> Matt

> PS Check out the Wikipedia page for W Pugmire.  It's pretty good!

> All ten stories in Cthulhu’s Dark Cults are linked by Cthulhu Mythos
> cults and characters that first appeared in Call of Cthulhu gaming
> supplements such as Masks of Nyarlathotep, Horror on the Orient
> Express, Shadows of Yog-sothoth, The Fungi from Yuggoth, Secrets of
> Kenya, Secrets of New York and others.[2] The ten stories are:

> The Eternal Chinaman by John Sunseri
> Captains of Industry by John Goodrich
> Perfect Skin by David Witteveen
> Covenant of Darkness by William Jones
> The Whisper of Ancient Secrets by Penelope Love
> Old Ghost by Peter A. Worthy
> The Nature of Faith by Oscar Rios
> The Devil’s Diamonds by Cody Goodfellow
> Requiem for the Burning God by Shane Jiraiya Cummings
> Sister of the Sands by David Conyers

> [edit] Story summaries
> The book is introduced by David Conyers and dedicated to the memory of
> Keith Herber. The plot summaries of the ten stories with references to
> the gaming supplements that influenced each tale are:

> The Eternal Chinaman: In San Francisco 1920 a stage magician hires his
> brother to protect him from a Tong-style cult. The story features Lang
> Fu who first appeared in the gaming supplement The Fungi from Yuggoth.
> The name of the story is derived from a description in H.P.
> Lovecraft’s tale The Call of Cthulhu in reference to a cult of
> sorcerers who live in the mountains of China planning the downfall of
> humanity.

> Captains of Industry: In Boston 1921 union members of a washing
> machine manufacturing company break into the lodge of a secretive
> order called the Hermetic Order of the Silver Twilight, hoping to
> gather incriminating evidence on their boss who is a member with the
> Lodge so they have a bargaining point to improve their working
> conditions. The story features Carl Stanford and John Scott who first
> appeared in the gaming supplement Shadows of Yog-sothoth and Ambrose
> Mogens who first appeared in Secrets of New York.

> Perfect Skin: In Istanbul 1922 a British couple are enjoying their
> honeymoon until the husband goes missing, presumably kidnapped by the
> Brotherhood of the Skin, a cult that first appeared in the gaming
> supplement Horror on the Orient Express.

> Covenant of Darkness: In New York City 1923 Columbia University
> professor Rudolph Pearson crosses paths with a cult of ghouls that
> have been in existence in caverns beneath the city for as long as
> there have been human settlements on the surface. The story features a
> cult that appeared in Secrets of New York. The protagonist of this
> tale also appears in the collection The Strange Cases of Rudolph
> Pearson (Chaosium, 2007).

> The Whisper of Ancient Secrets: In Victoria, Australia 1925 an insane
> inventor hopes to travel to the centre of the universe and the Outer
> God Azathoth before the machinations of the Cult of the Sand Bat ruin
> his plans. The story features Robert Huston who first appeared in the
> gaming supplement Masks of Nyarlathotep.

> Old Ghost: In Shanghai 1926 a priest befriends a group of expatriates
> who are secretly warring against the Order of the Bloated Woman. The
> story features Ho Fong who first appeared in the gaming supplement
> Masks of Nyarlathotep.

> The Nature of Faith: In Dunwich 1927 a professor of ancient history
> befriends a young local girl who leads him on an expedition into the
> wild hills of Massachusetts searching for ancient Celtic coins that
> are not supposed to exist in the region. The story features the
> Believers cult appearing in the gaming supplement H.P. Lovecraft’s
> Dunwich.

> The Devil’s Diamonds: In Kenya 1930 a British run diamond mine is held
> hostage by the Cult of the Bloody Tongue who plan to use the site to
> summon an aspect of their god Nyarlathotep. The story features M’Weru
> who first appeared in the gaming supplement Masks of Nyarlathotep.

> Requiem for the Burning God: In Peru 1932 a group of mercenaries are
> hired to protect an Andean mine from rebel forces, only to discover
> that their employers are unearthing an alien god trapped in the
> mountains. The story features the cult-like organisation New World
> Industries (NWI) which first appeared in the gaming supplement The
> Fungi from Yuggoth and later in At Your Door and Unseen Masters.

> Sister of the Sands: In Egypt 1933 a spy discovers thousands of dead
> cultists in the sand dunes of the Sahara and a strange woman who has
> walked unscathed from the carnage. The story features Omar Shakti and
> the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh which first appeared in the
> gaming supplement Masks of Nyarlathotep and Jamal Alhazred who first
> appeared in Secrets of Kenya.

> Thanks Matt. Cthulhu's Dark Cults is one of the collections I've
> really been looking forward to. I've been pestering David Conyers
> about it for ages.

> I seem to remember Mr Conyers mentioning that if this one goes well
> then we might see more Chaosium fiction that features people and
> creatures from the game scenarios.

> > Thanks Matt. Cthulhu's Dark Cults is one of the collections I've
> > really been looking forward to. I've been pestering David Conyers
> > about it for ages.

> > I seem to remember Mr Conyers mentioning that if this one goes well
> > then we might see more Chaosium fiction that features people and
> > creatures from the game scenarios.

> If I can toot my own horn, I think these are some pretty good
> stories.  I think "Captains of Industry" is one of my personal best.

> John Goodrich