Miskatonic Arcihves

The Mound

The Mound expands an Oklahoma haunting into an account of an ancient underground civilization. A modern ethnologist discovers a sixteenth-century Spanish manuscript describing K’n-yan, where extraordinary technical powers coexist with captivity, exploitation and accelerating cruelty. His eventual descent beneath the mound tests the manuscript’s claims and reveals what became of the man who wrote it. The following account includes the ending.

12 min read · 2,326 words