5/2/2023 0 Comments Escape whisper valleyI’m scared for the last bit of wood in the oven and how quickly it burns, the smoke thick in the air like an oppressive blanket, smothering us and smelling strangely of goat. I’m scared of the wind and what it means, the dark and what it brings. The awful shriek reaches a peak of fury, and within it I hear the abominable voices of Eleran’s children.Įbun buries her face in my breasts, breath hot and moist against my skin. The wind shrieks its displeasure as it rattles the house, rattles it like a child in the throes of a tantrum, and we, little gnats in this container of brick and mud, tumble from our huddle by the table. The Goatkeeper’s Harvest By Tobi Ogundiran ![]() If reader reactions are any indication, I was successful.” In drafting the story I wanted to stress one of the hallmarks of cosmic horror: that nothing is just and we are at the mercy of an indifferent universe. For the longest time I’d wanted to engage with the Lovecraftian mythos in a Nigerian setting. When I recently read about Shub-Niggurath, the Lovecraftian god who sometimes appears as a many-legged goat, I remembered my experience and thought, “of course goats aren’t really goats, it’s why they act like that!” and I knew I had a story. It can feel disturbing-sinister, if you really pay attention to it. There’s also that way their jaws move when they masticate-side to side. ![]() And they look at you in a way that feels too human, like they know exactly what they’re doing. Anyone who’s dealt with goats knows that they’re stubborn creatures. From the author: “When I was seven, I spent the summer on my aunt’s goat farm, and it was quite the experience.
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