The Beard of Byatis

"The Beard of Byatis" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Robert M. Price.
==Synopsis==
Years after the archaeological party which he was a part of accidentally released the monstrous creature known as Byatis from its prison beneath the Severn Valley, scholarly cleric Mr. Batchel returns to fix his mistake. Somehow deducing that the creature is hiding in plain sight at Brichester University, he uses a star-stone to banish it before it can turn him to stone, as it did with the leader of the original expedition.
==Characters==
*Mr. Batchel, an educated and well respected pastor.
*Mr. Barlowe, Batchel's young assistant.
*Professor Ashdod, an archaeologist determined to prove the link between the Gorgon and the pagan deity Byatis.
*The Professor/Doctor Raines/Byatis, a supernatural being hiding amongst the faculty of Brichester University.
==Publication History==
"The Beard of Byatis" was first published in the Scott David Aniolowski-edited anthology Made in Goatswood by Chaosium in July 1995. It later appeared in the collection of Price's own works Blasphemies & Revelations in November 2008.
==Trivia==
*The story is set in the fictional Severn Valley, a setting created by Ramsey Campbell for many of his mythos stories.
Category:Robert M. Price works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works