Moths to a Pallid Flame

"Moths to a Pallid Flame" is a short story by Ron Shiflet and Glynn Barrass.
== Synopsis ==
A horrific murder in rural Texas following a stage adaptation of The King in Yellow brings together a sheriff's deputy and a specialist from England to put a stop to the spread of the incursion. Despite succeeding in thwarting the creature attempting to break through from another world, a small part of it escapes, and runs off into the woods where it will bide it’s time and heal…
== Characters ==
* Mark Warren, a Deaconville sheriff's deputy experiencing his first glimpse of the horror which lurks beyond our world.
* Agent Phillips, a member of a shadowy organisation called the Yellow Cross which is dedicated to halting outbreaks of the yellow madness.
* Charles Applewaite, director of the most recent production of The King in Yellow.
* Jane Doggitt, an actress in the play.
== Publication History ==
"Moths to a Pallid Flame" was published in the collection of Shiflet’s own work They Thrive In Darkness: Mythos and Madness in 2018.
== Trivia ==
* The story takes place in Tenoka, Texas a setting created by Ron Shiflet for many of his mythos works.
Category:Ron Shiflet works
Category:Glynn Owen Barrass works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works