The Becoming

"The Becoming" is a short story by American author Ron Shiflet.
==Synopsis==
A young man has the magical ability to "become" the characters he reads about in books. He suffers a gruesome fate when an accident leaves him unable to leave the character he has become while reading H. P. Lovecraft's "The Thing on the Doorstep".
==Characters==
*Danny Phillips, a teenager who has gained magical power from one of his estranged uncle's musty old books.
*Robert Phillips, Danny's father, an average Joe.
*Asa Phillips, Danny's uncle, apparently something of an occultist.
==Publication History==
"The Becoming" was first published in the January 1998 edition of Nightscapes, and then again in April 1998 in Cthulhu Cultus #12.
Category:Ron Shiflet works
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