The Happenings of December 13th, 2012

"The Happenings of December 13th, 2012" is a short story by Troy Young. It is the final instalment of Book 1 of the Nyarlathotep Cycle, but does little to add much, aside from finally revealing the name of the government organisation which employs the characters and elaborating upon Harjit Singh's backstory.
==Synopsis==
Presented as a report written six months after the fact, the story details Harjit Singh's first encounter with The Other, Sinh's term for the forces of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Singh and his group are walking back from their shift on the Fort McMurray oil fields when they are splashed by a strange glowing goo dripping from the basket of a power shovel. Shortly thereafter, one of the group goes insane and murders his entire family, whereupon the Department of Extraordinary Phenomena steps in and euthanises the others, all except Singh (who was uncontaminated) who they recruit into their ranks.
==Characters==
*Harjit Singh, a man working an unspecified job on the oil fields.
*Big Mike, one of Singh's co-workers.
==Publication History==
"The Happenings of December 13th, 2012" was published in The Other: Encounters with the Cthulhu Mythos Book 1 in 2020.
Category:Troy Young works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works