Death Wore Greasepaint

"Death Wore Greasepaint" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author and comic book creator Josh Finney.
== Synopsis ==
A mentally-unstable clown begins a ritual while performing live on local television. Whipping his child audience into a frenzy with characters such as "Goofy Mister Gugs" and the "Octopus King", he invokes Great Cthulhu before killing himself on air and dooming his town.
== Characters ==
* Charlie, an alcoholic local television station manager.
* Wilbur, a down-on-his-luck clown who has come into the possession of forbidden knowledge while travelling in the Far East.
== Publication History ==
"Death Wore Greasepaint" was published in the Kat Rocha-edited anthology Whispers from the Abyss by 01Publishing in November 2014. Finney also provided the cover art shown in the infobox to the right.
Category:Josh Finney works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works