Black Man with a Horn

"Black Man with a Horn" is a short Cthulhu Mythos story by American author T. E. D. Klein.
== Synopsis ==
An ageing and unnamed member of Howard Phillips Lovecraft's circle one day has a chance encounter with a former missionary to Malaysia. The man relates his dealings with the remote Tcho-Tcho tribesmen, and how his contact with them led him to become the target of a supernatural being.
When the man later turns up dead, the narrator decides to investigate, and discovers that many of the people who had come into contact with the missionary have met their end. As whatever evil closes in on him, he sits down to write his account and await his fate…
== Characters ==
* The Unnamed Narrator, an elderly author who has spent his career in Lovecraft's shadow.
* Ambrose Mortimer, a religious man who has fallen foul of dark forces.
* Maude, the narrator's sister.
* Shugoran, an avatar of Nyarlathotep.
== Publication History ==
"Black Man with a Horn" was first published in the Ramsey Campbell-edited anthology New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Arkham House in 1980. It has since been reprinted many times, and has also been translated into German, French and, Finnish.
Category:T. E. D. Klein works
Category:Expanded Mythos Works