Dulfor

By John Luck

This is the 4th of an ongoing series of stories inspired by the Cthulhu mythos and the writing of H.P. Lovecraft. This story is from the villain’s point of view. It chronicles Dulfor’s life from receiving his Masters of Divinity, finding a mentor in his blasphemous obsession, and recruiting Sorush Al-Helzra to help him translate forbidden texts held within the vaults of the St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary. The story ends with Dulfor’s profane ritual to release the Old One, Yelkat’hop, from the 1st story (The Second Coming) and the foreboding events that immediately followed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Luck
• Release date: Feb 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310552915

John Luck

I am an artist and art teacher by training, but I have held an interest in fantasy and horror genres most of my life. The works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and H.P. Lovecraft are the source of my inspiration. I am an avid table top role-player and a prolific game master; The Second Coming (and subsequent stories) is loosely based on an adventure I wrote for my gaming group. Family and friends have been encouraging me for years to submit my adventures or convert them into stories for publication. I finally took their advice. I am an alumnus of Virginia Commonwealth University holding a Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Drawing and Painting as well as a Radford University alumnus with a Bachelors of Science of Art Education. I currently live in Newport News, Virginia and works for Newport News Public Schools as an art teacher. Feel free to visit my Facebook page to see my artwork.

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