Thick as a Brick

"Thick as a Brick" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by author Craig Brownlie. It was first published in Vol 8, Issue 2 of the Gavin Chappell-edited zine Lovecraftiana in July 2023.
==Synopsis==
When young Carter is injured helping elderly relative Dominick declutter his house, the old man gives the boy a tincture of containing a strange black powder which may well be alien in nature. Although the substance makes his arm heal in a miraculous timeframe, the boy subsequently becomes obsessed with the rhythms of music, and accidentally triggers an event which causes him, his mother and sister, and a substantial portion of the family home to simply disappear into the ether.
Distraught and desperate to have his family returned to him, husband and father Nick does everything within his power to find out what really happened. Through correspondence with academic experts and extensive consultation and experimentation with Dominick, he finally comes up with a solution: activating a series of supercharged speakers and drinking as much of the black powder as he can stomach, Nick finds himself transported in the same manner as his family, although it is implied that he does not survive the trip.
==Mythos Connections==
One of the correspondences Nick enters into is with a retired professor from Miskatonic University.
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Craig Brownlie works