The Island Of Doctor Munroe

"Carnacki: The Island of Doctor Munroe" is a short story by British-born author William Meikle. It is part of the Carnacki series established by William Hope Hodgson and expanded upon by many others.
==Synopsis==
Thomas Carnacki relates the story of his experience with one Doctor John Munroe, a self-proclaimed man of science who invited Carnacki to spend time on his island, and inspect his inventions.
However, upon arrival Carnacki, a veteran occultist with many years of experience in dealing with dark entities, immediately recognises that the island is in fact a prison for malevolent entities from the "Outer Darkness" which have been polluting Munroe's mind with designs for machinery which will bring about their release and, ultimately, the downfall of humankind.
Carnacki is able to use an obscure passage from an ancient book to cause the destruction of the island and the demise of the entities, but in doing so becomes responsible for the death of Doctor Munroe, an act for which he feels tremendous remorse.
==Characters==
*Thomas Carnacki, a highly-accomplished occultist.
*Doctor John Munroe, a scientist who has unwittingly fallen into the thrall of entities from another plane of existence.
==Publication History==
"Carnacki: The Island of Doctor Munroe" was first published in Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu Fiction anthology Steampunk Cthulhu in June 2014. It was later included in the collection of Meikle's own work Home From the Sea: Tales of Lovecraftian Terror in April 2017.
==Behind the Mythos==
Although not directly involving Mythos elements, the character of Thomas Carnacki has featured in several Mythos stories in the past (although none of these were written by the series creator, William Hope Hodgson). However, the premise of "Carnacki: The Island of Doctor Munroe", that of ancient malevolence lurking just out of sight of humanity, is most definitely Lovecraftian in theme.
Category:William Meikle works
Category:Mythos-Inspired Works