Chimera

"Chimera" Is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by the late American author Sam Gafford.
==Synopsis==
When an abused Arkham youth enters a sleep-study program, he meets a group of cultists who plan on using the Outer God Yog-Sothoth to open a gateway which will bring about the return of the Old Ones. Discovering that he is the herald of these beings by virtue of his bloodline, the boy takes up his birthright as a pair of enormous gates on a Pacific island open …
==Characters==
*William Byers, the product of a union between a human woman and a celestial being, likely Yog-Sothoth.
*Lieutenant Jeff Byers, William's sadistic stepfather.
*Dr. Munroe, head of the sleep-study program at Miskatonic University.
==Publication History==
"Chimera" was published in the Brian M. Sammons-edited anthology Return of the Old Ones: Apocalyptic Lovecraftian Horror by Dark Regions Press in 2017.
== Trivia ==
A reference to one of the former study group subjects, a boy named Alex Kintner who dreamed about being attacked by sharks, is a clear reference to the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley and the subsequent film adaptation by Steven Spielberg, in which a young boy of the same name is eaten by the titular beast.
Category:Sam Gafford works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works