THIS TOME BELONGS TO: ________________________________________________ Your name here. Sample file The Littlest Shoggoth A Holiday Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos Written & Illustrated by Sample fileStan! With deep reverence and eternal gratitude to H.P. Lovecraft, Edward Gorey, and Dr. Seuss for their collected works and constant inspiration. The Littlest Shoggoth: A Holiday Tale of the Cthulhu Mythos Written & Illustrated by Stan! www.LittlestShoggoth.com www.Stannex.com The Littlest Shoggoth is TM and ©2019 Stan!, All Rights Reserved. Kickstarter edition, first printing June 2013 SKU: OWC 4009 ISBN: 978-0-9705312-8-5 Original Super Genius Games edition, November 2008 Ruper Genius Games edition, April 2019 Published by Rogue Genius Games, LLC This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of the author or Rogue Genius Games, except for small excerpts for purposes of review. This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, orSample events is purely coincidental. file Deep underwater, ’neath Pacific waves, lies a lost city . forgotten R’lyeh. Sample file There sleeps Great Cthulhu, Near where he rests in his dreaming of the day non-Euclidean home, when the stars will be right beasts of the Mythos and Evil holds sway. swim, slither, and roam. Sample file A deep one sits next to Hounds of Tindalos a mellow sea dragon, watch while a byakhee singing sad mournful songs tumbles and bumbles ’bout old Father Dagon. and does things quite wacky. Sample file The shoggoths all gather ’round an old seaweed stalk, Now a shoggoth can grow burbling and buzzing. quite huge or stay small, (That’s the way that they talk.) but poor little Squammy was the smallest of all. Sample file Elder Things teased him The Mi-Go just laughed ’cause he was so weak. and called him pipsqueak. Sample file Poor Squammy got picked on “You’ve kicked and abused me. for year after year from now on no more! ’til one day he shouted, I’ve had all I can take. “I’m so outta here!” I’m heading for shore!” Sample file After marching all night, land was almost in reach So Squammy turned ’round, when a big breaking wave having mustered his pride, dropped him right on the beach. then headed toward land with the in-flowing tide. Sample file.