathering at their house, Ladywell Manor. What the women do not realise is that, after a disaster at sea, the men and their companions are in thrall to C'thulhu, and are dedicated to calling forth his servants across the globe by means of ritual sacrifice.
Fortunately for the girls, the captain of the crew is not so deeply affected as his compatriots, and with the assistance of the older sister is able to break the hold C'thulhu has over him for long enough to free them and set the Manor ablaze, with all of the cultists and dark abominations still inside.
==Characters==
*Anne, the eldest scion of a wealthy family.
*Captain Wentworth, former commander of the Royal Navy ship HMS Valiant.
*Lucy, Anne's younger, somewhat vapid, sister.
*Lieutenant Barclay, an officer in the Royal Navy fallen to the worship of C'thulhu.
==Publication History==
"The Tenants of Ladywell Manor" was first published in the anthology Cthulhu Unbound, Vol. 2 in July 2009. It has since appeared in the collections of Meikle's own works Dark Melodies (2012) and Home From the Sea: Tales of Lovecraftian Terror (2017).
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