A Question of Blood

"A Question of Blood" is a short story by British author David Hambling.
==Synopsis==
When 21-year-old Paul Pennywell discovers that he is not as alone in the world as he thought, he travels to England to meet the surviving members of his family. There, he meets his wealthy grandfather and matronly aunt, as well as his half-brother Matthew. Matthew, the result of a botched fertility treatment, is a semi-reptilian monstrosity with an evil nature, and decides to unleash his homicidal inclinations on Paul…
==Characters==
*Paul Pennywell, a young man who has begun to make something of himself, despite the lot he has been handed in life.
*Mr. Beaumont, the head of Paul's blood family.
*Florence Beaumont, Paul's aunt.
*Matthew Beaumont, Paul's semi-human half-brother.
==Publication History==
"A Question of Blood" was released in the S. T. Joshi-edited 2016 anthology Black Wings V: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror by PS Publishing. It was also included in later versions of the digital chapbook The Dulwich Horror of 1927.
==Trivia==
*One of the scientists involved in the development of the fertility treatment was stated to be Herbert West.
Category:David Hambling works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works