Conglomerate

"Conglomerate" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author Jeffrey Thomas. It was first published in the November 1996 edition of the Robert M. Price-edited fanzine Midnight Shambler.
==Synopsis==
When a crazed vandal kills himself after defacing a company's icon - an enormous, rock-like sphere - head of security Colin James decides to look into the man's motives. What he discovers is that his city was once the site of a titanic battle, one in which Yog-Sothoth was rendered inert by cosmic powers. Furthermore, his company - which he now realises is far more expansive and insidious than he had ever imagined - is responsible for buying the land containing the inactive spheres of the Outer God, linking them together in an attempt to revive the being.
The story concludes with James realising that even though there is little he can do against the forces ranged against mankind, he must try before the megacorporation achieves their goal.
==Publication History==
Since it’s first appearance, "Conglomerate" has also been included in the collections Unholy Dimensions (2005) and Geschichten aus dem Cthulhu-Mythos (2012, German translation).
Category:Jeffrey Thomas works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works