Week 21, "The Way Back"

[rayaso]

THE RETURN OF CTHULHUOnce you’ve been to Hell, there’s no way back, especially if you’re the monster Cthulhu. His true home was inside the brain of H. P. Lovecraft, who wrote him into existence in 1928, but then died only nine years later. Like all fictional monsters, he was cast into the Tenth Circle of Hell on the death of his author

Comments

[bleodswean]

Bravo, bravo!! This is so imaginative and so fantastically well done, G. I think it's salable. Believe me, the Cthulu folks out there and there are a zillion of them, would adore this. So very very clever. I loled at all the asides, and marvelled at the sheer ingenuity of the thing. So impressive.

[d0gs]

Believe me, the Cthulu folks out there and there are a zillion of them, would adore this. I'm one of them bahaha and you're right, I love this!

[rayaso]

I hoped there were some readers who were familiar with Cthulhu out there. I think it works even if you've never heard of him before. I needed someone who could beat Satan at his own game and with all those tentacles, and he seemed like a fun candidate for the job, especially because he had to be willing to become a computer virus.

[rayaso]

Thank you so much! I had the opening sentence and nothing more for the longest time. I'm glad you like the asides - they are generally the most fun to write. I thought it was time Satan was tricked by a contract, and who better to do it than Cthulhu?

[kittenboo]

So creative!

[rayaso]

Thank you!

[me_sonrei]

Ha, nice.

I do wonder if any of the various literary versions of Satan are in that labyrinth, though... :)

[rayaso]

Hah! I hadn't thought of that. The Labyrinth would definitely be crowded.

[me_sonrei]

Clearly you need to investigate and follow up! I'm really curious what he'd think about how John Milton wrote about him! :D

[d0gs]

I saw Cthulu in the title and made this face 8D and I continued to make that face all the way through. This is so creative, funny and original. I absolutely love it!

[rayaso]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I like to write light fiction, and Cthulhu seemed the best choice as leading monster.

[lyssa027]

This was very creative :)

[rayaso]

Thank you!